DWNB-TV, channel 41, is the flagship
television property of
Nation Broadcasting Corporation
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and is the
flagship
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station of the
Philippine
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
television network
One Sports
One Sports (formerly ABC Sports from 2004 to 2008, Sports5 from 2011 to 2017 and ESPN5 from 2017 to 2020) is the sports division of TV5 Network, Inc. and jointly-operated with sister company Cignal TV. One Sports supplies and airs major sport ...
. The station is operated and co-owned by
TV5 Network, Inc.
TV5 Network Inc., commonly known as TV5, is a Philippine media company based in Mandaluyong, with its alternate studios located in Novaliches, Quezon City. It is primarily involved in radio and television broadcasting, with subsidiaries and ...
Its main broadcast facilities are located at the
TV5 Media Center
The TV5 Media Center, also known as Launchpad Center, the headquarters and broadcast complex of TV5 and affiliate companies Cignal TV, Nation Broadcasting Corporation, Philex Mining Corporation and Voyager Innovations, Inc.
Construction
The co ...
, Reliance cor. Sheridan Sts.,
Mandaluyong
Mandaluyong, officially the City of Mandaluyong ( fil, Lungsod ng Mandaluyong), is a first class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 425,758 people.
Loca ...
, while the station's alternate studios and digital transmitter is located at TV5 Complex, 762 Quirino Highway, Brgy. San Bartolome,
Novaliches
Novaliches is a place that forms the northern areas of Quezon City, and encompasses the whole area of North Caloocan.
Etymology
The name Novaliches came from the name of the small village of Novaliches in the town of Jérica, Spain. It was ...
,
Quezon City
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, and its analog and digital transmitter is located on Block 3, Emerald Hills, Sumulong Highway,
Antipolo
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, province of Rizal.
History
As MTV Philippines
Previously, DZRU UHF channel 41 was being planned for use by
NBC
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for its own acquired programming under the multimedia convergence program of the station's current owners. But sometime in 2000,
MTV Asia
MTV was a pan-Asian music pay-television channel which launched on 3 May 1995 as a standalone pay television channel. It was owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA.
History
MTV Asia was officially launched on 3 May 1995 as a 24-hour English-languag ...
wanted to go 24 hours on terrestrial television which it didn't get when they were still buying airtime through
Studio 23
Studio 23 (officially Studio 23, Inc. and previously AMCARA Broadcasting Network) was a Filipino television network owned by ABS-CBN Corporation. The network was named for its flagship station in Metro Manila, DWAC-TV and carried on UHF chann ...
(now known as
S+A).
NBC broadcast executives, led by the radio station manager Francis Lumen, signed an joint venture agreement with MTV Networks Asia Pacific (now
Paramount Networks EMEAA
Paramount Networks Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia (EMEAA) is a division of Paramount International Networks which is fully owned by Paramount Global. The unit's headquarters are in Berlin, with additional offices in Madrid, Lisbon, Paris, Am ...
) for the right to use NBC's UHF Channel 41 for the latter's new extension, to be christened MTV Philippines. The move was in line with NBC's trends toward converging traditional broadcasts with the giant telecommunications backbone of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (
PLDT
PLDT, Inc., formerly known as the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company ( fil, Kompanya ng Teleponong Pangmalayuan ng Pilipinas), is a Philippine telecommunications, internet and digital service holdings company. It is one of the country's ...
), which had acquired NBC from the Yabuts in 1998 to achieve that purpose.
UHF Channel 41 has its own studio complex at The Fort Global City in
Taguig
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where its shows were broadcast to Metro Manila and nearby areas.
After six years of partnership in the Philippines, MTV Philippines was placed off-the-air after a multi-year deal with
All Youth Channels, Inc. following the dissolution of partnership with NBC.
MTV Philippines was relaunched on March 1, 2007, as a cable and satellite TV channel while UHF channel 41 was inactive for three years (even MTV Philippines was ceased to exist in February 2010).
As AksyonTV Channel 41
In October 2010, UHF Channel 41 went back on-air and began its test broadcast as ABC Development Corporation (now
TV5 Network, Inc.
TV5 Network Inc., commonly known as TV5, is a Philippine media company based in Mandaluyong, with its alternate studios located in Novaliches, Quezon City. It is primarily involved in radio and television broadcasting, with subsidiaries and ...
) took over the blocktime that will alternate TV5's programming and will feature news & public service information programs when mentioned new blocktimers took over the management of NBC stations; the call letters were also changed to DWNB-TV. By that day, UHF Channel 41 broadcast the feed of sister station
92.3 News FM
DWFM (92.3 FM), broadcasting as 92.3 News FM Radyo5 (pronounced as Radyo Singko), is a radio station owned by the Nation Broadcasting Corporation and operated by TV5 Network. It serves as the flagship station of the Radyo5 network, one of the ...
