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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 1976 |
| Headquarters | Makati, Philippines |
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| Industry | Cable Television Broadcasting, Moviemaking |
| Services | Cable Television Broadcasting, International Film Distribution |
| Website | Solar Entertainment Main Page |
Solar Entertainment Corporation is a Makati, Philippines-based media company with 6 cable channels [1] 3 Free-TV Channels (RPN, SBN and RJTV 29) and more than ten movies with United International Pictures and Universal Pictures.
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Channels
- 2nd Avenue - Get a dose of entertainment that transcends borders as 2nd Avenue brings you a taste of the sassy and sophisticated urban lifestyle with its all-star line up of talk shows, game shows, and thought provoking series.
- Basketball TV - A 24/7 sports channel catered to the basketball-crazy Filipino. It features a mix of international as well as local basketball programs, such as NBA, FIBA World Championship, US NCAA, local Basketball leagues, and many more.
- ETC Entertainment Central - An entertainment channel that highlights popular reality programs, entertaining talk shows, and a variety of must-see programs such as The Tyra Banks Show, America's Next Top Model, The Daily 10, E! News, and much, much more!
- Home Shopping Network (Shop TV) - TV Shopping Channel (available at SkyCable, Global Destiny Cable, Cablelink)
- Jack TV - An entertainment channel that offers the widest comedy lineup and best animated shows together with other high-rating programs that will definitely leave you craving for more. Jack TV is also the home of World Wrestling Entertainment, ECW and American Gladiators.
- Solar All Access - Solar All Access is Solar Entertainment Corporation's media component in bringing to the country some of the world's biggest sporting actions and on ground entertainment events. Pioneering in live pay-per-view programming, it provides viewers exclusive access to premium programs thru direct subscription.
- Solar Sports - A haven for any sport fans as it delivers only the best coverage of international sports events whether in golf, boxing, or football. It also features alternative sports such as poker and martial arts.
- Solar TV - Solar's replacement channel for C/S 9 merging programs based from Solar Sports, Basketball TV, ETC Entertainment Central, 2nd Avenue, C/S Origin & Jack TV.
- Sci Fi Philippines - Solar's first international channel. A joint venture with NBC Universal Global Networks. A 24 hour science fiction channel. [2]
- Hallmark Channel Philippines - Solar's second international channel. A joint venture with NBC Universal Global Networks. A 24 hour movie/entertainment channel. [3]
Defunct
- Big Boy Entertainment
- Solar Sports Plus, (2004-2006)
- Solar USA (2004-2005)
- C/S Origin (2008-2009)
- C/S 9 (2005-2009)
Affiliates
Key
Program Network
- NBA
- CBS Paramount Television
- Comedy Central
- PGA
- NFL
- WWE
- Nascar
- NBC Universal
- Warner Brothers
- Fremantle Media
- Sony Pictures Television
Partnerships
- Solar Multimedia
- Solar Interactive
- United International Pictures
- Home Shopping Network
- NBC Universal Global Networks
- GMA Network
From SkyCable to Terrestrial Television
Solar's channels have ceased airing on SkyCable, the Philippines' largest cable company. An insider claims that these troubles with SkyCable started when boxing champ Manny Pacquiao, whose fights Solar Entertainment has the exclusive right to air and distribute, moved from ABS-CBN, a sister company of Sky, to rival GMA. Another insider claims that SkyCable wanted to remove ETC and JackTV to make room for their own channels, Velvet and Maxxx. SkyCable wanted to retain C/S, 2nd Avenue, Solar Sports and Basketball TV, but Solar made a decision that they will only renew their contract if SkyCable carries all six channels. Thus, Solar decided to pull out all their channels rather than remove ETC and JackTV.
However, Solar has inked a deal with local terrestrial channels TV5, RPN, SBN and RJTV 29 for block-time programming.[4] C/S, ETC and 2nd Avenue progamming are seen on terrestrial TV channels RPN, SBN and RJTV, respectively, while NBA and WWE programming are seen on TV5 (later moved to RPN).
BTV & C/S Origin are now back on SkyCable for no additional fee.
Dream Satellite TV remove three Solar Channels
Dream Satellite TV ceased carrying three (3) Solar Channels namely, Solar Sports, ETC and 2nd Avenue (Except C/S 9) effective 01 February, 2009. Dream's carriage contract with Solar Entertainment which expired on 31 December, 2008 was not renewed by Dream citing financial constraints as its main reason. The three Solar channels were replaced by A&E's The History Channel, Biography Channel and Crime and Investigation Channel.
However on May 1, 2009, only 2nd Avenue are now back on Dream Satellite TV and its available in channel line-up.
References
- ^ Complete Solar Entertainment Channels except Shop TV
- ^ NBC Universal Global launches SCI FI in RP retrieved via www.philstar.com.ph 04-01-2009
- ^ Atlas TV Guide August 2009 issue
- ^ San Diego Bayani Jr. "Solar joins ABC5, RJTV." Philippine Daily Inquirer. 22 November 2007.
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