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Entertainment => Film & TV Talk => Television => Topic started by: pyeponce on May 12, 2012 at 10:24 AM
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http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/05/11/12/sky-cable-buys-destiny-cable%E2%80%99s-assets
"MANILA, Philippines - Three companies, including Destiny Cable, have to agreed sell their cable TV and broadband internet assets and subscribers to the Lopez-owned Sky Cable Corp. (SKY).
Destiny Cable Inc. (DCI), Solid Broadband Corporation (SBC), and Uni-Cable TV Inc. (UNI) said they "have recently forged an agreement" with SKY "to further improve the services provided to their Destiny cable television and MyDestiny broadband internet subscribers."
---as per the article, there will be no disruption of services and change in current monthly fees to current destiny cable and internet subscribers, but new services will be made available soon -- hopefully full digital cable TV including the different hd bundles sky currently offers its subscribers. :)
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wouldn't this end up to be like a monopoly situation? it also means that the alternate service using analog distribution of Destiny will cease to exist and current subscribers will be forced to migrate to their digital subscription plans...
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sana magkaroon na ng digibox at Animax channel ang Destiny. :D
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naku po. baka maging mandatory na ang switch to digibox service. that means, goodbye cable tv splitter =P
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stupid philippine regulators!
so that means you dont have a choice no more >:(
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stupid philippine regulators!
so that means you dont have a choice no more >:(
meron pa rin naman mga small cable tv operators na nasa metro manila. www.cablelink.com.ph
sa provincial areas, meron pa rin yung small privately owned cable tv operators na magaganda rin ang mga channel selections.
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Are there no anti-trust laws that cover these type of buy-outs? With Destiny being the only real competitor, sky can now jack up their subscription cost and the consumers have no other choice. Destiny's current channel lineup cost only a fraction (500-600?) compared to sky (gold - 900?) if one subscribes to the same channel lneup.
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naku po. baka maging mandatory na ang switch to digibox service. that means, goodbye cable tv splitter =P
You can still use the splitter even you've switch to digibox although channels will be rumble.
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And the gov allowed this? Wow.
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I'm a subscriber of Destiny internet so whats next?
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I'm a subscriber of Destiny internet so whats next?
wala pa. we wait pa. chances are they will keep the operations of destiny as-is for now. pero sa pagtagal, expect that the channel lineup will be revised and "new subscription plans" will be available.
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Has the sale been approved by the SEC?
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Damn. Kaya nga ako umalis sa Sky at lumipat sa Destiny, para maiwasan yung lintik na digibox na yan! >:(
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I just received a letter from sky cable this morning. Basically telling me that sky has bought out destiny cable and destiny internet... and that i will still enjoy all destiny cable channels, internet services customer service numbers at the same price...
But the question is...
For how long?!
They did this to us when we were with home cable in pasig
They did this to us when we were Country Cable in pque (old school na ito)
I find sky cable's packages overpriced considering the channel line up that they have and comparing the to existing and past non sky cable providers.
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They did this to us when we were with home cable in pasig
also got the letter during the weekend and yan din ang pumasok sa isip ko. home cable din ako dati dahil nga mas mura pero nung na acquire yun na, naging sky high na rin ang pricing. hay! monopoly kills consumers talaga
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after Sky takes over Destiny, I think the only other cable company in Metro Manila is Cablelink ... and there's the satellite systems for HD option - Cignal and Dream ... haven't heard of Dream for quite some time though
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I just received a letter from sky cable this morning. Basically telling me that sky has bought out destiny cable and destiny internet... and that i will still enjoy all destiny cable channels, internet services customer service numbers at the same price...
But the question is...
For how long?!
They did this to us when we were with home cable in pasig
They did this to us when we were Country Cable in pque (old school na ito)
I find sky cable's packages overpriced considering the channel line up that they have and comparing the to existing and past non sky cable providers.
I just recieved a letter yesterday, saying the same thing.. Oh, man! :(
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me too, got that dreaded letter..the countdown begins when the good times are over >:(. Once we become skycable subscribers, i will cancel my cable service and switch to cablelink (sana may service sa amin).
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Is Cablelink a good cable tv company and do they require digiboxes as well? I hope not because I'll probably switch too. Need to avoid sky like a plague.
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Ang Cignal ba under skycable.
May website ba ang cablelink
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Ang Cignal ba under skycable.
May website ba ang cablelink
First question - i believe not.
Second Question - Let me google that for you. Ayun o. Click Me (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cable+link#)
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it's not mandatory to have digibox.
i'm a sky silver user for about 15 years now, but still not switching to digibox :)
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It isn't mandatory, but you slowly lose your channels. They most recently switched ESPN to Digibox-only access.
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That is true and that has happened to my mom's sky cable = palabo ng palabo ng reception hanggang napilitan syang mag pa digi box. Ayun, pati regular dating cable luminaw reception!
