ABS-CBN News Channel or better known as ANC is the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 first 24-hour news channel

News

News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...

 broadcasting both in cable television domestically and in satellite television internationally via The Filipino Channel

The Filipino Channel

The Filipino Channel is an international television station owned by the Philippine-based multimedia conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. The network is currently available in Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and the United States. It has over two million subscribers in these...

, owned and operated by the ABS-CBN Corporation under its ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs brand. Most if not all of its news and current affairs programs are primarily in English language

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

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It was first known as the "Sarimanok News Network" or "SNN during its establishment on July 10, 1996, making it the first of its kind in the Philippine television.