News5 (news5.com.ph/news.tv5.com.ph)
News.tv5.com.ph is the seventh leading online news website in the Philippines based on the 2023 Digital News Report of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. It claims to be the first 24/7 online news channel in the country, serving as the website of TV5 news unit News5.
According to the 2023 Digital News Report of Reuters Institute, 18% of 2,284 Filipino respondents say they access news.tv5.com.ph on a weekly basis.
The website, which can still be accessed via its original domain news5.com.ph, is a subdomain or webpage of tv5.com.ph — the official website of the TV5 Network, Inc. It was launched in May 2013 by TV5 in partnership with PLDT and Smart Communications.
It publishes articles and video reports on its website covering various topics such as crime, politics, economy, health, entertainment and sports.
News.tv5.com.ph’s operator TV5 Network, Inc. is a subsidiary of MediaQuest Holdings, Inc., the media arm of the PLDT group of companies incorporated through its pension fund in 1999.
MediaQuest is chaired by Filipino businessman Manuel “Manny” V. Pangilinan, who also heads the conglomerates PLDT and the Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC). Both the PLDT and MPIC belong to the Hong Kong-listed First Pacific group of companies led by its chairman Indonesian businessman Anthoni Salim and Pangilinan as managing director and chief executive officer.
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18%
Ownership Type
Private
Geographic Coverage
National
Content Type
Free content
Media Companies / Groups
MediaQuest Holdings, Inc.
Ownership Structure
News.tv5.com.ph’s operator TV5 Network, Inc. is a subsidiary of MediaQuest Holdings, Inc., the media arm of the PLDT group of companies incorporated through its pension fund in 1999.
MediaQuest owns 99.7% of TV5 through its 29.13% direct shares in the company and indirectly through the stocks of its wholly-owned holding companies Upbeam Investments, Inc. (28.87%), Telemedia Business Ventures (25%), and Med Vision Resources, Inc. (16.7%).
MediaQuest is chaired by Filipino businessman Manuel “Manny” V. Pangilinan, who also heads the conglomerates PLDT and the Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC). Both the PLDT and MPIC belong to the Hong Kong-listed First Pacific group of companies led by its chairman Indonesian businessman Anthoni Salim and Pangilinan as managing director and chief executive officer.
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Founding Year
2012
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started as president and chief executive officer of TV5 Network, Inc. only on Feb. 1, 2023, replacing Robert P. Galang who concurrently leads TV5 and Cignal TV, Inc. He previously worked as a vice president and head of marketing of Cignal TV, Inc., with MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. citing him as instrumental in growing its cable subscriber base from 500,000 to 4.3 million.
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
is a broadcast journalist and the head of News5, the news unit of TV5. Before transferring to TV5 in 2009, she served as a news executive for GMA and ABS-CBN.
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sits as a board member of TV5 Network, Inc. and Cignal TV, Inc. He is the president of Hastings Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary holding company that manages the print media brands under the MediaQuest group which include the PhilStar Media Group. He is the president/CEO of The Philippine Star (the Star), Pilipino Star Ngayon, The Freeman, Pang-Masa, Banat and BusinessWorld.
concurrently serves as the president and CEO of MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries Cignal TV, Inc., and the Nation Broadcasting Corporation of the Philippines. She is also a member of the board of directors of MediaQuest subsidiaries TV5 Network, Inc., and SatVentures, Inc. She already served as president of Cignal from 2016 to 2020, and as concurrent president and CEO of Cignal and TV5 from 2019 to 2020. Before returning to Cignal in January 2023, she served as a senior vice president and head of consumer wireless business of Smart Communications, Inc., a mobile telecommunication subsidiary of PLDT.
a board member of TV5 Network, Inc., also sits on the board of various companies under the MediaQuest group such as Cignal TV, Inc. (member) and chairman of PhilStar Daily, Inc., Pilipino Star Ngayon, Inc., and PhilStar Global Corporation. In January 2016, he was appointed as an associate director in First Pacific to oversee the group’s businesses in the Philippines and its region, which has 57.2% beneficial ownership in PLDT through its Philippine affiliates. He is also part of the board of companies under the MPIC and PLDT conglomerates such as Meralco, Smart Communications, Inc. and PLDT Global, Inc.
a board member of TV5 Network, Inc,. is the president of the PLDT subsidiary Pilipinas Global Network Limited (PGNL), also known as Kapatid International, which was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands in 2011. PGNL is the international distributor and licensee of the programs, shows, films and channels of TV5, Cignal and other content providers.
is a board member of TV5 Network, Inc., Cignal TV, Inc., PhilStar Global Corporation, PLDT and its subsidiary Smart. She is also an independent director of Pru Life Insurance Corporation of U.K. and Cemex Holdings Philippines, Inc., and a trustee of Asian Institute of Management (AIM). Just like Pangilinan, who is part of the board of governors of AIM, she is a graduate of Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Contact
TV5 Media Center Reliance Corner Sheridan Street Mandaluyong City 1552
Telephone No.: (6328) 938-63-93 or (6328) 355-55-35
news.tv5.com.ph/news5.com.ph
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Audience share is based on Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism’s Digital News Report 2023 for the Philippines.
Conversion rate on Oct. 17, 2023: PhP56.836 per US$1.
