SMNI News Channel
Logo used since 2016 | |
| Type | Broadcast digital free-to-air television network |
|---|---|
| Country | Philippines |
| Headquarters |
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| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Filipino (main) English (secondary) |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to 16:9 480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Swara Sug Media Corporation |
| Key people | Marlon Rosete (President and CEO) Ludevija Ayang (Executive Producer) |
| Sister channels | SMNI |
| History | |
| Launched | May 24, 2016 |
| Founder | Apollo Quiboloy (Honorary Chairman) |
| Closed | December 19, 2023 (digital TV only, NTC ordered suspension) |
| Links | |
| Website | smninewschannel |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Rumble | Watch Live (select programs only) |
SMNI News Channel (SNC; stylized in all caps), known on-air as SMNI News, is a Philippine far-right religious free-to-air news and public service television network based in Makati. It is owned and operated by Swara Sug Media Corporation, the parent company of Sonshine Media Network International, a broadcasting arm of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) led by Filipino televangelist and religious leader, Apollo Quiboloy.
It airs national and international newscasts and talk shows, rolling news coverage from correspondents and reporters of SMNI Manila and other news bureaus in the Philippines and in more than 40 countries around the world, entertainment programs and news-related programs.
It is exclusively aired over digital terrestrial television on UHF Channels 39 and 43 in Metro Manila, and UHF Channel 19 in Davao Central and through more than 500 cable & satellite affiliates nationwide, selected programs simulcasting live via Facebook page, as well as on the main SMNI channel via analog and digital TV.