Talk TV (stylized as talkv) was an English-language all-news and talk

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in the

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. It is a joint venture of

Southern Broadcasting Network Southern Broadcasting Network, Inc. (SBN) is a Filipino-owned media company based radio and television network based in Metro Manila. SBN is a subsidiary of Solar Entertainment Corporation, a Filipino-owned television company managed by t ...

and

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through Solar TV Network, Inc. It was available over SBN 21 on free TV. Talk TV operates 24 hours a day on cable TV and 6:00 AM - 12:00MN on SBN 21 starting October 1, 2012. Talk TV started its Test Broadcast until March 31, 2011. It started its full broadcast on April 1, 2011. Talk TV studios is located at Solar Media Center, WCC Building,

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corner Shaw Boulevard,

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, and the transmitter is located at Strata 2000 Building, F. Ortigas Jr. Road, Ortigas Center,

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. On October 30, 2012, at 05:30 am (UTC +8:00), TalkTV signed off for the last time to make way for the launching of the first 24-hour English news channel on both cable TV and free-to-air TV,

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Programming

Most of the programs are the U.S. morning or late night talk shows, on either live or taped broadcast. After Solar Entertainment bought 34% of RPN, Solar opened Talk TV and finally ventured into news at the end of 2011.Tiengs move into news
Manila Standard Today. Feb 25, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2011. From January 16, 2012, Talk TV started airing local programming through Solar TV Network's new news arm

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. These programs are manned by mainly former

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and

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personalities including Solar News chief Jing Magsaysay,

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, Pal Marquez, Nancy Irlanda, Claire Celdran, Mai Rodriguez and Jun Del Rosario. Reporters included some from RPN's NewsWatch as well as new reporters. The first local news event that was covered was the

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. Talk TV also airs Solar Headlines which is a daily news break aired every 30 minutes, a primetime newscast named Solar Network News;launched on June 18, 2012, a late-night newscast,

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; launched on July 16, 2012, a morning newscast

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and a noontime newscast

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; both launched on October 1, 2012.

Affiliate and relay stations

References

{{Philippine cable channels Former Solar Entertainment Corporation channels Defunct television networks in the Philippines Television channels and stations established in 2011 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2012 24-hour television news channels in the Philippines