Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, Inc. (BEAM) is a telecommunications company in the
Philippines
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with primary focus on UHF broadcasting and
digital terrestrial television
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for the convergence of multimedia. It is owned by Bethlehem Holdings, Inc., a media investment company of
Globe Telecom
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through its Retirement Fund group.
The frequency currently used by BEAM (channel
UHF 31 of Manila and its provincial outlets) had been previously used by
Radio Mindanao Network
Radio Mindanao Network, Inc. (RMN), d.b.a. RMN Networks or RMN Network, is a Filipino media company based in Makati, Philippines. It is primarily involved is one of the largest radio networks. Its corporate office is located at the 4th Floor ...
(under the affiliates, CTV-31 (Cinema Television) and
E! Philippines) from October 31, 1993, to June 1, 2003, prior to the acquisition by BHI/Globe in 2009.
History
BEAM was established in 1993 by the Canoy family, owners of
Radio Mindanao Network
Radio Mindanao Network, Inc. (RMN), d.b.a. RMN Networks or RMN Network, is a Filipino media company based in Makati, Philippines. It is primarily involved is one of the largest radio networks. Its corporate office is located at the 4th Floor ...
. Its Congressional broadcast franchise was granted in 1995. At that time, it only owned one FM radio station in Dagupan.
In 2009, Bethlehem Holdings Inc., an investment firm of the Globe Telecom Retirement Group Fund, acquired BEAM from the Canoys (coinciding with the acquisition of a large stake in another broadcast firm,
Altimax, from Mel Velarde).
Throughout the 2010s, BEAM began transitioning its analog channels in key cities nationwide to digital broadcast via ISDB-T. Aside from blocktimers, BEAM is now looking for local and foreign partnerships to allocate and generate content up to seven digital free TV channels.
On July 30, 2020, President
Rodrigo Duterte
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signed by Republic Act No. 11482 An act renewing for another twenty-five (25) years the Franchise Granted to Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, Inc. Under Republic Act No. 8098 To Construct, Install, Establish, Operate, and Maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the Philippines.
Stations
Television
Analog terrestrial
* ''Note: Effective January 1, 2022, all BEAM TV Analog stations permanently ceased its transmission as its fully migrated in digital broadcast format.''
Digital terrestrial
Digital subchannels
BEAM TV's nationwide digital broadcast is multiplexed into the following subchannels:
Inactive stations
Programming
See also
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Ayala Corporation
Ayala Corporation (Spanish: ''Corporación Ayala'', formerly ''Ayala y Compañía'' (Ayala & Company)) is the publicly listed holding company for the diversified interests of the Ayala Group. Founded in the Philippines by Domingo Róxas and A ...
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Globe Telecom
Globe Telecom, Inc., commonly shortened as Globe, is a major provider of telecommunications services in the Philippines. The company operates the largest mobile network in the Philippines and one of the largest fixed-line and broadband networks ...
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Altimax
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Kroma Entertainment
Kroma Entertainment, commonly known as Kroma (stylized in uppercase), is a Philippine media and entertainment company engaging in film and television, digital content management and other media-related businesses. It is financially backed by Glo ...
References
External links
Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, Inc. on KBPNOW Corporation
{{Television in the Philippines
Television networks in the Philippines
Mass media companies of the Philippines
Globe Telecom subsidiaries
Companies based in Mandaluyong