2021 in Philippine television

April

• April 1–3
• GTV revived its Holy Week special programming every Easter Triduum, after 10 years since GMA News TV never used this practice in 2011.
• Solar Entertainment Corporation announced a 3-day break on four digital free-to-air and pay TV channels: ETC, Front Row Channel, Solar Learning and Solar Sports, in observance of Holy Week. Meanwhile, Shop TV continued to air on pay TV platforms.
• The English-language ABS-CBN News Channel along with simultaneous telecast of TeleRadyo aired a special Holy Week programming as prior to the surge of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines since last year.
• The Healing Eucharist aired its special liturgical masses during the Paschal Triduum for this year. The Holy Week Masses was filmed on the ABS-CBN Chapel, instead from the normal studio used in the past years, and it was broadcast simultaneously for three days on cable TV via Kapamilya Channel, online via Kapamilya Online Live and iWantTFC, and on free-to-air via A2Z (where the network has a right of first refusal to carry as part of a programming agreement with ABS-CBN Corporation along with SVD-Mission Communications Foundation's "Seven Last Words", due to the Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide's ownership). Meanwhile, Jeepney TV continued to carry on a delay basis.
• April 2
• SVD-Mission Communications Foundation's "Seven Last Words" returned for pre-recorded this year, after the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines and the ABS-CBN franchise renewal controversy (which caused their television networks to shutdown), and it was broadcast simultaneously on cable TV via Kapamilya Channel, online via Kapamilya Online Live and iWantTFC, and on free-to-air via A2Z (MCFI's director Fr. Bel San Luis later acknowledged Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide and ZOE Broadcasting Network founder Eddie Villanueva during the special program's closing message, as the church's channel ownership also refused to carry Catholic liturgical masses during the Paschal Triduum due to their programming agreement with ABS-CBN Corporation). Meanwhile, Jeepney TV continued to air on a delay basis.
• The Dominican Fathers of the Philippines' "Siete Palabras" was pre-recorded again for the second year filmed at the Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City and other locations affiliated with the Dominican Fathers throughout Luzon (including the University of Santo Tomas in Manila and the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Manaoag in Manaoag, Pangasinan) due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, and it was broadcast on television via GMA Network (selected GMA Regional TV stations in Visayas and Mindanao were pre-empted and replaced with their own local versions) for the 13th year and on radio via Radyo Veritas in Metro Manila as well as other Catholic Media Network affiliated stations nationwide.
• April 3
• APT Entertainment cancelled the productions of their annual "Black Saturday Lenten Drama Special" for the second year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, which was supposed to air on GMA Network. In lieu of the special, the network replaced by the marathon of First Yaya.
• Jesuit Communications Foundation Holy Week Specials returned for productions after a year of absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, with "Fiesta: Ang Makulay na Pananampalatayang Pilipino" as this year's theme. It also marks the first JESCOM Holy Week special to broadcast on GMA Network, ending its 15-year stint with ABS-CBN Corporation following the non-renewal of its congressional franchise on July 10, 2020, and the first JESCOM special to be aired on the said network after 5 years since "Mabuhay Lolo Kiko" in 2015 (GMA replaced from the planned Stations of the Cross with Pope Francis in Vatican City for the second year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Vatican City).
• April 5
• GMA Network launched its brand new movie channel on digital terrestrial television, I Heart Movies.
• Cignal launched five channels on their line-up: CinemaWorld, Fight Sports, GEM, TechStorm and WakuWaku Japan.
• April 9–11 – GTV became the official broadcaster of the 191st General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on national free-to-air (analog and digital) and cable TV via satellite delay from the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, making the second time the channel aired the conference.
• April 12 – Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation temporarily suspended their network produced programs as prior to its limited broadcasting hours which only airs DepEd TV every Monday to Saturday at 7:00 am to 7:00 pm and several programs produced by blocktimers on Sunday at 7:00 am to 10:00 am due to limited programming redundancies and the "quarantine safety protocol issues". Their regular programming schedule line-up and broadcasting hours resumed its Sunday schedule on April 25, the Weekday schedule on May 3, and the Saturday schedule on May 8.
• April 18 – Magandang Buhay celebrated its 5th anniversary on Philippine television.
• April 28 – Newsline Philippines, an independent regional news outlet and media organization bureau service based in Davao under Altheni Advertisement and Consultants founded in 2016, expanded into a television channel as it broadcast via selected key areas in the Philippines.
• April 29 – GMA Network and IQiyi sealed a multi-year deal to air GMA's entertainment programs on the latter's streaming service.