I have destiny as well. And I have Cignal. Planning to give up destiny na and just add 2 Cignal boxes for my additional 2 TVs. Cignal is way way better than Destiny.
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I noticed, ever since skycable took over destiny, lumabo na mga channels.... para ma-force ka to take their package na walang kwenta, mahal pa!!!
nakakainis talaga!!! >:(
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As we use both Sky & Destiny, we have now cancelled the Destiny subscription.
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I'm still using both, since Destiny has The Game Channel, Warner TV and TCM; while Sky Gold has ANC and Balls. The other channels are either the same or I don't care about.
Will drop one soon, though.
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I just noticed... Bakit walang dumadating na bill?? ???
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Sa amin walang dumating na bill. Pero kolektor meron ;D
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I noticed, ever since skycable took over destiny, lumabo na mga channels.... para ma-force ka to take their package na walang kwenta, mahal pa!!!
nakakainis talaga!!! >:(
Nabasag audio ng ETC at ng Universal, tapos yung Universal, nagkaroon pa ng Chinese subtitles. :-\
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Sa amin walang dumating na bill. Pero kolektor meron ;D
nakaauto debit na samin para walang hassle din sa pagbayad
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wala kming ABS-CBN mula nun sat... kayo ba mayron? sa muntinlupa area kami...
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Mayroon ABS sir sa QC sa Destiny
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talked to our destiny collector. hanggang august na lang daw sila....
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there ought to be a law against monopolies... >:(
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there ought to be a law against monopolies... >:(
+1
Binili ng sky yung Home Cable tapos ngayon Destiny naman!? Baka later on pati Cignal bilhin na di nila?
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destiny cable subscriber here. no cable since friday. may nasira daw sa paranaque area... badtrip... long weekend and no cable.
anyone from around the area na destiny subscriber din?
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kami nawalan ng destiny cable for 2 days around 2weeks ago. It looks like naghahanda sa sila with the integration with skycable. Super bad trip, that means we all have to subscribe to those digi boxes.
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+1
Binili ng sky yung Home Cable tapos ngayon Destiny naman!? Baka later on pati Cignal bilhin na di nila?
Cignal is owned by the PLDT group of MVP so malabong ibenta yan.. baka sila pa ang bumili ng Sky later on..
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kami nawalan ng destiny cable for 2 days around 2weeks ago. It looks like naghahanda sa sila with the integration with skycable. Super bad trip, that means we all have to subscribe to those digi boxes.
whats your area sir?
naku sana naman wag mag digi box ang destiny...
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destiny cable subscriber here. no cable since friday. may nasira daw sa paranaque area... badtrip... long weekend and no cable.
anyone from around the area na destiny subscriber din?
destiny subscriber from paranaque too, but no interruptions, buti na lang
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samin naman walang signal yung nba premium for about a week already. they said that they are transferring their system to sky kaya hindi ma activate yung nba premium. hopefully this week eh maibabalik na daw.
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destiny subscriber from paranaque too, but no interruptions, buti na lang
swerte mo =) baka bandang bicutan area ka? ako multinational village eh. badtrip nga. long weekend and di ako maka watch ng mga news and docus.
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swerte mo =) baka bandang bicutan area ka? ako multinational village eh. badtrip nga. long weekend and di ako maka watch ng mga news and docus.
From Moonwalk Paranaque Here.
No Cable TV + Cable Internet from Thursday evening to Sunday Evening. Kagabi lang bumalik.
Do you think those peeps would proactively pro-rate our bills? i would think not.
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From Moonwalk Paranaque Here.
No Cable TV + Cable Internet from Thursday evening to Sunday Evening. Kagabi lang bumalik.
Do you think those peeps would proactively pro-rate our bills? i would think not.
wow! swerte mo...
ang sabi ng customer service eh mag pro-rate daw sila.
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Destiny Cable subscriber here. P500 ang monthly.
Next year, fully transitioned to Sky Cable na daw. May mas cheap pa ba na package sa Sky Cable? We only need ABS-CBN and BabyTV eh. ;D
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P500 is just enough for cable. Anything more than that is robbery. Some skycable users i know pay P2k/month for about 4digiboxes :o
Sana may other alternative in our place aside from satellite dish.
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I'll be moving on to CableLink. P450 a month with HD options.
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kami COMClark na dito sa Region 3 noon pa, 620 lang HD na lahat ng channels...3 cable boxes pa yun!
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May nakatanggap na ng bagong billing statement? papalitan yung account numbers di ba?
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yup. my september bill had a new 9 digit account number
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yup. my september bill had a new 9 digit account number
Ayaw tanggapin sa SM Mega bills payment. Error daw, Saan kayo nagbabayad pa?
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cablelink na lang ang chance natin. hope they service our areas.
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May nakatanggap na ng bagong billing statement? papalitan yung account numbers di ba?
