The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2014. 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 17 – After 17 years of broadcast, Studio 23 ended its commercial operations on Thursday evening. January 18 – ABS-CBN's new UHF sports channel on Channel 23, S+A, was officially launched and lasted until the shutdown of ABS-CBN broadcasting on May 5, 2020 which replaced Studio 23 that was closed on a day prior to S+A's launch. January 20 – Emil Paden from Caloocan City was proclaimed as Eat Bulaga!s That's My Tambay grand winner. January 22 – Vhong Navarro was beaten by Cedric Lee and five other men in a condominium unit after he was allegedly caught in the act of raping Deniece Cornejo, the occupant of the said condominium unit. Navarro aired his side on the said incident in an interview by Boy Abunda for his program, Buzz ng Bayan, on January 26. Last April 26, Lee together with his companion Simeon Raz was arrested by the NBI agents in Oras, Eastern Samar, 1 week after the Taguig RTC issued warrants of arrests for the serious illegal detention case. On May 5, Cornejo surrendered to the authorities at the Philippine National Police headquarters in Camp Crame.
February
February 7 People's Television Network, in partnership with HBKOR, Inc., announced that it will launch a talent search called K-Pop Idol Search (KIS) – Pinoy Edition. Preliminaries were held April to August 2014. The winner of the said competition will win two million pesos, a six-month intensive training in South Korea, and a five-year exclusive performing contract. 14 people died, including 2 foreigners and comedian Tado Jimenez, after a Florida bus with 45 passengers on-board fell into a 500-meter deep ravine in Bontoc, Mountain Province. 24 others were reported injured, while four more passengers were reported missing. February 8 – Wally Bayola made a tearful return as one of the hosts of Eat Bulaga! after a 5-month hiatus due to a sex video scandal. February 10 – Tibay Family was hailed as Eat Bulaga!'s Pamilyang Pinoy Henyo Nationwide Grand Champion. February 14 The revived local version of MTV in the country, MTV Pinoy was relaunched. Sam Pinto, Andre Paras, singer Josh Padilla, and Yassi Pressman were also introduced as the channel's VJs. Manila Clasico Game 7 PBA semi-finals match between Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and San Mig Super Coffee Mixers garnered the top spot as the most-watched primetime television program in Metro Manila by AGB Nielsen Philippines with a record-breaking 32% audience share in MEGATAM. February 20 – The 10th USTv Students' Choice Awards. ABS-CBN, and its programs and media personalities received 16 awards; GMA Network, including its free news television channel GMA News TV, received 9 awards; while TV5 received 1 award. February 22 – Guilherme "Gui" Adorno of Portugal was hailed as You're My Foreignoy 2014 Grand Winner on Eat Bulaga!. February 24 – Bandila, a late night news program broadcast by ABS-CBN, reported that two persons from Pangasinan were reported to have a flesh-eating disease and their disease is highly communicable. By February 25, the Department of Health (DOH) confirmed that the mysterious flesh-eating disease affecting two persons in the province of Pangasinan was a hoax. DOH also clarified that the two individuals were in fact affected by leprosy, and a severe case of psoriasis. The news created fear among the public. It also became a hot topic online as the mysterious disease was said to be part of a prophecy by a self-titled Indian prophet Vincent Selvakumar of the Voice of Jesus Ministries who visited the country last April 2013. Julius Babao, one of the anchors of the news program, later clarified on February 25 that it was not their intention to ignite fear among the public. He further added, It is not the program's intention to scare the public but to report the information we gathered so that authorities would give appropriate action. On February 27, ABS-CBN issued an official statement that was broadcast on the same program apologizing for the fear and panic caused by the report that was broadcast on February 24. The network also added that their internal ombudsman office will look into the false report, and will take appropriate actions based on the findings of the network's ombudsman. On February 28, the provincial government of Pangasinan demanded for an apology from ABS-CBN. The provincial government said that the false news report had greatly damaged the province's tourism sector. February 26 – ABS-CBN was the most awarded television network after receiving nine awards in the 49th Anvil Awards by the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP). GMA Network's Dapat Tama electoral advocacy campaign also received an award in the said event.
