Destiny Cable (formerly Global Destiny Cable and stylized as DESTINY CABLE) was a direct-to-home

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subscription service based in

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. Destiny Cable was the 2nd largest cable TV provider in the Philippines. It was owned by

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History

On January 1, 1995, the Philippines’ commission attached to the Department of Transportation and Communications, the

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(NTC) granted a

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with provisional authority to install, operate and maintain telecommunications, broadcast and cable antenna television services to Destiny Cable Inc was officially launched on January 16, 1995. and allowed to provide cable television services to Metro Manila and nearby municipalities, cities and provinces. Destiny Cable Inc. embarked on marketing promotion through Solid Group Inc. by offering bundled services.

Merger with Global Cable

On November 17, 2000, however, Global Cable, Inc. (GCI) and Destiny Cable, Inc. (DCI) announced that both companies had entered an agreement on merging the television operations of the two companies, of which operates the cable providers; Global Cable and Destiny Cable. In November 2000 Destiny Cable formed a partnership with Global Cable to further strengthen and systematize its cable television ventures. However, it was only on November 2, 2003, that the corporate name was changed to Global Destiny Cable. Global Destiny Cable is perceived to be the closest competitor of

Sky Cable Sky Cable (stylized as SKYcable) is a cable television service of Sky Cable Corporation in the Philippines. It covers areas across the country with both digital and analog cable services, and it has 700,000 subscribers, controlling 45% of th ...

the Philippines' largest cable TV company in Metro Manila. Both have their own associates all over the country and both offer high-speed cable Internet service to its respective subscribers.

Sale to Sky Cable

On November 11, 2012,

eventually acquired the assets of Global Destiny Cable through its parent, Destiny Cable, Inc. at the cost of P3.5 billion in order to improve services to customers of Destiny Cable, UniCable, and MyDestiny broadband Internet. Global Destiny Cable has been reverted to Destiny Cable after separation from Global Cable. On November 12, 2012, Destiny Cable headquarters moved from Solid House Building in

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to Sky Cable's headquarters in

. The NTC consummated Sky's acquisition on December 18, 2012. On November 25, 2018, Destiny Cable announced that it would discontinue its cable TV operations effective January 1, 2019. The final broadcast and sign-off of Destiny Cable was scheduled for December 31, 2018, at 11:59 p.m.

Areas served

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*Cavite Province:

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*Rizal Province:

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, San Mateo, Rodriguez, Taytay,

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, Binangonan *Laguna Province: San Pedro *Cebu Province:

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(UniCable)

References

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* {{CATV Africa, Asia, Middle East and Oceania Sky (cable company) ABS-CBN subsidiaries Cable television companies of the Philippines Television in Metro Manila Companies based in Quezon City Telecommunications companies established in 1995 1995 establishments in the Philippines 2012 mergers and acquisitions 2018 disestablishments in the Philippines