The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2014. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.
Events
January
January 16 – After 17 years of broadcast,
Studio 23 ended its commercial operations on Thursday evening.[1][2]
January 18 –
ABS-CBN's new UHF sports channel on Channel 23,
S+A, was officially launched.[3][4][5]
January 20 – Emil Paden from
Caloocan City was proclaimed as Eat Bulaga!'s That's My Tambay grand winner.
January 22 –
Vhong Navarro was beaten by Cedric Lee and five other men in a condominium unit after he was allegedly caught in the act of raping Deniece Cornejo, the occupant of the said condominium unit.[6] Navarro aired his side on the said incident in an interview by
Boy Abunda for his program, Buzz ng Bayan, on January 26.[7] Last April 26, Lee together with his companion Simeon Raz was arrested by the NBI agents in
Oras, Eastern Samar, 1 week after the Taguig RTC issued warrants of arrests for the serious illegal detention case.[8] On May 5, Cornejo surrendered to the authorities at the
Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame.[9]
People's Television Network, in partnership with HBKOR, Inc., announced that it will launch a talent search called K-Pop Idol Search (KIS) – Pinoy Edition. Preliminaries were held April to August 2014. The winner of the said competition will win two million
pesos, a six-month intensive training in
South Korea, and a five-year exclusive performing contract.[11][12]
14 people died, including 2 foreigners and comedian
Tado Jimenez, after a Florida bus with 45 passengers on-board fell into a 500-meter deep ravine in
Bontoc, Mountain Province.[13] 24 others were reported injured, while four more passengers were reported missing.[14]
February 8 –
Wally Bayola made a tearful return as one of the hosts of Eat Bulaga! after a 5-month hiatus due to a sex video scandal.[15]
February 10 – Tibay Family was hailed as
Eat Bulaga!'s Pamilyang Pinoy Henyo Nationwide Grand Champion.
February 14
The revived local version of MTV in the country,
MTV Pinoy was relaunched.[16] Sam Pinto, Andre Paras, singer Josh Padilla, and Yassi Pressman were also introduced as the channel's VJs.[17]
February 20 – The 10th USTv Students' Choice Awards.
ABS-CBN, and its programs and media personalities received 16 awards;
GMA Network, including its free news television channel
GMA News TV, received 9 awards; while
TV5 received 1 award.[19]
February 22 – Guilherme "Gui" Adorno of
Portugal was hailed as You're My Foreignoy 2014 Grand Winner on
Eat Bulaga!.[20]
February 24 – Bandila, a late night news program broadcast by
ABS-CBN, reported that two persons from Pangasinan were reported to have a flesh-eating disease and their disease is highly communicable. By February 25, the
Department of Health (DOH) confirmed that the mysterious flesh-eating disease affecting two persons in the province of
Pangasinan was a hoax. DOH also clarified that the two individuals were in fact affected by
leprosy, and a severe case of
psoriasis.[21][22] The news created fear among the public. It also became a hot topic online as the mysterious disease was said to be part of a prophecy by a self-titled Indian prophet Vincent Selvakumar of the Voice of Jesus Ministries who visited the country last April 2013.
Julius Babao, one of the anchors of the news program, later clarified on February 25 that it was not their intention to ignite fear among the public. He further added, It is not the program's intention to scare the public but to report the information we gathered so that authorities would give appropriate action.[21] On February 27, ABS-CBN issued an official statement that was broadcast on the same program apologizing for the fear and panic caused by the report that was broadcast on February 24. The network also added that their internal ombudsman office will look into the false report, and will take appropriate actions based on the findings of the network's ombudsman.[23] On February 28, the provincial government of Pangasinan demanded for an apology from ABS-CBN. The provincial government said that the false news report had greatly damaged the province's tourism sector.[24]
February 26 – ABS-CBN was the most awarded television network after receiving nine awards in the 49th Anvil Awards by the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP).[25]GMA Network's Dapat Tama electoral advocacy campaign also received an award in the said event.[26]
March
March 7 – GMA Network and ABS-CBN earned 11 and 5 nominations respectively in the 2014 New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards. The awards ceremony was held last April 8 (April 9; Philippine time) in
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.[27]
March 8 – Tearful
Vhong Navarro returned to It's Showtime for more than a month of hiatus after recovering from injuries sustained following a mauling incident by six men in a condominium unit at The Fort,
Taguig on January 22.[28][29]
March 19 –
TV5 news anchor
Erwin Tulfo and
GMA Super Radyo DZBB 594 commentator Carmelo del Prado Magdurulan were named by the Philippine Daily Inquirer as among the beneficiaries of the diversion of congressional allocations from the
Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) which was coursed through the National Agribusiness Corporation (Nabcor) in 2009. Both media men were reported to have received P245,535. Due to this, TV5 and GMA Network separately announced that they will be probing their respective broadcasters involved in the said allegations.[30]
March 21 – GMA Network dominated the 5th Golden Screen Awards organized by the Entertainment Press Society as it bags the Outstanding TV Network award together with 27 other awards. ABS-CBN got home 24 awards while TV5 bagged away 2 awards.[31]
March 22
A. Montes I Elementary School from Iloilo City emerged as
Eat Bulaga's Junior Pinoy Henyo Sayawan Grand Champion held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater,
Resorts World Manila. They were coached by Yuri Villanueva.
Haydee Mañosca emerged as Stars on 45 champion on
It's Showtime.
