Cignal TV, Inc. (formerly known as GV Broadcasting System), also known by its legal trading name Mediascape Inc., is a Filipino media and telecommunications firm in the

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. A wholly owned subsidiary of the media conglomerate

MediaQuest Holdings MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. is a Philippine-based media conglomerate that provides radio and television broadcasting, as well as direct-to-home satellite services and print media. Though an affiliate of telecommunications company PLDT, MediaQue ...

under the

PLDT PLDT, Inc., formerly known as the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company ( fil, Kompanya ng Teleponong Pangmalayuan ng Pilipinas), is a Philippine telecommunications, internet and digital service holdings company. It is one of the country's ...

Beneficial Trust Fund, the firm operates its

pay television Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to Subscription business model, subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichan ...

services (

Cignal Cignal (pronounced as ''signal'') is a Philippine satellite television and IPTV provider, owned by Cignal TV Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the MediaQuest Holdings Inc. under the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund. Cignal's prepaid electronic ...

and

SatLite Cignal TV, Inc. (formerly known as GV Broadcasting System), also known by its legal trading name Mediascape Inc., is a Filipino media and telecommunications firm in the Philippines. A wholly owned subsidiary of the media conglomerate MediaQues ...

), subscription television networks ( One News,

One Sports+ One Sports (formerly ABC Sports from 2004 to 2008, Sports5 from 2011 to 2017 and ESPN5 from 2017 to 2020) is the sports division of TV5 Network, Inc. and jointly-operated with sister company Cignal TV. One Sports supplies and airs major spor ...

, BuKo Channel,

Sari-Sari Channel Sari-Sari Channel is a 24-hour general entertainment channel under a joint-venture between Cignal TV and Viva Communications. Named after the Philippine Sari-sari store, it offers a smorgasbord of shows from the portfolios of Viva TV and TV5. The ...

NBA TV Philippines NBA TV Philippines is a Philippine pay television sports-oriented network owned by MediaQuest Holdings through its subsidiary Cignal TV. The channel is a joint venture between Cignal and NBA TV and is a live simulcast broadcast of NBA TV, the ...

PBA Rush PBA Rush is a 24/7 exclusive channel of Cignal, which has been currently airing games of the Philippine Basketball Association. The channel is patterned after NBA TV and was launched on July 5, 2016. The 3-year partnership agreement between Cig ...

, and

UAAP Varsity Channel The UAAP Varsity Channel is a Philippine collegiate sports channel owned by Cignal TV in partnership with University Athletic Association of the Philippines. It is the official broadcast channel of the said athletic league which airs different ...

), television and film entertainment production (Cignal Entertainment), and fiber broadband internet (Red Fiber). Cignal TV also operates free television channels TV5 (with its main frequencies owned by its sister company of the same name),

One Sports One Sports (formerly ABC Sports from 2004 to 2008, Sports5 from 2011 to 2017 and ESPN5 from 2017 to 2020) is the sports division of TV5 Network, Inc. and jointly-operated with sister company Cignal TV. One Sports supplies and airs major sport ...

(with its main frequency owned by sister network

Nation Broadcasting Corporation Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) is a Philippine radio and television Broadcast company established in 1963. As of December 2013, NBC is a subsidiary of MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. under the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund. NBC operates primari ...

) and

One PH One PH is a 24/7 Tagalog-language teleradio news channel owned by MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. through Cignal TV. It was soft launched on February 18, 2019 and was officially launched on July 31, 2019, on satellite provider Cignal. It can also be s ...

(currently under test broadcast via

DWET-TV DWET-TV, channel 5 (analog) and channel 18 (digital), is the flagship TV station of Philippine television network TV5. The station is owned and operated by TV5 Network Inc., which is owned by MediaQuest Holdings, the multimedia arm of Phil ...

's digital subchannel 5.2). In addition, under the Mediascape name, it operates UHF 51 via DTT in Manila and a majority of regional TV stations affiliated with TV5 Network, and owns provincial radio stations associated with

Apollo Broadcast Investors Apollo Broadcast Investors, Inc. is a broadcast media company. Its head offices are located at Unit 1703, Cityland 10, Tower 1, H.V. De la Costa St., Makati. Apollo Broadcast owns and represents 2 radio companies: GV Radios Network Corporation ...

/GV Radios Network Corporation.

