G Sat
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| Type | Direct-broadcast satellite television |
|---|---|
| Country | Philippines |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Owner | Global Satellite Technology Services (First Global Conglomerates) |
Picture format | DVB-S2 MPEG-4 |
Official website | gsat |
G-Sat (Global Satellite) is a subscription-based direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service commercially available in the Philippines. G-Sat is owned by Global Satellite Technology Services (GSTS), registered in the Philippines with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).[1] G-Sat also carried pay TV channels from Hong Kong (through its feed of some channels), Macau and Taiwan, which TV shows and movies subtitled in Cantonese and Mandarin.
It is operated and managed by international and professional management groups engaged in the business of: satellite wireless transmission, WIMAX transmission, landline transmission, satellite internet data transmission, satellite direct-to-home TV operation, terrestrial television operation, broadband data service, head end in the sky operation, content aggregation, production and distribution, consolidation of telecom and broadcasting management.[1]
In August 2016, G-Sat was moved to SES-9 from their former satellite broadcaster NSS 11 due on its system upgrade.
Technical information[edit]
| Satellite | Band | Position | Frequency | Polarity | SR | FEC | Encryption | System | Status | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SES-9 | Ku Band | 108.2° East | 12341, 12401 and 12461 MHz | Horizontal (H) | 45000 | 5/6 | Conax | DVB-S2 MPEG-4 | Commercial broadcast | Philippines |
| 12711 MHz |
G Sat broadcasts in DVB-S (for standard definition channels and audio channels) and DVB-S2 (for HD channels) on SES-9 satellite at 108.2°E. Originally, prior to its system upgrade in August 2016, a loophole has been discovered that half of G Sat's channels were free-to-air, which can be received using an existing free-to-air satellite receiver, this allowed viewers to watch some half of the channels without any existing subscription (in a way to United Kingdom's Freesat service). However, as of August 2016, due to its system upgrade and migration to SES-9, all of the channels are now encrypted (except Golden Nation Network and BBC World Service), which now requires subscription.
In January 2017, G Sat announced to their subscribers to rescan their subscriber's receivers for the channel line-up's change.
Frame rates in some NTSC-relying TV channels, including GMA, Kapamilya Channel, A2Z, TAP Movies, EBC Foreign Movies (known as "ETTV Western" or "EBC Western"), and others have been dropped from 30/60 FPS to 25/50 FPS (which 25/50 frames per second is based on PAL).
Status of competition and controversy[edit]
Dream Satellite TV filed a complaint with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) against Global Broadcasting and Multimedia, Inc. (G Sat) for offering A DTH service in the Philippines without a franchise and a license from Philippine authorities, namely the Philippine Congress for a broadcast franchise and the NTC for a Certificate of Public Convenience.[2] Aside from Dream, the Lopez group, SkyCable, a sister company of ABS-CBN, also filed a similar complaint against GBMI. It argued that GBMI's illegal entry into the industry will result in the unnecessary duplication of an existing service that existing cable TV and DTH-TV service providers already adequately provide.[3]
On July 30, 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11481, which extended the franchise of First United Broadcasting Corporation to 25 years.[4]
Channel listing[edit]
| Genre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local | Movies | General Entertainment | Documentary | Kids |
| News | Sports | Music | Foreign | Religious |
| Channel | Network | Minimum Package | Group(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Media Network | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 2 | BuKo Channel | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 3 | RPTV | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 4 | PTV | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 5 | TV5 | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 6 | GTV | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 7 | GMA | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 8 | Net 25 | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 9 | Sari-Sari Channel | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 10 | One Sports | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 11 | TMC | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 12 | PBO | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 13 | Cine Mo! | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 14 | Lotus TV Macau | GPinoy 99 | Template:Zh icon | |
| 15 | Thrill | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 16 | EBC Foreign Movie | GPinoy 99 | Template:Zh icon | |
| 17 | HITS Movies | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 18 | Kix | GPinoy 99 | Template:Zh icon | |
| 19 | Rock Entertainment | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 20 | A2Z | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 21 | SolarFlix | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 22 | Kapamilya Channel | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 23 | Jeepney TV | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 24 | Discovery Science | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 25 | Animal Planet | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 26 | Nick Jr. | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 27 | Animax | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 28 | Al Jazeera English | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 29 | PBA Rush | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 30 | SPOTV | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 31 | SPOTV 2 | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 32 | NBA TV Philippines | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 33 | Myx | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 34 | HITS | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 35 | All TV | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 36 | Daystar | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 37 | Hope Channel | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 38 | DZRH News Television | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 39 | TAP Action Flix | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 40 | Knowledge Channel | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 41 | Music Quest | GPinoy 99 | ||
