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| Type | Cable TV operator  |
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| Founded | Destiny Cable Inc., January 1995 Global Cable Inc., February 1993 Merger entity: Global Destiny Cable TV, 2003 |
| Headquarters | 2285 Solid House Building, Pasong Tamo Extension, 1231 Makati City, Metropolitan Manila |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Products | Cable TV High-Speed Broadband Internet I-Cafe Boss High-Rise Solution sDSL Web Development Open Access Service Wi-Fi Service VoIP Referral System DOGZ Online Gaming |
| Employees | currently unavailable |
| Website | www.mydestiny.net |
Global Destiny Cable is a direct-to-home cable TV subscription service. Global Destiny Cable is the largest cable TV company in the Philippines; they are serving almost all major cities in Metro Manila and have affiliates almost all-around the Philippines.[1]
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History
In January 1995,[2] the Philippines’ commission attached to the Department of Transportation and Communications, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity/provisional authority to install, operate and maintain telecommunications, broadcast and cable antenna television services to Destiny Cable Inc. and allowed to provide cable television services to Metropolitan Manila and nearby municipalities, cities and provinces.
Destiny Cable Inc. embarked on marketing promotion through Solid Group Inc.[3] by offering bundles services: cable television and electronic products and facilitated the latter to build up a distinctive spot in the cable industry. Solid Group Inc. was then known for manufacturing and marketing the leading brands in electronic products.
Global Cable
On February 3, 1993, Global Cable Inc. was given a provisional authority to provide cable television services. The National Telecommunications Commission granted Global Cable Inc a certificate authority to construct, install, maintain and operate a Cable Antenna Television (CATV) System in San Pedro, Laguna on May 1993. Consequently, Global Cable Inc. was also allowed operate and maintain a CATV system in the municipality of San Juan and in the cities of Mandaluyong,[4] Makati, Pasay, Manila, Marikina,[5] Paranaque and Muntinlupa.
Merger with Global Cable
In November 2003 Destiny Cable formed a partnership[6][7] with Global Cable to further strengthen and systematize its cable television ventures. The two companies merged to form Global Destiny Cable.
Global Destiny Cable is perceived to be the closest competitor of SkyCable[8] in Metropolitan Manila. Both have their own associates all over the country and both offer high-speed cable Internet service[9] to its respective subscribers.
Areas Served
- Metro Manila: Caloocan City, Las Piñas City, Makati City, Malabon City, Mandaluyong City, Manila, Marikina City, Muntinlupa City, Quezon City, Parañaque City, Pasay City, Pasig City, Pateros, San Juan, Taguig City, Valenzuela City
- Rizal Province: Cainta, Antipolo City
- Cebu Province: Metro Cebu
- Davao Province: Metro Davao
Channel Lineup
Below is a numerical representation of the current Global Destiny Cable channel lineup. As of November 8, 2009 [10][11]
| LEGEND | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local/Service Channels | Movie Channels | Gen. Ent./Variety Channels | Documentary/Educational Channels | Kids Channels |
| News/Info Channels | Sports Channels | Music Channels | Foreign Channels | Religious Channels |
| † - Exclusive to Global Destiny | ||||
| Ch. # | Network | Minimum Package | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | GD Barker Channel † | In House | |