History

Early years

The firm was founded in 1983 as GV Broadcasting System by the Galang family. GV then operated its radio stations in Pampanga and later expanded in Batangas. GV's broadcast franchise was granted in 1995, and was later amended in 1998 allowing the inclusion of establishing its pay-TV business. In 2007,

acquired a majority stake in GV and its parent Satventures, making the Galangs being part of MediaQuest. The Galangs would spun-off its broadcast radio assets. Smart Communications executive Orlando Vea was then appointed as the new executive of GV. At that time, it formed a partnership with PLDT subsidiary

Smart Communications Smart Communications Inc., commonly referred to as Smart (and officially stylized/ self-styled as SMART), is a wholly owned wireless communications and digital services subsidiary of PLDT Inc., a telecommunications and digital services provid ...

to launch a mobile TV service called myTV. The trial service was later stopped in 2010.

Expansion and the birth of Cignal TV

In 2008, after its stake in the

Sky Cable Sky Cable (stylized as SKYcable) is a cable television service of Sky Cable Corporation in the Philippines. It covers areas across the country with both digital and analog cable services, and it has 700,000 subscribers, controlling 45% of t ...

business was sold to the

Lopez Group of Companies Lopez Holdings Corporation (formerly Benpres Holdings Corporation until July 5, 2010) is a Filipino conglomerate founded by the brothers Eugenio Lopez, Sr. and Fernando Lopez, Sr. It has substantial holdings in the public service and utilities ...

, PLDT announced its intention of entering the direct-to-home satellite service industry using the franchise of GV (which in turn, was renamed to Mediascape, Inc.), with the result forming a new DTH satellite brand called Cignal which was launched a year later in 2009. In 2012, Cignal TV launched its first satellite television networks: lifestyle channel

Colours Color (American English) or colour (British English) is the visual perceptual property deriving from the spectrum of light interacting with the photoreceptor cells of the eyes. Color categories and physical specifications of color are associa ...

, sports channel Hyper, and Weather Information Network (now defunct). The channels were launched on April 14, 2012. On March 25, 2015, TV5 Network and Cignal TV announced its partnership with

Bloomberg L.P. Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was co-founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981, with Thomas Secunda, Duncan MacMillan (Bloomberg), Duncan MacMi ...

to establish a local Bloomberg service in the Philippines. It will provide up-to-date business information to aid in their decision-making in an aim to place the country as the "next financial capital of Southeast Asia." The service was formally unveiled on August 13, and it started airing on October 5, 2015. On August 3, 2015, TV5 Network through its sister company

, ties up with

Viva Communications Viva Communications Inc., formerly known as Viva Entertainment Inc. and simply Viva, is a Philippine media and entertainment company headquartered in Pasig City. It was founded on November 11, 1981, by Vic del Rosario and his sister Tess Cruz. ...

to form an entertainment network the

that will air programs and movies from both the Viva portfolio and TV5. SSN will also handle the production of all the entertainment programs of TV5. Instead of this, the network has appointed Viva head honcho Vic del Rosario, Jr. as its chief entertainment strategist in October 2015. In 2016, Cignal made a partnership with the

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

(PBA) to launch PBA Rush, a 24-hour channel featuring content from the PBA as well as live games. In 2017, Cignal began its new venture outside of the DTH service with the launch of its own entertainment unit Cignal Entertainment. In 2018, Cignal TV formally launched One News, an English-language news and public affairs channel which features content from the news divisions of the MediaQuest group (

News5 TV5 News and Information, known on-air as News5 (formerly ABC News and Public Affairs and TV5 News and Public Affairs), is the news and information programming division of the TV5 Network Inc., Philippines. News5 produces its news and inform ...

, ''

The Philippine Star ''The Philippine Star'' (self-styled ''The Philippine STAR'') is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines and the flagship brand of the Philstar Media Group. First published on July 28, 1986, by veteran journalists Betty Go-Belmonte, ...

'' and ''

BusinessWorld ''BusinessWorld'' is a business newspaper in the Philippines with a nationwide circulation of more than 117,000 (as of March 2014). Founded in 1967 as ''Business Day'', it is Southeast Asia's first daily business newspaper. History ''Busin ...

''). In 2019, Cignal launched two new channels under the "One" brand, namely: One Sports, a sports channel replacing Hyper; and One PH, an all-Filipino language news and public affairs channel featuring a mix of content from Radyo5 and its own produced programming. In November 2019, Cignal TV made a 5-year content partnership with

APT Entertainment APT Entertainment, Inc. is a television and film production company in the Philippines. History APT Entertainment, Inc. is a subsidiary of TAPE Inc., and the producer of the longest-running noontime variety show, ''Eat Bulaga!''. APT stands ...

for BuKo Channel (Buhay Komedya), the first all-local comedy channel to be launched supposedly in the 2nd quarter of 2020, but was delayed due to the

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until the channel would be pushed through on August 2, 2021. On July 27, 2020, Cignal TV announced the multi-year partnership deal with the

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...

