![]() ![]() TV5 converted its primetime newscast Aksyon to Frontline Pilipinas and fielded more anchors. Manila Broadcasting Company replaced DZRH Network News with MBC Network News, which now simulcasts three times a day on its flagship and provincial radio and television stations. Many big television networks have taken to rebranding or reformatting programmes in a bid to engage consumers. ![]() ![]() It has launched a DTT receiver, GMA Affordabox, and mobile dongle, GMA Now. Besides benefiting from the airtime advertising resulting from ABS-CBN’s closure, GMA’s online and digital ad sales grew 36%. The once profitable media giant continues online and via a number of pay television channels but laid off nearly 5,000 of its 11,000 employees, including a third from its news staff, and chalked up losses of $150m as of the third quarter of 2020.īy contrast, the rival GMA Network enjoyed a 79% jump in profits (US$80.6m), from the previous year for the same period, while other big publicly listed media houses reported significantly reduced profit. The decline in TV viewing may have been partly influenced by the closure of ABS-CBN’s free-to-air stations after the House of Representatives refused to renew its franchise to operate. By February this year, at the time the Digital News Report survey was conducted, TV usage had slid to 61% (–5pp) with an even bigger decline in print consumption to 16% (–6pp). The Philippines somewhat defies the trend in many countries that has seen TV viewing surge as lockdowns grounded people at home. Journalists that have been critical of the government continue to face attacks and online harassment. The media environment has also been reshaped by the closure of a major free-to-air TV network. Major revenue drops arising from prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns have forced significant downsizing of the Philippine media. ![]()
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