2015 in Philippine television

Events

January

• January 15–19 – Major networks including ABS-CBN, PTV, TV5, GMA Network, and 9TV covered the first Papal visit to the country of Pope Francis.
• January 20 – Salmiya Makasait won the jackpot prize of one million pesos for the first time on Eat Bulaga!'s revival segment from 2000 to 2006, Laban o Bawi.
• January 24
• * Noontime show Eat Bulaga! launches its own mobile application.
• * Spyros was hailed as the first-ever PINASikat Grand Champion on It's Showtime, the grand finals of which were held at Ynares Center, Antipolo City.

February

• February 5 – HOOQ, a streaming service jointly owned by Singtel, Sony Pictures and Warner Bros., was launched and became available in the Philippines.
• February 11 – ABS-CBN Corporation formally launched its digital terrestrial television brand, ABS-CBN TV Plus, after almost 5 years of trial period.
• February 15 – Heart Evangelista and Senator Chiz Escudero tied the knot after their wedding rites in Balesin Island, Polillo, Quezon.
• February 23 – Milay Osiones won the jackpot prize of one million pesos on Eat Bulaga!'s revival segment from 2000 to 2006, Laban o Bawi.
• February 26 – Movie and Television Review and Classification Board, on their 30th anniversary launches their newest informercial shown in different TV stations, on the responsible viewing of television. Couple Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo starred in the 30 sec. informercial.
• February 28 – The Game Channel, after almost 3 years on broadcasting, ceased on February 28, 2015. The channel space was taken over by My Movie Channel on March 1.

March

• March 1 – Jason Dy of Team Sarah was declared as the grand winner of the second season of The Voice of the Philippines held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila. He was coached by Sarah Geronimo.
• March 9 – Sharon Cuneta formally returned to her original network, ABS-CBN, after a 4-year involvement with TV5. Cuneta's first major project for her return was Your Face Sounds Familiar.
• March 14:
• *Vice Ganda's look-alike wins as Ultimate Kalokalike Face 3 on It's Showtime.
• *The Ateneo de Manila University Lady Eagles clinched their back-to-back championship title in after defeating the De La Salle University Lady Spikers in game 2 of the UAAP Season 77 Women's Volleyball Finals held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Bay City, Pasay. This was the only team to have a perfect 16-0 record.
• March 16 – CNN Philippines was launched; prior to its launching the channel was known as 9TV. The rebranding was done after Turner Broadcasting System inked a partnership and licensing deal with Nine Media Corporation in October of last year.
• March 20 – Willie Revillame also embarked his return to GMA Network after signing their blocktime deal for the upcoming Sunday variety show, Wowowin.
• March 22 – Jack City was replaced by CT, thus becoming independent from its parent network. Upon launch, the channel broadened its programming focus by adding talk shows, sitcoms and men's lifestyle programs to its roster.
• March 23 – Bearwin Meily wins the top prize of 1 million pesos in the second revival of Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal.
• March 26 – Solar Entertainment Corporation announced its broadcast of the Fight of the Century between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 3, 2015. As stated in a press conference that day, it was broadcast on May 3 via delayed broadcast in three major television stations in the Philippines, ABS-CBN, TV5, and GMA Network, with Solar Sports as its main content provider for this historic event in boxing.

April

• April 5 - Aksyon celebrated its 5th anniversary on Philippine television.
• April 10 – Comedian Ai-Ai de las Alas transferred and also embarked her return to GMA Network after 16-year involvement with ABS-CBN.
• April 17 – Ara Mina wins the top prize of 1 million pesos in the second revival of Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal.

