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SolarFlix (formerly Entertainment Central or ETC and visually rendered in its current logo in all capital letters) is a Philippine free-to-air television network owned by the Southern Broadcasting Network, a subsidiary of Solar Entertainment Corporation and former jointly operated with Solar's former broadcast arm subsidiary Nine Media Corporation (formerly as Solar TV Network) from 2010 to 2014. Its digital free-to-air broadcast is carried by SBN's flagship station, DWCP-DTV (channel 21) in Metro Manila. Formerly carried over on RPN's flagship DZKB-TV (2011–2013; as ETC). The channel's analog broadcast is fed on its lone provincial TV station, DXSS-TV (channel 7) in Davao City (in which the station currently carries DepEd ALS TV programming). The channel is also carried by cable and satellite providers, including Sky Cable, Destiny Cable, Cablelink, Binangonan Cable TV Corporation, Cignal, SatLite, and G Sat along with various provincial cable operators and through online streaming.
SolarFlix operates daily from 8 a.m. to 12 midnight on Solar's digital free TV (under test broadcast), while it operates 24 hours daily on most pay TV and streaming service providers. However, starting Holy Week 2021, it continues to sign off from Maundy Thursday at midnight to Easter Sunday at 8:00 a.m. along with its sister channels Solar Sports, Shop TV and Solar Learning. It formerly operated daily from 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight on free-to-air analog TV broadcast until September 2019, when SBN permanently closed its analog signal.
SolarFlix broadcasts from Solar's master control facility and studios located on the Third Floor of the Worldwide Corporate Center, Epifanio de Los Santos corner Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong, while the Solar office is located at Solar Century Tower, 100 Tordesillas St., Corner H.V. Dela Costa St. Salcedo Village, Makati, SBN holds free-to-air broadcasts from its transmitter and tower site located at Nuestra Señora de la Paz Subdivision, Brgy. Sta. Cruz, Antipolo, Rizal.
On March 1, 2004, Solar Entertainment launched ETC as "Entertainment Central," but test broadcasts had started earlier on November 24, 2003.[citation needed]
On January 1, 2008, ETC ceased airing as a separate channel on Sky Cable due to carriage dispute. As part of Solar's blocktime agreements with various terrestrial channels, ETC began airing on SBN 21, a terrestrial UHF TV station in the Philippines.
On March 2, 2011, after Solar TV Network acquired 34% share of Radio Philippines Network from the Philippine government as part of RPN/IBC privatization in 2011, ETC replaced Solar TV on RPN channel space. Meanwhile, Solar and SBN launched Talk TV on the same day as a part of formation of its news department. On October 30, 2012, Talk TV rebranded as Solar News Channel.
But ETC returned to SBN on November 30, 2013, as Solar News Channel moved to RPN on the following day, to enhance its nationwide coverage. (however, SNC and RPN, later, were sold to the ALC Group of Companies, chaired by Ambassador Antonio Cabangon Chua, in August the following year due to Tieng's loss of revenue after investing in RPN.)
After its sister channel, 2nd Avenue, ceased broadcasting on June 5, 2018—after 12 years on air—many of its programs moved to ETC.
SolarFlix
SolarFlix (formerly Entertainment Central or ETC and visually rendered in its current logo in all capital letters) is a Philippine free-to-air television network owned by the Southern Broadcasting Network, a subsidiary of Solar Entertainment Corporation and former jointly operated with Solar's former broadcast arm subsidiary Nine Media Corporation (formerly as Solar TV Network) from 2010 to 2014. Its digital free-to-air broadcast is carried by SBN's flagship station, DWCP-DTV (channel 21) in Metro Manila. Formerly carried over on RPN's flagship DZKB-TV (2011–2013; as ETC). The channel's analog broadcast is fed on its lone provincial TV station, DXSS-TV (channel 7) in Davao City (in which the station currently carries DepEd ALS TV programming). The channel is also carried by cable and satellite providers, including Sky Cable, Destiny Cable, Cablelink, Binangonan Cable TV Corporation, Cignal, SatLite, and G Sat along with various provincial cable operators and through online streaming.
SolarFlix operates daily from 8 a.m. to 12 midnight on Solar's digital free TV (under test broadcast), while it operates 24 hours daily on most pay TV and streaming service providers. However, starting Holy Week 2021, it continues to sign off from Maundy Thursday at midnight to Easter Sunday at 8:00 a.m. along with its sister channels Solar Sports, Shop TV and Solar Learning. It formerly operated daily from 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight on free-to-air analog TV broadcast until September 2019, when SBN permanently closed its analog signal.
SolarFlix broadcasts from Solar's master control facility and studios located on the Third Floor of the Worldwide Corporate Center, Epifanio de Los Santos corner Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong, while the Solar office is located at Solar Century Tower, 100 Tordesillas St., Corner H.V. Dela Costa St. Salcedo Village, Makati, SBN holds free-to-air broadcasts from its transmitter and tower site located at Nuestra Señora de la Paz Subdivision, Brgy. Sta. Cruz, Antipolo, Rizal.
On March 1, 2004, Solar Entertainment launched ETC as "Entertainment Central," but test broadcasts had started earlier on November 24, 2003.[citation needed]
On January 1, 2008, ETC ceased airing as a separate channel on Sky Cable due to carriage dispute. As part of Solar's blocktime agreements with various terrestrial channels, ETC began airing on SBN 21, a terrestrial UHF TV station in the Philippines.
On March 2, 2011, after Solar TV Network acquired 34% share of Radio Philippines Network from the Philippine government as part of RPN/IBC privatization in 2011, ETC replaced Solar TV on RPN channel space. Meanwhile, Solar and SBN launched Talk TV on the same day as a part of formation of its news department. On October 30, 2012, Talk TV rebranded as Solar News Channel.
But ETC returned to SBN on November 30, 2013, as Solar News Channel moved to RPN on the following day, to enhance its nationwide coverage. (however, SNC and RPN, later, were sold to the ALC Group of Companies, chaired by Ambassador Antonio Cabangon Chua, in August the following year due to Tieng's loss of revenue after investing in RPN.)
After its sister channel, 2nd Avenue, ceased broadcasting on June 5, 2018—after 12 years on air—many of its programs moved to ETC.