Cignal Digital TV is a subscription-based Direct-To-Home (DTH) satellite television

Satellite television

Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an...

 service provider in the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. Cignal is owned by MediaScape

GV Broadcasting Systems, Inc.

GV Broadcasting Systems, Inc. , also known as MediaScape & Metro City Media Services, is a radio network and direct-to-home satellite provider owned by MediaQuest Holdings, a subsidiary of PLDT in the Philippines...

, a wholly owned subsidiary of the MediaQuest Holdings, Inc.

MediaQuest Holdings, Inc.

MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. is a media conglomerate owned by the Beneficial Trust Fund of the PLDT. It owns most of the media establishments such as Associated Broadcasting Company , Nation Broadcasting Corporation , Cignal Digital TV , and a 30% interest in BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation and...

 under the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund.

For subscribers to receive Cignal broadcasts, they must acquire upon subscription the satellite

Satellite

In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....

 dish antenna, remote control, and the set top box (Integrated Receiver-Decoder). Cignal’s prepaid electronic loading system, is powered by the prepaid loading platform of Smart Communications

Smart Communications

Smart Communications is a wholly owned mobile phone and Internet service subsidiary of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company .On June 30, 2010 the company reported that it had over 45 million cellular subscribers.-Brands:...

, Inc. Cignal uses VideoGuard

VideoGuard

VideoGuard , produced by NDS, is a digital encryption system for use with conditional access television broadcasting. It is used on digital satellite television systems - some of which are operated by News Corporation, which owns about half of NDS...

 encryption system to protect its content from signal piracy. MediaScape is utilizing the NSS-11

SES NEW SKIES

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 satellite of SES

SES NEW SKIES

SES World Skies—formerly SES New Skies, New Skies Satellites , and SES Americom—is a Dutch operator of communications spacecraft, owned by SES.On 30 November 1998, several former Intelsat satellites were transferred to New Skies’ control...

 to provide optimal coverage directly to the target markets.

Cignal Digital TV uses the DVB-S2

DVB-S2

Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite - Second Generation is a digital television broadcast standard that has been designed as a successor for the popular DVB-S system. It was developed in 2003 by the , an international industry consortium, and ratified by ETSI in March 2005...

 digital television broadcast standard to accommodate both Standard Definition (SD) and High Definition (HD) TV broadcasts, as well as interactive services offered on their satellite TV service.

Channel lineup

The following is the channel line-up as of October 12, 2011.

Genre
Local	Movies	General Entertainment	Documentary	Kids
News	Sports	Music	Foreign	Religious

