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TV Maria
Country	Philippines
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Headquarters	Manila; Philippines
Programming
Language(s)	English; Filipino
Picture format	720p (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila; Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines; TV Maria Foundation Philippines, Inc.
Sister channels	Veritas 846 ; Catholic Media Network
History
Launched	January 1, 2006; 18 years ago; (test broadcast); August 13, 2007; 17 years ago; (full launch)
Links
Website	www.tvmaria.ph
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	Channel 29.25 (Metro Manila); Channel 48.04 (Naga City);
Streaming media
TV Maria website (via YouTube)	Watch Live

TV Maria is a national Catholic television channel broadcasting from Manila, Philippines. Owned by TV Maria Foundation Philippines (a non-profit, non-stock organization under the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila), it airs 24 hours a day and is currently available on major and provincial cable and Satellite television operators nationwide, on digital terrestrial television broadcasts via RJ DigiTV's DTT subchannel in Mega Manila and via GNN's DTT subchannel in selected provincial areas, and via online livestreaming.^[1]

Most of the station's programmes are both in-house productions and packaged shows from Jesuit Communications Foundation, Kerygma Foundation, Family Rosary Crusade, Society of St. Paul, and other Catholic groups.

History

The Roman Catholic Church recognizes the importance of keeping up with the times to reach out to a greater number of people. And TV Maria is its means to cater to a Filipino audience who are hungry for God's Word through television as well as through various alternatives such as the internet and the cellphone.

TV Maria Foundation Philippines, Inc. – or simply known as TV Maria – is a non-profit, non-stock religious organization of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines through the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila. Its work mainly involves evangelizing the Catholic faith through television and internet broadcasting, plus other forms of modern communication. It promotes not only the importance of communication and information in building a nation but also the importance of interweaving these with Catholic Filipino values.

TV Maria began test broadcasting on 1 January 2006 and began regular transmission on 4 December 2006, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.^[2]

On 13 August 2013, during a press conference for the upcoming Philippine Conference on New Evangelization, Archbishop of Manila Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle announced that TV Maria finally granted its pay-TV-to-air television franchise from the National Telecommunications Commission.^[3]

Starting 2015, TV Maria began to broadcast its Misa Nazareno mass from historic Quiapo Church live via video streaming, as well as certain Papal Masses via EWTN. Since Holy Week 2016, TV Maria also started live broadcasts of Holy Week activities in the Manila Cathedral using widescreen format.

On 11 March 2020, TV Maria was launched on digital terrestrial television on UHF Channel 29 (563.143 MHz) in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces after it signed a partnership deal with Rajah Broadcasting Network.

On September 6 and 7, 2024, TV Maria and Aliw Broadcasting Corporation separately announced through their respective Facebook pages that some TV Maria original programming would air every Sunday on Aliw Channel 23, starting September 8, 2024.^[4]^[5]

Current programming

Regular programs

Ang Banal na Orasyon (Angelus; every 6 am, 12 noon and 6 pm PST)
Audiam sa RCAM
Baclaran Church First Wednesday Mass
Bukal ng Buhay (Source of Life)
Cat Chat
Charity in Action (2007–present)
Coffee House Chat
Faith Factor
Feast TV (2007–present)
First Things First with Bishop Broderick Pabillo
Kape at Kampay
Happy Momday
Ito ang Kuwento Ko (This is My Story)
Kape't Pandasal (Coffee and Prayer) (2020–present)
Katolikong Pinoy with Dra. Gaines Rosario
Kids Rosary
Know the Truth
Kuwentong Antipolo Pilgrimage
Lakbites
Less is More
Mama's Boys
Manila Cathedral Daily Mass
Men of Light (2007–present)
Munting Katekismo (Catechism for Kids)
Misa Nazareno: Quiapo Church Daily TV Mass (2007–present)
Once Upon a Saint (produced by Family Rosary Crusade) (2007–present)
OOTD: Out of the Depths (produced by Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos)
Pagdarasal ng Santo Rosaryo (produced by Our Lady of the Abandoned parish church)
Prayground (produced by Roman Catholic Diocese of Malolos)
Reyna ng Langit (Regina caeli for Easter; every 6 am, 12 noon and 6 pm PST)
Sa Piging ng Panginoon
Salita ng Diyos, Salita ng Buhay (Word of God, Word of Life)
Sambuhay TV Mass
Sensei: Their Skills and Talents
Sto. Niño TV Mass (every second Monday of the month)
Sunday Gospel Reflections (produced by Family Rosary Crusade) (2007–present)
Tastetimony
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy (2007–present)
The Habits
The Holy Rosary
The Power to Unite (2007–present)
The Word Exposed by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (2008–present)
Tita Au's Corner
Trip ni 'Dre (Father's Trip)
Vaticano (from EWTN) (2007–present)
Veritas Balita (2007–present)
Where God Weeps (produced by Aid for the Church in Need)