Solar Entertainment Corporation

Infobox Company
name = Solar Entertainment Corporation

foundation = 1976
company_type = Private
location = Makati, Philippines
industry = Cable Television Broadcasting, Moviemaking
services = Cable Television Broadcasting, International Film Distribution
key_people =

William Y. Tieng
"Chairman/CEO"

Wilson Y. Tieng
"President"

Willy Y. Tieng
"Vice-chairman"

revenue = Unknown
net_income = Unknown
num_employees = Unknown
homepage = [http://www.solar-entertainment.com http://www.solar-entertainment.com]

Solar Entertainment Corporation is a Makati, Philippines-based media company with 8, cable channels [ [http://www.solar-entertainment.com/channels.php Complete Solar Entertainment Channels except Shop TV] ] ] 3 Free-TV Channels(RPN, SBN and RJTV 29) and more than ten movies with United International Pictures and Universal Pictures.

Channels

*Home Shopping Network - Shop TV - TV Shopping Channel (available at SkyCable and Global Destiny Cable)
*Basketball TV - 24 hour action-packed basketball program (available at Global Destiny Cable)
*C/S 9 - General Entertainment Channel, formerly known as Crime/Suspense
*2nd Avenue - General Entertainment Channel, formerly ETC 2nd Avenue
*ETC Entertainment Central - General Entertainment Channel
*Jack TV - Comedy and Entertainment Channel (available at Global Destiny Cable)
*Solar All Access - Pay-per-view Events
*Solar Sports - Sports Channel (available at Global Destiny Cable)
*C/S Origin - General Entertainment Channel, sister station of C/S. (available at Global Destiny Cable Channel 29, initial broadcast starts September 14, 2008)

Defunct

*Big Boy Entertainment
**(NBA League Pass)
**(Playboy TV)
*Solar Sports Plus, renamed as Basketball TV
*Solar USA (renamed Jack TV)

Affiliates

Key

* Global Destiny Cable
* Dream Satellite TV
* Cablelink
* Smart myTV

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"

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. However, Solar has inked a deal with local terrestrial channels ABC, RPN, SBN and RJTV 29 for block-time programming. [San Diego Bayani Jr. "Solar joins ABC5, RJTV." Philippine Daily Inquirer. 22 November 2007. ] 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 ABC (later moved to RPN).

Movies

Solar Entertainment Corp. distributes movies in the Philippines thru United International Pictures (specifically Dreamworks and Paramount movies, like Rambo, Cloverfield, Bee Movie, Disturbia and Shrek)

References

External links

* [http://www.solar-entertainment.com Official Site]