Dream Satellite TV

Dream Satellite TV

Dream Satellite TV
Type	Satellite television
Country	Philippines
Availability	National
Slogan	Reaching You, Touching You
Owner	Philippine Multi-Media System, Inc.
Launch date	2001
Official website	www.dream.com.ph

Dream Satellite TV is the first all-digital Direct-To-Home (DTH) television broadcasting service via satellite in the Philippines. Broadcasting from the Dream Broadcast Center located at the Clark Special Economic Zone in Pampanga. Content is received from program providers, compressed and broadcast via Koreasat 5 (Mugunghwa 5)^[1] in DVB-S and NTSC color format exclusively to its subscribers using the Integrated Receiver-Decoder and the Conax Nagravision 2 Encryption System.^[2] Because of the satellite technology, all parts of the Philippines are reachable by the service and the signal is always clear.^[3]

To receive Dream's broadcasting signals, subscribers must acquire a 55 cm in diameter satellite dish antenna, an Integrated Receiver-Decoder (IRD) and a Dream Conditional Access Card (Smart Card). To provide security and protection, the satellite signals of Dream shall be encrypted using a Conditional Access System. Thus, exclusive use of Dream programs and services will only be available to Dream subscribers.

History

In April 1997, Dream was incorporated to the Philippine Multi-Media System, Inc. (PMSI). On February 6, 1998, the Philippine Congress passed into law Republic Act No. 8630 which granted PMSI a franchise to construct, install, maintain and operate for commercial purposes and in the public interest, television and radio broadcasting in the Philippines. The franchise term is 25 years. On February 1, 2000, The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) granted a provisional authority to engage in Direct-To-Home (DTH) satellite services. On February 7, 2001, the PMSI inaugurates its Dream Broadcasting Center at Clark Development Center, and on April 22, 2001, the commercial launch of Dream Broadcasting System, the first DTH system in the Philippines, took place.^[4]

Status of competition and controversy

Dream Satellite TV filed a complaint with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) against Global Broadcasting and Multimedia, Inc. (G Sat) for offering A DTH service in the Philippines without a franchise and a license from Philippine authorities, namely the Philippine Congress for a broadcast franchise and the NTC for a Certificate of Public Convenience .^[5] Aside from Dream, the Lopez group SkyCable also filed a similar complaint against GBMI. It argued that GBMI's illegal entry into the industry will result in the unnecessary duplication of an existing service that existing cable TV and DTH-TV service providers already adequately provide. ^[6]

Channel Listing

The following channel as of November 12, 2011

Genre
Local	Movies	General Entertainment	Documentary	Kids
News	Sports	Music	Foreign	Religious

Channel	Network	Minimum Package	Group(s)	Notes
1	TV Maria	Dream Lite 390
2	ABS-CBN	Dream Lite 390
3	Net 25	Dream Lite 390
4	TV5	Dream Lite 390
5	GMA	Dream Lite 390
6	ETC	Dream Lite 390		Currently using RPN frequency.
7	IBC	Dream Lite 390		Shared programming with AKTV.
8	Studio 23	Dream Lite 390
9	UNTV	Dream Lite 390
10	The Old Path	Dream Lite 390
11	Living Asia Channel	Dream Lite 390
12	GMA News TV	Dream Lite 390
13	MTV Southeast Asia	Dream Lite 390
14	Nickelodeon	Dream Lite 390
15	Cartoon Network	Dream Lite 390
16	Animax	Dream Lite 390
17	STAR World	Dream Lite 390
18	STAR Movies	Dream Lite 390
19	HBO	Dream Lite 390
20	AXN	Dream Lite 390
21	Bio	Dream Lite 390
22	Discovery Channel	Dream Lite 390
23	STAR Sports	Dream Lite 390
24	CNN International	Dream Lite 390
25	BBC World News	Dream Star 650
26	TLC	Dream Star 650
27	Asian Food Channel	Dream Star 650
28	National Geographic Channel	Dream Star 650
29	Animal Planet	Dream Star 650
30	History	Dream Star 650
31	MBC	Dream Star 650	(Korean)	Premium
32	Screen RED	Dream Star 650	(Chinese)	With (English) subtitles.
33	Diva Universal	Dream Star 650
34	AXN Beyond	Dream Star 650
35	CI	Dream Star 650
36	Australia Network	Dream Star 650
37	DW-TV Asia+	Dream Lite 390
38	ESPN	Dream Star 650
201	90.7 Love Radio	Dream Lite 390		Radio Channel
202	101.1 Yes! FM	Dream Lite 390		Radio Channel
203	The Edge Radio	Dream Lite 390		Radio Channel
204	CMN Radio	Dream Lite 390		Radio Channel
205	106.7 Energy FM	Dream Lite 390		Radio Channel
206	BBC Radio	Dream Lite 390		Radio Channel
207	93.9 iFM	Dream Lite 390		Radio Channel
208	RJ 100	Dream Lite 390		Radio Channel
209	Planet Rock	Dream Lite 390		Radio Channel
210	Radyo ng Bayan/RMN Manila	Dream Lite 390		Radio Channel

References

1. ^ Dream TV Taps South Korea's Mugunghwa 5 Satellite: http://www.mb.com.ph/node/236266
2. ^ Dream Satellite TV on Koreasat 5 at 113.0°E: http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/dream.html Archived 20 July 2007 at WebCite
3. ^ Dream Satellite TV About Us: http://www.dream.com.ph/aboutus/about_profile.asp Archived 20 July 2007 at WebCite
4. ^ Dream Satellite TV Historical Highlights: http://www.dream.com.ph/aboutus/about_history.asp?npage=66 Archived 20 July 2007 at WebCite
5. ^ Dream TV operator seeks regulator help over satellite TV dispute retrieved via www.abs-cbnnews.com 01-19-2009
6. ^ SkyCable sues DTH competitor retrieved via www.yehey.com 01-19-2009