Adober Studios, formerly known as Chicken Pork Adobo, was a

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multi-channel network owned and operated by Filipino media conglomerate

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. It was the country's first and only YouTube-certified multi-channel network.

Background

Initially, Chicken Pork Adobo had 90 content creators whose channels on YouTube tackle a variety of topics ranging from toys and games, fashion, comedy, music, lifestyle, vlogs, entertainment, arts and crafts, food, parenting, and inspirational. Among the YouTube channels under Chicken Pork Adobo was Kids' Toys which was launched in May 2012 and was currently the network's biggest channel. Also part of the network's content creators are

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† who became popular in social media because of his funny videos and memes about love, school, as well as pop culture parodies, solo musician Ian Rondilla, actor Xian Lim, actor

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, actress Melissa Ricks, former Rugby player and comedian/host

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, and artist manager and tabloid writer

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. Another channel under the network was The Soshal Network starring three lawyers with entertaining commentaries on how to become a socialite and Plump Pinay by

Cai Cortez Carizza Cortez-Rkhami (born July 1, 1988 in Taytay, Rizal) is a Filipina actress, comedian, model and endorser. Life Carizza Cortez was born on July 1, 1988 in Taytay, Rizal, a densely populated municipality of Rizal. She is the daughter of ...

who advocates of being comfortable of your own body. Also part of Chicken Pork Adobo was Kitchen Queen (later renamed as Chef Liza) of

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. As of August 2016, Chicken Pork Adobo had over 300 content creators. Among the newest content creators were

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, Kristel Fulgar,

Alexa Ilacad Alexandra Madarang Ilacad (born 26 February 2000), better known as Alexa Ilacad is a Filipino actress, singer, songwriter, host, dancer, vlogger and model. She appears in various commercials and shows of ABS-CBN Corporation, ABS-CBN, and is bes ...

, and Andrea Brillantes. As of 2017, the network had over 350 content creators. Adober Studios ceased its operations on August 31, 2020, as part of the retrenchment by

, due to the denial of

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's legislative franchise by the House of Representatives on July 10, 2020.

References

External links

Chicken Pork Adobo on ABS-CBN website

Chicken Pork Adobo on YouTube
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