Nine Media News and Current Affairs

Nine Media News and Current Affairs
Division ofSolar Entertainment Corporation (2011-14)
Nine Media Corporation (2014-24)
Former namesSolar News and Current Affairs/Solar News
9News and Current Affairs/9News
PredecessorKBS News Department/RPN News and Public Affairs (1969-2012)
CountryPhilippines
Area servedDefunct
Key peoplePal Marquez (Senior Vice President for Operations)
Benjamin Ramos (President, Nine Media Corporation and President and CEO, Radio Philippines Network)
Pia Hontiveros (Chief Correspondent)
Rico Hizon (Senior Anchor, and Director for News Content Development)
HeadquartersGround Floor, Worldwide Corporate Center, EDSA cor. Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Language
  • English (main)
  • Filipino (secondary)
FormedMarch 2, 2011 (2011-03-02)
LaunchedJanuary 16, 2012 (2012-01-16)
DissolvedJanuary 31, 2024 (2024-01-31)
Replaced byNews5 (outsourced news programs)
NewsWatch Plus (news operations and assets)
FateMost of the operations and assets were sold and folded to MediaQuest/TV5 Network's News5; remaining spun out into NewsWatch Plus.

Nine Media News and Current Affairs (formerly known as Solar News and Current Affairs/Solar News and 9News and Current Affairs/9News) was the news and public affairs production arm and sole division of the Philippine media company Nine Media Corporation, which have been leased airtime from Southern Broadcasting Network (2011–2013) and Radio Philippines Network (2012–2024). The division supplies local news and content for Nine Media's television brands Talk TV, Solar News Channel, 9TV, and CNN Philippines. 9News stopped using this brand when the channel was launched as CNN Philippines on March 16, 2015, and the division was finally dissolved following the channel's closure on January 31, 2024, citing financial losses.