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Dear Kababayans, I hope you are all doing well and had a great time celebrating the holidays with your loved ones. 2020 has been a roller coaster ride with the COVID-19 Pandemic arriving in our part of the world in March which resulted in much of our country being locked down. Fast forward nine months later [...]
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After tumultuous year, ABS-CBN is still releasing a Christmas station ID

MANILA, Philippines — ABS-CBN will still be releasing a Christmas station ID even after a tumultuous year that saw it being forced off air by regulators and its application for a fresh franchise being denied by the House of Representatives controlled by allies of President Rodrigo Duterte, who has vowed to see the end of the media giant.

ABS-CBN teased the station ID, which will be titled “Ikaw ang Liwanag at Ligaya,” through a 10-second clip posted Friday which features the network’s colors and its theme played using Christmas bells.

The station ID’s release follows a tumultuous year for ABS-CBN, which was forced to lay off thousands of employees following its forced shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic.

ABS-CBN is slowly picking itself back up, with some of its entertainment shows back on free TV through a blocktime arrangement with Zoe Broadcasting Network, Inc.

Beginning in 2002, ABS-CBN has been releasing Christmas station IDs, some of which have become holiday mainstays, such as “Star ng Pasko,” which was released after the onslaught of Typhoon Ondoy in 2009.

Source:philstar.com