March March 5 – The National University Bulldogs clinched their back-to-back championship title in after defeating the Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles in game 2 of UAAP Season 76 Men's Volleyball Finals held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. March 7 – GMA Network and ABS-CBN earned 11 and 5 nominations respectively in the 2014 New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards. The awards ceremony was held last April 8 (April 9; Philippine time) in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. March 8 – Tearful Vhong Navarro returned to It's Showtime for more than a month of hiatus after recovering from injuries sustained following a mauling incident by six men in a condominium unit at The Fort, Taguig on January 22. March 15 – The Ateneo de Manila University Lady Eagles clinched their first-ever championship title in history after defeating the De La Salle University Green Archers in winner-take-all game 4 of the UAAP Season 76 Women's Volleyball Finals held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Bay City, Pasay. March 19 – TV5 news anchor Erwin Tulfo and GMA Super Radyo DZBB 594 commentator Carmelo del Prado Magdurulan were named by the Philippine Daily Inquirer as among the beneficiaries of the diversion of congressional allocations from the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) which was coursed through the National Agribusiness Corporation (Nabcor) in 2009. Both media men were reported to have received P245,535. Due to this, TV5 and GMA Network separately announced that they will be probing their respective broadcasters involved in the said allegations. March 21 – GMA Network dominated the 5th Golden Screen Awards organized by the Entertainment Press Society as it bags the Outstanding TV Network award together with 27 other awards. ABS-CBN got home 24 awards while TV5 bagged away 2 awards. March 22 A. Montes I Elementary School from Iloilo City emerged as Eat Bulaga's Junior Pinoy Henyo Sayawan Grand Champion held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila. They were coached by Yuri Villanueva. Haydee Mañosca emerged as Stars on 45 champion on It's Showtime. March 23 – GMA Network launched their own version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame called the "GMA Walk of Fame". Over 196 personalities and talents of the Kapuso Network both from the Entertainment and News and Public Affairs divisions had their own star at the Walk of Fame located at the network's compound in EDSA, Quezon City. March 29 – Kapatid TV5 International renewed their contract with OSN, a pay TV network based in the Middle East and North Africa. Kapatid TV5 was named as the second top-rated Filipino international channel by OSN. March 30 – ABS-CBN formally launched this year's Station ID for the summer season called "Masayang Muli ang Kwento ng Summer" featuring the travel destinations, the culture and the smile of every Filipino. Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla rendered the song "PINASmile" which has been used for the station ID. March 31 – ZOE Broadcasting Network's channel, Light TV, was rebranded as Light Network.
April April 5 – Kapt. Jose Cardones Memorial Elementary School from Taguig City emerged as Eat Bulaga's Junior Pinoy Henyo Pautakan grand champion. April 7 – Discovery Channel's Manhunt series, starring ex-US Navy SEAL Joel Lambert, will feature the forest of Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Olongapo City. Lambert will try to trek around the Subic tropical forest while evading capture by the 1st Scout Ranger Regiment. April 9 GMA Network's daily docu-reality program Tunay na Buhay episode entitled Sanggol at Langaw won the gold medal at the 2014 New York Festivals International TV and Film Awards. Six other GMA programs and plugs, and two ABS-CBN programs bagged the silver and bronze medals, respectively. Filipina models Katarina Rodriguez and Jodilly Pendre were named as the second and first runner-up of the Asia's Next Top Model (season 2) finale which was aired on Star World. Malaysian aspirant Sheena Liam was hailed as the winner of the said reality modelling competition. The show was also aired on TV5 in a delayed telecast. April 23 – Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman accused News5, TV5's news division, of manipulating information of their unkempt DSWD warehouse (currently used for the World Food Programme) with rotten and spoiled relief goods in Brgy. Calibaan, Tacloban City. The report was aired last March 26 on Pilipinas News, the network's late night newscast. In an official statement, TV5 stands for its story on the incident. April 26 – Bryan Castillo was named as the grand winner of the reality show The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition: Doubles aired on ABS-CBN. Bryan, known as the Pride of Pembo, Makati and the member of Team MagKapatid now weighs in at 139 pounds from the former 293 pounds with a weight loss percentage of 52.56%. Kayen Lazaro, Francis Asis and Osie Nebreja were named as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd runner up, respectively. April 29 – ABS-CBN (both for television and radio, and the Manila and Regional Network Group stations) won major awards at the 22nd KBP Golden Dove Awards with 22 awards including Best TV station and the KBP Lifetime Achievement Award given to the network's chairman, Eugenio Lopez III. TV5 only got 2 awards for Pinoy Explorer (Best TV Magazine Program) and Ogie Alcasid of Tropa Mo Ko Unli (Best Comedy Actor). Pampanga-based TV network CLTV-36 was awarded for the second time as the Best Provincial TV station.
May May 5 Documentarist Howie Severino named as the Vice President for Professional Development of GMA News after he resigning as the VP for Multimedia Journalism of GMA Network and the editor-in-chief of GMA News Online. Severino will keep his job as the host of I-Witness and anchor of News to Go. GMA Network chairman and CEO Felipe L. Gozon confirms the network stockholders is in negotiations with San Miguel Corporation chairman Ramon Ang who is interested to buy the equity stake of the network. May 8–10 – Advertising and Marketing companies joined together for the staging of the first AD Summit Pilipinas 2014 with the theme, entitled Age of Enlightenment, and the Kidlat Awards that will recognized the achievements of advertising industry in 2013. The convention was held at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center in Subic, Zambales. TV5, RMN, MBC and ABS-CBN are the major sponsors of the said event to be organized by Accredited Advertising Agencies of the Philippines and Advertising Suppliers Association of the Philippines. May 10 – Baguio-based John Raspado, formerly one of the wildcard contestants of the contest was hailed as the grand winner of I Am Pogay segment of the noontime show It's Showtime aired on ABS-CBN, the contest on TV for gay men. May 18 – News personalities Mike Enriquez, Luchi Cruz-Valdes, and Korina Sanchez both denied their links in to the Pork Barrel scam controversy of Janet Lim Napoles.