May

• May 1
• The ABS-CBN News Channel celebrated its 25th anniversary of broadcasting on cable and satellite television.
• After one year and nine months of broadcasting, K Movies Pinoy has ceased its operations by Viva Entertainment due to permanent discontinuation of its telecast by the content provider. Meanwhile, all Filipino-dubbed Korean movies continued to air on its sister channel, Tagalized Movie Channel and on the streaming service, VivaMax.
• Sky Cable terminated Fight Sports on its line-up due to the expiration of Sky's contract with the network. Meanwhile, the network continued to air via Cignal and G Sat.
• Jacob Plaza was hailed as the first Ultimate Kantrabahador Grand Champion on Lunch Out Loud's Kantrabaho.
• May 2 – News Light celebrated its 10th anniversary on Philippine television.
• May 3 – After two years of broadcasting, One Media Network was rebranded as Golden Nation Network.
• May 8 – Jehramae Trangia of Cebu was hailed as the winner of the second season of Born to Be a Star.
• May 15 – Maalaala Mo Kaya celebrated its 30th anniversary on Philippine television.
• May 20 – TV5 unveiled a new slogan, station ID or theme jingle entitled Iba sa 5 and a remodify-colored of the current 2019 logo (which is almost similar to the former 2004–2008 slogan of its predecessor, ABC entitled Iba Tayo! and the color scheme of its sister companies, Cignal and PLDT).
• May 24 – SMNI News Channel celebrated its 5th anniversary of broadcasting.
• May 28 – Jessie Pascua (also known as "The Ihaws of Us") of Bulacan was hailed as Versus 1st Grand Champion on It's Showtime.
• May 30 – Singer Klarisse de Guzman (impersonated as Patti LaBelle) was proclaimed the grand winner of the third season of Your Face Sounds Familiar.

June

• June 1 – Sky Cable terminated Miao Mi on its line-up due to the expiration of Sky's contract with the network. In addition, Fight Sports returned its broadcast after a month-long termination also due to the provider's expired contract.
• June 5 – G Sat terminated Aniplus and K-Plus on its line-up due to the revamping of the provider's channel space assignments. Meanwhile, both networks continued to air via Cignal, Sky Cable and Cablelink. In addition, G Sat launched Arirang TV and KBS World on their line-up.
• June 6 – Vianna Ricafranca of Albay was emerged as the winner of Centerstage.
• June 13 – ABS-CBN Corporation celebrated its 75th anniversary of establishment in 1946.
• June 19 – Dean Gales was hailed as the Dance-Off Champion on Lunch Out Loud's Dance Entertainment.
• June 20 – Sky Cable launched Loveworld Asia on their line-up.
• June 28 – TeleRadyo has switched its airing of aspect ratio format quality on the channel feed and its programming to high-definition () as being converted its mitigation of reception through Sky Cable and other cable providers, iWantTFC, TFC IPTV, and other digital platforms after 14 years and two months on the usage of broadcast video picture resolution that migrated from standard-definition (4:3).
• June 30 – Selected ABS-CBN contents from local programming titles such as originals, movies and series, acquired international distributions, and live channels on iWantTFC and WeTV offered free access with an optional monthly premium subscription of binge-watch to users.

