Plans In 2019, GMA Network Inc. announced its plans to invest for its second phase transition to digital television, including a partnership with U.S.-based global entertainment company Jungo TV and Philippine telecommunications conglomerate
PLDT-
Smart to distribute content across all of its channels. As part of their ongoing transition and the launch of their own
digital television box, the network launched its first subchannel aside from their two main channels via
Heart of Asia Channel in the lineup of
DZBB-DTV Channel 15.
Launch On the morning of September 6, 2020, GMA Network made some adjustments on its digital television channels by adding new sub-channels on their digital frequency. The said programs were detected as early as 2:00am of September 6, 2020, at their digital frequency in Batangas, and 6:00am in Mega Manila. Hallypop began its test broadcast on September 6, 2020, airing music programs such as
Music Bank,
StarGazeMuzik and
HallyStage, while it airs promo plug of the upcoming programs with its assigned blocks. The channel was fully launched on September 20, 2020, with reality shows
Running Man and
Party People on their first broadcast. From August 1, 2021 to September 9, 2024, Hallypop watch on
Cignal TV Channel 152 in Nationwide. On February 27, 2023, Hallypop, along with other GMA Network-owned channels, switched its broadcast from the original 4:3 format to 16:9
anamorphic widescreen format.
Closure on free TV, returned as a linear channel On September 9, 2024, GMA Network and Jungo TV announced that Hallypop (alongside its sister channel
Pinoy Hits) will cease broadcast on September 20, 2024 after four years of broadcasting due to former's contract expiration with the latter. It ceased its broadcast at 12:00 MN of September 20, 2024, with
Hallypop Lokal as its final program aired on the channel. In November 2024, a week after its closure, Jungo TV revived Hallypop as a linear digital channel on its own streaming service Jungo Pinoy. Unlike its previous iteration as a digital free-to-air channel in terms of limiting broadcast hours, the current channel is 24 hours. ==Final programming==