The Game Channel (abbreviated TGC, stylized on small letters as tgc from January 2014 – February 2015) was a Filipino cable and satellite

television network A television broadcaster or television network is a telecommunications network for the distribution of television show, television content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations, pay television providers or ...

owned and produced by

Solar Entertainment Corporation Solar Entertainment Corporation (also known as Solar Entertainment, and simply known as Solar or SEC) is a Mass media in the Philippines, Filipino Mass media, media company based in Makati, Philippines. Founded and owned by the brothers, Wilso ...

who also created the networks

My Movie Channel My Movie Channel (formerly Blink Cinema) was a 24-hour Filipino cable and satellite television network based in Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong. Owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation, It currently airs movies from Hollywood and around the world, ...

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, BTV.Solar TV and IBM Sign Subscription Services Agreement for better content management
retrieved at Lyngsat.com 07-04-2012 It was available over

Destiny Cable Destiny Cable (formerly Global Destiny Cable and stylized as DESTINY CABLE) was a direct-to-home cable television subscription service based in Quezon City. Destiny Cable was the 2nd largest cable TV provider in the Philippines. It was owned by ...

channel 89 and

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channel 225. This network is more focused on family game shows and reality game shows.

History

Initial broadcast and BEAM Channel 31 affiliate

The Game Channel launched on April 8, 2011 on

. It conducted its initial test broadcast from April 8, 2011 until September 29. Recently, it had launched its initial broadcast on

BEAM Channel 31 DWKC-DTV (channel 31) is a television station in Metro Manila, Philippines, serving as the flagship of Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, Inc. Its main office is located at the 3rd floor, Globe Telecom Plaza 1, Pioneer St. cor. Madison ...

on August 15, 2011. It had its official broadcast together with its former affiliated free TV network BEAM Channel 31 on September 30, 2011. On October 1, 2011, The Game Channel (together with its latter free-to-air broadcasting partner – BEAM TV Channel 31) was formally launched on

SkyCable 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 ...

via channel 84 (in compliance with the NTC's rules of must-carry basis) and it was available through its digital platform.

The Game Channel & CHASE

On December 24, The Game Channel limited its broadcast on daytime sharing with a new channel

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(later

Jack City Jack City (visually rendered in its logo all capital letters) was a Philippines, Filipino cable television, cable and Satellite television, satellite television network based in Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong. Formerly known as Chase (TV channel), ...

and now CT) which takes over the evening block.

Chase goes 24

In the middle of February 2012, while

started its broadcast, there is an investigator note appeared on every show of

Chase Chase or CHASE may refer to: Businesses * Chase Bank, a national American financial institution * Chase UK, a British retail bank * Chase Aircraft (1943–1954), a defunct American aircraft manufacturer * Chase Coaches, a defunct bus operator in ...

(which is located on the lower-left side on the TV screens). Noted that CHASE goes 24. After that event, on February 15, 2012, The Game Channel bid farewell to the Free-TV Viewers.

took all over its permanent blocktime broadcast. This network was broadcast on

(channel 89) on the same day.

Replaced by My Movie Channel

After almost 3 years of broadcasting, The Game Channel announced that they would no longer be broadcasting on television effective February 28, 2015 and gave thanks to its viewers before they signed off for the last time. It was replaced by

, which can be seen on

(Digital) Channel 219 (Analog) Channel 89 and

(Digital) Channel 225, starting on March 1, 2015. However, it did not last long, as Solar Entertainment announced that My Movie Channel would also cease to exist just four months later, on July 1, 2015.

Programming

Final aired programs

Game Shows

* Jeopardy! (season 29) * Wheel of Fortune (season 30) * The Got Talent (season 31)

Reality Shows

America's Got Talent (season 8) The eighth season of American talent show competition series ''America's Got Talent'' was broadcast on NBC from June 4 to September 18, 2013. Following the previous season, Sharon Osbourne left the program following a dispute with the network ...

* Fat March (season 1) *

The Bachelorette (season 9) The ninth season of ''The Bachelorette'' premiered on May 27, 2013. This season features 27-year-old Desiree Hartsock, a bridal stylist from Northglenn, Colorado. Hartsock finished in fourth place on season 17 of The Bachelor featuring Sean ...

* The Bachelor (season 10) * The Biggest Loser (season 10) *The Kitchen Millionaire * Top Chef (season 10) * Total Blackout (season 2) * Philippines Got Talent (aired on ABS-CBN)

Other

*America's Next Great Restaurant *Game Changers (season 1) *Ice Cold Cash (season 1) * The League (season 3) *Super Shangers (season 1)

Previously aired programs (with BEAM Channel 31)

* RPN News Watch (aired also on BEAM channel 31 and on RPN 9)¹ * RPN NewsCap (aired also on BEAM channel 31 and on RPN 9)¹ *

Jai-Alai Jai alai ( : ) is a Basque sport involving bouncing a ball off a walled-in space by accelerating it to high speeds with a hand-held wicker, commonly referred to as a ''cesta''. It is a variation of Basque pelota. The term ''jai alai'', coined by ...

2011 Presidents Cup The 2011 Presidents Cup was the ninth Presidents Cup, held 17–20 November in Australia at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Black Rock, Victoria, a suburb southeast of Melbourne. The United States team won by a score of 19 to 15 over the Int ...

Minute to Win It ''Minute to Win It'' is an international game show franchise where contestants take part in a series of 60-second challenges that use objects that are commonly available around the house. The first version of ''Minute to Win It'' to air was t ...

(Philippine version is broadcast on ABS-CBN) *Pictureka! * Family Game Night * Dance Your Ass Off (Season 2) * Top Chef: All Stars *

Top Chef Masters (Season 2) The second season of the American reality competition show ''Top Chef Masters'' was announced on October 22, 2009. In addition, it was announced that Gail Simmons would be added as a critic. The season premiered on April 7, 2010 with 22 chefs co ...

* Survivor: Redemption Island * Survivor: South Pacific * Top Chef: Just Desserts (Season 1) *

The Price Is Right ''The Price Is Right'' is an American television game show where contestants compete by guessing the prices of merchandise to win cash and prizes. A 1972 revival by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman of their The Price Is Right (1956 American game ...

* Thintervention with Jackie Warner * Top Chef Masters (season 3) * The Biggest Loser: Couples 3 *

Rocco's Dinner Party ''Rocco's Dinner Party'' is an American reality competition series which premiered on June 15, 2011, on the Bravo cable network. Each week, three chefs are challenged to craft the perfect dinner party for celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito and his g ...

* Survivor: One World *

Top Town Top Town was a New Zealand game show series where teams from different towns in New Zealand competed in various obstacle challenges against each other, along the lines of the earlier British series ''It's a Knockout''. The show first ran in New ...

* Splash *

Going Straight ''Going Straight'' is a British television sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale. The programme was a direct sequel to the sitcom ''Porridge'', which all four were inv ...

¹Updated as of September 6, 2013

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Game Channel Defunct television networks in the Philippines Former Solar Entertainment Corporation channels English-language television stations in the Philippines Television channels and stations established in 2011 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2015