, on the announcement it was also mentioned that the provider will launch an NBA-dedicated pay TV channel,

along with the airing of games through its free-to-air channels (TV5 and One Sports). On August 15, 2020, following the resignation of

Chot Reyes Vincent "Chot" P. Reyes (born August 1, 1963) is a Filipino basketball head coach for the TNT Tropang Giga for the Philippine Basketball Association. He is also the head coach of the Philippine national basketball team, where he led the team to a ...

as TV5 Network president and CEO in June 2019 and the denial of

ABS-CBN ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast broadcast network, network tha ...

's franchise by 70 congressmen in July 2020, sister company,

TV5 Network TV5 Network Inc., commonly known as TV5, is a Philippine media company based in Mandaluyong, with its alternate studios located in Novaliches, Quezon City. It is primarily involved in radio and television broadcasting, with subsidiaries and ...

announced its partnership with Cignal TV to become as TV5's main content provider to handle the network's blocktime entertainment programming in order to bring back the glory days of TV5 to compete again with

GMA Network GMA Network (Global Media Arts or simply GMA) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network. It is the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network, Inc. Its first broadcast on television was on October 29, 1961. GMA Network (f ...

, TV5's longtime rival and other TV networks in the Philippines, blocktiming with other production companies such as

Viva Television Viva Television Corporation is a Philippine television production company owned by Viva Communications. History Viva Communications ventured into television production in 1986 with ''The Sharon Cuneta Show''. Cuneta's big screen success easily ...

Brightlight Productions Brightlight Productions is a Philippine television production company founded and owned by Albee Benitez who previously served as Negros Occidental's 3rd district representative from 2010 to 2019 and the current Mayor of Bacolod. Airing more ...

and

to air new programs, mostly featuring stars and retrenched creatives from

as well as few stars from GMA. In October 2020, Cignal TV formally signed a broadcast agreement with the

University Athletic Association of the Philippines The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), established in 1938, is an athletic association of eight Metro Manila universities in the Philippines. The eight-member schools are Adamson University (AdU), Ateneo de Manila Univers ...

(UAAP) for the coverage rights of every UAAP varsity sporting events through 2026 on TV5 and One Sports in addition of the upcoming dedicated channel on the Cignal service. On November 16, 2020, Cignal TV began venturing into the fiber broadband business with the launch of Red Broadband. It is a partnership with

Meralco The Manila Electric Company (), also known as Meralco (, ), is an electric power distribution company in the Philippines. It is Metro Manila's only electric power distributor and holds the power distribution franchise for 22 cities and 89 munic ...

's telco unit Radius Telecoms. On March 29, 2022, President

Rodrigo Duterte Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...

signed Republic Act No. 11668 which renewed Cignal TV's legislative franchise for another 25 years. The law granted Cignal TV a franchise to construct, install, operate, and maintain, for commercial purposes, radio broadcasting stations and television stations, including digital television system, with the corresponding facilities such as relay stations, throughout the Philippines. On August 10, 2022, it was announced that Cignal Cable Corporation (formerly Dakila Cable TV Corporation), Cignal TV's affiliate and corporate partner, would acquire a 38.88% minority stake of

ABS-CBN Corporation ABS-CBN Corporation is a Filipino media company based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the largest entertainment and media conglomerate in the Philippines. It is a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings Corporation which is owned by t ...

's cable TV arm,

Sky Cable Corporation Sky Cable Corporation, doing business as Sky, is a Telecommunications in the Philippines, Filipino telecommunications company based in Diliman, Quezon City. A subsidiary of the media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation, ABS-CBN, the company offe ...

. Also announced was the investment of ABS-CBN into Cignal's sister company

through a "debt instruments agreement". The proposed investment by Cignal Cable will have an option to acquire an additional 61.12% of Sky Cable shares within the next eight years. On September 1, 2022, both parties announced the termination of the proposed investment due to alleged political pressure.

Assets

Pay television

Cignal

Cignal is the company's flagship brand operates as a direct-to-home satellite service.

