Satellite News Channel on the air; most local cable systems replaced SNC with either CNN or, more commonly, CNN Headline News. For a brief time after SNC shut down, its theme music was used by fellow-Connecticut cable network ESPN. In 1996, ABC revealed plans to launch a 24-hour news channel, however discontinued them after Fox News Channel and MSNBC were announced. In 2004, ABC News returned to the 24-hour news market with ABC News Now. The channel began as a digital subchannel but was later moved to cable. However that channel like SNC received little cable and satellite carriage, only being available on
CNN Philippines Network News 2017, the network announced that it will retire the newscast as a part of its sweeping program restructuring. It was replaced by News Night with Pia Hontiveros effective March 27. The network's move to retire the newscast was also partly due to viewers' complaints of retaining the "Network News" name despite rebranding three times. On March 26, 2017, CNN Philippines Network News Weekend officially ended the near 5-year run of Network News. CNN Philippines Network News CNN Philippines Network News, (titled as CNN Philippines Network News with Pia Hontiveros for its weekday broadcasts) or simply Network News was the first