Christian Era Broadcasting Service International

Christian Era Broadcasting Service (GEM TV)

Type	Broadcast television and radio network
Country	Philippines
Availability	National
Owner	Christian Era Broadcasting Service, Inc. and Iglesia Ni Cristo
Key people	Eraño Manalo
Launch date	1968 (radio broadcasts) 2005 (television broadcasts)
Official website	www.gemnet.tv
Language	Filipino

Christian Era Broadcasting Service also known as Global Expansion Media Network (GEMNET) is a Philippine television and radio network, and a religious broadcast arm of Iglesia ni Cristo. This station studios are located in Quezon City. It is a sister company of the Net 25, which owns DZEC Currently, its flagship television station, DZCE-UHF TV Channel 49 in Metro Manila.

Digital Television

GEMNET embarked on its digital TV project in preparation for the Philippine’s adoption of a digital system, in line with the network's silver anniversary this 2010. GEMNET secured a digital TV trial permit from the NTC in early 2007 and conducted its trial broadcast using DVB-T from June to September 2007. The objective of the test is to validate the earlier studies on digital TV done by the organization’s Digital TV Project Group. In 2nd half of 2007, Japan conducted a seminar and demonstration on ISDB-T. A side-by-side actual demonstration of DVB-T and ISDB-T was later conducted by TWG-2. The results of this demonstration prompted us to also conduct our own ISDB-T test, which started in January 2008.

With its partnership with the Japanese government through the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Digital Broadcasting Experts Group (DiBEG) and the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB) in Japan, GEMNET is the very first television network in the Philippines to test the ISDB-T standard, the terrestrial digital TV system widely used in Japan and Brazil.

It has developed a strong partnership with NET 25, the television station of Eagle Broadcasting Corporation in the digital transmission of the network’s HD content. GEMNET is ready for HD with the purchase of HD equipment and cameras - Panasonic HVX200, HPX500 and HPX3000, and Sony EX series to name a few. This marks the first terrestrial high definition channel of the Philippines, namely GEM HD.

GEM TV stations

GEM TV on Free TV

Branding	Callsign	Ch. #	Power (kW)	Location
GEM TV-49 Manila	DZCE-TV	TV-49	1 kW	Metro Manila

GEM TV on Cable TV

Cable/Satellite Provider (Philippines)	Ch. #	Coverage
Dream Satellite TV	Coming Soon	Nationwide
G Sat	Coming Soon	Nationwide
Cignal Digital TV	25	Nationwide
Cablelink	75	Metro Manila
Global Destiny Cable	18	Metro Manila
SkyCable	49	Metro Manila
Telmarc Cable	61	Rizal, Laguna and Tarlac

-with 300 cable affiliates nationwide (for satellite users and advanced generated cable providers, contact your local cable providers/operators for details and informations)

Cable/Satellite Provider (U.S.)	Ch. #	Coverage
DirecTV	2068	United States

-(for more information about cable/satellite broadcasts, refer to other articles)

CEBS Stations

Iglesia ni Cristo Television on Cable TV

Cable/Satellite Provider (Philippines)	Ch. #	Coverage
SkyCable	154	Metro Manila

Radio stations

Branding	Callsign	Frequency	Location
DZEM 954	DZEM	954 kHz	Metro Manila

External links

• GEM TV website