ABS-CBN Corp.’s digital footprint continues to expand as more Filipinos turn to YouTube for their daily news and entertainment.
Since 2020, ABS-CBN’s watch time on its YouTube channel has surged by an average 85 percent a year.
The watch time hours of Filipinos who enjoy consuming ABS-CBN shows on ABS-CBN Entertainment’s YouTube channel using their smart TVs already hit 554.9 million watch time hours versus 549.6 million watch time hours logged on mobile phones.
Kapamilya Online Live, which livestreams ABS-CBN’s programs 24/7 in Asia, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand, accounts for 61 percent or 539.8 million live viewers from these territories that watch ABS-CBN content on YouTube using their smart TVs.
Viewers get their daily dose of news and entertainment on Kapamilya Online Live by watching the nightly newscast of “TV Patrol,” Coco Martin’s action-packed adventures in “FPJ’s Batang Quiapo,” Piolo Pascual’s dramatic confrontations in “Pamilya Sagrado,” and Andrea Brillantes’ thrilling revelations in “High Street.”
Noontime show “It’s Showtime” also accompanies viewers with non-stop fun and good vibes throughout the afternoon. One of its well-loved segments feature ex-couples finding new love, “EXpecially For You,” continues to be a hit among viewers for spreading insightful lessons about relationships.
Kapamilya Online Live, which launched in 2020, offers live streaming and on-demand viewing of the latest episodes of various ABS-CBN shows in and outside of the Philippines via the ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube channel, the number one YouTube channel in Southeast Asia in the media and entertainment category with 48 million subscribers.