| 4 | MMDA TV Channel † | Public Service | Subscribers may experience interference with local reception of NBN 4 on this channel. |
| 5 | Chat & Shop TV / Destiny KTV † | Interactive Channel | Subscribers may experience interference with local reception of TV5 on this channel. |
| 6 | ABS-CBN (VHF 2) | Local Channel | |
| 7 | Russia Today † | News/Info | Subscribers may experience interference with local reception of GMA 7 on this channel (Russian) programming in (English) |
| 8 | NBN (VHF 4) | Local Channel | |
| 9 | Shop TV † | Interactive Channel | Subscribers may experience interference with local reception of Solar TV on this channel. |
| 10 | TV5 (VHF 5) | Local Channel | |
| 11 | RHTV | News/Info/Interactive | Live simulcast of DZRH 666 kHz with live video stream of the station. Selected drama programs are not available. Subscribers may experience interference with Q 11 on this channel. |
| 12 | GMA (VHF 7) | Local Channel | |
| 13 | Winner TV Asia † | Interactive Channel | Subscribers may experience interference with local reception of IBC 13 on this channel. |
| 14 | RPN (VHF 9) / Solar TV | Local Channel | |
| 15 | Q (VHF 11) | Local Channel | |
| 16 | IBC (VHF 13) | Local Channel | |
| 17 | Studio 23 (UHF 23) | Local Channel | |
| 18 | GEM TV (UHF 49) | Local Channel | |
| 19 | Net 25 (UHF 25) | Local Channel | |
| 20 | UNTV (UHF 37) | Local Channel | |
| 21 | Global News Network † | News/Info | |
| 22 | CNN International | News/Info | |
| 23 | Fox News Channel | News/Info | |
| 24 | Al Jazeera English News Channel | News/Info | |
| 25 | CNBC Asia | News/Info | |
| 26 | Bloomberg Television | News/Info | |
| 27 | BBC World News | News/Info | |
| 28 | SBN (UHF 21) / ETC | Local Channel | |
| 29 | RJTV (UHF 29) / 2nd Avenue | Local Channel | |
| 30 | ESPN Philippines | Sports | |
| 31 | STAR Sports | Sports | |
| 32 | EuroSport † | Sports | |
| 34 | Solar Sports † | Sports | |
| 35 | Global Pinoy Cinema † | Movies | |
| 36 | Pinoy Box Office † | Movies | |
| 37 | HBO Asia | Movies | |
| 38 | Hallmark Channel Philippines | Gen. Ent./Variety | |
| 39 | MGM Channel | Movies | |
| 41 | Discovery Turbo | Documentary/Educational | |
| 42 | Bio Asia | Documentary/Educational | Also known as Biography Channel Asia |
| 43 | CITV Asia | Documentary/Educational | |
| 44 | Living Asia Channel | Documentary/Educational | |
| 45 | Discovery Travel & Living | Documentary/Educational | |
| 46 | Channel [V] International | Music | |
| 47 | MTV Philippines | Music | |
| 48 | Baby TV | Kids | |
| 49 | Playhouse Disney Channel Asia | Kids | |
| 50 | Disney Channel Asia | Kids | |
| 51 | Cartoon Network Philippines | Kids | |
| 52 | Nickelodeon Philippines | Kids | |
| 53 | Animal Planet | Documentary/Educational | |
| 54 | National Geographic Channel | Documentary/Educational | |
| 55 | Discovery Channel | Documentary/Educational | |
| 56 | History Asia | Documentary/Educational | |
| 57 | CTi International † | Foreign | (Chinese) |
| 58 | CTS † | Foreign | (Chinese) |
| 59 | TTV † | Foreign | (Chinese) |
| 60 | Formosa TV † | Foreign | (Chinese) |
| 61 | Formosa TV News † | Foreign | (Chinese) |
| 63 | TVBS News † | Foreign | (Chinese) |
| 64 | Da Ai TV Tzu Chi † | Religious | (Chinese) |
| 65 | Good TV † | Religious | (Chinese) |
| 66 | Phoenix InfoNews Channel | Foreign | (Chinese) |
| 67 | CCTV-4 | Foreign | (Chinese) |
| 68 | Hunan TV † | Foreign | (Chinese) |
| 69 | CTV † | Foreign | (Chinese) |
| 70 | ETTV Movies † | Movies | (Chinese) audio with (Chinese) and (English) subtitles during movies. |
| 71 | HBO 2 † | Movies | Hollywood movies audio in (English) with (Chinese) subtitles |
| 72 | NHK World † | Foreign | (Japanese) audio with (English) news ticker during major newscasts |