May

• May 2 – Bobby Madubike of Abia, Nigeria was hailed as You're My Foreignoy 2015: Artistahin Talaga! Grand Winner on Eat Bulaga!.
• May 7 – Globe Telecom and The Walt Disney Company signed a multi-year partnership to access Disney's digital lifestyle experience for Globe users including video-on-demand, interactive content, promotions and other related services.
• May 14 – El Gamma Penumbra, a shadow dance troupe from Batangas who once joined Pilipinas Got Talent, won the first season of Asia's Got Talent aired on AXN Asia. Khusugtun of Mongolia and Gerphil Flores claimed their runner-up finishes.
• May 16 – University of San Carlos was hailed as Eat Bulaga!'s Pinoy Henyo High 2014-2015 Sayawan Grand Winner.
• May 18 – ABS-CBN announced a 5-year deal with the National Collegiate Athletic Association and ending its 3-year stint with TV5 to aired the games beginning with the 91st season on both free-to-air network, ABS-CBN Sports and Action, and on the cable and satellite channel, Balls and Balls HD
• May 22 – Philippines premiere cable channel for women, Lifestyle Network revealed a new logo and a new name will become Lifestyle.
• May 23
• * Xiamara Sophia Vigor hailed as the MiniMe season 2 grand winner on It's Showtime.
• * St. Vincent College of Cabuyao was hailed as Eat Bulaga!'s Pinoy Henyo High 2014-2015 Pautakan Grand Winner.
• May 27 – Iflix, a streaming service owned by Catcha Group, was launched and became available in the Philippines, alongside Malaysia.
• May 30 – Mommy Cherrie and Elche Isidro emerged as Eat Bulaga! #Kafez Grand Winner.
• May 31 – Angelia Gabrena Ong, of Manila was hailed as the 2015 Miss Philippines Earth, on its Grand Coronation Night that held at the Mall of Asia Arena.

June

• June 7 – Comedian Melai Cantiveros was named the first grand winner of Your Face Sounds Familiar: Season 1 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila.
• June 15–16 – Former Solar News anchorwomen Nancy Irlanda and Claire Celdran both back to their respective networks, Nancy is with ANC and Claire for CNN Philippines.

July

• July 1
• * My Movie Channel ceased broadcasting. The closure was announced by Solar a day before.
• * Jennylyn Mercado was crowned for the first time as the FHM's sexiest woman for 2015. Andrea Torres, Ellen Adarna, Sam Pinto, Solenn Heussaff, were also part of the Top 5.
• July 12 – Kabayan celebrated its 5th anniversary on Philippine television.
• July 16 – The Phenomenal "KalyeSerye" featuring the love story of Alden and Yaya Dub collectively known as "AlDub" and the intervention of Lola Nidora had gathered high ratings and trending topics for EB, up against rival It's Showtime which Ryan Rems Sarita became part of the regular cast after he won the Funny Juan competition.

August

• August 3 – Bernadette Sembrano was named as the permanent anchor replacement of Korina Sanchez, as rejoins Ted Failon and Noli de Castro on TV Patrol.
• August 8 – Ryan Rems Sarita was hailed as the Funny One grand winner on It's Showtime.
• August 14 – Bela Padilla and Joyce Bernal wins the top prize of 1 million pesos in the second revival of Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal.
• August 26 – ABS-CBN Corporation president and CEO Charo Santos-Concio said that she would chair the Gala of the 43rd International Emmy Awards on November 23 in New York City. Actor Piolo Pascual accompanied her in the gala and represented one award.
• August 29 – Kenneth Medrano was hailed as Eat Bulaga!'s That's My Bae grand winner.
• August 30 – Elha Nympha, coached by Bamboo Mañalac, won the second season of The Voice Kids held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila.

September

• September 7 – Kaye Abad and Nikki Valdez wins the top prize of 1 million pesos in the second revival of Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal.
• September 11 – TV5 Entertainment Head Wilma Galvante, formally left the station, as she formed a content provider company that produced TV shows on TV5, and other TV channels.
• September 16 – After almost 3 years ago on broadcasting, TeleAsia Filipino and TeleAsia Chinese ceased broadcasting. The closure was announced by My Pinoy TV Broadband Inc. a day before.

