DZBC-DTV (digital channel 30) is a television station in

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. It is owned by Byers Communications and operated by

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under a subchannel lease agreement. Its transmitter is located in

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. The station is inactive as of January 2022, and after 3 years, returning on air on April 3, 2025 with a short hours.

History

Prior to its resurface, Byers was assigned on UHF 68 by the

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(NTC). In 1992, Byers launched Intervision on Channel 68 as a UHF pay television service. A year later, however, ceased its operations due to an intense competition with cable operators, particularly

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. In 2018, the NTC granted Byers Communications a television license assigned on UHF 30 for pay television purposes. Solar Entertainment and Byers signed an agreement wherein Solar will operate multiple subchannels on UHF 30 via digital terrestrial transmission. In 2018, Solar launched its commercial freemium digital TV service

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. The service, however, ceased its operations on September 30, 2019. As of August 2020, this station currently carries the Solar Learning channel, which rebroadcasts a live feed from the

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's DepEd TV programming service.

Digital channels

UHF Channel 30 (569.143 MHz)

References

{{Metro Manila TV Television stations in Metro Manila