ABS-CBN is a Philippine commercial broadcast network that serves as the flagship property of the ABS-CBN Corporation, a company under Lopez Holdings Corporation owned by the López family. The network is headquartered at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Quezon City, with additional offices and production facilities in 25 major cities including Baguio, Naga, Bacolod, Iloilo, Cebu, Davao, and Bulacan, where ABS-CBN's production and post-production facility in Horizon IT Park is located. ABS-CBN is colloquially referred to as the Kapamilya Network; its brand was originally introduced in 1999 and was officially introduced in 2003 during the celebration of its 50th anniversary, and was used until it was forced by the National Telecommunications Commission to cease and desist from free-to-air broadcasting due to the lack of congressional franchise. ABS-CBN is the largest media company in the Philippines and oldest television broadcaster in Southeast Asia.
DWAQ-DTV was a television station in Metro Manila, Philippines, serving as the flagship of the religious channel SMNI. Owned and operated by Swara Sug Media Corporation, the station maintained studios at the ACQ Tower, Sta. Rita Street, Barangay Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati and a hybrid digital transmitting facility at KJC Compound, Barangay Sauyo, Novaliches, Quezon City.
DZARSMNI Radio was a radio station owned and operated by Swara Sug Media Corporation in the Philippines. The station's studio was located at the 3rd Floor, ACQ Tower, Santa Rita St. cor. EDSA, Brgy. Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati, and its transmitter was located along M. Sioson St., Brgy. Dampalit, Malabon.
DXRDSonshine Radio was a radio station owned and operated by Swara Sug Media Corporation. It serves as the flagship station of Sonshine Radio, the radio arm of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. The station's studio is located at the Kingdom of Jesus Christ compound, Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway, Catitipan, Davao City, while transmitter is located at Atis St., Brgy. Panacan, Davao City.
Television in the Philippines was introduced in October 1953 upon the first commercial broadcast made by Alto Broadcasting System, making the Philippines the first Southeast Asian country and the second in Asia to do so. Even before that, during the late 1940s, several academic experiments had been done and replicated by Filipino engineers and students.
Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI), also known by its name Swara Sug Media Corporation (SSMC), is a Filipino broadcast media arm of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) led by the Filipino televangelist Apollo Quiboloy. Based in Davao City and Makati, it operates a network of radio and television broadcasting stations.
DZSPSonshine Radio is a radio station owned and operated by Sonshine Media Network International. The station's studio and transmitter are located at 9001 St. Francis Ave., Farconville Subd. Phase 1, Brgy. San Francisco, San Pablo, Laguna.
DXYZSonshine Radio was a radio station owned and operated by Sonshine Media Network International. The station's studio is located at the 4th floor, MindPro Building, La Purisima St., Zamboanga City.
DXRESonshine Radio is a radio station owned and operated by Sonshine Media Network International. The station's studio is located in Brgy. Lagao, General Santos.
DXCLSonshine Radio is a radio station owned and operated by Swara Sug Media Corporation. The station's studio is located at Corrales Ave. cor. Ramon Chavez St., Cagayan de Oro.
DYARSonshine Radio was a radio station owned and operated by Swara Sug Media Corporation. The station's studio is located at KJC Compound, North Rd., Brgy, Jagobiao, Mandaue, and its transmitter is located at Brgy. Cogon Pardo, Cebu City.
SMNI TV 22 of Sonshine Media Network International, is a relay station of SMNI TV 43 Davao. It is currently operated from Davao City by Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) after the network and expand to the entire Philippines. The studios and Transmitter are located in Brgy. Camanjac, Dumaguete, Negros Oriental. The station is currently inactive.
DYSW-TV Channel 39 was a commercial/relay television station most recently owned by Masawa Broadcasting Corporation affiliated with the Sonshine Media Network International. It is previously an affiliate of Progressive Broadcasting Corporation, which owns UNTV, from 2011 to 2013. The transmitter is located at Km. 1 Roxas Avenue Extension, Purok Mantinlo, Barangay 10, Roxas City, Capiz.
The Kingdom of Jesus Christ, officially the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name, Inc., is a Philippine-based Nontrinitarian Restorationist church. It was founded by pastor Apollo Quiboloy, whose followers refer to him as the "Appointed Son of God".
SMNI News Channel, known on-air as SMNI News, is a Philippine far-right religious free-to-air news and public service television network based in Makati. It is owned and operated by Swara Sug Media Corporation, the parent company of Sonshine Media Network International, a broadcasting arm of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) led by Filipino televangelist and religious leader, Apollo Quiboloy.
Asianovela Channel was a Philippine free-to-air television channel created by ABS-CBN and one of the former freemium channels of ABS-CBN TVplus on Digital Free TV. The channel aired mostly Filipino-dubbed Korean dramas and Asian films, along with limited imported programming from ABS-CBN, Cinema One and Cine Mo!.
DWAYSonshine Radio is a radio station owned and operated by Swara Sug Media Corporation. The station's studio and transmitter are located along Maharlika Highway, Brgy. Bitas, Cabanatuan.
DWSISonshine Radio is a radio station owned and operated by Swara Sug Media Corporation. The station's studio and transmitter are located at the 2nd Floor, Sarangaya Bldg., Brgy. Sinsayon, Santiago, Isabela.
DZRDSonshine Radio is a radio station owned and operated by Swara Sug Media Corporation. The station's studio and transmitter are located along Catacadang Rd., Brgy. Bonuan Gueset, Dagupan.
The shutdown of ABS-CBN broadcasting arose from the lack of renewal of Philippine media network ABS-CBN's congressional franchise. The dispute between the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte and the media conglomerate arose over the terms and conditions of the franchise renewal agreement. Amid the controversy, the Congress of the Philippines, the country's legislature, was unable to renew the franchise before its expiration date. The congressional franchise expired on May 4, 2020, while the Philippines was dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. The next day, exercising constitutional powers, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued a cease-and-desist order demanding ABS-CBN cease all of its free TV and radio broadcasting operations immediately. ABS-CBN complied with the government order and shut down all of its radio stations and free television channels later that day. On June 30, 2020, the NTC released two alias cease-and-desist orders against ABS-CBN TV Plus and Sky Direct.