October

• October 3 – ABS-CBN launched a high-definition feed on Sky Cable and other cable and satellite providers. The network's newscasts and the yearly 7 Last Words special during Holy Week continued to broadcast in standard definition format until March 2018 as well as some selected movies and the Saturday morning asianovela Angel Wings also continued in standard definition format.
• October 5 – TV5 and Cignal Digital TV inked a deal with Bloomberg for the launching of Bloomberg TV Philippines, a 24/7 English business news channel.
• October 10 – Jay-R was hailed as COC - Clash of Celebrities grand winner on It's Showtime.
• October 14 – TV5 announced the appointment of VIVA CEO Vic Del Rosario Jr. as their network's chief entertainment strategist.
• October 17 – Team Dyosa was hailed as Lip Swak Challenge grand winner on It's Showtime held at Hoops Dome, Cebu.
• October 24
• * Eat Bulaga! held a benefit concert dubbed as "Sa Tamang Panahon" at the Philippine Arena to raise funds for libraries in certain schools in the Philippines. With sold out tickets, the concert highlights the love team of Maine Mendoza and Alden Richards and the Twitter hashtag #ALDubEBTamangPanahon made 41 million tweets becoming the most tweeted event in the world for 2015.
• * Team Vice, Jugs and Teddy was hailed as It's Showtimes sixth anniversary champion.
• October 26 - ANC went into a major overhaul in its broadcast design, including the refreshed logo and the red-blue colored title cards for the channel's major newscasts. As part of the relaunch, the channel opened a new studio in 8 Rockwell in Rockwell Center in Makati, aside from their studio and newsroom in Quezon City.
• October 29 - The Letran Knights clinched the NCAA Season 91 men's basketball title after defeating their archrivals San Beda Red Lions 2–1 in winner take-all game 3 of the best-of-three finals series held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Bay City, Pasay. This was their 17th basketball championship title since they last won after 10 years.
• October 31
• * Names Going Wild was hailed as Halo Halloween Grand Champion on It's Showtime.
• * Ma. Katherine "Kit" Cunanan named as the grand winner of It's Showtimes That's My Tomboy Astig 2, a segment dedicated to lesbians.

November

• November 8 – Jimboy Martin and Miho Nishida were both crowned as the Big Winners of the recently concluded Pinoy Big Brother: 737. The season's big night was held at Albay Astrodome in Legazpi, Albay.
• November 12 – ABS-CBN launches the Christmas song Thank You For The Love, after the news program TV Patrol.
• November 18 – Celestial Tiger Entertainment has teamed with Viva Communications to create Celestial Movies Pinoy, a localized Philippines version of CTE's Chinese film channel Celestial Movies.

December

• December 2 – The FEU Tamaraws clinched the UAAP Season 78 men's basketball title after defeating the UST Growling Tigers 2–1 in winner take-all game 3 of the best-of-three finals series held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Bay City, Pasay. This was their 20th basketball championship title since they last won after 10 years.
• December 3 – ABS-CBN Corporation dominated 33 categories, including Best TV Station, in the recently concluded 29th PMPC Star Awards for Television held at the Kia Theatre.
• December 5 – Garcia Family from San Pedro, Laguna was hailed as Karoling-Galing grand winner on It's Showtime.
• December 6 – Miss Philippines Angelia Ong was named the Miss Earth 2015 in its coronation night held at the Marx Halle in Vienna, Austria, marking the first time in the pageant's nearly 15-year history that a country has won back-to-back titles.
• December 12 – Alab Poi Dancers from Abucay, Bataan was hailed as the first-ever Todo BiGay grand winner on It's Showtime.
• December 13 – Actress Denise Laurel was named the second grand winner of Your Face Sounds Familiar: season 2 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila.
• December 19 - Migo Adcer and Klea Pineda was hailed as StarStruck Season 6 Ultimate Male and Female Survivors.
• December 20 – Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach from the Philippines was named as Miss Universe 2015 held at the AXIS, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
• December 31 – After 7 years of broadcasting, Balls and Balls HD ceased on the night of New Year's Eve. Its HD channel, as well as the entire channel's content absorbed to the S+A brand on New Year's Day.

Debuts

ABS-CBN

GMA

TV5

Re-runs

PTV

Unknown (dates)

• April: ''Tropang Teens Unlimited''

IBC

Minor networks

Unknown dates

• June: Mis-En-Scene and Tadhana on CLTV 36
• October: AUF Reel on CLTV 36
• November: NHK Japan Hour on Net 25
• November: A Day in a Life of... on UNTV LifeTagis Lakas on CLTV 36DW News on Net 25

Other channels

Unknown dates

• January: Activate: Trade and Talent Show on SLBN
• April–May: Pacific Drift, Sparta, The Best of Liga Pilipinas, Turf TV, World Poker Tour and Xtreme Riders on Pinoy Xtreme
• May: IndieKalibre on GMA News TV
• May: INC Vision on INCTV
• October: Game Changer Philippines on S+A

