Yey! (stylized as YeY! or YEY!) was a

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children's pay

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created by

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and was one of the

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channels of ABS-CBN TV Plus. Yey! is the second animation channel of ABS-CBN after

Hero TV Hero (also known as Hero TV) was a 24-hour Philippine pay television channel created by ABS-CBN's narrowcast arm Creative Programs Inc. from 2005 to 2018. The programming was composed primarily of Filipino-dubbed Japanese anime series. It wa ...

(defunct), a cable channel owned by ABS-CBN's narrowcast arm

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. Yey! channel primarily airs

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-dubbed

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ese

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and foreign

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shows, along with limited imported programming from

's main channel and Hero TV.

History

Digital free-to-air channel (2011–2020)

Yey! was first known as a digital

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channel that was first launched on January 3, 2011 in test broadcast. On February 11, 2015, Yey! became available on ABS-CBN TV Plus in the digital boxes's channel 4. On June 30, 2020 (July 1 outside Metro Manila), the network closed after the alias cease-and-desist order (ACDO) issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and Solicitor General

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against ABS-CBN TV Plus.

Programming block (2021–present)

On November 6, 2021, Yey! was relaunched as a programming block on

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(under "Kidz Weekend"), and

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Programming

Anime series and cartoon programs were divided into various programming blocks. * All Yey! Anime – The channel's flagship primetime block featuring Japanese anime series intended for all audiences. It was aired every Mondays to Fridays from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm, and on Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm. * Nickelodeon sa Yey! – The channel's daytime block consisting of cartoons from

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and Nick Jr. It was aired every Mondays to Sundays from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. * Bibolilits – A morning block that airs selected foreign cartoons intended for pre-schoolers and young children. It was aired every Mondays to Sundays from 6:30 am to 8:30 am. * Ka-Pow! – A weekday afternoon block consisting of foreign cartoons. It was aired every Mondays to Fridays from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. * Power Hour – A weekend afternoon block consisting of selected live-action series, toys-themed anime series, and foreign cartoons. It was aired every Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. * Fam-Time – An afternoon block consisting of classic anime series (most of them are from the ''

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'' anime franchise) every weekdays, re-runs of selected

programs every weekends, and channel-produced programs that are considered child-friendly and family-oriented. It was aired Mondays to Sundays from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm. * Kid Sine – A weekend movie block that was aired from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm, featuring classic local films every Saturdays, and Tagalog-dubbed foreign films every Sundays.

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