DWCP-DTV

DWCP-DTV
Metro Manila;
City	Mandaluyong City
Channels	Digital: 21/30 (UHF) (ISDB-T) (test broadcast); Virtual: 21.02(LCN);
Branding	ETC TV-21 Manila
Programming
Affiliations	ETC
Ownership
Owner	Southern Broadcasting Network ; (a subsidiary of Solar Entertainment Corporation)
History
Founded	May 30, 1992; 32 years ago
Former call signs	DWCP-TV (1992-2019)
Former channel number(s)	Analog:; 21 (UHF, 1992–2019); Digital:; 22 (UHF, 2015-2019);
Technical information
ERP	Digital: 5 KW TPO
Transmitter coordinates	14°36′21.5″N 121°10′13.9″E / 14.605972°N 121.170528°E
Links
Website	etc.com.ph

DWCP-DTV (digital UHF and virtual channel 21) is a television station owned by Southern Broadcasting Network, a subsidiary of Solar Entertainment Corporation, and is currently the flagship station of Philippine television network, ETC. Its studios are located at the Third Floor Worldwide Corporate Center, Shaw Boulevard corner EDSA, Mandaluyong City, with transmitter facilities located at the Solar Entertainment Complex, along Nuestra Señora de la Paz Subdivision, Barangay Sta. Cruz, Antipolo, Rizal.^[1] SBN-21 became the first local UHF TV station in Metro Manila that broadcast in May 1992 and formerly known as World TV 21. It operates 24 hours daily.

As of September 12, 2019, the station's analog signal is permanently off the air.

History

Southern Broadcasting Network of Davao launched SBN Channel 21, the first local UHF TV station in Metro Manila since 1992. It was then known as World TV 21 by Kampana Television Corporation, which provided programming content from ABC, CNN and ESPN on this channel then. The idea is to bring back programming similar to the forcibly shut-down FEN Channel 17 of the former Clark US Air Base a year earlier due to the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo.

Beginning on January 1, 2008, Solar Entertainment began to lease airtime on SBN, choosing to broadcast programming from its entertainment channel ETC.^[2] This partnership ended on March 2, 2011, as Solar transferred ETC to RPN. As a result, SBN renewed partnership with Solar Entertainment to create the news network Talk TV. On October 30, 2012, the channel was renamed as the Solar News Channel.

On December 1, 2013, SNC's programming was moved to RPN for wider national coverage, with ETC returned to SBN a day before.

In 2015, SBN ceased using its old analog transmitter tower at Strata 2000 building in Pasig City (which was obvious to consider even after Solar's purchase of SBN due to the old Sign-on and Sign-off sequences) and began using Solar's newly constructed tower located in Antipolo for a clearer and better signal reception in both the analog and digital signals.

As of September 12, 2019, SBN closed down its analog signal.

Coverage areas

Digital television

SBN launches its digital television broadcast in 2015. Solar Entertainment supplies its DTV channels through the new platform. For unknown reasons, the transmitter's encryption system was activated throughout its run, making two of the station's subchannels receivable only on set-top boxes with this capability. The technical issue was fixed by September 25, 2017.

Digital channels

DWCP-TV operates on UHF Channel 21 (515.143 MHz).

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming	Note
21.02	480i	4:3	ETC	ETC	Test Broadcast
21.03			Shop TV	Shop TV
21.04			Reserved Channel	Reserved
21.05
21.06
21.07
21.08

In addition, Solar operates its secondary channel via DZBC-TV on UHF Channel 30 (569.143 MHz) under a subchannel lease agreement from its frequency owner Byers Communications.^[3]

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming	Note
30.01	480i	4:3	Reserved Channel	Black screen	Test Broadcast
30.02			Reserved Channel	Black screen
30.03			Solar Learning	Solar Learning
30.04			Reserved Channel	Black screen
30.05
30.06
30.07

Analog-to-digital transition

On September 12, 2019, SBN closed down UHF Channel 21's analog signal in preparation of the DTV transition implementation. SBN is the 5th television network in the Philippines to permanently terminate its analog TV broadcasts, and go digital only.

References

^ TV Stations in the Philippines
^ "ETC Available on SBN 21". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
^ "NTC BROADCAST STATIONS 2019" (PDF). FOI.gov.ph. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

[1] TV Stations in the Philippines

[2] "ETC Available on SBN 21". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-11-03.

[3] "NTC BROADCAST STATIONS 2019" (PDF). FOI.gov.ph. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

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v t e Solar Entertainment Corporation
Subsidiaries and divisions	SolarFlix Productions Solar Pictures Domestic Sattelite Corporation (DOMSAT) OMNI Digital Media Ventures (Blink) Southern Broadcasting Network
Broadcast television networks	Shop TV⁷ SolarFlix³ Solar Learning⁷ Solar Sports
Pay television networks	Front Row Channel⁸
Online, digital and interactive	Jack TV
Miscellaneous	Easy TV (defunct)
Defunct television networks	2nd Avenue⁴ Basketball TV Blink (40%)⁶ C/S Origin C/S 9 CT Chase Diva Universal² eGG Network⁹ ETC³ Jack CITY Jack TV MTVph⁵ My Movie Channel NBA League Pass NBA Premium TV Solar All Access Solar News Channel (50%)³ (34%)¹ Solar TV Solar USA Talk TV (50%)³ TGC Universal Channel²
Affiliates	Solar News (former division) Radio Philippines Network (34%) Solar Television Network (former subsidiary)
¹Former joint venture with Radio Philippines Network ²Joint venture with Universal Networks International ³Affiliate with Southern Broadcasting Network ⁴Former affiliate with Rajah Broadcasting Network ⁵Joint venture with Paramount International Networks Asia ⁶Co-owned with SM Lifestyle Entertainment ⁷Digital-only. On test broadcast. ⁸Distribution only. Channel owned by Jungo TV. ⁹Distribution only. Channel owned by Astro.