ABS-CBN partners with PLDT & Smart for mobile entertainment content

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ABS-CBN has entered a partnership with PLDT and Smart Communications for distribution of its television content and movies.

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“The strategic partnership between ABS-CBN and PLDT/Smart underscores our vision to make our content available online to more Filipinos,” said Carlo Katigbak, ABS-CBN president and chief executive officer.

The meeting of the giants will allow PLDT Home and Smart’s 70 million subscribers to use their prepaid load or postpaid account to binge-watch and catch up on their favorite shows, blockbuster films and other top-rated content on www.iwantv.com.ph on their computers or Smart TVs in their homes, or on the iWant TV app on their Smart-powered mobile phones and tablets.

Led by PLDT and Smart chair Manny V. Pangilinan and ABS-CBN chair Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III, also at the groundbreaking partnership of PLDT Home, Smart and ABS-CBN for iWant TV are Ariel Fermin, EVP and head of Consumer Business for PLDT and Smart; Oscar “Renren” Reyes, FVP and head of Home Business for PLDT; Katrina Luna-Abelarde, FVP and head of Smart Wireless Consumer Division; Gary Dujali, VP and head of PLDT Home Marketing; Kathy Carag, VP and Head of Smart and Sun Master Brand; Carlo Katigbak, ABS-CBN president and CEO; Aldrin Cerrado, ABS-CBN CFO; Rolando Valdueza, ABS-CBN Group CFO; Cat Lopez, ABS-CBN head of finance for Broadcast; and Mellissa Limcaoco, ABS-CBN head of Digital Transformation.

“In a groundbreaking partnership, the country’s leading digital services providers PLDT Home and Smart Communications have teamed up with multimedia conglomerate ABS-CBN for iWant TV, the streaming service of ABS-CBN for its TV shows, movies and exclusive digital content,” said a press release.

The statement added, “Using iWant TV, subscribers may stream the past and current ABS-CBN shows like On the Wings of Love, Dolce Amore, Ang Probinsiyano and Til I Met You, as well as News and Current Affairs shows, among many others — anytime and anywhere.”

To activate iWant TV, users can register for an account via www.iwantv.com.ph or download the iWant TV app on their Android and iOS devices.