SatLite

SatLite is a digital prepaid pay TV service launched on January 12, 2018. It offers budget-sized lineup of channels with a similarity of Cignal's channel lineup, and is only catered to low income households and rural communities. SatLite uses

Koreasat 7 Koreasat 7 (also known as Mugunghwa 7) is a South Korean communications satellite operated by KT SAT, a subsidiary of KT Corporation. Thales Alenia Space was contracted in 2014 to build both it and Koreasat 5A. Koreasat 7A was launched into geos ...

, the satellite transponder previously used by the now-defunct

Dream Satellite TV Dream Satellite TV was the first all-digital Direct-To-Home (DTH) television broadcasting service via satellite in the Philippines. Broadcasting from the Dream Broadcast Center located at the Clark Special Economic Zone in Pampanga. Content is rec ...

prior to the end of 2017.

Television channels

Following the launch of its satellite TV service in 2009, Cignal TV has been establishing its own cable television channels, as well as free-to-air channels.

Free-to-air channels

=TV5

= TV5 (formerly known as ABC) is the flagship broadcast asset of

, where Cignal TV serves as the main content provider. Founded on June 19, 1960, it is branded as the ''Kapatid'' (Sibling) ''Network''. Its programming includes news and information shows from

sport Sport pertains to any form of Competition, competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and Skill, skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to specta ...

s programming produced by

, anime,

teleserye Philippine television drama, also known as ''teleserye'', Filipino telenovelas or P-drama, is a form of melodramatic, serialized, televised fiction in the Philippines. ''Teleserye'' is derived from two Filipino words: "tele", short for "''telebis ...

, soap operas, foreign dramas and cartoons, movie blocks, comedy and gag shows, game shows, as well as informative, talk shows, musicals, reality, and variety shows.

=One Sports

= One Sports is a free television sports channel owned by

(NBC), where Cignal TV serves as its primary content provider. It was launched on March 8, 2020. One Sports serves as a sports channel for TV5 with its programs primarily produced by its sports division of the same name. It was formerly called 5 Plus, when it was launched on January 13, 2019 and

AksyonTV Aksyon TV () was a Philippine free-to-air television network. It was a joint venture of Nation Broadcasting Corporation and TV5 Network, Inc. (international operations is under its subsidiary Pilipinas Global Network Ltd.), both under PLDT medi ...

, a Filipino-language news and public affairs channel launched by TV5 in 2011–2019.

=One PH

= One PH is a 24/7 Filipino-language news/talk and public affairs channel. The channel predominantly airs simulcasts of Radyo5 programs. This channel replaced

's "teleradyo" segment when it rebranded as

5 Plus 5 Plus (stylized as ''5PLUS'') was a commercial sports terrestrial television network in the Philippines. Named after its parent station, 5 Plus served as complementary channel for 5 with its programs primarily produced by its sports divisio ...

on January 13, 2019. ''One PH'' started its official broadcasting on February 18, 2019. Currently, the channel undergoes test broadcast on

digital TV Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of television signals using digital encoding, in contrast to the earlier analog television technology which used analog signals. At the time of its development it was considered an innovative advanc ...

Mega Manila Mega Manila is a megalopolis on the island of Luzon, Philippines. There are varying definitions of the megalopolis, but it is generally seen as encompassing the administrative regions of Central Luzon, Calabarzon, and Metro Manila. On some o ...

via

, and in other key cities in the Philippines.

Pay TV channels

=One News

= One News is a 24-hour English-language news and public affairs channel in partnership with MVP-owned media properties

Bloomberg TV Philippines One News is a 24-hour Philippine pay television and news channel owned by MediaQuest Holdings through its subsidiary Cignal TV. It was launched in May 2018 exclusively on satellite provider Cignal. ''One News'' is the first MediaQuest channel ...

and content provider Probe Productions. It was launched on May 28, 2018.

=One Sports+

= One Sports+ is a sports and entertainment cable/satellite television channel. It was launched on January 9, 2019. This counterpart of One Sports channel was renamed to One Sports+, as terrestrial television channel of One Sports was launched on March 8, 2020, replacing

=Sari-Sari Channel

= Sari-Sari Channel is a 24-hour all-Filipino general entertainment channel joint-ventured by TV5 Network, Cignal TV and

Viva Entertainment Viva Communications Inc., formerly known as Viva Entertainment Inc. and simply Viva, is a Philippine media and entertainment company headquartered in Pasig City. It was founded on November 11, 1981, by Vic del Rosario and his sister Tess Cruz. ...