| 73 | NHK World Premium | Foreign | (Japanese) audio with (English) news ticker during major newscasts |
| 75 | Arirang TV | Foreign | (Korean) programming in (English) |
| 77 | YTN† | Foreign | (Korean) |
| 78 | Doordarshan National † | Foreign | (Hindi) |
| 79 | Zee TV † | Foreign | (Hindi) |
| 80 | Basketball TV | Sports | |
| 81 | Jack TV † | Gen. Ent./Variety | |
| 82 | Viva Prime Channel | Gen. Ent./Variety/Sports | |
| 83 | Fashion TV / San Lazaro Broadcasting Network † | Gen. Ent./Variety/Sports | |
| 84 | Australia Network | Gen. Ent./Variety | |
| 85 | TV5 Monde Asie | Foreign | (French) |
| 86 | TV Español | Foreign | (Spanish) |
| 87 | DW-TV Asia | Foreign | 16 hours of (German) programming and 8 hours in (English) |
| 88 | Raitalia † | Foreign | (Italian) |
| 89 | Daystar TV † | Religious | |
| 90 | Family Land | Religious | |
| 91 | TV Maria | Religious | |
| 92 | EWTN | Religious | |
| 93 | Zoe TV 33 (UHF 33) | Local Channel | |
| 97 | CCTV 9 International | Foreign | (Chinese) programming in (English) |
| 98 | Turner Classic Movies Asia | Movies | |
| 99 | Sci Fi Philippines | Gen. Ent./Variety | |
| 116 | Txt Network | Interactive |
Future channels
These channels are not available on any of Global Destiny Cable's subscription plans and there have been no announcements about its inclusion in the channel lineup.
- ACQ-KBN (UHF 39)
- 3ABN International (UHF 45)
- All Sports Network
- Asian Food Channel
- Animax Philippines
- AXN Philippines
- AXN Beyond Philippines
- BBC Entertainment
- BBC Knowledge
- BBC Lifestyle
- BBC Prime
- Boomerang
- CBeebies
- CETV
- Channel NewsAsia
- Channel [V] Philippines
- Max Asia
- CTi Entertainment
- CTi News
- CTi Variety
- CTV News Channel
- Discovery Home & Health
- Discovery Science
- ESPNews
- Euronews
- Fox Crime
- FX
- HBO Family
- HBO Hits
- HBO Signature
- HLN
- KBS World
- KidsCo
- MBC TV Korea
- Nat Geo Adventure
- Nat Geo Music
- Nat Geo Wild
- Phoenix Chinese Channel
- Phoenix Dragonna Channel
- Sky News
- Smile of a Child
- SET Asia
- Soundtrack Channel
- STAR Chinese Movies
- STAR Chinese Movies 2
- STAR Gold
- STAR Movies
- STAR News
- STAR One
- STAR Plus Indian
- STAR World Philippines
- The Mabuhay Channel
- TBN
- TVN Asia
- Xing Kong
- Universal Channel
- UniversiTV
- Viva Cinema
- Voice of America
- Wine TV
References
- ^ Global Destiny History
- ^ Hebrona Jr., Alfredo P. (November 17, 1999). "Q&A With The Cable Guy". BusinessWorld Online. http://www.itmatters.com.ph/features.php?id=111799b. Retrieved November 17.
- ^ "Business in Asia Today". Asiatimes Online. April 1, 2000. http://www.atimes.com/bizasia/BD01Aa01.html. Retrieved April 1.
- ^ Mandaluyong City Infrastructure, Mandaluyong City MIS
- ^ PIO, Marikina (February 1, 2005). "Global Destiny Basketball League in Marikina". MarikinaNews. http://news.marikina.gov.ph/pages/newsarch.asp?n=2-2005-a. Retrieved February 2.
- ^ Lectura, Lenie (December 25, 2007). "Global Destiny lacks proof it has money". BusinessMirror. http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/12252007/companies03.html. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ^ The Philippine Broadcast Equipment Market, March 2006, CommerceCan
- ^ BusinessWorld, Online (June 16, 2008). "Lopez buys out Sun Cable, prepares for SkyCable share sale". BusinessWorld: I.T. Matters. http://www.itmatters.com.ph/news.php?id=061608a. Retrieved June 16.
- ^ Timeline of Significant Events in Philippine Cyberage, Philippine Communication Centrum Foundation
- ^ Global Destiny Channel Line-up Retrieved via www.mydestiny.net 02-18-2009
- ^ Global Destiny Channel Line-Up Retrieved via www.telebisyon.net 02-18-2009
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