March 23 – GMA Network launched their own version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame called the "GMA Walk of Fame". Over 196 personalities and talents of the Kapuso Network both from the Entertainment and News and Public Affairs divisions had their own star at the Walk of Fame located at the network's compound in EDSA, Quezon City.[32]
March 29 –
Kapatid TV5 International renewed their contract with
OSN, a pay TV network based in the Middle East and North Africa. Kapatid TV5 was named as the second top-rated Filipino international channel by OSN.[33]
March 30 – ABS-CBN formally launched this year's Station ID for the summer season called "Masayang Muli ang Kwento ng Summer" featuring the travel destinations, the culture and the smile of every Filipino.
Kathryn Bernardo and
Daniel Padilla rendered the song "PINASmile" which has been used for the station ID.[34]
April
April 5 – Kapt. Jose Cardones Memorial Elementary School from Taguig City emerged as
Eat Bulaga's Junior Pinoy Henyo Pautakan grand champion.
GMA Network's daily docu-reality program Tunay na Buhay episode entitled Sanggol at Langaw won the gold medal at the 2014 New York Festivals International TV and Film Awards. Six other GMA programs and plugs, and two ABS-CBN programs bagged the silver and bronze medals, respectively.[36]
Filipina models Katarina Rodriguez and Jodilly Pendre were named as the second and first runner-up of the Asia's Next Top Model (season 2) finale which was aired on
Star World. Malaysian aspirant Sheena Liam was hailed as the winner of the said reality modelling competition. The show was also aired on
TV5 in a delayed telecast.[37]
April 23 –
Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary
Dinky Soliman accused
News5,
TV5's news division, of manipulating information of their unkempt DSWD warehouse (currently used for the World Food Programme) with rotten and spoiled relief goods in Brgy. Calibaan,
Tacloban City. The report was aired last March 26 on Pilipinas News, the network's late night newscast. In an official statement, TV5 stands for its story on the incident.[38]
April 26 – Bryan Castillo was named as the grand winner of the reality show The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition: Doubles aired on
ABS-CBN. Bryan, known as the Pride of Pembo, Makati and the member of Team MagKapatid now weighs in at 139 pounds from the former 293 pounds with a weight loss percentage of 52.56%. Kayen Lazaro, Francis Asis and Osie Nebreja were named as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd runner up, respectively.[39]
April 29 – ABS-CBN (both for television and radio, and the Manila and Regional Network Group stations) won major awards at the 22nd KBP Golden Dove Awards with 22 awards including Best TV station and the KBP Lifetime Achievement Award given to the network's chairman, Eugenio Lopez III. TV5 only got 2 awards for Pinoy Explorer (Best TV Magazine Program) and
Ogie Alcasid of Tropa Mo Ko Unli (Best Comedy Actor). Pampanga-based TV network
CLTV-36 was awarded for the second time as the Best Provincial TV station.[40]
May
May 5
Documentarist
Howie Severino named as the Vice President for Professional Development of GMA News after he resigning as the VP for Multimedia Journalism of GMA Network and the editor-in-chief of GMA News Online. Severino will keep his job as the host of I-Witness and anchor of News to Go.[41]
GMA Network chairman and CEO Atty. Felipe L. Gozon confirms the network stockholders is in negotiations with
San Miguel Corporation chairman Ramon Ang who is interested to buy the equity stake of the network.[42]
May 8–10 – Advertising and Marketing companies joined together for the staging of the first AD Summit Pilipinas 2014 with the theme, entitled Age of Enlightenment, and the Kidlat Awards that will recognized the achievements of advertising industry in 2013. The convention was held at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center in Subic, Zambales. TV5,
RMN,
MBC and ABS-CBN are the major sponsors of the said event to be organized by Accredited Advertising Agencies of the Philippines and Advertising Suppliers Association of the Philippines.[43]
May 10 – Baguio-based John Raspado, formerly one of the wildcard contestants of the contest was hailed as the grand winner of I Am Pogay segment of the noontime show It's Showtime aired on ABS-CBN, the contest on TV for gay men.[44]
May 22 – GMA Network won the Outstanding TV Station of the year of the 34th Rotary Club of Manila Journalism Awards.
May 30 – ABS-CBN (Gold Services Company of the Year Award) and its president and CEO Charo Santos-Concio (Woman of the Year for the Philippines) emerged as the lone Philippine winner of the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards held at South Korea.[47]
June
June 1 – The premiere telecast of It Takes Gutz to be A Gutierrez, the first reality TV show based on one of the prominent showbiz families in the country, the Gutierrezes, aired on E! Channel Asia. In the pilot episode of the Mike Carandang-directed program,
Richard Gutierrez confirms that his partner
Sarah Lahbati gave birth to a baby boy named Zion.[48]
June 2
Asian Television Content Corporation (ATC) started their blocktime agreement for
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC Channel 13), fifth time for the network (with former blocktime deals from Vintage, Viva, Makisig (discontinued and not aired) and AKTV). ATC will supply quality alternative programming for the government-sequestred TV network.[49]
In line with their 40th anniversary in the television industry,
People's Television Network Channel 4's newscasts (Balitaan, PTV NewsBreak, News @ 1, News @ 6, NewsLife, The Weekend News) will be reformatted with new titlecards, new graphic designs and a brand new studio set design by Extremity Arts.
June 4 – For the fourth straight time, GMA Network's First Vice President for News Programs and State of the Nation anchor
Jessica Soho was recognized as the Most Trusted News Presenter in the Philippines by Reader's Digest Asia.
June 11 – The
Movie and Television Review and Classification Board ordered
ABS-CBN to attend a mandatory conference on the gender sensitivity issues for their reality show Pinoy Big Brother: All In. The Philippine Commission on Women condemned the June 4 episode on the nude painting task given for 4 housemates of the program, Jayme Jalandoni, Ranty Portento, Daniel Matsunaga and Michele Gumabao.[50] Jayme, Ranty and Michele was part of the evictees from the reality show.
