TV5 to launch own digital TV service

TV5 Broadcast Complex

Nov 6, 2019 @ 18:31

The country’s third major TV network plans to roll out its digital terrestrial television broadcasting system in Metro Manila next year in line with the government’s call for digital migration.

“We are going to launch our own DTT network. We should be awarding it very soon to a winning supplier and we should start to build within the year.It’s going to be a joint project by Cignal and TV5,” said Jane Basas, president and CEO of TV5.

Basas said the network would shut down analog terrestrial transmissions in Metro Manila by the end of 2020, certain parts of Luzon in 2021, parts of Visayas and Mindanao in 2022.

Basas said DTT would allow the network to offer multiple channels.

ABS-CBN Corp., GMA Network Inc. and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corp. have already upgraded their network transmissions to digital TV.