Yey!

Yey! (stylized as YeY! or YEY!) was a Philippine children's pay television channel created by ABS-CBN and was one of the freemium channels of ABS-CBN TV Plus.^[2]^[3]^[4] Yey! is the second animation channel of ABS-CBN after Hero TV (defunct), a cable channel owned by ABS-CBN's narrowcast arm Creative Programs. Yey! channel primarily airs Filipino-dubbed Japanese anime series and foreign cartoon shows, along with limited imported programming from ABS-CBN's main channel and Hero TV.

Yey!
Programming

Country	Philippines
Network	ABS-CBN
Headquarters	ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Quezon City, Philippines
Language(s)	Filipino (main & only anime) English (secondary)
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	ABS-CBN Corporation
Sister channels	Asianovela Channel (defunct) Cine Mo! DZMM TeleRadyo Jeepney TV (free trial) Knowledge Channel Myx (free trial) Movie Central (defunct) O Shopping (defunct)
History
Founded	January 3, 2011; 12 years ago (2011-01-03)
Launched	January 3, 2011; 12 years ago (2011-01-03) February 11, 2015; 7 years ago (2015-02-11) (ABS-CBN TVplus) November 6, 2021; 13 months ago (2021-11-06) (relaunch as a programming block on Jeepney TV, A2Z Channel 11, Kapamilya Channel)
Closed	June 30, 2020; 2 years ago (2020-06-30) (expired franchise lapsed; Metro Manila Only) July 1, 2020; 2 years ago (2020-07-01) (as a Nationwide Digital Channel)^[1]
Links
Website	at the Wayback Machine (archived 2020-08-12)

History

Yey! was first known as a digital free-to-air channel that was first launched on January 3, 2011 in test broadcast. On February 11, 2015, Yey! became available on ABS-CBN TV Plus in the digital boxes's channel 4.^[5] On June 30, 2020 (July 1 outside Metro Manila), the network closed after the alias cease-and-desist order (ACDO) issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and Solicitor General Jose Calida against ABS-CBN TV Plus.^[6]

On November 6, 2021, Yey! was relaunched as a programming block on Kapamilya Channel, A2Z (under "Kidz Weekend"), and Jeepney TV.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Anime series and cartoon programs were divided into various programming blocks.

All Yey! Anime – The channel's flagship primetime block featuring Japanese anime series intended for all audiences. It was aired every Mondays to Fridays from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm, and on Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm.
Nickelodeon sa Yey! – The channel's daytime block consisting of cartoons from Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. It was aired every Mondays to Sundays from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Bibolilits – A morning block that airs selected foreign cartoons intended for pre-schoolers and young children. It was aired every Mondays to Sundays from 6:30 am to 8:30 am.
Ka-Pow! – A weekday afternoon block consisting of foreign cartoons. It was aired every Mondays to Fridays from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM.
Power Hour – A weekend afternoon block consisting of selected live-action series, toys-themed anime series, and foreign cartoons. It was aired every Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.
Fam-Time – An afternoon block consisting of classic anime series (most of them are from the World Masterpiece Theater anime franchise) every weekdays, re-runs of selected ABS-CBN programs every weekends, and channel-produced programs that are considered child-friendly and family-oriented. It was aired Mondays to Sundays from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm.
Kid Sine – A weekend movie block that was aired from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm, featuring classic local films every Saturdays, and Tagalog-dubbed foreign films every Sundays.

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