June 13 – ABS-CBN won the Award of Excellence at recent IABC's International Gold Quill Awards 2014 for their advocacy of the restoration of Philippine classic films. The awards were held in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[51]
June 14
Veteran actress
Boots Anson-Roa tied the knot once again, now together with his new fiancé Atty. King Rodrigo in a wedding ceremony led by Cardinal-Archbishop
Luis Antonio Tagle at the Archbishop's Palace in Manila.[52]
Nhikzy Vheench Calma (Mini Michael Jackson) emerged as MiniMe Grand Winner.
June 16 – Brigada's Gintong Burak episode won the One World Award, the highest recognition of the USIFVF for the Philippine television. That said episode, together with Wagas, both from
GMA News TV, was awarded the Gold Camera Award in the 2014 US International Film & Video Festival, GMA News and Public Affairs, likewise won five silver screen awards and one certificate of excellence awards. ABS-CBN also got 2 awards.[53]
June 18 – StarStruck batch 5 alumnus
Steven Silva and Save Me Hollywood vocalist/I Am Meg Season 1 winner Julz Savard will become the cast members of The Boston, the second season of The Kitchen Musical. Some of the scenes of the drama will be shot in Manila. The show will be aired on
Lifestyle and will be also aired internationally.[54]
June 22 – MTRCB praised Fox International Channels, the cable TV channels group and distributor of the hit American TV series The Walking Dead on their self-regulation by airing warnings during the show. MTRCB chairman Toto Villareal, together with the board members and FIC VP Jude Turcuato attended the meeting at the FIC headquarters in Taguig City.[55]
June 24 –
GMA Network, through a group of stockholders, the Duavit, Jimenez and the Gozon families have decided to sell their minority equity interest in the company's outstanding capital stock to
San Miguel Corporation president
Ramon S. Ang.[56]
June 25–26 –
UNTV 37 celebrated its first decade on the air. The TV station pioneered free public service programs to the public and the use of its rescue team and UV drones is backed by
Daniel Razon, popularly known as Kuya Daniel or as Mr. Public Service.[57]
June 25 – TV5 presents to the advertisers their newest programming line-up for the 3rd quarter in 2014 during the Signal No. 5: Umuulan ng Saya trade launch at the Manila Polo Club.[58]
June 26 – Mayor Herbert Bautista, Architect Bong Recio, PBC Pres. Atom Henares and UNTV-BMPI CEO Daniel Razon led groundbreaking of the soon-to-rise 18-storey UNTV Broadcast Center located a few meters away from the current UNTV building in EDSA
Philam Homes, Quezon City. The building will be completed in January 2016.[59]
July 9 – Game 5 of the 2014 PBA Governor's Cup Finals between Grand slam champions San Mig Coffee Mixers and Rain or Shine Elasto Painters gained an average of 4 million viewers or 9.5 percent AMR and 34 percent audience share in the National Urban TV Audience Measurement (NUTAM) in the primetime slot, based on Nielsen Media Research.[60]
July 12 –
Christian Broadcasting Network Asia and ABS-CBN signed a contract to air the bible-based animated series Superbook on the Yes Weekend! morning line-up. Christian Broadcasting Network Asia President Peter Kairuz and ABS-CBN Head of TV Production Cory Vidanes graced the contract signing.[61]
July 14 – The Boycott Sofitel and "No to Sofitel" campaign was launched by the supporters of UNTV and
Daniel Razon due to intentional delisting of the channel in their hotel cable line-up, among other reasons.[62]
July 19 – Ilocana beauty Chatterlie Mae Umalos was crowned the first ever grand finals winner of Gandang Babae 2014 during a live episode of It's Showtime.[63]
July 27
Team Sarah
Lyca Gairanod won the first season of The Voice Kids after their successful finale at the Resorts World Manila.[64]
TV5 news anchor
Paolo Bediones was the latest victim of a sex video scandal with an unknown woman spreading thru social media and became a trending topic on Twitter.[65]
July 28 – PTV 4 and IBC 13 employees staged their protest at the Commonwealth Avenue in time for the PNoy's State of the Nation Address.
July 30 – Eat Bulaga!, the
Philippines longest running noontime show, celebrated its 35th year on Philippine Television.
August
August 9 – Celebrity couple
Dingdong Dantes and
Marian Rivera was engaged after their marriage proposal during the live telecast birthday special of Marian aired on
GMA Network. Their wedding will be set on December 30, 2014, in the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Cubao, Quezon City.[66]
August 24 – Brazilian-Japanese model and actor
Daniel Matsunaga was chosen by the voting public to become the Big Winner of Pinoy Big Brother: All In in the Big Night held at the
Resorts World Manila and aired on
ABS-CBN. Matsunaga won P1M cash and other prizes including Asian Trip for 2 and a condo unit. Maris Racal, Jane Oineza and Vickie Rushton were named as the 2nd, 3rd and 4th placers respectively.[67]
August 29
ABS-CBN bagged another Stevie award for Company of the Year – Media & Entertainment, the third Stevie award bagged by ABS-CBN for 2014.
Sharon Cuneta ends her 2-year contract with TV5. Her last program with the network was Madam Chairman which ended last January.[68]
August 30 – Ricardo Marcial emerged as Stars on 45 Volume 2 champion on
It's Showtime.
September
September 1 –
Jack City was no longer aired on BEAM Channel 31 as BEAM prepares for the ISDB-T digital television.[69][70] However, Jack City continues to broadcast on cable networks. After its closure, it aired
O Shopping and
TBN which its started from 9:00 am of the date mentioned above.
