INCTV and NET25 on digital television

Screengrabs taken from our TVplus box

Since the early part of January 2018, INCTV and NET25, the television arms of the Iglesia Ni Cristo through the religious-oriented Christian Era Broadcasting Service International (which also operates DZEM 954) and the more secular-oriented Eagle Broadcasting Corporation, has began broadcasting on full 16:9 in standard definition for both analog and digital television, including cable and satellite. This is after the Church-affiliated television stations restarted full-time broadcasts on digital television on September 5, 2017.

It may also be noticed that INCTV has already been broadcasting on both HD and SD on digital television since December 2017, and while NET25 has also converted to 16:9 on standard definition, its HD version, which arguably has better quality than its SD counterpart, is yet to be seen, as for now its frequency still carries 3 subchannels.

May it also be remembered that both channels have been testing the ISDB-T standard during the wee hours (12:00mn to 4:00am) since 2015, with six subchannels (2 high-definition channels, 2 standard-definition channels, and 2 one-segment channels), as the frequency (channel 49) was being used by INCTV on analog television since 2012 until September 2017, and with this INCTV transferred its analog signals on channel 48.

INCTV and NET25 can be seen on digital television via channel 49 (683.143 mhz) in Mega Manila. Hopefully, an expansion of its signal reach as some viewers complain they are not able to receive its signals and the conversion of INCTV and NET25 to full high-definition with the elimination of the SD feeds, if not expansion to other markets like Cebu, Davao, or Baguio for example would materialize, as the digital TV signal with clear HD quality would be a great boost in the propagation efforts of the Church.

(Updated: July 2022): Four years since I have posted about the digital television channels of EBC and CEBSI, the transmission power has increased thus resulting in a clearer and crisper high-definition viewing experience. In addition, INCTV HD and NET25 HD can now also be seen via EBC’s digital frequency channel 28 (557.143 mhz). The following are a video recording of INCTV HD and NET25 HD taken during the May 9, 2022 elections: