The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2015. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.
Events
January
- January 15âÂÂ19 â Major networks including ABS-CBN, PTV, TV5, GMA Network, and 9TV covered the first Papal visit to the country of Pope Francis.
- January 20 â Salmiya Makasait won the jackpot prize of one million pesos for the first time on Eat Bulaga!s revival segment from 2000 to 2006, Laban o Bawi.
- January 24
- Noontime show Eat Bulaga! launches its own mobile application.
- Spyros was hailed as the first-ever PINASikat Grand Champion on It's Showtime, the grand finals of which were held at Ynares Center, Antipolo City.
February
- February 5 â HOOQ, a streaming service jointly owned by Singtel, Sony Pictures and Warner Bros., was launched and became available in the Philippines.
- February 11 â ABS-CBN Corporation formally launched its digital terrestrial television brand, ABS-CBN TV Plus, after almost 5 years of trial period.
- February 15 â Heart Evangelista and Senator Chiz Escudero tied the knot after their wedding rites in Balesin Island, Polillo, Quezon.
- February 23 â Milay Osiones won the jackpot prize of one million pesos on Eat Bulaga!s revival segment from 2000 to 2006, Laban o Bawi.
- February 26 â Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB), on their 30th anniversary launches their newest informercial shown in different TV stations, on the responsible viewing of television. Couple Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo starred in the 30 sec. informercial.
- February 28 â The Game Channel, after almost 3 years on broadcasting, ceased on February 28, 2015. The channel space was taken over by My Movie Channel on March 1.
March
- March 1 â Jason Dy of Team Sarah was declared as the grand winner of the second season of The Voice of the Philippines held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila. He was coached by Sarah Geronimo.
- March 9 â Sharon Cuneta formally returned to her original network, ABS-CBN, after a 4-year involvement with TV5. Cuneta's first major project for her return was Your Face Sounds Familiar.
- March 14:
- Vice Ganda's look-alike (Daniel Aliermo from Davao City) wins as Ultimate Kalokalike Face 3 on It's Showtime.
- The Ateneo de Manila University Lady Eagles clinched their back-to-back championship title in after defeating the De La Salle University Lady Spikers in game 2 of the UAAP Season 77 Women's Volleyball Finals held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Bay City, Pasay. This was the only team to have a perfect 16-0 record.
- March 16 â CNN Philippines was launched; prior to its launching the channel was known as 9TV. The rebranding was done after Turner Broadcasting System inked a partnership and licensing deal with Nine Media Corporation in October of last year.
- March 20 â Willie Revillame also embarked his return to GMA Network after signing their blocktime deal for the upcoming Sunday variety show, Wowowin.
- March 22 â Jack City was replaced by CT, thus becoming independent from its parent network. Upon launch, the channel broadened its programming focus by adding talk shows, sitcoms and men's lifestyle programs to its roster.
- March 23 â Bearwin Meily wins the top prize of 1 million pesos in the second revival of Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal.
- March 26 â Solar Entertainment Corporation announced its broadcast of the Fight of the Century between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 3, 2015. As stated in a press conference that day, it was broadcast on May 3 via delayed broadcast in three major television stations in the Philippines, ABS-CBN, TV5, and GMA Network (who waivered its exclusive contract with Solar to allow its multi-network coverage, but maintained its exclusive live broadcast on its radio division), with Solar Sports as its main content provider for this historic event in boxing.
April
May
- May 2 â Bobby Madubike of Abia, Nigeria was hailed as You're My Foreignoy 2015: Artistahin Talaga! Grand Winner on Eat Bulaga!.
- May 7 â Globe Telecom and The Walt Disney Company signed a multi-year partnership to access Disney's digital lifestyle experience for Globe users including video-on-demand, interactive content, promotions and other related services.
- May 14 â El Gamma Penumbra, a shadow dance troupe from Batangas who once joined Pilipinas Got Talent, won the first season of Asia's Got Talent aired on AXN Asia. Khusugtun of Mongolia and Gerphil Flores claimed their runner-up finishes.
- May 16 â University of San Carlos was hailed as Eat Bulaga!'s Pinoy Henyo High 2014-2015 Sayawan Grand Winner.
- May 18 â ABS-CBN announced a 5-year deal with the National Collegiate Athletic Association and ending its 3-year stint with TV5 to aired the games beginning with the 91st season on both free-to-air network, ABS-CBN Sports and Action, and on the cable and satellite channel, Balls and Balls HD
- May 22 â Philippines premiere cable channel for women, Lifestyle Network revealed a new logo and a new name will become Lifestyle.
- May 23
- Xiamara Sophia Vigor (Mini Selena Gomez) hailed as the MiniMe season 2 grand winner on It's Showtime.
- St. Vincent College of Cabuyao was hailed as Eat Bulaga!s Pinoy Henyo High 2014-2015 Pautakan Grand Winner.
