Comments on: Sky or Destiny for Cable TV?

By: destinini

destinini — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:38:14 +0000

destiny pls bring back basketball tv!!!!

By: neo

neo — Thu, 05 May 2011 16:03:29 +0000

destiny cable bakit naman inalis nyo ang basketball tv channel. tapos sobra daming foreign channel na hindi naman maintindihan kung hindi chinese e indian.

By: Calvin

Calvin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:07:27 +0000

well yeah it should be free, i think the first one is already free for existing customers. actually, free naman talaga sya because you’re just going to rent it. you can get your money back pag ayaw mo na sa sky and in good working condition pa yung unit. well at least ganun ang pagkaalam ko. still haven’t returned my prepaid digibox.

By: jose rizal

jose rizal — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:11:28 +0000

the digibox of sky cable is a big scam!!! if they want to subscribers to use it. Then it should be for free. wtf.. i would be switching now to the illegal antenna that cost around 10,000 pesos. You can bring it with you anytime, anywhere.. and think about this,. it’s a one time fee. unlike for sky cable that you have to pay around 1000 pesos a month. for 10 months you can buy a satellite already.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:06:02 +0000

I use analogue so I can record on a Hard Drive recorder and watch when I like. All the digital services here are no good for that, they need to offer a smart digital box with two tuners and a built in hard drive as in Europe, if they plan to force us all to go digital then make it as good as what we have. I will go to first operator to offer this as a premium box or stay analog as long as possible then get the cheapest just for news.

By: dookieguy

dookieguy — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:17:19 +0000

LOL. Skycable sucks, I mean they say they have a lot of exclusive channels but they’re all UTTER CRAP. I mean stuff like Balls, Maxxxx, KID’S CO, LMAO. Exclusive my white ass, they just play a bunch of old shit and a bunch of crappy shows. I’d rather have Jack TV and Basketball TV than any of the 100+ “exclusive channels” offered by Skycable.

I also wanted to catch the playoffs on basketball TV, and when I heard it could be acquired for P100 a month, I quickly called, but they said I have to install a freaking digibox for 2k. I ain’t paying 2k just to watch BTV which I can get for 500 on Destiny. Didn’t matter, it was available in my condominium. Then I immediately called Destiny.

By: fad

fad — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:17:11 +0000

sucks. i wanted to watch the playoffs (we use skycable), and so i called to have BTV activated. but they told me i had to get a digibox, i said, fine. but then they said our area cannot use a digibox, so i asked “what? so i’ll miss the playoffs?” the operator just laughed, and i said, “so i have to switch to destiny then?” the operator laughed again. fuck skycable. they force you to buy their digibox, and when you do decide to get one, they can’t provide it… stupid m*therf*ckers… time to call destiny cable then.

I’ll miss star world too, but as with you, hope that destiny negotiates with star this may.

calvin: enjoying the playoffs with Destiny hehehe. You can still catch some action in Star sports though.

By: Jewel

Jewel — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:56:18 +0000

Manuel,

If I remember correctly, Crime/Suspense and 2nd Avenue were test broadcast first on Sky before it was made available on Destiny. I think this is also the case with JackTV (formerly Solar USA) Solar Sports and BTV (which was a Sky exclusive)

Also, Meralco is not majority owned by the Lopezes’ anymore.

You pay a premium for Sky because of channels like ANC, Myx, Cinema One, Hero, Velvet, Maxxx, Balls and Lifestyle. Not to mention AXN, Star Movies, Star World, Cinemax, National Geographic, AXN Beyond, Fox Crime and others.

By: Manuel

Manuel — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:10:43 +0000

destiny cable used to be a mirror cable tv provider to skycable. then a few years ago, sky negotiated for an exclusivity contract with star channel to dislodge destiny even though they had not been paying star channel’s fees. these lopezes really can’t stand competition especially when their business is affected. that’s why the channels of destiny was diluted. i just hope that in May 2009, destiny can renegotiate with star to finally bring back all star channels. In fact, ETC, JackTV, and others were originally launched in destiny cable and when sky realized a lot of consumers were watching those channels, they got to carry it also for sky. then they decided to do it on their own with velvet and maxx which to me are terrible copycat channels. that’s how the lopezes do their business. IMO their a bunch of profit hungry cheats in all their businesses especially meralco.

btw, why pay sky extra fees for discovery travel, turbo, cnbc, fox news, playhouse disney, etc. when in fact destiny is carrying all those channels for free. sky’s owners to me are a bunch of greedy individuals.