. It airs programs and movies from both the Viva portfolio and TV5 with channel's original productions in partnership with TV5's talents. It was launched on January 15, 2016.

=PBA Rush

= PBA Rush is a 24/7 channel which has been currently airing games of the

. The channel is patterned after

NBA TV NBA TV is an American sports-oriented pay television network owned by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery through its sports unit. Dedicated to basketball, the network features exhibition, regular ...

and it airs live telecast of the PBA games (in English commentary), same day replays of PBA games, games from the

PBA D-League The PBA Developmental League, or PBA D-League, is the Philippine Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization. History The PBA D-League was conceptualized after the collapse of the proposed merger between the Philip ...

, PBA Women's 3x3 and Batang PBA,

Sports 360 ''Sports 360'' was a sports-oriented show developed by Sports5 and it is aired on TV5. It was previously known as a pre-game program for the PBA games from November 2014 until it became a spin-off since February 1, 2015. The show focused on the ...

and behind-the-scenes shows such as Kuwentong Gilas.

=NBA TV Philippines

= NBA TV Philippines is a 24/7 channel which has been currently airing games of the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...

. The channel is the Philippine counterpart of the league-dedicated channel in United States

and it airs live telecast of the NBA games.

=BuKo

= BuKo (Buhay Komedya) is an all-comedy channel of Cignal in partnership with

. Its programming primarily focuses on classic local sitcoms and gag shows and as well as original programming.

=UAAP Varsity Channel

= The UAAP Varsity Channel is a collegiate sports channel in partnership with the UAAP. It airs various collegiate sporting events of the UAAP all-year round, with most of the events primarily on

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

, cheerdance competition,

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

and

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

Radio

Apollo Broadcast Investors operates/represents the radio assets of GV/Mediascape (thru GV Radios Network Corporation), which its pay-TV congressional franchise is used to operate Cignal and SatLite. GV 99.1, Mediascape's flagship FM station based in Pampanga (operated by GV Radios), is also heard nationwide via Cignal Channel 306. While it is owned by the same company (MediaQuest Holdings), Apollo Broadcast Investors/GV Radios is not associated with its sister company

, which also operates television and radio stations that are affiliated with

Cignal Play

Cignal Play is the digital

Internet Protocol television Internet Protocol television (IPTV) is the delivery of television content over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. This is in contrast to delivery through traditional terrestrial, satellite, and cable television formats. Unlike downloaded media, ...

(IPTV) and

video on demand Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos without a traditional video playback device and the constraints of a typical static broadcasting schedule. In the 20th century, broadcasting in the form of o ...

(VOD) service of Cignal. Exclusively for Cignal and PLDT subscribers, it allows the user to watch live linear channels offered from Cignal as well as content from third-party providers. In August 2019, it was announced that Cignal will invest P200 million for content production, and is planning to relaunch Cignal Play in October 2019 as a standalone

over-the-top An over-the-top (OTT) media service is a media service offered directly to viewers via the Internet. OTT bypasses cable, broadcast, and satellite television platforms: the types of companies that traditionally act as controllers or distributors ...

(OTT) service with its own original content and shows from third-party productions such as HBO and AXN. Cignal Play is open to Basic subscribers for free that includes live channels TV5,

, Cignal-exclusive channels ( One News,

, One Sports+,

One Screen One Screen was a Philippine pay television entertainment channel based in Mandaluyong. It was owned by MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. through Cignal TV. Starting test broadcasts in September 2019, it was officially launched on June 15, 2020, and wa ...

and

) and other exclusive or free-to-air channels and catch-up episodes from TV5 and

, and costs P75 per month for Premium subscribers that can access up to 28 channels and access to premium movies and series.

Red Fiber

Red Fiber is the

broadband internet In telecommunications, broadband is wide bandwidth data transmission which transports multiple signals at a wide range of frequencies and Internet traffic types, that enables messages to be sent simultaneously, used in fast internet connections. ...

service of Cignal TV. It offers ultra high-speed internet with a download speed of up to 400 Mbit/s bundled with Cignal channels and Cignal Play to selected residential areas in Metro Manila using the fiber-optic cable service of Meralco's Radius Telecoms. It is commercially launched on November 16, 2020.

