NewsWatch Plus


NewsWatch Plus is a Philippine digital news media service. It is owned by Broadreach Media, a media investment firm which took over the operations and assets of the now-defunct CNN Philippines. It began its operations on July 1, 2024 on soft launch, and was fully launched in August 2024. It was named after the RPN's in-house longest running flagship newscast.

History

On January 29, 2024, Nine Media Corporation announced the closure of CNN Philippines, which ceased its live news productions effective immediately, and shut down entirely end of the month on January 31, citing financial losses and to shift its focus on the operations of their sister channel, Aliw Channel 23. Nine Media President Benjamin Ramos said "the employees were given their severance package and their salary for the whole month of February 2024."
Prior to the closure, Nine Media Corporation's indirect parent Broadreach Media took over the operations and assets of the former's news organization, which includes most of its news presenters and its editorial/management staff.
On June 7, 2024, NewsWatch Plus was formally announced and it is independently operating as a digital multicasting news service. The said launch is a revival of RPN's flagship newscast NewsWatch. It was soft launched online on July 1, 2024, via YouTube and X accounts that were formerly used by CNN Philippines.
On August 22, 2024, NewsWatch Plus has been granted the rights to archive CNN Philippines content from Nine Media Corporation.

Content

Since its launch, NewsWatch Plus launched originally-produced digital programs while keeping most of its predecessor's remaining programs and past archived videos. Programming features NewsWatch Live, a rolling daily news bulletin, and NewsWatch Now, a primetime evening news bulletin.
It is currently airing archives of current affairs content through RPTV, and as primetime block on its partial sister station Aliw Channel 23 since August 12. On July 3, 2024, NewsWatch Plus announced that it would produce new episodes for its programs and provide access to CNN Philippines archives for subscribers. It also kept its paid/sponsored shows and segments with San Miguel Corporation.

''NewsWatch Now''

NewsWatch Now is the flagship evening/primetime newscast of NewsWatch Plus, officially debuted on July 1, 2024, the same day NewsWatch Plus began its news operations. It is anchored by Menchu Macapagal.

Programming

  • Batas Et Al
  • Building Bridges
  • Culinary Chronicles
  • Get Fit
  • Manila Conversations with Tristan Nodalo
  • MedTalk Health Talk
  • NewsWatch Interviews
  • NewsWatch Live
  • NewsWatch Now
  • One Small Act
  • T3
  • The Newsmaker: Just The Facts
  • The Other Office with Lois Calderon
  • The Scoop
  • The Story of the Filipino
  • ''Zoom In with Menchu Macapagal''