Filipinos are increasingly tuning into ABS-CBN’s YouTube livestreams, with watch time hours soaring by 85 percent each year since 2020. This shift highlights the growing preference for online content over traditional TV, as ABS-CBN’s diverse shows attract more viewers on digital platforms.
Watch time hours of Filipinos who enjoy consuming ABS-CBN shows on ABS-CBN Entertainment’s YouTube channel using their smart TVs have already hit 554.9 million watch time hours versus 549.6 million watch time hours logged for 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 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, 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 that features 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 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, the number one YouTube channel in Southeast Asia in the media and entertainment category with 48 million subscribers.