September 3 – Sec. Sonny Coloma in the hearing for the 2015 PCOO Senate budget and GCG Adisclosed that efforts to privatize IBC-13 will continue next year despite legal obstacles. Escudero suggest to Congress to allocate subsidy for unpaid GSIS, SSS, PhilHealth contributions of the network employees.[71]
September 7
Billy Crawford was arrested after his drunk behavior at the Taguig Police Station 7, happened hours after the Star Magic Ball when Crawford was the guest. Billy was apologized to the police and the fans. The following day, Crawford post bail on his Malicious Mischief case.[72]
September 25 –
Richard Yap and
Jodi Sta. Maria officially announced in their press conference that ABS-CBN's morning drama Be Careful with My Heart will officially end on November 28 after their successful 2-year run.[73]
October
October 1 –
TV Patrol Weekend's coverage on the onslaught of Typhoon Yolanda was recognized as the nominee for the News category of the 2014 International Emmy Awards.
October 4 – Liana Ella Kuzma hailed as FHHM 2014 Grand Winner.
October 14 – ABS-CBN scored yet another Stevie award for People's Choice Stevie Award for Media & Entertainment, the fourth Stevie award bagged by ABS-CBN in 2014.
October 18 –
Nikko Seagal Natividad was crowned the first ever grand finals winner of Gandang Lalake: Kuma-Career during a live episode of It's Showtime.
October 23 – The Fastbreak 2014 was held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.
November 10 – As part of
GMA News shakeup,
Vicky Morales joined the
24 Oras team as its third anchor, as rejoins are
Mel Tiangco and
Mike Enriquez. Also, GMA Regional newscasts for
Bicol,
Cebu,
Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo,
Dagupan and
Ilocos adopted the 24 Oras branding. Along with
Saksi (which
Pia Arcangel replaced Morales on her stint), as rejoins
Arnold Clavio and
Balitanghali (which
Connie Sison replaces Arcangel on her stint), as rejoins
Raffy Tima, the graphic package went flat, also their title cards, the return of the Myriad font for 24 Oras, and the OBB, along with its energetic theme music.
November 19 – Mang Obet won ₱1,000,000, making a total of ₱1,040,000 on It's Showtime's Isang Tanong, Isang Milyon.[75]
November 20
More than 200 talents of GMA Network, members of the Talents Association of GMA filed a complaint against the network following the network's stand for refusal for them to become regular employees even the Project Employment Contract with benefits deal will present to them.
Jobelle won ₱1,000,000, making a total of ₱1,022,000 on It's Showtime's Isang Tanong, Isang Milyon.[76]
November 23 – ABS-CBN dominated 32 categories, including Best TV Station, in the recently concluded 28th
PMPC Star Awards for TV 2014 held at the Solaire Resort and Casino.
November 27 – The Fastbreak 2014 Closing Ceremony was held at the
Philippine Arena.
December
December 9 – Joel won ₱1,000,000, making a total of ₱1,022,000 on It's Showtime's Isang Tanong, Isang Milyon.[77]
December 13 – Neil Never Exit in Life was hailed as the Ultimate Talentado in
Talentadong Pinoy 2014, the Mighty Revolution of which were held at Newport Performing Arts Theater,
Resorts World Manila.
December 20 – Albay's Majestic Tala Parol from Oas, Albay emerged as TV Parol Grand Winner on
It's Showtime.
July 7: Da Vinci Learning: Marvi Hammer, Da Vinci Learning: Right on Top, Da Vinci Learning: Science Please and Da Vinci Learning: Spellz: World Ahoy on Net 25
January 12: ABS-CBN Sports presents Top Rank Boxing, Agribusiness: How It Works, Family Rosary Crusade,[245]Friends Again, FPJ: Ang Nag-Iisang Alamat, Gag U, Sagupaan TV and The Word Exposed with Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle on Studio 23 (now S+A)
March 6: 5th Northwest Samar State University Students' Choice Award for Radio and television, organized by
Northwest Samar State University (NSSU)[250]
May 18: 2014 Box Office Entertainment Awards, organized by Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation[255]
May 22: 34th Rotary Club of Manila Journalism Awards, organized by the Rotary Club of Manila[256]
May 31: 1st Gawad Duyan Media Awards for Local Television, organized by the Philippine Pediatrics Society
July 18: 2014 Yahoo Celebrity Awards Philippines, organized by Yahoo! Philippines
August 1: 2014 COMGUILD Awards, part of the 9th Conference of Journalism and Mass Communication Students of the Philippines, held at the AFP Theater, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City
August 17: 4th EdukCircle Awards, held at the UP-Diliman Campus, Quezon City.[257]
August 20: 2014 VACC Media Awards, organized by the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC), held at the NBI Gym, Taft Avenue, Manila.[258]
September 16: City of Malabon University College of Arts and Sciences Media Awards[259]
October 29: 36th Catholic Mass Media Awards, organized by the Catholic Mass Media Awards Foundation, held at the GSIS Financial Center Theater, Pasay City[260]
November 23:
28th PMPC Star Awards for Television organized by Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC), held at the Solaire Resort and Casino Grand Ballroom, Paranaque City.
Winners
These are awards held in 2014.
Local
This list only includes the Golden Screen TV Awards and Star Awards for Television.
October 2: Myrna "Tiya Pusit" Villanueva, (born 1948), 66, Filipina comedian and actress, aortic aneurysm and kidney failure.[276]
November 5: Elaine Gamboa Cuneta, (born 1934), 79, former beauty queen, singer, and actress, stomach ulcer.[277]
November 15: Raffy Marcelo (born 1946), 67, anchor of
GMA News, cardiac arrest.[278]
December 30: Cristy Dailo (born 1952), 62, anchor and reporter of
FBS Radio Network (1973–1991),
PTV-4 (1981–2001) and
DWIZ 882 (1991–2014), ovarian cancer.
