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Bilyonaryo News Channel and Abante News TV are widening their reach in the United States with viewers now tuning in from 24 states. California has emerged as the biggest U.S. market for both Filipino channels, followed by strong audience pockets in Texas and Florida. New York also ranks among their top American markets. The U.S. has become especially important to the overseas push of the two channels under Prage Management Corporation's Abante-Bilyonaryo Group.
In July 2026, 74.6% of their combined reported views came from the United States, according to performance data from Amasian TV. This suggests that the audience is spreading well beyond the traditional Filipino enclaves. From the West Coast to the South and East Coast, Bilyonaryo and Abante are building audiences across some of America’s biggest states, giving the two homegrown channels a much broader stage outside the Philippines. Their reach also extends beyond the U.S. as, in total, both Bilyonaryo and Abante registered audiences across 26 countries and territories in the Americas, Europe and Asia. These were viewed in 22 markets including Canada, the United Kingdom, India, South Korea, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. On the other hand, Bilyonaryo also reached Nicaragua and Vietnam while Abante added Bangladesh and Japan. The two channels are also showing different strengths as they grow. According to Amasian TV, Bilyonaryo scored 90 out of 100 for playback success while Abante recorded 2.47 times longer viewing per video view. The report summed it up this way: “Bilyonaryo drives reach” while “Abante drives viewing depth”. Both channels are available across connected TVs, mobile devices and the web, including Samsung and LG smart TVs, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, iOS and Android. Aside from its continuing global reach, the Abante-Bilyonaryo Group delivered strong digital growth in the first half of 2026, underscoring the expanding reach of its news and media platforms as more Filipinos turn to social media for news and information. According to the group’s mid-year report, Bilyonaryo News Channel (BNC), Abante News TV, and DWAR-Abante Radyo generated a combined 6.2 billion Facebook views from January to June 2026, recorded more than 132 million content interactions, and attracted 3.55 million new followers during the six-month period.
BNC accounted for the largest share of the group’s digital audience, recording more than 3.1 billion Facebook views, 71.6 million content interactions and 1.7 million new followers. The platform has built its audience through exclusive reporting on business, politics and lifestyle. Abante News TV also posted solid growth, generating 1.6 billion Facebook views and 26.5 million content interactions while adding more than 700,000 new followers. DWAR-Abante Radyo recorded the fastest growth in audience engagement, logging 33.9 million content interactions during the first six months of the year. The station also amassed 1.5 billion Facebook views and gained 1.1 million new followers. The group thanked its audience for the milestone, saying the continued trust and support of its followers motivate its journalists and content creators to deliver timely, relevant and impactful news. It added, “The continued trust of our audience inspires us to keep delivering timely, relevant and impactful journalism that informs, empowers and connects Filipinos wherever they are.” the group said. The Abante-Bilyonaryo Group's strong digital performance follows another milestone for the media company — its inclusion for the first time in the Reuters Institute Digital News Report, one of the world’s leading studies on news consumption. The report showed the Abante-Bilyonaryo Group reaching 15% of Filipinos online and 8% offline. It also gave Abante and Abante Tonite a 46% brand trust rating and a combined 6% offline reach.
Recently, Abante News TV has officially entered into a broadcast partnership deal with Cignal, the leading pay TV service in the Philippines, bringing credible, engaging and entertaining content for the younger generation of viewers through Abante's slate of news and entertainment programs across Cignal's direct-to-home (DTH), IPTV, and OTT (Over-The-Top) broadcast platforms. According to ABG Senior Vice President for News and Current Affairs Cheryl Favila, Abante News TV and Cignal, along with Bilyonaryo News Channel, are focused on delivering relevant and trustworthy news and information to Filipino viewing audiences across multiple screens and platforms while maintaining the group's entertainment value. The partnership also highlighted the upcoming 2028 national elections as a key opportunity for the partnership to create a greater impact, more particularly in delivering information and content that viewers can look forward to.
Bilyonaryo News Channel and Abante News TV are viewed in the Philippines via SKYcable, SKY TV, Cignal, Satlite, GSat, Blast TV, and Samsung TV Plus and worldwide through Amasian TV in the US and the Global Filipino Network's KaAPPitbahay app as well as their official Facebook pages and YouTube channels.
