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Defunct television network in the Philippines

Solar TV

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Solar TV

Key facts

inception2009
instance ofbroadcast network
countryPhilippines
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Type
Broadcast commercial television network
Country
Philippines
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
Dissolved
February 25, 2011
Picture format
NTSC 480i (SDTV)
Affiliation
Radio Philippines Network
Official website
Solar TV website
Language
English (main)Filipino (secondary)
Replaced by
Talk TVETC (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.

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 at 1am, with the last program is Jai-Alai: The Game of a Thousand Thrills, before the channel officially closed at the 1:00AM., in 5 days after RPN shutdowns, a Solar Entertainment bought RPN and programming of ETC (now as SolarFlix) 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

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