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 News and subsequently 9News did not produce a weekend newscast except for severe weather coverage. Notable for such instance was Typhoon Hagupit (local name, Ruby) in December 2014. On June 13, 2015, CNN Philippines Network News expanded to seven days a week, branding the weekend editions as Network News Weekend albeit in a capacity as a half-hour newscast, unlike the 1-hour weeknight edition. Roanna Jamir was the inaugural anchor while doubling her duty as "Weekend Updates" top of the hour presenter. On November 29, 2015, Roanna Jamir made her final broadcast on Network News Weekend, prior to leaving the network.