ABS-CBN settles cash dispute with TV5, indicators cope with Villar’s ALLTV

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(1st UPDATE) ‘Batang Quiapo’ and different prime time packages of ABS-CBN shall be proven on Manny Villar’s ALLTV beginning January 2, 2026

MANILA, Philippines – Lopez-led ABS-CBN Company has settled its monetary dispute with Manny V. Pangilinan’s (MVP) TV5 and Mediaquest and signed a licensing cope with Manny Villar’s ALLTV.

In a disclosure late Wednesday, December 17, the previous broadcast large stated it has acceded to TV5’s discover terminating its content material settlement efficient January 2, 2026.

The content material deal allowed TV5 to air ABS-CBN reveals on the Kapatid channel’s prime time slots on weekdays and on weekends with the 2 platforms sharing advert revenues.

ABS-CBN additionally stated that it has “formally tendered funds” to the MVP Group that settles a reported almost P1 billion in delayed funds of TV5’s income share from the content material deal. The Kapatid Channel earlier stated the delay “had affected TV5’s capability to settle its personal obligations.”

ABS-CBN, which is closely indebted, had disputed the reported P950 million delayed funds to TV5 as of October 2025, though it didn’t present particulars on what it was contesting.

In the identical disclosure, ABS-CBN stated it has signed a licensing settlement with Villar’s Superior Media Broadcasting System (AMBS), proprietor and operater of ALLTV Community, on the airing of ABS-CBN’s Kapamilya Channel on ALLTV beginning January 2.

“Beginning on this date, ALLTV audiences will be capable to watch their favourite ABS-CBN reveals like FPJ’s Batang Quiapo, Roja, What Lies Beneath, It’s Showtime, ASAP, TV Patrol, and extra. Prime ABS-CBN packages will proceed to be obtainable on A2Z, with It’s Showtime and Pinoy Massive Brother Superstar Collab 2.0 airing on GMA,” ABS-CBN stated.

ALLTV operates ABS-CBN’s former free television Channel 2 (analog) in Mega Manila, which the Lopezes misplaced after the Rodrigo Duterte administration rejected the published renewal in 2020. Then-congresswoman and now Senator Camille Villar was amongst those that voted in opposition to a brand new franchise for ABS-CBN.

ABS-CBN signed a content material cope with AMBS in 2024 on the airing of outdated content material beneath their Jeepney TV model plus the midday present It’s Showtime and its primetime information present TV Patrol.

In a press assertion on Wednesday, ABS-CBN thanked Pangilinan and TV5 “for offering a house for some ABS-CBN packages since 2021.” – Rappler.com