The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2014. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.
Events
January
January 16 – After 17 years of broadcast,
Studio 23 ended its commercial operations on Thursday evening.[1][2]
January 18 –
ABS-CBN's new UHF sports channel on Channel 23,
S+A, was officially launched.[3][4][5]
January 20 – Emil Paden from
Caloocan City was proclaimed as Eat Bulaga!'s That's My Tambay grand winner.
January 22 –
Vhong Navarro was beaten by Cedric Lee and five other men in a condominium unit after he was allegedly caught in the act of raping Deniece Cornejo, the occupant of the said condominium unit.[6] Navarro aired his side on the said incident in an interview by
Boy Abunda for his program, Buzz ng Bayan, on January 26.[7] Last April 26, Lee together with his companion Simeon Raz was arrested by the NBI agents in
Oras, Eastern Samar, 1 week after the Taguig RTC issued warrants of arrests for the serious illegal detention case.[8] On May 5, Cornejo surrendered to the authorities at the
Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame.[9]
People's Television Network, in partnership with HBKOR, Inc., announced that it will launch a talent search called K-Pop Idol Search (KIS) – Pinoy Edition. Preliminaries were held April to August 2014. The winner of the said competition will win two million
pesos, a six-month intensive training in
South Korea, and a five-year exclusive performing contract.[11][12]
14 people died, including 2 foreigners and comedian
Tado Jimenez, after a Florida bus with 45 passengers on-board fell into a 500-meter deep ravine in
Bontoc, Mountain Province.[13] 24 others were reported injured, while four more passengers were reported missing.[14]
February 8 –
Wally Bayola made a tearful return as one of the hosts of Eat Bulaga! after a 5-month hiatus due to a sex video scandal.[15]
February 10 – Tibay Family was hailed as
Eat Bulaga!'s Pamilyang Pinoy Henyo Nationwide Grand Champion.
February 14
The revived local version of MTV in the country,
MTV Pinoy was relaunched.[16] Sam Pinto, Andre Paras, singer Josh Padilla, and Yassi Pressman were also introduced as the channel's VJs.[17]
February 20 – The 10th USTv Students' Choice Awards.
ABS-CBN, and its programs and media personalities received 16 awards;
GMA Network, including its free news television channel
GMA News TV, received 9 awards; while
TV5 received 1 award.[19]
February 22 – Guilherme "Gui" Adorno of
Portugal was hailed as You're My Foreignoy 2014 Grand Winner on
Eat Bulaga!.[20]
February 24 – Bandila, a late night news program broadcast by
ABS-CBN, reported that two persons from Pangasinan were reported to have a flesh-eating disease and their disease is highly communicable. By February 25, the
Department of Health (DOH) confirmed that the mysterious flesh-eating disease affecting two persons in the province of
Pangasinan was a hoax. DOH also clarified that the two individuals were in fact affected by
leprosy, and a severe case of
psoriasis.[21][22] The news created fear among the public. It also became a hot topic online as the mysterious disease was said to be part of a prophecy by a self-titled Indian prophet Vincent Selvakumar of the Voice of Jesus Ministries who visited the country last April 2013.
Julius Babao, one of the anchors of the news program, later clarified on February 25 that it was not their intention to ignite fear among the public. He further added, It is not the program's intention to scare the public but to report the information we gathered so that authorities would give appropriate action.[21] On February 27, ABS-CBN issued an official statement that was broadcast on the same program apologizing for the fear and panic caused by the report that was broadcast on February 24. The network also added that their internal ombudsman office will look into the false report, and will take appropriate actions based on the findings of the network's ombudsman.[23] On February 28, the provincial government of Pangasinan demanded for an apology from ABS-CBN. The provincial government said that the false news report had greatly damaged the province's tourism sector.[24]
February 26 – ABS-CBN was the most awarded television network after receiving nine awards in the 49th Anvil Awards by the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP).[25]GMA Network's Dapat Tama electoral advocacy campaign also received an award in the said event.[26]
March
March 7 – GMA Network and ABS-CBN earned 11 and 5 nominations respectively in the 2014 New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards. The awards ceremony was held last April 8 (April 9; Philippine time) in
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.[27]
March 8 – Tearful
Vhong Navarro returned to It's Showtime for more than a month of hiatus after recovering from injuries sustained following a mauling incident by six men in a condominium unit at The Fort,
Taguig on January 22.[28][29]
March 19 –
TV5 news anchor
Erwin Tulfo and
GMA Super Radyo DZBB 594 commentator Carmelo del Prado Magdurulan were named by the Philippine Daily Inquirer as among the beneficiaries of the diversion of congressional allocations from the
Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) which was coursed through the National Agribusiness Corporation (Nabcor) in 2009. Both media men were reported to have received P245,535. Due to this, TV5 and GMA Network separately announced that they will be probing their respective broadcasters involved in the said allegations.[30]
March 21 – GMA Network dominated the 5th Golden Screen Awards organized by the Entertainment Press Society as it bags the Outstanding TV Network award together with 27 other awards. ABS-CBN got home 24 awards while TV5 bagged away 2 awards.[31]
March 22
A. Montes I Elementary School from Iloilo City emerged as
Eat Bulaga's Junior Pinoy Henyo Sayawan Grand Champion held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater,
Resorts World Manila. They were coached by Yuri Villanueva.
Haydee Mañosca emerged as Stars on 45 champion on
It's Showtime.
