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DZEC-TV
Quezon City, Philippines
Branding	Net 25
Slogan	Feed your mind
Channels	Analog: 25 (UHF)
Affiliations	Independent
Owner	Eagle Broadcasting Corporation
Founded	July 27, 1999
Former callsigns	Planet 25
Transmitter Power	3948 kilowatts
Website	www.net-25.com

DZEC-TV is a UHF television station owned by Eagle Broadcasting Corporation. It is commonly known as Net 25. This station studios are located at #882 Maligaya Bldg. II, EDSA, Quezon City.

It is on Channel 25 on terrestrial TV and is carried by major cable operators in the country led by SkyCable and Global Destiny Cable. NET 25 reaches TV audiences on the East Coast, United States and Hawaii and the whole of Asia including Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China as well as Australia.

[edit] History

The station was previously owned by United Broadcasting Network, owner of radio station 96.3 WRocK in Metro Manila. Under the name UltraVision 25, the station started its broadcast operations on July 27, 1999. On April 23, 2000 it was bought by Eagle Broadcasting Corporation and was officially launched in a multimedia exhibit dubbed "Destination: PLANET 25".

In late April 2001, NET 25 was the only station airing live and detailed coverage of the Pro-Estrada Rally (also known as EDSA III). That rally ended in a failed siege of the Malacañang Presidential Palace in May 1, 2001.

Capable of 120 kilowatts of transmitter power (for a total of 7,896 kilowatts ERP), NET 25 boasts of the Philippines' first trilon TV tower that rises to 907 feet above sea level. A state-of-the-art JAMPRO 48-panel antenna and two 60 kw ACRODYNE transmitters complete the tower package. NET 25 also has studios and editing suites for in-house and post-productions.

[edit] Slogans

• Net 25: The New Era of Television (July 27, 1999-November 27, 1999)
• Net 25: Feed Your Mind (November 28, 1999-present)

[edit] Programming

With its initial partnership with TechTV, NET 25 has become a television station devoted to information technology. It carries programs like Fresh Gear, Extended Play, NET Café, Next Step, Computer Chronicle and Audio File. Its station-produced program Convergence is the consistent No. 1 IT show in the Philippines.

NET 25 also shows religious programs of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, such as Ang Tamang Daan and Ang Mga Nagsialis sa Samahang Ang Dating Daan which rebukes and debates claims made towards the Iglesia ni Cristo by UNTV-37 TV programs Ang Dating Daan and Itanong Mo Kay Soriano hosted by Eliseo Soriano of the religious group Ang Dating Daan.

NET 25 also features shows from DW-TV Germany.

[edit] Milestones

[edit] Anak TV Seal

The Southeast Foundation for Children's Television awarded NET 25's Ocean Girl' a special citation called the ANAK TV Seal. It is an award of good housekeeping that is bestowed on TV programs deemed by the public as worthy of support by Filipino families and of patronage by education, business and religious sectors.

Competing with the two largest TV networks, namely, ABS-CBN and GMA Network with eight awards each, NET 25 was awarded with seven awards of the ANAK TV Seal in 2002. The winning TV shows are Zoboomafoo, Pilot Guides, Convergence, Our House, Ocean Girl, New Yankee Workshop and House Calls.

[edit] Net-25 shows

Main article: List of programs broadcast by Net 25

The following is the current primetime line-up of DWMJ-TV:

[edit] On Free TV

Net 25 on Cable TV

-605 cable operators nationwide via the Mabuhay Aguila 2 satellite

[edit] See also

• DWDM 95.5
• GEM TV
• DZEC
• Iglesia Ni Cristo

[edit] External links

• Net-25 Official Website