ABS-CBN’s YouTube shows post 85% rise in watch time

ABS-CBN Corp. said Tuesday its digital footprint continues to expand as more Filipinos turn to YouTube for their daily news and entertainment.

The broadcast network said that since 2020, the watch time on its YouTube channel has surged by an average of 85 percent yearly.

ABS-CBN said its shows on YouTube hit 554.9 million watch time hours on smart TVs.

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 the said territories who 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,” “FPJ’s Batang Quiapo,” “Pamilya Sagrado” and “High Street.”

Kapamilya Online Live, which launched in 2020, offers livestreaming 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.