Lifestyle Network (known in the Philippines from 2015 to 2018 as simply Lifestyle), was a global

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channel based in

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. It was owned and operated by

Creative Programs Creative Programs, Inc., also known as CPI, is a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation that operates and distributes pay TV channels and provides pay-per-view services to direct-to-home satellite and cable television providers in the Philippines. Sin ...

, a subsidiary of the media conglomerate

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. Its programming was composed primarily of

lifestyle Lifestyle often refers to: * Lifestyle (sociology), the way a person lives * ''Otium'', ancient Roman concept of a lifestyle * Style of life (german: Lebensstil, link=no), dealing with the dynamics of personality Lifestyle may also refer to: Bus ...

and

entertainment Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousa ...

shows targeted to upscale Filipino women in the

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. On April 2, 2018, the domestic Lifestyle was relaunched as

Metro Channel Metro Channel (formerly Lifestyle (Network), visually rendered in its logo in all capital letters as METRO CHANNEL) is a Philippine pay television channel based in Quezon City. It is owned by Creative Programs Inc., a subsidiary of media congl ...

. The North American version of the network continued to be distributed in the United States and Canada until November 30, 2020. After which, programs that formerly aired on the international channel were transferred to ANC Global.

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* {{Philippine cable channels Television networks in the Philippines Television channels and stations established in 1999 2018 disestablishments in the Philippines English-language television stations in the Philippines Women's interest channels Creative Programs Assets owned by ABS-CBN Corporation 1999 establishments in the Philippines ABS-CBN Corporation channels Defunct television networks in the Philippines Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020