Dream Satellite TV
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Dream Satellite TV is pay DTH service of Philippine Multimedia Service Inc.(PMSI).
[edit] Channels Offerred
Dream currently offers only 38 stations. These are the channels as of October 9, 2007. However the number of channels depends on prepaid card denomination. For full channel packages click here.
[edit] Local Channels
- 002 - ABS-CBN 2
- 003 - NBN 4
- 004 - ABC 5
- 005 - GMA 7
- 006 - RPN 9 / C/S
- 007 - IBC 13
- 008 - Studio 23
- 027 - ETC / SBN 21
- 036 - 2nd Avenue / RJTV 29
[edit] Movie Channels
- 018 - Hallmark Channel
- 028 - HBO
- 029 - Cinemax
- 030 - Star Movies
- 031 - Turner Classic Movies
[edit] News Channels
- 020 - CNN International
- 021 - BBC World
- 032 - CNBC Asia
[edit] Sports Channels
- 024 - Star Sports
- 025 - ESPN
- 037 - Solar Sports
[edit] Cartoon Channels
- 013 - Cartoon Network Philippines
- 014 - Nickelodeon
- 015 - Animax
[edit] Learning Channels
- 011 - Living Asia Channel
- 019 - Discovery Channel
- 026 - Discovery Travel & Living
- 034 - Animal Planet
- 035 - National Geographic Channel
[edit] Adventure Channel
- 017 - AXN
[edit] Entertainment Channel
- 016 - Star World
[edit] Music Channel
- 009 - MTV Philippines
[edit] Foreign Channel
- 022 - Australia Network
- 033 - Deutsche Welle (Germany)
[edit] Premium Channel
[edit] Religious Channel
- 012 - TV Maria
[edit] Pay-Per-View Channel(PPV)
- 023 - Dream Cinema
[edit] Other Channels
- 010 - Mabuhay Channel
[edit] Radio Channels
- Radio Crossroads
- Classic Blend
- BBC Asian Network
- 106.7 Dream FM
- i! FM 93.9
- Catholic Media Network
- RMN News AM
- The Edge Radio
- DWNU 107.5 FM
- RJ 100
[edit] Past Channels
The following channels are prevouisly on-air over Dream Satellite TV Channels. Given the current trend of Dream to downsize the number of channels it is unlikely that any of the previous channels will be returned despite their popularity.
- FOX News Channel (replaced by wine TV)
- Channel V (replaced by Smile of a Child)
- 21st Century Channel (replaced by Eurosport)
- UNTV 37
- ZOE 11 (now Q 11, A joint venture between ZOE & GMA Network Sister Station)
- Citynet 27 (A former GMA UHF TV station)
- CTV 31 (Also known as E! Philippines, A RMN UHF Channel)
- STAR Chinese Movies (replaced by Formosa TV)
- Tech TV
- Fashion TV
- World Fashion Channel (used as a back-up channel vacant by Studio 23 due to alleged signal piracy)
- CNNfn (replaced by ETC)
- Reality TV (Now Zone Reality) (used as a back-up channel vacant by ABS-CBN due to alleged signal piracy)
- Wine TV (replaced by 2nd Ave)
- NOW TV
- Disney Channel Asia (replaced with NOTHING) (Animal Planet has now occupied channel 34, but Animal Planet has been part of the Dream line up since October 2005))
- Adventure One (rename as Nat Geo Adventure, replaced with NOTHING)
- Eurosport
- Formosa TV
- Bloomberg TV
- Net 25
- TV5
- NHK
- EWTN
- JCTV
- TBN
- Smile of a child
- SOHO TV (Adult TV Channel)
- 4UTV (Info Commercial TV)
- Dream Music Video Channel
- Channel News Asia
- The Church Channel
- CCP@Dream (Philippine Cultural Channel)
- COMELEC Channel (During Philippine Election period)
- MTV Southeast Asia (Pre-empty of MTV Philippines from January to February 2007)
- Pinoy Box Office (replaced by Australia Network Asia)
- E-Talk (Temporary off-air due to live feed of the 2007 Southeast Asian Games. Will return shortly after the live SEA games).
[edit] Future Channels
The following channels are currently available on-air in the Metro Manila, although not on Dream Satellite TV, and could be offered by Dream in the future. However, given the financial problems of the current management, it is unlikely new channels will be added any time soon.
- ACQ-KBN 39
- 3ABN 45
- GEM TV 49
- UniversiTV 33
- The History Channel Asia
- Crime & Investigation Network
- Xing Kong Star TV Mandarin Channel in Hong Kong & China.
- Soundtrack Channel
- Star Plus India
- Playhouse Disney Channel Asia
- Fox Crime Asia
- Fox FX Asia
- National Geographic Wild
- F Men (Fashion TV Men's Channel)
- Baby TV
- Al Jazeera International
- E! Asia & Pacific (This channel has currently seen select programs live and delayed telecast over Lifestyle Network of Skycable and ETC of Solar)
- Fox Sports Asia
- STAR Utsav
- Asian Food Channel
- BBC Entertainment
- MAX TV (Philippines) - 24-hour Hollywood and Series channel over satellite Agila 2:Ku-Band free to Air
- Flip TV - Another 24-hour Tagalog channel over satellite Agila 2:Ku-Band free to Air
[edit] Dream Satellite TV History
Until 2006 Dream offered a competitive and technologically advanced system, and was the first content provider in the Philippines to offer such channels as Disney, Fox News and TCM. Their service reached a peak in October 2005 with the adding of Discovery, Discovery Travel, and Animal Planet.
However, starting June 16th 2006 Dream began to delete channels with Fox News, Star Chinese and Channel V deleted in favor of free to air channels. Then on August 16th 2007 Dream deleted 13 channels including the very popular Disney channel, replacing them with nothing, while maintaining their very high subscriber rates. Currently Dream is the only provider without the Disney Channel. On September 23rd Dream dropped PBO movie channel, replacing it with Free-to-air Australian TV
Thus, as a result, Dream charges much more than the cable services despite having only half the channels the Cable services offer.
With these moves Dream now seems only be seeking customers in non-cable areas as they are no longer a realistic choice to anyone who has the option of cable in their area. This will only worsen as competitors SkyCable, Global Destiny Cable and CableLink add channels while Dream just deletes and deletes more channels.
