Destiny Cable
| File:Destiny Cable 2008 logo.jpg | |
| Company type | Cable TV |
|---|---|
| Headquarters |  Metro Manila & Some Parts of the Provinces |
| Website | www.mydestiny.net |
Global Destiny Cable is a direct-to-home cable TV subscription service. Global Destiny Cable is the 2nd Largest cable TV company in the Philippines; they are serving almost all major cities in Metro Manila and have affiliates almost all-around the Philippines. [1]
Areas Served
Channel Guide
| Channel | Network | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | PCTV - Philippine Cable Television | General Variety in-house channel from Global Destiny |
| 4 | Chat & Shop TV | Information Channel from Global-Destiny |
| 5 | Destiny KTV | Videoke Channel |
| 6 | ABS-CBN 2 | Local VHF Variety |
| 7 | TXT Network | Text info channel |
| 8 | NBN 4 | Government-owned Local VHF News & Information |
| 9 | Shop TV | TV Shopping Channel from Home Shopping Network and Solar Entertainment |
| 10 | ABC 5 | Local VHF Variety |
| 11 | United Shelter Health Products | Shopping Channel from USHP Health & Wellness |
| 12 | GMA 7 | Local VHF Variety |
| 13 | Winner TV Shopping Channel | Shopping Channel from Winner TV Shopping Corp. |
| 14 | Crime/Suspense on RPN 9 | Government-owned Local VHF Variety / Scripted Fictional Series and Factuals and from Solar Entertainment |
| 15 | QTV 11 | Local VHF Variety (a GMA Network and ZOE TV Subsidiary) |
| 16 | IBC 13 | Government-owned Local VHF Variety |
| 17 | STUDIO 23 | Local UHF Variety (an ABS-CBN subsidiary) |
| 18 | GEM TV 49 | Local UHF Variety from Christian Era Broadcasting / Iglesia ni Cristo |
| 19 | NET 25 | Local UHF Variety from Eagle Broadcasting / Iglesia ni Cristo |
| 20 | Cartoon Network | Cartoon Entertainment |
| 21 | Nickelodeon | Children / Youth Entertainment |
| 22 | Playhouse Disney Channel | Pre-school Entertainment from Disney |
| 23 | Disney Channel | Family-oriented Entertainment from Disney |
| 24 | Discovery Channel | General Documentary & Info from Discovery Communications - Asia |
| 25 | Animal Planet | Animal & Nature Documentary from Discovery Communications - Asia |
| 26 | Discovery Travel & Living | Travel and Leisure from Discovery Communications - Asia |
| 27 | Living Asia Channel | Travel Documentary & Info from CCI Asia |
| 28 | Zone Reality | (formerly known as Reality TV) is a European reality television channel |
| 29 | Voice of America | US Government programs featuring C-SPAN and Worldnet |
| 30 | ETC on SBN 21 | General Entertainment from Solar Entertainment |
| 31 | 2nd Avenue on RJTV 29 | General Entertainment from Solar Entertainment |
| 32 | Jack TV | Comedy, Reality, Animation and Wrestling Entertainment from Solar Entertainment |
| 34 | Basketball TV | Sports Channel from Solar Entertainment |
| 35 | Solar Sports | Sports Channel from Solar Entertainment |
| 36 | Pinoy Box Office | All-Filipino Movies made by Viva Entertainment |
| 37 | HBO Asia | English Movies |
| 38 | Hallmark Channel | General English Entertainment |
| 39 | Turner Classic Movies | Classic Movies from Time Warner |
| 40 | CNN International | International News |
| 41 | Al Jazeera | International News Channel of the Al Jazeera News from Qatar |
| 42 | Fox News Channel | International News |
| 43 | BBC World | International News Channel of BBC |
| 44 | CNBC Asia | International Business News |
| 45 | Bloomberg Television | International Business News |
| 46 | MTV Philippines | International, and Filipino Music Video and Entertainment |
| 47 | Channel V International | International Music Channel from STAR TV |
| 48 | The History Channel | General Documentary Channel, Under "Trial Broadcast" raplacing RTP Internacional for a while. |
| 49 | TV5 Monde Asie | French Variety |
| 50 | TVE Internacional | Spanish Variety |
| 51 | DW-TV | German Variety |
| 52 | RAI International | Italian Variety |
| 53 | NHK World Premium | Japanese Variety |
| 54 | NHK World | Japanese Variety |
| 55 | New Asahi Wrestling/Z Channel | Japanese Wrestling and Entertainment |
| 56 | Zee Premiere | A niche Hindi movie channel from Zee Network. A treat for the lovers of recent Hindi cinema. |
| 57 | Doordarshan National | Indian Variety |
| 58 | YTN | Korean News |
| 59 | Arirang Global TV | Korean Variety |
| 60 | Phoenix InfoNews Channel | A 24-hour channel on news updates and financial highlights worldwide,broadcast in Mandarin ,Based in Hong Kong |
