ABS-CBN Regional Channel

ABS-CBN Regional Channel
CountryPhilippines
Broadcast areaDefunct (television)
Philippines (iWantTFC)
NetworkABS-CBN Regional
HeadquartersQuezon City, Philippines
Ownership
OwnerABS-CBN Corporation
Creative Programs
History
LaunchedAugust 1, 2016 (2016-08-01) (test broadcast)
March 20, 2017 (2017-03-20) (official launch)
ClosedJanuary 14, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-01-14)[1]
Replaced byLiga (channel space on Sky Direct)

ABS-CBN Regional Channel was a Philippine pay television channel which aired programming from the regional television and radio stations owned by ABS-CBN.[2] The channel was launched as a test broadcast on August 1, 2016, and was officially launched on March 20, 2017.

ARC was the network's second attempt to have a subscription-television channel solely dedicated to regional programming. In 1996, when the then-Sarimanok Channel 37 (now ABS-CBN News Channel) was launched, 80% of its programming were produced in the network's regional operations centers located in Baguio, Bacolod, Cagayán de Oro, Cebú, Davao, Naga, Zamboanga, among others. The programming consists of newscasts which is aired live via satellite, public affairs shows such as Banat Visayas, Sulong Mindanao, drama, comedy and musical programs.[3]

On January 10, 2018, ABS-CBN Corporation and Creative Programs announced that the channel would closedown on January 14, 2018, alongside Tag. Meanwhile, ABS-CBN Regional Channel on Sky Direct was rebranded as Liga, a sports channel that complements the programming of S+A with international football and local sports events, which was silently launched earlier on January 1.

Though it ceased broadcasting locally, ABS-CBN Regional Channel continued its international broadcast via iWantTFC until January 1, 2021.[4][5]

  1. ^ Tag, ABS-CBN Regional Channel and Hero TV End of Broadcast
  2. ^ "ABS-CBN Regional Channel now on SKY". SkyCable. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  3. ^ "THE SARIMANOK CHANNEL". ABS-CBN Corporation. Archived from the original on June 17, 1997. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "Ethnic channel ABS-CBN Regional Channel launches outside the Philippines to reach the global Filipino audience". Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ ABS-CBN Regional Channel Livestream, retrieved February 12, 2019