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| Type | Broadcast television network |
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| Country | |
| Availability | National |
| Owner | EAGLE BROADCASTING CORPORATION Iglesia ni Cristo |
Key people | Art de Guzman, General Manager |
Launch date | July 27 1999 |
Former names | Planet 25 |
Official website | NET-25.com |
New Era Television (Net 25) is the UHF Television network of Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC). It reinforces EBC's national network of five AM stations and an FM station (DZEC 1062 Manila DWDM 95.5 Manila DZEL Lucena DWIN Dagupan DYFX Cebu DXED Davao) located at Metro Manila. The network is poised to offer Filipino viewers a new era in television programming.
It is on Channel 25 on terrestial TV and is carried by major cable operators in the country led by Skycable, Home and Destiny Cables. NET 25 reaches TV audiences in the East Coast, United States and Hawaii and the whole of Asia including Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China as well as Australia.
History
The station started its broadcast operations last July 27, 1999 and was officially launched in a multi-media exhibit dubbed Destination: PLANET 25 last April 23, 2000. The network's vision is to become the premiere values-oriented broadcast communications network. Its mission is to inform, entertain and educate the public by providing high-quality values-centered programs that enrich life.
The station is dedicated to the growth and revolution of the new media era. It is created as a community and a resource - a center of values where its best practices can be explored and where vision and innovation are shared to build new opportunities that enrich life.
NET 25 boasts of the Philippines' first trilon TV tower that soars to an impressive 907 feet above sea level. This makes it one of the tallest and most imposing structures in Metro Manila. NET 25 also boasts of an all-digital production facility complete with studios and editing suites for in-house and post-productions.
Today, NET 25 aims to offer programs that address the viewers' needs whether they are @work, @play, @home, @ school and in need of service. With this strategy, NET 25 is committed to providing wholesome entertainment to all the members of the family.
Programming
In its effort to bring a unique TV viewing experience, NET 25 focuses on informative and educational shows. Hence, the tagline Feed Your Mind. It aims to provide the following program genre to its market: news and information, modern living, arts and culture, modern entertainment and information technology.
With its initial partnership with TechTV, NET 25 was branded as the country's first and only e-channel, the only television station that is devoted to providing information and entertainment on computing, internet, and information technology. With its current programs like Fresh Gear, Extended Play, NET Café, Next Step, Computer Chronicle and Audio File, NET 25 remains to be the country's premier TV network that is dedicated to the developments in the world of IT. Its station-produced program Convergence is the consistent No. 1 IT show in the Philippines.
See Also
- Philippine television networks
- List of Philippine media companies
- Philippine television networks
- Iglesia Ni Cristo