July

• July 1
• GMA Network's third international channel GMA News TV International will celebrate its 10th anniversary on global television.
• TV5's international channels Kapatid Channel and AksyonTV International will celebrate its 10th anniversary on global television.
• After past nine years of broadcasting in the Philippines, Red by HBO has ceased its operations by Home Box Office, Inc. (operated as a unit of WarnerMedia) across Asia due to lack of advertisements, as well as change in business direction. In addition, HBO Go also removed Asian films from the service, as would focus on Hollywood movies and series.
• Cablelink launched CGTN Documentary on their line-up.
• Cignal and SatLite launched two channels on their line-up: Cinema One and Myx.
• July 3 – The Wednesday Group was hailed as the Group Dance Champions on Lunch Out Loud's Dance Entertainment.
• July 8 – Dateline Philippines celebrated its 25th anniversary on Philippine television.
• July 10 – Captivating Kitkat was hailed as the LOL Drag Queen Supreme on Lunch Out Loud's Drag Queendom.
• July 11 – TV5's International channels, Kapatid Channel and AksyonTV International celebrated its 10th anniversary on global television.
• July 16 – UNTV celebrated its 20th anniversary of broadcasting.
• July 18 – PBA Rush celebrated its 5th anniversary of broadcasting on cable and satellite television.
• July 23 – August 8 – The 2020 Summer Olympics was held in Tokyo, Japan after a year of announced postponement on March 24, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. On June 11, MediaQuest Holdings (Cignal TV and TV5 Network, Inc.) and their sister companies PLDT–Smart Communications awarded the local rights to the annual games as part of a deal with the Philippine Olympic Committee which aired on TV5, One Sports, One Sports+, Cignal Play and Smart Gigafest. It also marked both the fifth overall consecutive games of TV5/Cignal and the third consecutive summer games of MediaQuest (which introduced for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games co-shared with Solar Entertainment Corporation), ever-record for a Philippine broadcasting company. Although the International Olympic Committee stated to be held as schedule, postponement of the Summer Olympics to the following year was made in March 2020 with its new opening and closing ceremony date range were announced on March 30, 2020.
• July 28 – Converge ICT, in partnership with Pacific Kabelnet (an affiliate cable company), formally launched its internet protocol television service, Vision.

August

• August 1 –
• After nine years and sixteen days, Viva TV reverted to Viva Cinema, after the former transitioned to Viva Entertainment's television production arm unit while the latter returned its broadcast operations as the third incarnation channel featuring archived movies and concerts.
• Cignal TV launched three GMA Digital TV channels nationwide are Heart of Asia Channel 38, I Heart Movies Channel 46 and Hallypop Channel 152 (until September 9, 2024).
• August 2 – Cignal TV, in partnership with APT Entertainment, formally launched its first local comedian channel on Philippine television, Buhay Komedya (BuKo) Channel.
• August 23 – TeleRadyo temporarily suspended the productions of its programming and replaced by the ABS-CBN News Channel–simulcast programs due to the safety precautions of COVID-19 protocols. Later, the channel's regular programming were resumed the following day.
• August 24 – September 5 – The 2020 Summer Paralympics was held in Tokyo, Japan after a year of announced postponement on March 24, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation awarded the local rights to the annual games which aired on TAP Sports and TAP Go.

September

• September 1
• Sky Cable terminated tvN on its line-up due to the expiration of Sky's contract with the network. Meanwhile, the network continued to air via Cignal and other cable and satellite providers.
• Rock Entertainment Holdings rebranded two pay TV channels previously owned by Blue Ant Media: Blue Ant Entertainment to Rock Entertainment and Blue Ant Extreme to Rock Extreme.
• September 1–30 – Cignal launched nine channels on their line-up by respective date: Lotus Macau and Tagalized Movie Channel on September 1; TAP TV on September 5; UAAP Varsity Channel on September 8; DreamWorks Channel (SD in separate Tagalog-dubbed feed and HD in main English-dubbed feed) on September 11; Premier Sports, TAP Action Flix and TAP Movies on September 20; and Moonbug Kids on September 30.
• September 8 – Cignal TV, in partnership with University Athletic Association of the Philippines, formally launched its collegiate sports channel on Philippine television, UAAP Varsity Channel.
• September 10 – TV5 Network, Inc. formally launched its digital terrestrial television brand, Sulit TV.
• September 13 – DepEd-NCR Prime was launched as a supplementary digital educational channel catered for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation (under Solar Learning) in partnership with the Department of Education (under DepEd TV).
• September 16 – ABS-CBN Corporation and Globe Telecom's Group Retirement Fund (Bethlehem Holdings, Inc. through Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media) signed a partnership deal to broadcast an ABS-CBN owned educational channel via BEAM TV (through its digital TV channel frequency on a dedicated subchannel) in nationwide areas beginning on October 5.
• September 18
• Reiven Umali of Cavite was hailed as Tawag ng Tanghalan Year 5 Grand Champion on It's Showtime.
• Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide (ZOE Broadcasting Network) and Philippine Collective Media Corporation entered a partnership agreement for affiliation to broadcast A2Z by airing its programming including from ABS-CBN Entertainment and network-produced programs via Channel 12 (PCMC's owned TV frequency through digital subchannel of PRTV) in selected parts of Eastern Visayas.

