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CNN Philippines is shutting down after 9 years (medianewser.ph)

submitted 10 months ago by decadentrebel to c/philippines

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I'm just surprised they lasted that long. They really didn't manage to get a good enough audience share to get more advertisers, and thus, funding.

The only few handful of advertisers they got (I think only San Miguel corporation?) got a lot of advertisements, even getting whole chunks of programming time, which "cheapened" the channel's appeal to me. Kung nag-iisa na lang ang nag-aadvertise sa isang channel, the entire channel would just seem to be a propaganda arm for that company--rightly or wrongly.

Still, they had a good run, despite the obvious financial problems.

[–] pobautista 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dayum everything is gone: their channel, their website and even their Youtube page

[–] decadentrebel 2 points 10 months ago

Some archivists knew that was going to happen but only had a day to save everything they can. Yung Pilipinas debates lang ata and a few notable ones were archived.

[–] pobautista 1 points 10 months ago

No pun intended, but Channel 9 just can’t seem to get a good break since maybe the 2000s (RPN rebrands, Solar TV, and now CNN PH)

[–] decadentrebel 1 points 10 months ago

I guess the CNN Philippines free agents are going to make a beeline for ANC. That's where most of them came from anyway, and it's the only network where their upper-class delivery would fit.