Channel	Network	Minimum Package	Group(s)	Notes
1	AksyonTV AksyonTV AksyonTV is a 24-hour non-stop news and sports-related channel in the Philippines. Owned and operated by Associated Broadcasting Company, it occupies the frequency previously used by MTV Philippines, a subsidiary of Nation Broadcasting Corporation...	Cignal 250		Currently using NBC Nation Broadcasting Corporation Nation Broadcasting Corporation is a pioneer radio and TV network operating in the Philippines since 1963. NBC is currently a subsidiary of MediaQuest Holdings, Inc.. This station offices and studios are located at 762 Quirino Highway, San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City...  frequency.
2	ABS-CBN ABS-CBN ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...	Cignal 250
4	PTV	Cignal 250		Formerly known as NBN National Broadcasting Network People's Television is the flagship government television network owned by the Philippine Government through People's Television Network, Inc. . Its head office, studios and transmitter are located at Broadcast Complex, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City .-History:The country's government...
5	TV5 Associated Broadcasting Company The Associated Broadcasting Company, Inc is a television network in the Philippines, with main broadcast facilities and transmitter located at 762 Quirino Highway, San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City. The network was previously known as the , Associated Broadcasting Company remains the legal...	Cignal 250		Formerly known as ABC Associated Broadcasting Company The Associated Broadcasting Company, Inc is a television network in the Philippines, with main broadcast facilities and transmitter located at 762 Quirino Highway, San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City. The network was previously known as the , Associated Broadcasting Company remains the legal...
7	GMA GMA Network GMA Network is a major commercial television & radio network in the Philippines. GMA Network is owned by GMA Network, Inc. a publicly listed company...	Cignal 250
9	ETC	Cignal 250		Currently using RPN Radio Philippines Network Radio Philippines Network, Inc. is a broadcast television network in the Philippines co-owned by the Government Communications Group, Solar Entertainment Corporation, Far East Managers and Investors Inc., and private sectors. This station studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol...  frequency.
11	GMA News TV GMA News TV GMA News TV is a news and lifestyle-oriented channel in the Philippines. It is owned and operated by GMA Network Inc. through the supervision GMA News and Public Affairs...	Cignal 250		Currently using ZOE ZOE Broadcasting Network ZOE Broadcasting Network, Inc. is a Philippine television network of Jesus is Lord Movement leader Eddie Villanueva. ZOE is currently an affiliate of GMA Network. This stations studios and offices are located at 22/F Strata 2000 Bldg, F. Ortigas Jr. Ave., Ortigas Center, Pasig City. With...  frequency.
13	IBC Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation is a Philippine VHF television network of the Government Communications Group headed by the Press Secretary. Its studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City and its transmitter is located at the Coca Cola plant,...	Cignal 250		Shared programming with AKTV AKTV AKTV is a sports and lifestyle primetime programming block in the Philippines. Owned and operated by TV5, it occupies the 5:00 to 11:00pm timeslot of IBC; weekend coverage usually begins at 10:00 am. It started since June 5, 2011.-History:... .
21	Talk TV Talk TV (Philippines) Talk TV is an English language all-news and talk channel in the Philippines. It is a joint venture of Southern Broadcasting Network & Solar Entertainment Corporation...	Cignal 250		Currently using SBN Southern Broadcasting Network SBN is a Philippine television network owned by Filipino-Chinese tycoon Lucio Co, the owner of Puregold Price Club Inc., a supermarket chain. Its main broadcast facilities at 5/F Summit One Bldg, Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City...  frequency.
23	Studio 23 Studio 23 Studio 23 is a Filipino television network owned by the ABS-CBN Corporation. The network is named for its flagship station in Metro Manila, DWAC-TV, which is carried on UHF channel 23...	Cignal 250
25	GEM TV Christian Era Broadcasting Service Christian Era Broadcasting Service also known as Global Expansion Media Network is a Philippine television and radio network, and a religious broadcast arm of Iglesia ni Cristo. This station studios are located in Quezon City...	Cignal 590
31	CNBC CNBC Asia CNBC Asia is a business news television channel in Asia. A subsidiary of NBC Universal, it is the Asian service of the Consumer News and Business Channel . Its programmes originate from Singapore, Hong Kong and Sydney and has bureaus in Tokyo and Seoul....	Cignal 990
32	CNN International CNN International Asia Pacific CNN International Asia Pacific is the Asia-Pacific edition of the CNN International pay-TV cable network. The feed originates from Hong Kong.CNN International began transmissions in August 1989....	Cignal 390