By: hitman

hitman — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:55:27 +0000

hi guys, lifestyle network, myx, cinema, anc and other abs-cbn channels are exclusively seen only on sky cable manila,,,,, for provincial cable,,,, depende na lang kung carry nila un……… may btv, solar, jack tv, etc, 2nd avenue, c/s or c/s origin mayron din sa provincial,,, as well pbo, star movies, hbo, axn or axn beyond, fox crime, discovery channels (travel and living, home and health, turbo at science), history, bio, crime & investigation, flip etc….. the difference is mas mura ang monthly payment compared to manila….. sky cable is not pang masa (P680 silver or P870 gold), althought more channels are exclusive only on sky cable, (exodus solar channels replaced with new channels last 2008),, while destiny is for pang masa (P450 only and P500 in some areas with espn and star sports)…. but no axn, star channels (except channel v) and animax and 2 abs-cbn channels only (sky has 8 channels)…. lifestyle network and asian food channels are good for womens loves cooking….. cinema one is the best watching tagalog movies compared to pbo, because aired regal, star cinema, maq, viva, etc…. but pbo is commercial free……

correct poh un,,,,,,, many areas in mega manila are victimized of illegal cable connection,,,,, skycable is the first victim and second is global destiny…..even so skycable converts analog to digital cable technology to eliminate the prone illegal connections,,, but the digibox is so cheap, we need to deposit the digibox (P1,500 late last year and now rise to P2,000). global destiny is coming soon to converting digital…… ok lang sana kung low rate kaso 680 kung silver at 870 kung gold……\ maglalabas nga kayo ng ganung amount……

i don’t like destiny. that would mean i’ll lose velvet. ayoko!!!! and hindi maganda ang PBO.

sa akin ok lang destiny kasi nandun and btv (also return on sky cable on premium channel and required digibox to avail this channel) and also pbo,,, but sa totoo lang mas gusto q pa rin ang cinema one kasi mas maraming movies at carry nila ang star cinema….. velvet , lifestyle, and asian food ch. is very good watching for women like u……. for men siempre btv (because of nba), solar sports, espn, star sports, balls (because of ufc) jack tv, maxxx and others…….

dapat may stock sila ng digibox….. alam nila na mayron magpapa-subscribe sa kanila……

destiny has planned also for converting analog to digital cable….. but coming soon…..

Another insider claims that SkyCable wanted to remove ETC and JackTV to make room for their own channels, Velvet and Maxxx. SkyCable wanted to retain C/S, 2nd Avenue, Solar Sports and Basketball TV, but Solar made a decision that they will only renew their contract if SkyCable carries all six channels. Thus, Solar decided to pull out all their channels rather than remove ETC and JackTV…… but btv has return last year (late oct, 2008) to concide the nba 2008-2009 season…… eto pa ung nabasa q sa research q,,,,

oh by the way guys,,, Dream Satellite TV ceased carrying three (3) Solar Channels namely, Solar Sports, ETC and 2nd Avenue effective 01 February, 2009. Dream’s carriage contract with Solar Entertainment which expired on 31 December, 2008 was not renewed by Dream citing financial constraints as its main reason. The three Solar channels were replaced by A&E’s The History Channel, Biography Channel and Crime and Investigation Channel.
kaya wala na din sa dream subs ang solar,,, nakakalungkot naman,,,,, but dont’ worry cable stills carry solar channels in their area…………

PANIG AKOSA DALAWA KASI NAKA SUBSCRIBE DIN AKO SA 2 GIANT CABLE (SKYCABLE AND GLOBAL DESTINY CABLE)…… OK LANG SA AKIN KAHIT UMABOT NG 1,400 UNG BILLS Q BASTA ENJOY NAMAN AQ,,,, DIBA POH??????

calvin: pambihira. isang post na ito ah. hahaha. yung btv sa sky ala-cart lang. you have to request na makuha mo yung channel and pay extra. tama ka, kaya nila tinanggal yung etc and jack para sa channels nila pero 2 years ago news pa ito. pero thanks pa rin sa pagbigay ng iyong opinyon tungkol sa cable tv of your choice.