New bill sent just the other day.
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Ayaw tanggapin sa SM Mega bills payment. Error daw, Saan kayo nagbabayad pa?
I pay all my bills online via Citibank Savings account.
Either that or enrolled sa Citibank Cashback card ko.
I can't remember the last time I went out to pay for a utility bill. Sayang oras.
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Dumating na new bill ko, updated naman ako pero P1,000.00 ang amount due ko ngayon na dapat P500.00 lang. Trying to contact them at 654-9977 na ibinigay na no. ng collector pero hindi ako makakontak.
Btw, pansin ko din pumangit ang reception ng Destiny after buyout ng Skycable.
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Dumating na new bill ko, updated naman ako pero P1,000.00 ang amount due ko ngayon na dapat P500.00 lang.
- this happened to me too i wonder what's up with this...
Trying to contact them at 654-9977 na ibinigay na no. ng collector pero hindi ako makakontak.
Btw, pansin ko din pumangit ang reception ng Destiny after buyout ng Skycable.
- I have noticed this as well.
Friggin burn in h3ll, skycable!!! :D
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Dumating na new bill ko, updated naman ako pero P1,000.00 ang amount due ko ngayon na dapat P500.00 lang. Trying to contact them at 654-9977 na ibinigay na no. ng collector pero hindi ako makakontak.
Btw, pansin ko din pumangit ang reception ng Destiny after buyout ng Skycable.
Tumawag din ako dyan kanina pero napuputol hehe
tapos tumawag ako sa skycable customer hotline sabi nila destiny pa din daw ang naghahawak ng destiny accounts hehe
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Wala pa daw database ang SM, sa LBC tinanggap.
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Got my bill with a balance from last month as well. Di ko rin makita contact number nila. Wala sa bill, style bulok haha
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This time, i just got my MyDestiny Internet bill which is usually 999 bucks.
New 9 digit account number as well.
Guess what?
P1998 ang amount due even if im never behind my payments.
Dear Sky Cable Corporation
Friggin' burn in h3ll!
Love
S.O.K. :)
Punyeta lang kasi dahil di abot ng linya ng cable link yung sa bahay namin.
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Up to now i havent paid my Sept dues coz i havent receive my new 9 digit account number.
Got an email from SkyCable Accounting Department informing me about my dues but after i replied to ask for my new account number, i havent got any reply from them.
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Yung destiny cable ko dati malinaw, ngayon dahil na buy out na ng sky lumalabo ng lumalabo na, just like what happened to my previous sky cable lumabo ng lumabo hanggat napilitan i-digi box - aytun luminaw lahat kahit hindi digital signal.
I'm pretty sure sinasadya ng sky to para mag digi box na din ako sa destiny.
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The Destiny (SkyCable) Channel Line Up suddenly got some very good additions:
BALLS
beTV
AXN
Now I'm really wondering: What's the catch? Surely SkyCable can't continue offering all these channels for half of what SkyCable Gold costs. :-\
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^^ what channel number are they in Mr. Hankey?
I haven't channel surfed for a while...
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I've rearranged my channels on my TV, so I'm not too sure.
36, 61, 62 yata, based on my DVR's tuner.
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Im one very happy customer as of this moment! Additional AXN, BeTV and BallsTV!! Wooooow...
.... now i dread that theres a very big catch soon :(
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I've rearranged my channels on my TV, so I'm not too sure.
36, 61, 62 yata, based on my DVR's tuner.
Thanks again for the info. Found balls and axn yung beTV na lang.
Very nice additions indeed.
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kami nga umalis sa skycable because of their horrible service, remember when nawalan ang destiny ng service sa pasig area for three weeks recently, ng dumating ang bill they were charging the full amount for the month in question, when I called them up to dispute the bill for services not rendered, the destiny hotline was telling me to take up the matter with sky, when I called up sky I was bluntly told that "it is not their concern and I should take up the matter with destiny", in spite of my repeated calls and letters, no one til this day knows who will address my dispute with the bill, I still keep getting the bill reflecting the full amount for that month
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Im one very happy customer as of this moment! Additional AXN, BeTV and BallsTV!! Wooooow...
.... now i dread that theres a very big catch soon :(
Remember peter...
With great channels
Come great charges...
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I like it that they are slowly inserting stations from Sky including ANC. Huwag lang sanang tanggalin yung other channels like History, TLC. etc.
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I like it that they are slowly inserting stations from Sky including ANC.
May ANC na? Will have to look for that...
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Channel 61 ang AXN. What channel ang ANC?
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DZMM Teleradyo pala on Ch. 25. Ads lang pala for ANC yung nakita ko sa said channel.
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whats anc?
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ABS-CBN News Center
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honestly, mas maganda ang Star Sports at ESPN sa Destiny kaysa sa Sky Cable. (walang pesteng ads na sinisingit sa critical parts ng broadcast! >:()