Jack TV (stylised as JACK TV) is an online web portal owned by

Solar Entertainment Corporation Solar Entertainment Corporation (simply known as Solar or SEC) is a Filipino media company based in Makati, Philippines. Founded and owned by the brothers, Wilson, William and Willy Tieng. Solar Entertainment operates two digital free-to-air c ...

and based in

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. It was known as a Philippine

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mainly offering multi-genre programming from the

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from 2005 until 2020.

History

The network was formed as part a split of the former Solar USA into two differing networks. Scripted and reality programming moved to Jack TV, with the rest of the network's programming moving to C/S (now

Solar TV Solar TV (stylized as SOLARtv) was the flagship television network of Solar Entertainment Corporation's television arm subsidiary Solar TV Network, Inc., which is the replacement of C/S 9. This was the revival of the former Solar channel Solar ...

). Jack TV eventually took back some of C/S's programming as it adjusted its schedule. On October 20, 2012, Solar Entertainment launched its secondary channel

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, replacing

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. The channel was later re-branded as CT, which later left the air in 2017. On April 10, 2017, Jack TV was dropped by

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, along with

Basketball TV Basketball TV or BTV was a Philippine pay television sports channel with offices on Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong. It was owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2006, rebranding the Sports Plus channel. On Se ...

, CT,

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(now defunct) allegedly due to Sky Cable's unpaid carriage fees. It was restored to those systems on April 1, 2019. Since 2014, Jack TV held its own annual event "MADfest" (Music, Arts and Dance Festival), featuring a mix of OPM and international artists and bands as well as live art installations and merchandise selling.

Closure on pay TV and the transition to digital media

Solar Entertainment announced in late March 2020 that Jack TV would be discontinued due to lack of advertising and redundant programming. Much of its former programming moved to

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and

. The Jack TV website then was maintained as a limited web portal with automated entertainment news to maintain existing trademarks. On most providers, its channel space was replaced by

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, an international digital channel of American global entertainment company

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which airs live music concerts of international music artists.

Program distribution

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jack Tv Television networks in the Philippines Former Solar Entertainment Corporation channels English-language television stations in the Philippines Television channels and stations established in 2005 2005 establishments in the Philippines Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020 2020 disestablishments in the Philippines Defunct television networks in the Philippines