9TV

9TV
TypeBroadcast commercial television network
Country
AvailabilityDefunct
FoundedAugust 23, 2014
Broadcast area
Nationwide
OwnerNine Media Corporation
Key people
Amb. Antonio L.C. Chua (Chairman, Radio Philippines Network)
Jing Magsaysay (Senior Vice President)
Pal Marquez (Vice President for News and Current Affairs)
Robert T. Rivera (President & CEO, Radio Philippines Network)
Launch date
August 23, 2014
DissolvedMarch 15, 2015
9 (VHF)
Picture format
NTSC 480i (SDTV)
Affiliation(s)Radio Philippines Network (34%)
Official website
[1] (redirected to CNNPhilippines.com until June 2015)
LanguageEnglish (main)
Filipino, Cebuano, Kapampangan (secondary)
Replaced byCNN Philippines

9TV (formerly branded as Solar News Channel) was a major commercial television network in the Philippines. It was owned by Nine Media Corporation, Nine Media had an airtime agreement as the main content provider of Radio Philippines Network. 9TV was the replacement of the Solar News Channel who have been retired the "Solar" branding. Broadcast 18 hours daily from 6:00 AM to 12:00 MN on free TV, while 24 hours a day on cable and satellite TV providers and thru live streaming.

Its flagship television station was DZKB-TV channel 9 in Mega Manila and other regional originating and relay stations in the Philippines.

Most of its live programming of the network are from the main studios located at Upper Ground Floor of the Worldwide Corporate Center, Shaw Boulevard corner Epifanio de los Santos Avenue in Mandaluyong with transmitter at No. 97, Panay Avenue, Brgy. South Triangle, Quezon City.

The channel ceased broadcasting on March 15, 2015, and was replaced by CNN Philippines on March 16, 2015.