March 23 – GMA Network launched their own version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame called the "GMA Walk of Fame". Over 196 personalities and talents of the Kapuso Network both from the Entertainment and News and Public Affairs divisions had their own star at the Walk of Fame located at the network's compound in EDSA, Quezon City.[32]
March 29 –
Kapatid TV5 International renewed their contract with
OSN, a pay TV network based in the Middle East and North Africa. Kapatid TV5 was named as the second top-rated Filipino international channel by OSN.[33]
March 30 – ABS-CBN formally launched this year's Station ID for the summer season called "Masayang Muli ang Kwento ng Summer" featuring the travel destinations, the culture and the smile of every Filipino.
Kathryn Bernardo and
Daniel Padilla rendered the song "PINASmile" which has been used for the station ID.[34]
April
April 5 – Kapt. Jose Cardones Memorial Elementary School from Taguig City emerged as
Eat Bulaga's Junior Pinoy Henyo Pautakan grand champion.
GMA Network's daily docu-reality program Tunay na Buhay episode entitled Sanggol at Langaw won the gold medal at the 2014 New York Festivals International TV and Film Awards. Six other GMA programs and plugs, and two ABS-CBN programs bagged the silver and bronze medals, respectively.[36]
Filipina models Katarina Rodriguez and Jodilly Pendre were named as the second and first runner-up of the Asia's Next Top Model (season 2) finale which was aired on
Star World. Malaysian aspirant Sheena Liam was hailed as the winner of the said reality modelling competition. The show was also aired on
TV5 in a delayed telecast.[37]
April 23 –
Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary
Dinky Soliman accused
News5,
TV5's news division, of manipulating information of their unkempt DSWD warehouse (currently used for the World Food Programme) with rotten and spoiled relief goods in Brgy. Calibaan,
Tacloban City. The report was aired last March 26 on Pilipinas News, the network's late night newscast. In an official statement, TV5 stands for its story on the incident.[38]
April 26 – Bryan Castillo was named as the grand winner of the reality show The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition: Doubles aired on
ABS-CBN. Bryan, known as the Pride of Pembo, Makati and the member of Team MagKapatid now weighs in at 139 pounds from the former 293 pounds with a weight loss percentage of 52.56%. Kayen Lazaro, Francis Asis and Osie Nebreja were named as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd runner up, respectively.[39]
April 29 – ABS-CBN (both for television and radio, and the Manila and Regional Network Group stations) won major awards at the 22nd KBP Golden Dove Awards with 22 awards including Best TV station and the KBP Lifetime Achievement Award given to the network's chairman, Eugenio Lopez III. TV5 only got 2 awards for Pinoy Explorer (Best TV Magazine Program) and
Ogie Alcasid of Tropa Mo Ko Unli (Best Comedy Actor). Pampanga-based TV network
CLTV-36 was awarded for the second time as the Best Provincial TV station.[40]
May
May 5
Documentarist
Howie Severino named as the Vice President for Professional Development of GMA News after he resigning as the VP for Multimedia Journalism of GMA Network and the editor-in-chief of GMA News Online. Severino will keep his job as the host of I-Witness and anchor of News to Go.[41]
GMA Network chairman and CEO Atty. Felipe L. Gozon confirms the network stockholders is in negotiations with
San Miguel Corporation chairman Ramon Ang who is interested to buy the equity stake of the network.[42]
May 8–10 – Advertising and Marketing companies joined together for the staging of the first AD Summit Pilipinas 2014 with the theme, entitled Age of Enlightenment, and the Kidlat Awards that will recognized the achievements of advertising industry in 2013. The convention was held at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center in Subic, Zambales. TV5,
RMN,
MBC and ABS-CBN are the major sponsors of the said event to be organized by Accredited Advertising Agencies of the Philippines and Advertising Suppliers Association of the Philippines.[43]
May 10 – Baguio-based John Raspado, formerly one of the wildcard contestants of the contest was hailed as the grand winner of I Am Pogay segment of the noontime show It's Showtime aired on ABS-CBN, the contest on TV for gay men.[44]
May 22 – GMA Network won the Outstanding TV Station of the year of the 34th Rotary Club of Manila Journalism Awards.
May 30 – ABS-CBN (Gold Services Company of the Year Award) and its president and CEO Charo Santos-Concio (Woman of the Year for the Philippines) emerged as the lone Philippine winner of the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards held at South Korea.[47]
June
June 1 – The premiere telecast of It Takes Gutz to be A Gutierrez, the first reality TV show based on one of the prominent showbiz families in the country, the Gutierrezes, aired on E! Channel Asia. In the pilot episode of the Mike Carandang-directed program,
Richard Gutierrez confirms that his partner
Sarah Lahbati gave birth to a baby boy named Zion.[48]
June 2
Asian Television Content Corporation (ATC) started their blocktime agreement for
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC Channel 13), fifth time for the network (with former blocktime deals from Vintage, Viva, Makisig (discontinued and not aired) and AKTV). ATC will supply quality alternative programming for the government-sequestred TV network.[49]
In line with their 40th anniversary in the television industry,
People's Television Network Channel 4's newscasts (Balitaan, PTV NewsBreak, News @ 1, News @ 6, NewsLife, The Weekend News) will be reformatted with new titlecards, new graphic designs and a brand new studio set design by Extremity Arts.
June 4 – For the fourth straight time, GMA Network's First Vice President for News Programs and State of the Nation anchor
Jessica Soho was recognized as the Most Trusted News Presenter in the Philippines by Reader's Digest Asia.
June 11 – The
Movie and Television Review and Classification Board ordered
ABS-CBN to attend a mandatory conference on the gender sensitivity issues for their reality show Pinoy Big Brother: All In. The Philippine Commission on Women condemned the June 4 episode on the nude painting task given for 4 housemates of the program, Jayme Jalandoni, Ranty Portento, Daniel Matsunaga and Michele Gumabao.[50] Jayme, Ranty and Michele was part of the evictees from the reality show.
