OSN has partnered with ABS-CBN, the largest Filipino TV network in the world, to bring Filipino TV entertainment to the region. From May 1, 2013, OSN will offer its Filipino viewers four new ABS-CBN channels featuring premium content across a variety of genres including entertainment, sports, movies and news. The added channels include TFC (The […]
OSN has partnered with ABS-CBN, the largest Filipino TV network in the world, to bring Filipino TV entertainment to the region.
From May 1, 2013, OSN will offer its Filipino viewers four new ABS-CBN channels featuring premium content across a variety of genres including entertainment, sports, movies and news. The added channels include TFC (The Filipino Channel), Bro, Cinema One Global and ANC (ABS-CBN News Channel).
David Butorac, CEO of OSN said: Our partnership with ABS-CBN, the largest provider of entertainment to Filipinos globally, is a clear demonstration of our networks strength in reaching out to the widest cross-section of the regions Filipino community. Both OSN and ABS-CBN focus on quality content and the addition of four new world-class channels complements our existing Filipino channel line-up further strengthening OSNs choice and variety proposition for the segment.
The four channels have an enviable reputation of broadcasting several award-winning television shows in the Philippines and beyond, and are extremely popular among the three million-strong Filipinos in the MENA region. The addition of these channels will significantly boost the choice of premium Filipino entertainment on OSN, which already offers a bouquet of over 40 channels through its Pinoy packages. The four ABS-CBN TV channels come at no extra cost to existing OSN subscribers.
We are delighted to offer through OSN our four channels to cater to the diverse viewing preferences of Filipinos in the Middle East. With this partnership with OSN, the leading mainstream pay-TV network in the Middle East and North Africa, ABS-CBN through TFC fortifies its already strong presence in the region built over the past 15 years through its own direct-to-home platform and its carriage partnerships with the major cable operators, said ABS-CBN Middle East Managing Director Edgardo Garcia.
We appreciate OSNs recognition of ABS-CBNs leadership in Filipino programming and its strong affinity with various Filipino communities in the region. Such confidence only encourages us to strive even harder to meet and satisfy our viewers passion for high quality content for which ABS-CBN is known for.”