| 61 | FTV News | Taiwanese cable news channel, broadcast in Hookien and Mandarin. Based in Taiwan.Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| 63 | TVBS News | Taiwanese cable news channel,broadcast predominantly in Mandarin]. Based in Taipei.Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| 64 | CTi International | Taiwanese News and Entertainment,broadcast in Mandarin. Based in Taipei.Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| 65 | Formosa TV | Taiwanese Variety,domestic broadcast predominantly in Hokkien with Mandarin programming. Based in Taipei.Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| 66 | CTV | Taiwanese Variety,domestic broadcast predominantly in Mandarin. Based in Taipei.Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| 67 | CTS | Taiwanese Variety, domestic broadcast in Mandarin and Hokkien. Based in Taipei.Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| 68 | TTV | Taiwanese Variety,domestic broadcast in Mandarin and Hokkien. Based in Taipei.Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| 69 | Da Ai 2 | Taiwanese Religious (Buddhist) Channel. Based in Taipei.Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| 70 | Good TV | Taiwanese Religious (Christian) Channel. Based in Taipei.Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| 71 | SET International | Taiwanese Variety,broadcast in Mandarin and Hokkien. Based in Taipei.Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| 72 | Taiwan Macroview TV | Taiwanese-based variety channel directed to Overseas Chinese audiences. Managed by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission, Republic of China (Taiwan). |
| 73 | Hunan TV | Chinese Variety,broadcast in Mandarin based in Hunan Province, People's Republic of China |
| 75 | CCTV 4 | Chinese Variety,broadcast in Mandarin to an international audience. Broadcasting from Beijing, People's Republic of china |
| 77 | Phoenix Chinese Channel | A Hong Kong-based Mandarin Chinese television broadcaster |
| 78 | Australia Network | A General Entertainment and News Channel |
| 79 | VIVA Prime Channel | Sports and Entertainment from VIVA and Prime |
| 80 | MJCI Racing Channel | Races at San Lazaro Leisure Park |
| 81 | Eurosport | International Sports Channel showing predominantly European based sports. |
| 82 | ESPN | International Sports Channel (see Technical Info) |
| 83 | Star Sports | International Sports Channel (see Technical Info) |
| 84 | The Golf Network Japan | Japanese franchise of the popular golfing channel / PREMIUM CHANNEL |
| 85 | Super Sports 2 | South African Sports Channel / PREMIUM CHANNEL |
| 86 | HBO Mandarin | HBO with Chinese Subtitle / PREMIUM CHANNEL |
| 87 | ETTV Mandarin Movies | Mandarin Movies / PREMIUM CHANNEL |
| 88 | Zee TV | Indian Variety with English Subtitles / PREMIUM CHANNEL |
| 89 | MBC TV Korea | Korean Variety domestic broadcast from Seoul, South Korea / PREMIUM CHANNEL |
| 90 | Fashion TV | Lifestyle and Fashion |
| 91 | Daystar TV | Religious (Christian) Channel |
| 92 | Family Land TV | Religious (Catholic) Channel |
| 93 | Divine Mercy Channel | Religious (Catholic) Channel from the Divine Mercy Say-a-Little-Prayer Movement |
| 94 | EWTN | Religious (Catholic) Channel |
| 97 | TBN International | Religious (Protestant) Channel |
| 98 | UniversiTV | Youth-oriented local UHF Channel (a ZOE TV Subsidiary) |
| 99 | UNTV 37 | Local UHF Channel |
| 116 | Global Destiny Barker Channel | Program Schedule, Movie Guide, Channel Line-Up and notices |
Technical Information
- Two STAR TV Sports Channels, ESPN and Star Sports are initially available in Makati, Mandaluyong, San Juan, Manila and Pasay areas. [2]
- The following STAR TV channels are available in Cebu only: Star Movies, Star World, Star Sports, ESPN and National Geographic Channel.
Former Channels
This is incomplete list
- A1 (Now Nat Geo Adventure)
- AXN
- Boomerang
- GKTV 3
- Channel NewsAsia
- Star Movies
- Star World
- Star Chinese Movies
- Destiny Details
- National Geographic Channel
- Videoland Sports
- Zee Cinema
- Zee Smile
- CTV 31 (Also known as E! Philippines, A RMN UHF Channel)
- MTV Southeast Asia
- Smile of a Child
Status of Competition
Before the mass termination of all Solar Entertainment channels from SkyCable, Global Destiny Cable has, since 2003, been quietly maintaining a strong subscriber base composed mostly of Tsinoys, Koreans and Japanese subscribers owing to its most extensive lineup of Asian foreign channels compared to other cable providers in Metro Manila. At that time, it has voluntarily backtracked from being a direct competitor to SkyCable.
However,due to the exodus of JackTV, Basketball TV and Solar Sports from SkyCable,Global Destiny Cable is once more in a major competition with major cable TV providers in the country including Sky Cable where it had backed down from direct competition for some years now after many STAR TV channels were removed from their cable system in 2002.
Strengths of Global Destiny Cable Service
-Signal delivery through fiber-optic cables
-an extensive network of after-sales branch offices assigned to specific locations in Metro Manila for faster response to cable service requests.
-An efficient and updated customer billing system
Weaknesses of Global Destiny Cable Service
-No 24/7 customer service at its local offices
-Signal interruptions tend to last long, especially when it happens in the evenings and on weekends due to unavailable technicians to fix the problem immediately.
-Satellite signal quality is not stable at all times. There is a tendency for some of its cable channels to receive pixelized satellite TV signals, especially with its Taiwan channels. This also sometimes happens with English language channels too.
-Sub-par in-house programming usually employing fresh mass-com graduates.
-Some technicians at its headend center lack knowhow in adjusting problematic satellite TV signals.