June 13 – ABS-CBN won the Award of Excellence at recent IABC's International Gold Quill Awards 2014 for their advocacy of the restoration of Philippine classic films. The awards were held in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[51]
June 14
Veteran actress
Boots Anson-Roa tied the knot once again, now together with his new fiancé Atty. King Rodrigo in a wedding ceremony led by Cardinal-Archbishop
Luis Antonio Tagle at the Archbishop's Palace in Manila.[52]
Nhikzy Vheench Calma (Mini Michael Jackson) emerged as MiniMe Grand Winner.
June 16 – Brigada's Gintong Burak episode won the One World Award, the highest recognition of the USIFVF for the Philippine television. That said episode, together with Wagas, both from
GMA News TV, was awarded the Gold Camera Award in the 2014 US International Film & Video Festival, GMA News and Public Affairs, likewise won five silver screen awards and one certificate of excellence awards. ABS-CBN also got 2 awards.[53]
June 18 – StarStruck batch 5 alumnus
Steven Silva and Save Me Hollywood vocalist/I Am Meg Season 1 winner Julz Savard will become the cast members of The Boston, the second season of The Kitchen Musical. Some of the scenes of the drama will be shot in Manila. The show will be aired on
Lifestyle and will be also aired internationally.[54]
June 22 – MTRCB praised Fox International Channels, the cable TV channels group and distributor of the hit American TV series The Walking Dead on their self-regulation by airing warnings during the show. MTRCB chairman Toto Villareal, together with the board members and FIC VP Jude Turcuato attended the meeting at the FIC headquarters in Taguig City.[55]
June 24 –
GMA Network, through a group of stockholders, the Duavit, Jimenez and the Gozon families have decided to sell their minority equity interest in the company's outstanding capital stock to
San Miguel Corporation president
Ramon S. Ang.[56]
June 25–26 –
UNTV 37 celebrated its first decade on the air. The TV station pioneered free public service programs to the public and the use of its rescue team and UV drones is backed by
Daniel Razon, popularly known as Kuya Daniel or as Mr. Public Service.[57]
June 25 – TV5 presents to the advertisers their newest programming line-up for the 3rd quarter in 2014 during the Signal No. 5: Umuulan ng Saya trade launch at the Manila Polo Club.[58]
June 26 – Mayor Herbert Bautista, Architect Bong Recio, PBC Pres. Atom Henares and UNTV-BMPI CEO Daniel Razon led groundbreaking of the soon-to-rise 18-storey UNTV Broadcast Center located a few meters away from the current UNTV building in EDSA
Philam Homes, Quezon City. The building will be completed in January 2016.[59]
July 9 – Game 5 of the 2014 PBA Governor's Cup Finals between Grand slam champions San Mig Coffee Mixers and Rain or Shine Elasto Painters gained an average of 4 million viewers or 9.5 percent AMR and 34 percent audience share in the National Urban TV Audience Measurement (NUTAM) in the primetime slot, based on Nielsen Media Research.[60]
July 12 –
Christian Broadcasting Network Asia and ABS-CBN signed a contract to air the bible-based animated series Superbook on the Yes Weekend! morning line-up. Christian Broadcasting Network Asia President Peter Kairuz and ABS-CBN Head of TV Production Cory Vidanes graced the contract signing.[61]
July 14 – The Boycott Sofitel and "No to Sofitel" campaign was launched by the supporters of UNTV and
Daniel Razon due to intentional delisting of the channel in their hotel cable line-up, among other reasons.[62]
July 19 – Ilocana beauty Chatterlie Mae Umalos was crowned the first ever grand finals winner of Gandang Babae 2014 during a live episode of It's Showtime.[63]
July 27
Team Sarah
Lyca Gairanod won the first season of The Voice Kids after their successful finale at the Resorts World Manila.[64]
TV5 news anchor
Paolo Bediones was the latest victim of a sex video scandal with an unknown woman spreading thru social media and became a trending topic on Twitter.[65]
July 28 – PTV 4 and IBC 13 employees staged their protest at the Commonwealth Avenue in time for the PNoy's State of the Nation Address.
July 30 – Eat Bulaga!, the
Philippines longest running noontime show, celebrated its 35th year on Philippine Television.
August
August 9 – Celebrity couple
Dingdong Dantes and
Marian Rivera was engaged after their marriage proposal during the live telecast birthday special of Marian aired on
GMA Network. Their wedding will be set on December 30, 2014, in the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Cubao, Quezon City.[66]
August 24 – Brazilian-Japanese model and actor
Daniel Matsunaga was chosen by the voting public to become the Big Winner of Pinoy Big Brother: All In in the Big Night held at the
Resorts World Manila and aired on
ABS-CBN. Matsunaga won P1M cash and other prizes including Asian Trip for 2 and a condo unit. Maris Racal, Jane Oineza and Vickie Rushton were named as the 2nd, 3rd and 4th placers respectively.[67]
August 29
ABS-CBN bagged another Stevie award for Company of the Year – Media & Entertainment, the third Stevie award bagged by ABS-CBN for 2014.
Sharon Cuneta ends her 2-year contract with TV5. Her last program with the network was Madam Chairman which ended last January.[68]
August 30 – Ricardo Marcial emerged as Stars on 45 Volume 2 champion on
It's Showtime.
September
September 1 –
Jack City was no longer aired on BEAM Channel 31 as BEAM prepares for the ISDB-T digital television.[69][70] However, Jack City continues to broadcast on cable networks. After its closure, it aired
O Shopping and
TBN which its started from 9:00 am of the date mentioned above.
