ABS-CBN, Villar's AMBS formally announce partnership to bring Kapamilya shows on ALLTV
ABS-CBN and the Villar-owned Advanced Media Broadcasting System (AMBS) on April 23 have officially announced their partnership to bring Kapamilya programs on the free-to-air Channel 2 ALLTV.
ALLTV has aired TV Patrol, the country’s longest-running primetime newscast, since April 15. Nostalgic Kapamilya shows under the Jeepney TV brand, meanwhile, will start airing on May 13.
Starting May 13, ALLTV viewers can catch selected all-time favorite Kapamilya shows from Jeepney TV during various times of the day, and during primetime, after the TV Patrol newscast.
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During the contract signing at the Brittany Hotel Villar City in Cavite, ABS-CBN President and Chief Executive Officer Carlo Katigbak said they’ve been discussing the partnership for a long time.
“We are very excited to bring the ABS-CBN brand of storytelling through the audiences,” Katigbak said.
He noted that it’s “sentimental” for TV Patrol to return to Channel 2, which AMBS acquired after ABS-CBN lost its franchise in July 2020.
Katigbak also urged everyone to try and put the past behind them.
“[Let us] instead our mission to serve the Filipino, wherever they may be,” he said.
Now on ALLTV, TV Patrol airs on weekdays at 6:30 p.m., anchored by the well-renowned team of Noli de Castro, Bernadette Sembrano, Karen Davilla, and Henry Omaga Diaz. TV Patrol Weekend airs on Saturdays and Sundays at 5:30 p.m., with Zen Hernandez and Alvin Elchico at the helm.
ABS-CBN said viewers can still catch the newscasts on A2Z, Kapamilya Channel (cable), ANC, Teleradyo Serbisyo, and DWPM radio.
