C/S

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C/S

Type	Commercial television network
Country	Philippines
Availability	Defunct
Slogan	Right Here. Right Now
Owner	Solar Entertainment Corporation
Key people	Wilson Tieng (President) William Tieng (Chairman) Willy Y. Tieng (Vice-chairman)
Launch date	October 15, 2005
Dissolved	November 28, 2009
Former names	Solar USA
Picture format	NTSC 480i (SDTV)
Language	English
Replaced by	CHASE (on C/S Origin) Solar TV (on C/S 9)

C/S (standing for Crime/Suspense, originally used as an on-air brand) was used for several Filipino entertainment channels owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation through Solar TV Network. It showed mostly American crime and suspense dramas, mysteries, reality, science fiction and action shows.

History

Solar Entertainment first launched its namesake entertainment cable channel in the early 2000s, one devoted to American programs. This channel was later known as Solar USA (the acronym stands for "Ultimate in Suspense and Action"), and then later simply as USA. USA was replaced by two separate channels in 2005. Solar USA's comedy and general entertainment programming was moved to Jack TV, while action and crime dramas were given a new separate channel, Crime/Suspense, later launched in October of that year.

As part of a partnership established with the Radio Philippines Network, C/S became the on-air brand for its network of over-the-air stations across the Philippines on January 1, 2008. The C/S cable channel was later rebranded as C/S Origin in September of the same year, while the RPN network later changed its branding to C/S 9 the next month, and then changed its name to Solar TV on November 29, 2009.

On December 24, 2011, CHASE was launched. This is the revival TV network of C/S because of its similar format. On October 20, 2012, it was rebranded as Jack City, carrying the same format. On March 22, 2015, Jack City was rebranded as CT.

Programs on C/S

Main article: List of shows broadcast by C/S

External links

C/S 9 official website (Old, backed)
- Weekly Schedule for C/S

Solar Entertainment Corporation

Founders (Solar) William Y. Tieng Willy Y. Tieng Chairman, President and CEO Wilson Y. Tieng Vice President and Channel head (Solar) Georgett Tengco Chief financial officer (Solar) Gregory Perez Majority stockholder (SBN) Lucio Co Chairman (SBN) Leonardo B Dayao President (SBN) Teofilo Henson Owner (RBN/RJTV) Ramon Jacinto Executive Vice President (RBN/RJTV) Beatriz Jacinto-Colamonici

Divisions	ETC Productions

Subsidiaries and Divisions	Solar Pictures Domestic Sattelite Corporation (DOMSAT) OMNI Digital Media Ventures (Blink)

Flagship TV stations	SBN 21 Manila RJTV 29 Manila

Broadcast television networks	ETC³ 2nd Avenue⁴

Cable and satellite television channels	Basketball TV CT Jack TV NBA Premium TV Shop TV Solar All Access Solar Sports

Video on demand	Blink

Defunct television networks	C/S Origin C/S 9 Chase Diva Universal² Jack CITY My Movie Channel NBA League Pass Solar News Channel (50%)³ (34%)¹ Sports Plus Solar TV Solar USA Talk TV (50%)³ TGC Universal Channel²

Affiliates	Solar News (former division) Radio Philippines Network (34%) (former company) Solar Television Network (former subsidiary)

Website www.solarentertainmentcorp.com ¹Former joint venture with Radio Philippines Network ²Joint venture with Universal Networks International ³Affiliate with Southern Broadcasting Network ⁴Affiliate with Rajah Broadcasting Network Headquarters 2/F Worldwide Corporate Center, Mandaluyong City

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