LET’S TALK: PIE Channel to end their on-air operations by December 31, 2023

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We have heard the news from various outlets, including Kroma Entertainment, who owns PIE Channel, that this channel will end it’s operations over the air by December 31, 2023. Thus, this channel will go online-only on the following day, January 1, 2024.

As per PR Statement issued on November 24, 2023, the channel will transition into a fully digital platform rather from the on-air platforms, which was broadcast on BEAM TV‘s Digital TV Stations, as well as on selected cable TV providers.

​PIE Channel is a co-partnership with ABS-CBN and 917Ventures which was introduced to our Filipino viewers on May 23, 2022.

If in case you might not know about PIE Channel, most of their shows are interactively done online, thus viewers can interact by just signing up from their website – https://pie.com.ph, make an interaction, i.e. by rating, answer the poll provided in the question, or something similar, and in most cases on their programs, you might win some prizes thru their GCash-registered accounts.

One of the most notable TV Shows was The Chosen One, which was premiered it’s first episode of the season on September 24, 2022 (a week prior to this, the show aired it’s initial telecast), and which was known as “Ang Piliserye ng Bayan”.

For The Chosen One’s Soap Opera, the casts are mostly from Pinoy Big Brother Connect Season 9 and Kumunity Season 10 Adult and Teen Editions), namely Zach Guerrero, Seham Daghlas, Kobie Brown, Andi Abaya, Rob Blackburn, Maxine Trinidad, Gabb Birkin, Luke Alford, Dustine Mayores and Amanda Zamora. On their finale episode, Rob, Maxine and Seham are the last three players in the series, thus Seham wins the season, leaving the other two are the eliminated players.

There are some things to know about PIE Channel, in which they are promoting their “Pindot PIEnalo” promo, wherein televiewers can get points just by informing who someone they know to sign up with PIE Channel through the provided link from the referrer, by watching their interactvity shows and make an interaction in the join page, or if they are just new on PIE Channel, they can sign up for an account. By doing at least one of the required steps, they could win cash prizes.

In addition, there are various mall shows to promote PIE Channel and for the purpose of auditioning on one of their shows, one of which is their first-ever mall show from November 6, 2022 which was held at the Ayala Malls’ Market! Market!.

To date, while just a few days before the end of PIE Channel as an on-air channel, has aired it’s own live programs, such as Mukhang Perya, Watchawin, Ur Da Boss, Tamang Hinala and Sinong Manok Mo?, which these programs are aired beginning at 17h00. They also air some of the past shows during it’s shining glory as well, prior and after these shows.

So what’s the reaction on this? Share with us in the comments about it.

PHCA-2023H2-6573/December 14, 2023.

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