33	Cartoon Network Cartoon Network Philippines Cartoon Network is a cable and satellite television channel created by Turner Broadcasting, a unit of Time Warner which primarily shows animated programming. The Philippine version is a branch of Cartoon Network Asia, broadcasting exclusively in the Philippines....	Cignal 390
34	Disney Channel Disney Channel Asia Disney Channel Asia, a franchise of Disney Channel, airs in most parts of Southeast Asia.- Programming :Disney Channel Asia airs a variety of shows, aimed particularly at children and teenagers. Most of the programming is similar to the American counterpart with some shows exclusive to the Asian...	Cignal 390
35	Disney Junior	Cignal 590
36	Bio Bio. (South East Asia) Bio. is a South East Asian television channel dedicating to biography. The channel was launched on May 27, 2008 by AETN All Asia Networks, a joint-venture between A&E Television Networks and Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd in Malaysia.- See also :...	Cignal 390
37	AXN Beyond AXN Beyond AXN Beyond is a cable and satellite TV channel, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment in the Asia-Pacific. Launched on January 1, 2008, the channel is a spin-off of the popular TV channel AXN Asia, It is available in throughout the 18 countries around the Asia-Pacific region and features programmes...	Cignal 590
38	AXN AXN Asia AXN Asia is a pay-tv, cable and satellite TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. It is available in throughout the 18 countries around the Asia-Pacific region...	Cignal 390
39	Discovery Turbo Discovery Turbo (Asia) Discovery Turbo is a male oriented factual television channel devoted to programming about cars, bikes, boats, and planes. The channel is owned by Discovery Networks Europe...	Cignal 1290
40	STAR World STAR World STAR World is an Asian English language cable and satellite television network owned by Star TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation. The channel is the successor of STAR Plus, a subsidiary of News Corporation...	Cignal 390
41	Fox Fox (Asia) Fox is an Asian Entertainment TV channel, owned and produced by Fox International Channels and distributed by STAR TV. In Japan the channel launch in February 1998 along with other Fox Channels like Fox Crime, Fox life among others. Fox Japan has different programming compared to Fox Asia.In Asia,...	Cignal 390
42	Fox Family Movies Fox Family Movies (Asia) Fox Family Movies is an Asian Movie TV channel, owned and produced by Fox International Channels and distributed by STAR TV. The channel is initially available in Singapore via StarHub TV and Indonesia via Indovision, but it has now expanded to Taiwan and Philippines and is currently expanding to...	Cignal 990
43	HBO HBO Asia HBO Asia is a franchise of HBO in Asia. HBO Asia is now a joint venture of media giants Viacom and Time Warner . Sony Pictures Entertainment and Universal Studios exited the fifteen year-old HBO Asia premium movie joint venture on January 16, 2008....	Cignal 390
44	MAX MAX Asia MAX Asia is the secondary channel of HBO which only features action and suspense movies like its US counterpart. MAX Asia is headquartered in Time Warner Asia office in Singapore; hence it is subject to the same censorship as HBO Asia.-History:...	Cignal 1290
45	STAR Movies STAR Movies STAR Movies is an Asian movie channel owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, subsidiaries of News Corporation.-History:STAR Movies was launched on 1 May 1994...	Cignal 590
46	Viva Cinema VIVA Cinema Viva Cinema is a 24-hour Filipino cable channel owned by Viva Entertainment. This channel was formerly a joint venture with STAR TV until July 31, 2003. Re-launch this February 1, 2009, together with the launch of Cignal Digital TV was tie-up of the launch of the said channel...	Cignal 390
47	Pinoy Box Office Pinoy Box Office -About:As the pioneer in the 24-hour all-Filipino movie channel on cable TV , Viva tied up with interested local and global cable TV partners in need of access to its local content library...	Cignal 250
48	Basketball TV Basketball TV Basketball TV or BTV is a 24-hour all-basketball cable channel in the Philippines owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2006, rebranding the Sports Plus channel....	Cignal 250
49	ESPNews ESPNEWS ESPNEWS , launched on November 1, 1996, is a 24-hour-a-day sports news television channel...	Cignal 590
50	ESPN ESPN Philippines ESPN Philippines is a Philippine cable sports network owned by STAR TV and ESPN. Selected sports program shared the same program schedule via ESPN Asia but with local advertisements.-External Links:*...	Cignal 990
51	STAR Sports STAR Sports STAR Sports is a cable sports network owned by STAR TV and ESPN. It shows sports programs. In partnership with ESPN, its corporate name is ESPN STAR Sports. They are the official Asian station of the Barclays Premier League...	Cignal 990
52	Discovery Channel Discovery Channel (South East Asian TV channel) Discovery Channel is an Asian satellite and cable TV channel which provides documentary programming. Its documentaries focused mainly on popular science, technology, history and culture similar to that of the National Geographic Channel and History.It is owned and operated by Discovery Networks...	Cignal 990
