Solar TV
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Defunct television network in the Philippines
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| Type | Broadcast commercial television network |
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| Availability | Defunct |
| Owner | Solar Entertainment Corporation (STVNI/Nine Media) |
Key people | Wilson Tieng (President, Solar Entertainment) William Tieng (Chairman, Solar Entertainment) Willy Y. Tieng (Vice-chairman, Solar Entertainment) Tonypet Albano (President and CEO, Radio Philippines Network) |
Launch date | November 29, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-11-29) |
| Dissolved | February 25, 2011; 14 years ago (2011-02-25) |
Picture format | NTSC 480i (SDTV) |
| Affiliation | Radio Philippines Network |
Official website | Solar TV website |
| Language | English (main) Filipino (secondary) |
| Replaced by | Talk TV ETC (channel space) |
Solar TV (stylized as SOLARtv) was the flagship television network of Solar Entertainment Corporation's television arm subsidiary Solar TV Network, Inc., the precursor of Nine Media Corporation, which is the replacement of C/S 9. This was the revival of the former Solar channel Solar USA.
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 bought RPN and programming of ETC 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
- America's Got Talent
- Ben 10 Alien Force (also aired on GTV)
- Burn Notice
- Entertainment Tonight
- Eureka
- Fringe
- Hatol ng Bayan Auto Vote 2010
- Heroes
- Home Shopping Network
- Human Target
- Jai Alai Cagayan
- Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
- Kamen Rider Dragon Knight (also aired on Cartoon Network Philippines)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Lie to Me
- The Main Event
- Minute to Win It
- NBA
- NBC Nightly News
- NCIS
- One Morning Cafe
- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
- PBA on Solar TV
- Real NBA
- Saved by the Bell
- Solar's Big Ticket
- RPN NewsWatch
- RPN NewsCap
- RPN NewsWatch Update
- Survivor
- The Biggest Loser
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
- The Insider
- The Jerry Springer Show
- The Price Is Right
- The Real Housewives of New Jersey
- The Vampire Diaries
- Versus
- World Class Boxing
- World's Most Amazing Videos
- WWE Raw (one-hour edition)
- WWE Smackdown (one-hour edition)
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| Miscellaneous | Easy TV (defunct) |
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1Former joint venture with Radio Philippines Network 2Joint venture with Universal Networks International 3Affiliate with Southern Broadcasting Network 4Former affiliate with Rajah Broadcasting Network 5Joint venture with Paramount International Networks Asia 6Co-owned with SM Lifestyle Entertainment 7Digital-only. On test broadcast. 8Distribution only. Channel owned by Jungo TV. 9Distribution only. Channel owned by Astro. | |
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1Joint venture with Radio Philippines Network 2A brand licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery 3Joint venture with TV5 Network
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