Cignal Entertainment

Cignal Entertainment is Cignal TV's film and television production unit. It was launched in 2017 with the mini-drama ''Tukhang'', followed by several series and movies they produced such as ''Ang Babaeng Allergic sa WiFi'' (2018, for

Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (), abbreviated as PPP, is a film festival held in the Philippines in celebration of the ''Buwan ng Wika''. It is organized by the Film Development Council of the Philippines. Similar to the Metro Manila Film Festival ...

, co-produced with The IdeaFirst Company and October Train Films), ''Born Beautiful'' (2019, co-produced with The IdeaFirst Company and October Train Films), ''Malecdito'' (2019, co-produced with Fox Networks Group Philippines), ''Feelenial'' (2019, co-produced with DSL Events and Production House, Inc.) and ''Cara x Jagger'' (2019, co-produced with

). Since August 2020, Cignal Entertainment serves as the primary production and content provider unit of Cignal TV for TV5's blocktime airings. It handles entertainment and lifestyle programs co-produced with Archangel Media, Inc.,

Regal Entertainment Regal Entertainment, Inc. (formerly and more commonly known as Regal Films) is a Philippine film production company based in Pasig. It was founded by Lily Monteverde on August 19, 1962. It has produced movies of all genres; and is the oldest s ...

and

, among others, mostly featuring artists from

and few artists from

. List of current television productions Formerly aired programs List of featured films produced and/or distributed by Cignal Entertainment

Defunct assets

Weather Information Network

Weather Information Network is the first weather-oriented television channel in the Philippines. It is created in May 2012 as Cignal TV forms a partnership with New Zealand-based Metra Weather. the channel brings projected storm tracks, wind direction, rain volume, water conditions, regional and provincial weather, and seven-day forecasts as well as other information related to weather. The channel ceased airing on December 23, 2013, as TV5 transfers its broadcast facilities from its TV5 Studio Complex in Novaliches, Quezon City to

TV5 Media Center The TV5 Media Center, also known as Launchpad Center, the headquarters and broadcast complex of TV5 and affiliate companies Cignal TV, Nation Broadcasting Corporation, Philex Mining Corporation and Voyager Innovations, Inc. Construction The co ...

in Reliance,

Mandaluyong Mandaluyong, officially the City of Mandaluyong ( fil, Lungsod ng Mandaluyong), is a first class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 425,758 people. Loca ...

Bloomberg TV Philippines

Bloomberg TV Philippines was a Philippine business news channel formed through a partnership of Cignal TV, TV5 Network and

Launched on October 5, 2015, it includes a variety of locally produced business and complementary programs powered by

and foreign news from the main

Bloomberg Television Bloomberg Television (on-air as Bloomberg) is an American-based pay television network focusing on business and capital market programming, owned by Bloomberg L.P. It is distributed globally, reaching over 310 million homes worldwide. It is head ...

. The channel was shut down on May 27, 2018 and it was replaced by One News. Although, Bloomberg-produced programs is still carried by One News under the block of the same name of the now defunct channel.

Hyper

Hyper was a sports and entertainment cable/satellite television channel and one of the first two channels launched by Cignal TV. Launched on April 14, 2012, its programming composed of local and foreign produced sports programs and events, some of them came from now-defunct primetime block

AKTV AKTV (pronounced "active", officially branded as AKTV on IBC) was the primetime sports programming block in the Philippines. Owned and operated by TV5, it occupied the 5:00 to 11:00pm timeslot of IBC; weekend coverage usually began at 11:00 am ...

, as well as Jai-Alai and horse racing events. The channel was shut down on January 9, 2019 and it was replaced by

One Screen

One Screen was an entertainment cable/satellite television channel. It was launched on June 15, 2020. It aired movies from local productions and foreign content from CinemaWorld, as well as reruns from TV5 and third-party productions. The channel ceased its broadcast on January 1, 2022.

Colours

Colours was a magazine cable/satellite television channel. Launched on May 5, 2012, its programming composed primarily of

lifestyle Lifestyle often refers to: * Lifestyle (sociology), the way a person lives * ''Otium'', ancient Roman concept of a lifestyle * Style of life (german: Lebensstil, link=no), dealing with the dynamics of personality Lifestyle may also refer to: Bus ...

and

reality Reality is the sum or aggregate of all that is real or existent within a system, as opposed to that which is only imaginary. The term is also used to refer to the ontological status of things, indicating their existence. In physical terms, r ...

shows. The channel ceased its broadcast on January 1, 2022.

Mediascape TV stations

Since 2010, Cignal TV/Mediascape's regional television stations are the primary affiliate group of TV5 and

Active

Inactive/Former analog

References

External links

Official website
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