53	National Geographic Channel National Geographic Channel (Asia) The National Geographic Channel, also commercially abbreviated as Nat Geo, is an Asian subscription television channel that features non-fiction, factual programming involving nature, science, culture, and history, produced by the National Geographic Society, just like History and the Discovery...	Cignal 590
54	Cignal Community Channel	Cignal 250
55	PPV SD
60	HBO HD HBO Asia HBO Asia is a franchise of HBO in Asia. HBO Asia is now a joint venture of media giants Viacom and Time Warner . Sony Pictures Entertainment and Universal Studios exited the fifteen year-old HBO Asia premium movie joint venture on January 16, 2008....	Cignal 990		In High Definition
61	STAR Movies HD STAR Movies STAR Movies is an Asian movie channel owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels, subsidiaries of News Corporation.-History:STAR Movies was launched on 1 May 1994...	Cignal 1290		In High Definition
62	National Geographic Channel HD National Geographic Channel (Asia) The National Geographic Channel, also commercially abbreviated as Nat Geo, is an Asian subscription television channel that features non-fiction, factual programming involving nature, science, culture, and history, produced by the National Geographic Society, just like History and the Discovery...	Cignal 1290		In High Definition
63	History HD History (South East Asian TV channel) History is an Asian television channel with shows on historical events and persons. The channel is owned by AETN All Asia Networks, a joint-venture between A&E Television Networks, owner of the American History, and Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd.- Company :AETN All Asia Networks was formed on 15 June...	Cignal 990		In High Definition
64	Discovery HD World Discovery HD World Discovery HD World , is a satellite and cable TV subscription channel that provides documentary and non-fiction programming; focuses primarily on science, technology, history and culture. It is operated by Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, a division of Discovery Communications Inc...	Cignal 1290		In High Definition
65	STAR World HD STAR World STAR World is an Asian English language cable and satellite television network owned by Star TV and Fox International Channels, fully owned subsidiaries of News Corporation. The channel is the successor of STAR Plus, a subsidiary of News Corporation...	Cignal 590		In High Definition
66	Food Network Asia HD Food Network Asia Food Network Asia is a television channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking from the Food Network's library as well as commissioned programming developed regionally. Food Network Asia launched July 5, 2010 on StarHub TV Singapore channel 433.The channel is also...	Cignal 990		In High Definition
67	ESPN HD ESPN Asia ESPN Asia is an Asian cable sports network owned by STAR TV in partnership with ESPN. It is the official Asian station of the Barclays Premier League...	Cignal 1290		In High Definition
68	NBA Premium TV HD NBA Premium TV NBA Premium TV is a 24-hour all-basketball cable channel in the Philippines. The channel is a joint broadcasting between Solar Entertainment Corporation and NBA TV. Available in Standard and High Definition formats, it is a direct re-broadcast of NBA TV, the dedicated NBA channel in the United...	Cignal 590		In High Definition
79	PPV HD	Cignal 590		In High Definition
80	tvN TvN Asia tvN Asia - a joint venture developed by Fox International Channels, operator of more than 140 channels in 32 languages across the globe, and CJ Media, Korea’s leading media major in 2008 expands its reach throughout Asia, bringing original programming, non-linear and mobile solutions from the...	Cignal 250
81	Al Jazeera English	Cignal 250
90	DZRH 666 AM DZRH DZRH is a radio station in Metro Manila owned and operated by the Manila Broadcasting Company. The station's studio is located at CCP Complex in Pasay, Philippines, while its transmitter is located at Brgy. Malanday, Valenzuela...	Radio Channel
91	90.7 Love Radio	Radio Channel
92	101.1 Yes! FM DWYS DWYS, currently operating as YES! FM, it is a 24 hour automated music FM radio station owned by Pacific Broadcasting Systems in the Philippines...	Radio Channel
93	Magic 89.9	Radio Channel
94	99.5 RT	Radio Channel
95	Radyo5 92.3 News FM	Radio Channel
96	107.5 Win Radio DWNU DWNU, broadcasting as 107.5 Win Radio, is the music FM radio station of Progressive Broadcasting Corporation in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at the ground floor AIC Gold Tower, F. Ortigas Jr. Rd., Ortigas Center, Pasig City and its transmitter is located at Crestview Heights...	Radio Channel
97	GV FM 99.1 DWGV-FM GVFM 99.1 Drive Radiois a music FM radio station owned by Metro City Media Services in the Philippines. The station's studio and transmitter is located in Angeles City. It is also the accredited radio station of Manila North Tollways Corporation for its traffic updates since its secondary coverage...	Radio Channel
98	102.7 Star FM	Radio Channel
99	93.9 iFM	Radio Channel
100	DZXL 558 AM DZXL DZXL is an AM station owned and operated by Radio Mindanao Network in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at the 4th Floor, Guadalupe Commercial Complex, EDSA Guadalupe, Makati City, while the transmitter is Located at Brgy. Paco, Obando, Bulacan...	Radio Channel