9TV

9TV
Type	Broadcast commercial television network
Country	Philippines
Availability	Defunct
Founded	August 23, 2014
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Owner	Nine Media Corporation
Key people	Amb. Antonio L.C. Chua (Chairman, Radio Philippines Network) ; Jing Magsaysay (Senior Vice President) ; Pal Marquez (Vice President for News and Current Affairs) ; Robert T. Rivera (President & CEO, Radio Philippines Network)
Launch date	August 23, 2014
Dissolved	March 15, 2015
Former names	On VHF Channel 9; Kanlaon Broadcasting System (1960-1975); RPN-9; (1960-2014,2015-Present); On UHF Channel 21 Talk TV (March 2, 2011 – October 29, 2012) ; Solar News Channel (October 30, 2012 – August 22, 2014)
Digital channel(s)	19 (UHF) (Digital test broadcast)
Analogue channel(s)	9 (VHF)
Picture format	NTSC 480i (SDTV)
Affiliation(s)	Radio Philippines Network (34%)
Official website	[1] (redirected to CNNPhilippines.com until June 2015)
Language	English (main); Filipino (secondary), Cebuano, Kapampangan (secondary)
Replaced by	CNN Philippines

9TV (formerly branded as Solar News Channel) was a major commercial television network in the Philippines. It is owned by Nine Media Corporation, Nine Media has an airtime agreement as the main content provider of Radio Philippines Network. 9TV is the replacement of the Solar News Channel who have been retired the "Solar" branding. Broadcasting 18 hours daily from 6:00 AM to 12:00 MN on free TV, while 24 hours a day on cable and satellite TV providers and thru live streaming.

Its flagship television station is DZKB-TV channel 9 in Mega Manila and other regional originating and relay stations in the Philippines.

Most of its live programming of the network are from the main studios located at Upper Ground Floor of the Worldwide Corporate Center, Shaw Boulevard corner Epifanio de los Santos Avenue in Mandaluyong City with transmitter at No. 97, Panay Avenue, Brgy. South Triangle, Quezon City.

The channel ceased on air on March 15, 2015 and it was replaced by CNN Philippines on March 16, 2015.

History

9TV was launched on August 23, 2014 at 12:00am as a replacement for Solar News Channel. Its first show as 9TV was the replay of Nightly News. Solar News, the network's news arm was rebranded as 9News. The rebranding of the network came after Antonio Cabangon Chua's acquisition of Tieng's share^[1] of both STVNI (which turned into Nine Media Corporation) and RPN to ALC Group of Companies due to the Tieng's loss of revenue after investing on RPN.

The newscasts, current affairs programs and public service programs carried from the SNC format and the personnel was retained. It is also beefed up their weekend programming including cartoons, infotainment programs, reality, and infomercials to cater more viewers.^[2]

Rebranding stage took almost 7 months until 9TV will be rebranded into CNN Philippines that launched on March 16, 2015. 9News inked a partnership deal with international news network CNN.^[3]

As part of transition to CNN Philippines, 9TV temporarily used green screen as their news studio while their main newsroom and studio is under renovation in December 2014 and 9TV newscasts and current affairs programs began adopting CNN-themed graphics a week later (January 15, 2015). Some non-CNN programming (NBC and CBS shows), as well as Home Shopping Network (now Shop TV) and Kids Weekend (now currently CNN Philippines Junior) block were axed in the coming months.

Affiliate

References

^ "9TV is CNN Philippines". Rappler. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
^ "Solar News Channel turns into 9TV". Archived from the original on 2014-08-13. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
^ "First on MNP: 9TV to rebrand as CNN Philippines". www.medianewser.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13.

External links

[1] "9TV is CNN Philippines". Rappler. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

[2] "Solar News Channel turns into 9TV". Archived from the original on 2014-08-13. Retrieved 2014-08-13.

[3] "First on MNP: 9TV to rebrand as CNN Philippines". www.medianewser.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13.

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v t e Nine Media Corporation
Founder Wilson Y. Tieng Willy Y. Tieng William Y. Tieng President and CEO (Nine Media) Benjamin Ramos Chairman (Nine Media) D. Edgard A. Cabangon
Divisions	Nine Media News and Current Affairs
Subsidiaries	Radio Philippines Network (34%)
National television networks	CNN Philippines¹² (defunct) RPTV¹³
¹Joint venture with Radio Philippines Network ²A brand licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery ³Joint venture with TV5 Network Headquarters Upper Ground Floor Worldwide Corporate Center, Mandaluyong City

v t e Solar Entertainment Corporation
Subsidiaries and divisions	SolarFlix Productions Solar Pictures Domestic Sattelite Corporation (DOMSAT) OMNI Digital Media Ventures (Blink) Southern Broadcasting Network
Broadcast television networks	Shop TV⁷ SolarFlix³ Solar Learning⁷ Solar Sports
Pay television networks	Front Row Channel⁸
Online, digital and interactive	Jack TV
Miscellaneous	Easy TV (defunct)
Defunct television networks	2nd Avenue⁴ Basketball TV Blink (40%)⁶ C/S Origin C/S 9 CT Chase Diva Universal² eGG Network⁹ ETC³ Jack CITY Jack TV MTVph⁵ My Movie Channel NBA League Pass NBA Premium TV Solar All Access Solar News Channel (50%)³ (34%)¹ Solar TV Solar USA Talk TV (50%)³ TGC Universal Channel²
Affiliates	Solar News (former division) Radio Philippines Network (34%) Solar Television Network (former subsidiary)
¹Former joint venture with Radio Philippines Network ²Joint venture with Universal Networks International ³Affiliate with Southern Broadcasting Network ⁴Former affiliate with Rajah Broadcasting Network ⁵Joint venture with Paramount International Networks Asia ⁶Co-owned with SM Lifestyle Entertainment ⁷Digital-only. On test broadcast. ⁸Distribution only. Channel owned by Jungo TV. ⁹Distribution only. Channel owned by Astro.