| 42 | Cartoonito | Family Package 200 | ||
| 43 | MPTV | Family Package 200 | ||
| 44 | TVE Internacional | Family Package 200 | Template:Esp icon | |
| 45 | tvN | Family Package 200 | Template:Ko icon | With Template:Zh icon subtitles. |
| 46 | Deutsche Welle | Family Package 200 | ||
| 47 | TAP Movies | Family Package 200 | ||
| 48 | Lifetime | Family Package 200 | ||
| 49 | UNTV | Family Package 200 | ||
| 50 | Metro Channel | Family Package 200 | ||
| 51 | EWTN | Family Package 200 | ||
| 52 | Motorvision TV | Family Package 200 | ||
| 53 | DreamWorks Channel | Family Package 200 | ||
| 54 | AXN | Family Package 200 | ||
| 55 | Cinemax | Family Package 200 | ||
| 56 | France 24 | Executive Package 300 | Template:Fr icon | |
| 57 | CNN | Executive Package 300 | ||
| 58 | Fox News | Executive Package 300 | ||
| 59 | Bloomberg Asia | Executive Package 300 | ||
| 60 | Euronews | Executive Package 300 | ||
| 61 | TRT World | Executive Package 300 | Template:Tur icon | |
| 62 | CNA | Executive Package 300 | ||
| 63 | BBC Earth | Executive Package 300 | ||
| 64 | History | Executive Package 300 | ||
| 65 | RJTV | Executive Package 300 | ||
| 66 | HITS Now | Executive Package 300 | ||
| 67 | Front Row Channel | Executive Package 300 | ||
| 68 | Premier Sports | Executive Package 300 | ||
| 69 | UAAP Varsity Channel | Executive Package 300 | ||
| 70 | Nickelodeon | Executive Package 300 | ||
| 71 | Cartoon Network | Executive Package 300 | ||
| 72 | Moonbug Kids | Executive Package 300 | ||
| 73 | TV5Monde | Executive Package 300 | Template:Fr icon | |
| 74 | Arirang TV | Executive Package 300 | Template:Ko icon | |
| 75 | INC TV | Executive Package 300 | ||
| 76 | tvN Movies HD | Family Package 200 | Template:Ko icon | With Template:Zh icon subtitles. |
| 77 | Warner TV HD | Family Package 200 | ||
| 78 | Premier Football HD | Platinum Package 500 | ||
| 79 | Discovery Asia HD | Platinum Package 500 | ||
| 80 | BBC Lifestyle HD | Platinum Package 500 | ||
| 81 | Premier Sports 2 HD | Platimum Package 500 | ||
| 82 | Eurosport HD | Platinum Package 500 | ||
| 83 | Golf Channel HD | Platinum Package 500 | ||
| 84 | KBS World HD | Platinum Package 500 | Template:Ko icon | With Template:Eng icon subtitles. |
| 85 | HBO HD | Platimum Package 500 | ||
| 86 | My Cinema Europe | Platinum Package 500 | ||
| 87 | Rock Action HD | Platinum Package 500 | ||
| 88 | NHK World HD | Platinum Package 500 | Template:Ja icon | |
| 89 | TTV | Platinum Package 500 | Template:Zh icon | |
| 90 | CTV | Platinum Package 500 | Template:Zh icon | |
| 91 | FTV | Platinum Package 500 | Template:Zh icon | |
| 92 | FTV News | Platinum Package 500 | Template:Zh icon | |
| 93 | TVBS News | Platinum Package 500 | Template:Zh icon | |
| 94 | Era News | Platinum Package 500 | Template:Zh icon | |
| 95 | Mirror News | Platinum Package 500 | Template:Zh icon | |
| 96 | CTS | Platinum Package 500 | Template:Zh icon | |
| 97 | Phoenix Chinese Channel | Platinum Package 500 | Template:Zh icon | |
| 98 | Hunan TV | Platinum Package 500 | Template:Zh icon | |
| 99 | CCTV-4 | Platinum Package 500 | Template:Zh icon | |
| 100 | EBC Drama | Platinum Package 500 | Template:Zh icon | |
| 101 | LS Movies | Platinum Package 500 | ||
| 102 | Celestial Classic Movies | Platinum Package 500 | Template:Zh icon | |
| 103 | English Movie | Platinum Package 500 | ||
| 104 | Voice of America | Platinum Package 500 | Multi-lingual | |
| 201 | DWPM (AM) | All Several Package | Radio Channel | |
| 202 | DZRH (AM) | All Several Package | Radio Channl | |
| 203 | DWIZ (AM) | All Several Packages | Radio Channel | |
| 204 | DZRJ (AM) | All Several Packages | Radio Channel | |
| 205 | DZRB (AM) | All Several Packages | Radio Channel | |
| 206 | DZSR (AM) | All Several Packages | Radio Channel | |
| 207 | 103.5 All Radio (FM) | All Several Packages | Radio Channel | |
| 208 | DWFT (FM) | All Several Packages | Radio Channel | |
| 209 | RJFM (FM) | All Several Packages | Radio Channel | |
| 210 | 90.7 Love Radio (FM) | All Several Packages | Radio Channel | |
| 211 | POP (FM) | All Several Packages | Radio Channel | |
| 212 | JAZZ (FM) | All Several Package | Radio Channel | |
| 213 | ROCK (FM) | All Several Package | Radio Channel | |
| 214 | BBC Radio | All Several Package | Radio Channel |
In-house channels[edit]
Current[edit]
Currently, G Sat owns its in-house channels:
- One Media Network - news, current affairs and lifestyle channel
- Global Sports Network - sports channel
- Golf Channel Philippines - Dedicated golf channel, in partnership with Comcast/NBCUniversal International Networks
- Music Quest - Karaoke channel
- GSAT News Channel - news and current affairs channel
- Global Movies Channel - movie channel
Former channels[edit]
- GKTV 3/PCTV 3
- Global News Network
- Global Pinoy Cinema - Filipino movie channel
- Global Theater - Mandarin movie channel
- One Media Network
- Golden Nation Network
- GCLTHP Movies Channel (GMC)
See also[edit]
- Cignal (rival)
- DirecTV (United States)
- Dish Network (United States)
References[edit]
- ^ a b G-Sat About Us
- ^ Dream TV operator seeks regulator help over satellite TV dispute retrieved via abs-cbnnews.com Jan 19, 2009
- ^ https://casetext.com/case/sky-cable-2
- ^ "2 broadcast firms get 25-year franchise extension".
