Solar TV (stylized as SOLARtv) was the flagship

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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 ...

's television arm subsidiary Solar TV Network, Inc., which is the replacement of

C/S 9 C/S (originally known as Crime/Suspense) is an entertainment channel owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation. It shows mostly American crime and suspense dramas, mysteries, reality, science fiction and action shows. It is the successor to Sola ...

. This was the revival of the former Solar channel

Solar USA C/S (standing for Crime/Suspense, originally used as an on-air brand) was used for several Philippines, Filipino entertainment channels owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It showed mostly American crime and suspense dramas, mysterie ...

History

The channel launched on November 29, 2009, at 11:00am with a slogan ''It's A Bright New World'' on RPN. On October 31, 2010, it changed some of its programming content to English/Tagalog with a new slogan ''Kung Saan Lahat Panalo!''. It ended its broadcast on February 25, 2011, as Solar Entertainment buys RPN and programming of

ETC * Etc. or et cetera, a Latin expression meaning "and the other things" or "and the rest". ETC or etc may also refer to: Companies and organizations * ETC (Chilean TV channel), a Chilean cable television channel * ETC (Philippine TV channel), a P ...

was transferred to RPN but will remain as a corporate brand of television arm subsidiary of Solar (now a subsidiary of ALC Group of Companies since August 23, 2014).

Programs

* America's Best Dance Crew *

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(Also Aired on GTV) * Burn Notice *

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* Hatol ng Bayan Auto Vote 2010 *

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* Home Shopping Network *

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* Jai Alai Cagayan *

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Kamen Rider Dragon Knight ''Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight'' is an American science fiction superhero television series that originally aired on The CW, from December 13, 2008 to December 26, 2009. It is an adaptation of the Japanese tokusatsu show '' Kamen Rider Ryuki'' an ...

(Also Aired on Cartoon Network Philippines) * Law & Order: Special Victims Unit *

Lie to Me ''Lie to Me'' (stylized as ''Lie to me*'') is an American crime drama television series. It originally ran on the Fox network from January 21, 2009, to January 31, 2011. In the show, Dr. Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) and his colleagues in The Lightma ...

*The Main Event *

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* NCIS *

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PBA on Solar TV The PBA on Solar Sports (formerly known as PBA on C/S 9 and PBA on Solar TV) was branding used for presentation of Philippine Basketball Association basketball games produced by Solar Sports which began in the 2008-09 season. Solar Entertainment ...

*Real NBA *

Saved by the Bell ''Saved by the Bell'' is an American television sitcom created by Sam Bobrick for NBC. The series premiered, in primetime, on August 20, 1989, a Sunday night. Targeted at kids and teens, ''Saved by the Bell'' was broadcast in the United States ...

*Solar's Big Ticket * RPN NewsWatch *

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* RPN NewsWatch Update * Survivor ** Survivor: Nicaragua *

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* The Insider *

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*Versus *World Class Boxing *

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(one-hour edition) *

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(one-hour edition)

External links

* {{Philippine cable channels Defunct television networks in the Philippines Radio Philippines Network Former Solar Entertainment Corporation channels Television channels and stations established in 2009 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2011 English-language television stations in the Philippines