Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, Inc. (BEAM) is a telecommunications company in the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

with primary focus on UHF broadcasting and

digital terrestrial television Digital terrestrial television (DTTV or DTT, or DTTB with "broadcasting") is a technology for terrestrial television in which land-based (terrestrial) television stations broadcast television content by radio waves to televisions in consumers' ...

for the convergence of multimedia. It is owned by Bethlehem Holdings, Inc., a media investment company of

Globe Telecom Globe Telecom, Inc., commonly shortened as Globe, is a major provider of telecommunications services in the Philippines. The company operates the largest mobile network in the Philippines and one of the largest fixed-line and broadband networks ...

through its Retirement Fund group. The frequency currently used by BEAM (channel UHF 31 of Manila and its provincial outlets) had been previously used by

Radio Mindanao Network Radio Mindanao Network, Inc. (RMN), d.b.a. RMN Networks or RMN Network, is a Filipino media company based in Makati, Philippines. It is primarily involved is one of the largest radio networks. Its corporate office is located at the 4th Floor ...

(under the affiliates, CTV-31 (Cinema Television) and E! Philippines) from October 31, 1993, to June 1, 2003, prior to the acquisition by BHI/Globe in 2009.

History

BEAM was established in 1993 by the Canoy family, owners of

. Its Congressional broadcast franchise was granted in 1995. At that time, it only owned one FM radio station in Dagupan. In 2009, Bethlehem Holdings Inc., an investment firm of the Globe Telecom Retirement Group Fund, acquired BEAM from the Canoys (coinciding with the acquisition of a large stake in another broadcast firm, Altimax, from Mel Velarde). Throughout the 2010s, BEAM began transitioning its analog channels in key cities nationwide to digital broadcast via ISDB-T. Aside from blocktimers, BEAM is now looking for local and foreign partnerships to allocate and generate content up to seven digital free TV channels. On July 30, 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte signed by Republic Act No. 11482 An act renewing for another twenty-five (25) years the Franchise Granted to Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, Inc. Under Republic Act No. 8098 To Construct, Install, Establish, Operate, and Maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the Philippines.

Stations

Television

Analog terrestrial

* ''Note: Effective January 1, 2022, all BEAM TV Analog stations permanently ceased its transmission as its fully migrated in digital broadcast format.''

Digital terrestrial

Digital subchannels

BEAM TV's nationwide digital broadcast is multiplexed into the following subchannels:

Inactive stations

Programming

References

External links

Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, Inc. on KBP

NOW Corporation
{{Television in the Philippines Television networks in the Philippines Mass media companies of the Philippines Globe Telecom subsidiaries Companies based in Mandaluyong