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Philippines' Hero TV to No Longer Air Anime, Relaunches as 'Digital Platform'
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official Facebook page of Philippine anime television channel HERO TV posted a message last week on Thursday clarifying its transition as a "digital platform," noting that it will no longer air anime titles.
It will instead produce content, news, and articles related to anime, pop culture, and gaming through its Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube pages.
The channel recently shut down, airing its last day on January 31, and signing off at 12:00 a.m. midnight on February 1. Its sister channel TAG also shut down. However, HERO TV's Facebook page posted a message indicating that it was "now on digital" last Wednesday.
Media conglomerate ABS-CBN launched HERO TV in 2005. The channel airs Filipino-dubbed anime. The channel initially re-aired classic anime with Filipino dubs that ABS-CBN had already licensed, such as Voltes V, Naruto, Shaman King, and others. It then moved to licensing anime on its own, and in the past years, has been airing Filipino dubs of anime that aired only three or four seasons previous.
[Via AnimePH]
