 "Changing Lives Through God's Words" | |
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| City | Quezon City |
| Channels | |
| Branding | INC TV |
| Programming | |
| Subchannels | See list of subchannels |
| Affiliations | INC TV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Christian Era Broadcasting Service International |
| INC Radio DZEM 954 | |
| History | |
| Founded | July 21, 2005,(as GEM TV) October 31, 2012,(as INC TV) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 49 (2005–2017) |
Call sign meaning | DZ ChristianEra |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | NTC |
| Power | 30 kW (analog) 10 kW (digital) |
| ERP | 246 kW (analog) 25 kW (digital) |
| Links | |
| Website | inctv |
DZCE-TV (channel 48) is atelevision station inMetro Manila, Philippines, serving as theflagship of the INCTV network.Owned and operated byChristian Era Broadcasting Service International, a broadcast ministry of theIglesia ni Cristo (an independent Philippine Christian church),[1] the station maintains studio and transmitter facilities located at Milton Hills Subdivision, Redeemer St., Brgy. New Era,Quezon City.
The channel was first launched in 2000 as a cable-only television station under the longer nameIglesia ni Cristo Television, carrying the Church's long line of evangelical television programs that had begun in mid-1983 on thePeople's Television Network andRadio Philippines Network and later on other TV networks in the country. The arrival ofNet 25 in 1999, joined by the launch of the cable station, unified all the shows into two stations, one on cable and one on FTA television. In mid-2005, the cable station was relaunched asGEM TV (Global Expansion Media Television), with a mix of religious and secular programs — which includes selected shows fromDeutsche Welle and operated with a power of a meager 1 kilowatt. Owing likely to budget considerations, over-the-air operations were limited to just 12 hours a day (between the hours of 6 a.m. and 12 noon, and 6 p.m. and 12 midnight); its existing cable presence allowed the channel to continue broadcast round-the-clock during OTA off-air hours.
From September 1 until 7, 2009, GEM TV, along withEBC-ownedNet 25, were the only stations airing the live coverage of the wake and funeral of Iglesia ni Cristo's executive ministerEraño Manalo.[2][3]
On October 9, 2012, channel 49 once again conducted test broadcasts as part of CEBSI's purchase of the station's new transmitter equipment, increasing its transmission output to 30 kilowatts. It also began to broadcast over-the-air in the afternoon hours, which was impossible with its decommissioned transmitter. On October 31, 2012, coinciding with the birth anniversary of Iglesia ni Cristo's Executive MinisterEduardo Manalo, who took over upon his father's death three years ago, GEM TV ceased broadcast and merged itself with the existing INC TV channel on cable, making the religious channel available on free television. Since the relaunch of INCTV, religious programs of theIglesia ni Cristo are the only programs shown on the station, as secular content was removed from its schedule.
It is broadcast on both Channel 48 on analog terrestrial TV, and on Channels 28 (or LCN 25.03 and 25.04 via Net 25 Digital TV) and 49 (or LCN 1.01, 1.02 and 1.03) on digital terrestrial TV in Metro Manila; and as a digital subchannel in Baguio, Lucena, Naga City,Cebu City, andDavao, via Net 25 Digital TV. This station is also carried by major cable operators in the country led bySkyCable (in Mega Manila, INC TV is available on Channels 20 and 136),Cablelink (Channel 96), SatLite,G Sat (Channel 76) andCignal (Channel 180).
INCTV has been reaching television audiences on theUnited States,Canada, numerousAsian andEuropean countries,Australia andNew Zealand, as well as theMiddle East andNorth Africa.
In time for the INC Centennial Year, new programs were created for the channel. The year 2014, also saw the start of the channel's new tradition - themes for the month, which are also promoted in Net 25 as well since recently.
From 2014, INC TV became the first Filipino religious TV network, and the third television network — followingRPN andPTV — to broadcast its floatable digital clock during the course of the network's broadcast. The said move, however, finally abandoned in January 2018, as the network finally transitioned to fullHigh Definition (HD) 16:9 screen ratio.
In 2015, twoDZEM radio programs began to be shown on the channel as well.
In 2016, INCTV, the newest member of the Anak TV, bagged the most number of child-friendly television program awards (23 in all) in the Anak TV Seal Awards, the biggest for a young channel as this.[4]
In 2018, the channel's news programming was revamped, and currently several of these are now bilingual to serve the needs of the church's local and international membership.
On April 16, 2020, INCTV was removed fromDirecTV with the reason given that the channel had ceased operations.[citation needed]
On July 27, 2022, in conjunction with the celebration ofIglesia ni Cristo's 108th anniversary, INC TV unveiled its newest station ID, which features its newest logo and its slogan, "Changing Lives Through God's Words."
DZCE broadcasts its digital signal on UHF Channel 49 (683.143 MHz) and is multiplexed into the following subchannels:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming | Note |
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| 1.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | INCTV HD | INC TV(Main DZCE-TV programming) | Test Broadcast |
| 1.2 | INCTV HD1 | ||||
| 1.3 | 480i | INCTV SD |
In addition,Christian Era Broadcasting Service International operates its channel onDZEC-TV UHF Channel 28 (557.143 MHz)
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.01 | 1080i | 16:9 | NET25 HD | Net 25 (Main DZEC-TV programming)/Eagle Broadcasting Corporation | Test broadcast |
| 25.02 | 480i | NET25 SD | |||
| 25.03 | 1080i | INCTV HD | INC TV | ||
| 25.04 | 480i | INCTV SD |
During its GEM TV days, DZCE was the first broadcast television station in the Philippines to broadcast using theISDB-T system in 2009.
From September 7, 2017, in time for its 8th year since INC's Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo entered office, INCTV was granted a "special authority" from theNational Telecommunications Commission to move its analog feed from UHF Channel 49 to Channel 48 (prior to this, the Channel 48 frequency was being used byPeople's Television Network, Inc. for their trial transmissions in digital TV until 2015) to allow the former channel to simulcast digitally in full-time, which began two days earlier (September 5). The shift was arranged for the station until its management announce its intention to permanently shut down analog broadcasts and go digital-only.
| Branding | Callsign | Ch. # | Power (kW) | Station Type | Location |
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| INC TV-48 Manila | DZCE-TV | TV-48 | 30 kW | Originating | Metro Manila |
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