- May 27 â Iflix, a streaming service owned by Catcha Group, was launched and became available in the Philippines, alongside Malaysia.
- May 30 â Mommy Cherrie and Elche Isidro emerged as Eat Bulaga! #Kafez Grand Winner.
- May 31 â Angelia Gabrena Ong, of Manila was hailed as the 2015 Miss Philippines Earth, on its Grand Coronation Night that held at the Mall of Asia Arena.
June
July
August
September
- September 7 â Kaye Abad and Nikki Valdez wins the top prize of 1 million pesos in the second revival of Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal.
- September 11 â TV5 Entertainment Head Wilma Galvante, formally left the station, as she formed a content provider company that produced TV shows on TV5, and other TV channels.
- September 16 â After almost 3 years ago on broadcasting, TeleAsia Filipino and TeleAsia Chinese ceased broadcasting. The closure was announced by My Pinoy TV Broadband Inc. a day before.
October
- October 17 â Team Dyosa was hailed as Lip Swak Challenge grand winner on It's Showtime held at Hoops Dome, Cebu.
- October 24
- Eat Bulaga! held a benefit concert dubbed as "Sa Tamang Panahon" ("In the Right Time") at the Philippine Arena to raise funds for libraries in certain schools in the Philippines. With sold out tickets, the concert highlights the love team of Maine Mendoza and Alden Richards (collectively known as AlDub in the Kalyeserye portion of Eat Bulaga!) and the Twitter hashtag #ALDubEBTamangPanahon made 41 million tweets becoming the most tweeted event in the world for 2015.
- Team Vice, Jugs and Teddy was hailed as It's Showtimes sixth anniversary (Magpasikat 2015: Happy ANIMversary!) champion.
- October 26 - ANC went into a major overhaul in its broadcast design, including the refreshed logo and the red-blue colored title cards for the channel's major newscasts. As part of the relaunch, the channel opened a new studio in 8 Rockwell in Rockwell Center in Makati, aside from their studio and newsroom in Quezon City.
- October 29 - The Letran Knights clinched the NCAA Season 91 men's basketball title after defeating their archrivals San Beda Red Lions 2âÂÂ1 in winner take-all game 3 of the best-of-three finals series held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Bay City, Pasay. This was their 17th basketball championship title since they last won after 10 years.
- October 31
- Names Going Wild was hailed as Halo Halloween Grand Champion on It's Showtime.
- Ma. Katherine "Kit" Cunanan named as the grand winner of It's Showtimes That's My Tomboy Astig 2, a segment dedicated to lesbians.
November
December
- December 2 â The FEU Tamaraws clinched the UAAP Season 78 men's basketball title after defeating the UST Growling Tigers 2âÂÂ1 in winner take-all game 3 of the best-of-three finals series held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Bay City, Pasay. This was their 20th basketball championship title since they last won after 10 years.
- December 3 â ABS-CBN Corporation dominated 33 categories, including Best TV Station, in the recently concluded 29th PMPC Star Awards for Television held at the Kia Theatre.
- December 5 â Garcia Family from San Pedro, Laguna was hailed as Karoling-Galing grand winner on It's Showtime.
- December 6 â Miss Philippines Angelia Ong was named the Miss Earth 2015 in its coronation night held at the Marx Halle in Vienna, Austria, marking the first time in the pageant's nearly 15-year history that a country has won back-to-back titles.
- December 12 â Alab Poi Dancers from Abucay, Bataan was hailed as the first-ever Todo BiGay grand winner on It's Showtime.
- December 13 â Actress Denise Laurel was named the second grand winner of Your Face Sounds Familiar: season 2 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila.
- December 19 - Migo Adcer and Klea Pineda was hailed as StarStruck Season 6 Ultimate Male and Female Survivors.
- December 20 â Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach from the Philippines was named as Miss Universe 2015 held at the AXIS, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- December 31 â After 7 years of broadcasting, Balls and Balls HD ceased on the night of New Year's Eve. Its HD channel, as well as the entire channel's content (except the Ultimate Fighting Championship which the broadcast rights was acquired by TV5's sports division Sports5) absorbed to the S+A brand on New Year's Day.
Debuts
ABS-CBN
The following are programs that debuted on ABS-CBN:
Re-runs
GMA
The following are programs that debuted on GMA Network:
Re-runs
TV5
The following are programs that debuted on TV5:
Re-runs
Notes<br> ^ Originally aired on ABS-CBN<br> ^ Originally aired on GMA<br> ^ Originally aired on S+A<br> ^ Originally aired on Q (now GMA News TV)<br> ^ Originally aired on RPN (now CNN Philippines)<br> ^ Originally aired on IBC
PTV
IBC
The following are programs that debuted on IBC:
Minor networks
The following are programs that debuted on minor networks: