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Nine Media Corporation

Nine Media Corporation
Subsidiary
Traded as Nine Media Corporation
Industry Media company
Predecessor Solar Television Network, Inc. (2010 -2014)
Founded January 5, 2010; 7 years ago (2010-01-05)
Founder Wilson Y. Tieng
Willy Y. Tieng
William Y. Tieng
Headquarters Ground Floor Worldwide Corporate Center, EDSA corner Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Area served
Nationwide
Worldwide
Key people
Armie Jarin-Bennett (President)
Benjamin Ramos (Vice President)
Products CNN Philippines
Services Free-to-air TV and radio broadcasting, Cable television, publishing, news, websites
Revenue PHP169.6 million (FY 2015)
PHP-651.85 million (FY 2015)
Owner ALC Group of Companies
Number of employees
328 (FY 2015)
Parent ALC Group of Companies
(Aliw Broadcasting Corporation)
Divisions CNN Philippines News and Current Affairs
Subsidiaries Radio Philippines Network (34%)

Nine Media Corporation (formerly known as Solar Television Network, Inc. or STVNI) is a Filipino-based media company. Formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Solar Entertainment Corporation (SEC), a multimedia television and film company of the Tieng family, it is now solely owned by the ALC Group of Companies of the late Amb. Antonio Cabangon Chua. Its headquarters are located at the Ground Floor of the Worldwide Corporate Center, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue corner Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City, sharing with its former parent Solar Entertainment.

It owns and operates television network CNN Philippines, as well as the 34% minority share of former state-owned media giant Radio Philippines Network (RPN).

Solar Entertainment launched Solar TV in the early 2000s, which was later renamed to Solar USA ("Ultimate in Suspense and Action") and then to USA. USA was split into two channels, Jack TV and Crime/Suspense, in 2005.

Solar TV launched last November 28, 2009 on RPN at 11:00am with a slogan It's A Bright New World. In October 31, 2010, it changed some of its programming content to English/Tagalog with a new slogan Kung Saan Lahat Panalo!.

After Solar Entertainment Corporation acquired 34% of RPN's shares from the Philippine government as part of RPN/IBC privatization in 2011, Solar TV was morphed into a corporate television arm of Solar Entertainment and the Radio Philippines Network (RPN) brand will remain unchanged. The new company launched an all talk/news channel Talk TV in March 2, 2011, co-owned by Solar TV itself and SBN while ETC replaced Solar TV on RPN. Talk TV would later change its name to Solar News Channel on October 30, 2012.


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