October

• October 1
• All pay television operators and providers in the Philippines have added or terminated a number of various channels and networks on their respective listing line-ups.
• Cablelink terminated Baby TV, Fox News and National Geographic Asia on its line-up due to the expiration of Cablelink's contract with the said networks. Baby TV continued to air via Sky Cable until its closure on October 1, 2023; Fox News continued to air via G Sat and Sky Cable; and National Geographic Asia continued to air via Cignal, G Sat and Sky Cable until its closure on October 1, 2023. In addition, Cablelink launched 21 channels on their line-up: Asian Food Network, Chillayo, Cinemachi Action, Cinemachi Docu, Cinemachi Family, Cinemachi Xtra, Discovery Asia, Eurosport, Health & Wellness, HGTV, Homey's, Lolly Kids, Luxe & Life, Motorvision TV, Pet & Pal, Planet Fun, Rock Extreme, Sportyfy, Travelxp, Wow! and ZooMoo.
• Cignal terminated Shop TV on its line-up due to the expiration of Cignal's contract with the network. Meanwhile, the network continued to air via the digital subchannel of Channel 21 in Metro Manila, Sky Cable (until March 20, 2024) and other cable providers.
• Fourteen Disney/Fox/Star linear channels in the Philippines (Channel V, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Fox, Fox Action Movies, Fox Crime, Fox Family Movies, Fox Life, Fox Movies, Fox Sports, Fox Sports 2, Fox Sports 3, FX and Nat Geo People) along with four other channels (SCM Legend, Star Movies China, Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 2) have ceased its operations by The Walt Disney Company (under Disney Branded Television, a unit of Disney General Entertainment Content and Fox Networks Group, a subsidiary of Disney International Operations) in most of Asia across Hong Kong, mainland China, South Korea and Southeast Asia (leaving the broadcast feeds from a few Asian territories across India and parts of East Asia including Japan where only for some selected networks in Asia-Pacific region) due to the company's shifted focus on its direct-to-consumer business model of online streaming service upon the launch in favor of both Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar in the region on November 17, 2022. Meanwhile, four remaining owned channels (National Geographic Asia, Nat Geo Wild, Star Chinese Channel and Star Chinese Movies) along with four non-owned channels (Baby TV, Fox News, Star Gold and StarPlus) continued to air in the countries of pan-Asia, until five of them ceased operations on October 1, 2023.
• After 12 years of broadcasting, Global Pinoy Cinema has ceased its operations by Global Satellite Technology Services due to permanent discontinuation of its broadcast operations and repetitive airing of local film libraries, as well as lack of programming redundancies.
• G Sat launched eight channels on their line-up: beIN Sports 1, beIN Sports 2, HBO Family, HBO Hits, HBO Signature, MyZen TV, Tagalized Movie Channel and TechStorm.
• TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation launched a TAP Sports' secondary sports channel; Premier Sports; as well as two movie channels; TAP Action Flix and TAP Movies.
• October 5 – Knowledge Channel resumed its free-to-air broadcast through BEAM TV's digital subchannel after almost a year of halt broadcast due to the lapsed of its broadcast franchise in 2020.
• October 11 – ABS-CBN Corporation and IQiyi announced a partnership to produce locally-exclusive Filipino originals on its owned streaming service, where the multi-title content deal for global audience made official on November 23.
• October 13 – Discovery+, a streaming service owned by Discovery, Inc. through its partner Globe Telecom, was launched and became available in the Philippines.
• October 18
• Sky Cable launched five channels on their line-up: Premier Sports, SPOTV, SPOTV2, TAP Action Flix and TAP Movies.
• Eclat Media Group launched two TV channels in the Philippines: SPOTV and SPOTV2.
• October 24 – Mata ng Agila celebrated its 10th anniversary on Philippine television.
• October 29 – GMA Network celebrated its 60th anniversary of broadcasting as a television network.

November