Re-runs

1. ^ Originally aired on ABS-CBN
2. ^ Originally aired on GMA
3. ^ Originally aired on TV5
4. ^ Originally aired on S+A
5. ^ Originally aired on GMA News TV
6. ^ Originally aired on ETC
7. ^ Originally aired on Studio 23
8. ^ Originally aired on Q
9. ^ Originally aired on 9TV
10. ^ Originally aired on IBC

Video streaming services

Milestone episodes

Finales

ABS-CBN

Stopped airing

• February 4: My Puhunan
• February 6: Red Alert
• April 10: Haikyu!! season 1
• April 12: The Legend of Korra and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles season 2
• October 24: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles season 2, SpongeBob SquarePants and ''The Flying House''

GMA

Stopped airing

• March 29: GMA Blockbusters
• April 24
• * 24 Oras Ilokano
• * 24 Oras Bikol
• * 24 Oras Northern Mindanao
• * Isyu Subong Negrense
• * Buena Mano Balita
• * Arangkada
• * Primera Balita
• * Una Ka BAI
• April 26: People, Events and Places
• August 28: 24 Oras North Central Luzon
• November 13: ''Ratsada 24 Oras''

TV5

PTV

• January 4: In This Corner
• June 2: Spikers' Turf 1st Season Open Conference
• September 27: Spikers' Turf 1st Season Collegiate Conference
• December 6: ''Spikers' Turf 1st Season Reinforced Open Conference''

Stopped airing

• March: ''Asenso Pinoy''

IBC

Minor networks

Stopped airing

• August 9: Spoon on Net 25

Unknown dates

Other channels

Stopped airing

• February 5: Tai Chi Chasers, Voltron Force and Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal season 1 on S+A
• August 28: Eyeshield 21 on Hero

Networks

Rebranded

Stopped broadcasting

Awards

• January 28: MITV Gawad Kamalayan, organized by the Mapua Institute of Technology.
• February 8: 2015 Paragala Central Luzon Media Awards, organized by the Holy Angel University.
• February 18: 2015 Adamson University Media Awards, organized by the Adamson University.
• February 19: 2015 Gawad Tanglaw Awards, organized by the UPHSD-Delta Las Pinas
• April 11: The Platinum Stallion Media Awards 2015, organized by the Trinity University of Asia
• April 16: 11th USTV Awards, organized by the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas
• April 26: Golden Screen TV Awards, organized by the Entertainment Press Society, held at the Carlos Romulo Theater, Makati
• April 28: 23rd KBP Golden Dove Awards, organized by the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas
• June 11: 35th Rotary Club of Manila Journalism Awards, organized by the Rotary Club of Manila
• June 14: 46th Box Office Entertainment Awards, organized by the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation
• July 3: 17th VACC Awards, organized by the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption
• August 15: 5th EdukCircle TV Awards, organized by the International Center for Communication Studies, held at the UP Theater
• August 16: 10th COMGUILD Media Awards, organized by the COMGUILD Center for Journalism
• November 4: 37th Catholic Mass Media Awards, organized by the CMMA Foundation
• November 7: Illumine: 1st GCIC Innovation Awards for Television, organized by Global City Innovative College
• December 3: 29th PMPC Star Awards for Television, organized by the Philippine Movie Press Club
• December: 1st ALTA Media Icon Awards, organized by the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA

Winners

Local

International

Births

• October 2: Princess Kathrine "Kulot" Caponpon, singer

Deaths

• January 9 – Susan Calo Medina, host of Travel Time and Tipong Pinoy

• March 4 – Jam Sebastian, part of Jamich, a real-life couple who gained popularity in YouTube
• March 14 – Liezl Martinez, actress and MTRCB board member

• April 17 – Ricardo Reyes a.k.a. Richie D'Horsie, comedian

• June 13 – Junix Inocian, actor
• June 25 – Jonathan Oldan, assistant cameraman, CNN Philippines

• July 7 – Julia Buencamino, teen actress
• July 8 – Lucita Soriano, veteran actress
• July 15 – Pocholo Montes, veteran actor
• July 24 – Jimboy Salazar, actor and singer

• August 2 – Marcelo "Ozu" Ong, actor, dancer and singer, member of Masculados Dos
• August 6 – Amado Pineda, weatherman, GMA Network

• October 8 – Elizabeth Ramsey, comedian, singer and actress

• November 8 – Rey Mercaral, Net 25/Eagle News Service anchor