(after the U92.3 FM (previously managed by
All Youth Channels, Inc., which currently owns its cable channel,
Nickelodeon Philippines
Nickelodeon is a Philippine pay television channel that was launched on April 1, 2011, as a localised variant of American channel Nickelodeon, with programming aimed at children and teenagers. It is owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA in partners ...
(under
MTV Networks Asia Pacific
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) signed off on the 30th day of the previous month) from 12nn to 8 pm daily, but this was temporarily ended by the first quarter of December. The next few months, UHF Channel 41 prepared for the first non-cable news, current affairs and information & sports channel on TV,
AksyonTV
Aksyon TV () was a Philippine free-to-air television network. It was a joint venture of Nation Broadcasting Corporation and TV5 Network, Inc. (international operations is under its subsidiary Pilipinas Global Network Ltd.), both under PLDT medi ...
, named after the flagship news program ''
Aksyon''. It was successfully launched on February 21, 2011, at exactly 4:00 in the morning, airing its first program ''
Andar ng mga Balita'' hosted by
Martin Andanar
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, which was actually a simulcast of the morning news program on News FM of the same title. The channel is also aired over Channel 29 (free-TV) on the areas of
Cebu
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,
Davao,
Cagayan de Oro
Cagayan ( ), officially the Province of Cagayan ( ilo, Probinsia ti Cagayan; ibg, Provinsiya na Cagayan; itv, Provinsiya ya Cagayan; fil, Lalawigan ng Cagayan), is a province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region, covering ...
and
Zamboanga, Channel 46 over
Iloilo City
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, and on selected cable channels. It operates 24 hours a day except for Holy week where its classic programs are limited. On April 30, AksyonTV Channel 41 is also aired on
SkyCable
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via channel 61, but it was moved to Channel 59 in July 2011. In July 2013, Aksyon TV Channel 41 limited its operations from 24 hours to the time mentioned above, together with the other networks such as
BEAM Channel 31
DWKC-DTV, Channel 31, is a flagship digital television station of Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, Inc. Its head office are located at 3rd floor, Globe Telecom Plaza 1, Pioneer St. cor. Madison St., Mandaluyong City, while its tra ...
(the former
Jack City
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, which is now a cable and satellite only channel; and later defunct, when the channel was rebranded as
CT), and
3ABN/Hope Channel Philippines 45; because due to rules and regulations for affiliated free-to-air TV stations assigned by
National Telecommunications Commission
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that they've should not broadcast/operates 24/7 if they're not having any programs that they will be aired as well as an effect of cost-cutting measures by the management.
As 5 Plus
On November 30, 2018,
The 5 Network
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announced that
AksyonTV
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will relaunched as 5 Plus on January 13, 2019. The network now airs "atypical sports" programming with additional coverage from
ESPN5
One Sports (formerly ABC Sports from 2004 to 2008, Sports5 from 2011 to 2017 and ESPN5 from 2017 to 2020) is the sports division of TV5 Network, Inc. and jointly-operated with sister company Cignal TV. One Sports supplies and airs major sport ...
and new sports-related contents which will target a younger, more adventurous audience or the
millennials
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.
With this move, selected
Radyo5 simulcast programs will move to newly stand-alone channel,
One PH
One PH is a 24/7 Tagalog-language teleradio news channel owned by MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. through Cignal TV. It was soft launched on February 18, 2019 and was officially launched on July 31, 2019, on satellite provider Cignal. It can also be s ...
at the satellite service,
Cignal
Cignal (pronounced as ''signal'') is a Philippine satellite television and IPTV provider, owned by Cignal TV Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the MediaQuest Holdings Inc. under the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund.
Cignal's prepaid electronic ...
.
As One Sports
On March 8, 2020,
5 Plus
5 Plus (stylized as ''5PLUS'') was a commercial sports terrestrial television network in the Philippines.
Named after its parent station, 5 Plus served as complementary channel for 5 with its programs primarily produced by its sports divisio ...
was renamed to
One Sports
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as a terrestrial television channel, while the other counterpart of One Sports was re-branded to One Sports+.
Digital television
Digital channels
UHF Channel 18 (497.143 MHz)
1
UHF Channel 51 (695.143 MHz)
2
;Notes
1 - Permanent digital frequency assigned by NTC (through a Memorandum Circular).
2 - Licensed to
Mediascape (Cignal TV), Inc.
See also
*
One Sports
One Sports (formerly ABC Sports from 2004 to 2008, Sports5 from 2011 to 2017 and ESPN5 from 2017 to 2020) is the sports division of TV5 Network, Inc. and jointly-operated with sister company Cignal TV. One Sports supplies and airs major sport ...
*
TV5
*
List of One Sports stations
References
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One Sports (TV channel) stations
Television stations in Metro Manila
Television channels and stations established in 2011
Television channels and stations established in 2000