September 3 – Sec. Sonny Coloma in the hearing for the 2015 PCOO Senate budget and GCG Adisclosed that efforts to privatize IBC-13 will continue next year despite legal obstacles. Escudero suggest to Congress to allocate subsidy for unpaid GSIS, SSS, PhilHealth contributions of the network employees.[71]
September 7
Billy Crawford was arrested after his drunk behavior at the Taguig Police Station 7, happened hours after the Star Magic Ball when Crawford was the guest. Billy was apologized to the police and the fans. The following day, Crawford post bail on his Malicious Mischief case.[72]
September 25 –
Richard Yap and
Jodi Sta. Maria officially announced in their press conference that ABS-CBN's morning drama Be Careful with My Heart will officially end on November 28 after their successful 2-year run.[73]
October
October 1 –
TV Patrol Weekend's coverage on the onslaught of Typhoon Yolanda was recognized as the nominee for the News category of the 2014 International Emmy Awards.
October 4 – Liana Ella Kuzma hailed as FHHM 2014 Grand Winner.
October 14 – ABS-CBN scored yet another Stevie award for People's Choice Stevie Award for Media & Entertainment, the fourth Stevie award bagged by ABS-CBN in 2014.
October 18 –
Nikko Seagal Natividad was crowned the first ever grand finals winner of Gandang Lalake: Kuma-Career during a live episode of It's Showtime.
October 23 – The Fastbreak 2014 was held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.
November 10 – As part of
GMA News shakeup,
Vicky Morales joined the
24 Oras team as its third anchor, as rejoins are
Mel Tiangco and
Mike Enriquez. Also, GMA Regional newscasts for
Bicol,
Cebu,
Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo,
Dagupan and
Ilocos adopted the 24 Oras branding. Along with
Saksi (which
Pia Arcangel replaced Morales on her stint), as rejoins
Arnold Clavio and
Balitanghali (which
Connie Sison replaces Arcangel on her stint), as rejoins
Raffy Tima, the graphic package went flat, also their title cards, the return of the Myriad font for 24 Oras, and the OBB, along with its energetic theme music.
November 19 – Mang Obet won ₱1,000,000, making a total of ₱1,040,000 on It's Showtime's Isang Tanong, Isang Milyon.[75]
November 20
More than 200 talents of GMA Network, members of the Talents Association of GMA filed a complaint against the network following the network's stand for refusal for them to become regular employees even the Project Employment Contract with benefits deal will present to them.
Jobelle won ₱1,000,000, making a total of ₱1,022,000 on It's Showtime's Isang Tanong, Isang Milyon.[76]
November 23 – ABS-CBN dominated 32 categories, including Best TV Station, in the recently concluded 28th
PMPC Star Awards for TV 2014 held at the Solaire Resort and Casino.
November 27 – The Fastbreak 2014 Closing Ceremony was held at the
Philippine Arena.
December
December 9 – Joel won ₱1,000,000, making a total of ₱1,022,000 on It's Showtime's Isang Tanong, Isang Milyon.[77]
December 13 – Neil Never Exit in Life was hailed as the Ultimate Talentado in
Talentadong Pinoy 2014, the Mighty Revolution of which were held at Newport Performing Arts Theater,
Resorts World Manila.
December 20 – Albay's Majestic Tala Parol from Oas, Albay emerged as TV Parol Grand Winner on
It's Showtime.
July 7: Da Vinci Learning: Marvi Hammer, Da Vinci Learning: Right on Top, Da Vinci Learning: Science Please and Da Vinci Learning: Spellz: World Ahoy on Net 25
January 12: ABS-CBN Sports presents Top Rank Boxing, Agribusiness: How It Works, Family Rosary Crusade,[245]Friends Again, FPJ: Ang Nag-Iisang Alamat, Gag U, Sagupaan TV and The Word Exposed with Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle on Studio 23 (now S+A)
March 6: 5th Northwest Samar State University Students' Choice Award for Radio and television, organized by
Northwest Samar State University (NSSU)[250]
May 18: 2014 Box Office Entertainment Awards, organized by Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation[255]
May 22: 34th Rotary Club of Manila Journalism Awards, organized by the Rotary Club of Manila[256]
May 31: 1st Gawad Duyan Media Awards for Local Television, organized by the Philippine Pediatrics Society
July 18: 2014 Yahoo Celebrity Awards Philippines, organized by Yahoo! Philippines
August 1: 2014 COMGUILD Awards, part of the 9th Conference of Journalism and Mass Communication Students of the Philippines, held at the AFP Theater, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City
August 17: 4th EdukCircle Awards, held at the UP-Diliman Campus, Quezon City.[257]
August 20: 2014 VACC Media Awards, organized by the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC), held at the NBI Gym, Taft Avenue, Manila.[258]
September 16: City of Malabon University College of Arts and Sciences Media Awards[259]
October 29: 36th Catholic Mass Media Awards, organized by the Catholic Mass Media Awards Foundation, held at the GSIS Financial Center Theater, Pasay City[260]
November 23:
28th PMPC Star Awards for Television organized by Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC), held at the Solaire Resort and Casino Grand Ballroom, Paranaque City.
Winners
These are awards held in 2014.
Local
This list only includes the Golden Screen TV Awards and Star Awards for Television.
October 2: Myrna "Tiya Pusit" Villanueva, (born 1948), 66, Filipina comedian and actress, aortic aneurysm and kidney failure.[276]
November 5: Elaine Gamboa Cuneta, (born 1934), 79, former beauty queen, singer, and actress, stomach ulcer.[277]
November 15: Raffy Marcelo (born 1946), 67, anchor of
GMA News, cardiac arrest.[278]
December 30: Cristy Dailo (born 1952), 62, anchor and reporter of
FBS Radio Network (1973–1991),
PTV-4 (1981–2001) and
DWIZ 882 (1991–2014), ovarian cancer.