SOLAR-SKYCABLE DISPUTE. BTV, JACKTV OUT

Solar Entertainment has announced that it will be pulling out its channels from SkyCable, which includes ETC, 2nd Avenue, Basketball TV, Solar Sports, Crime/Suspense, and Jack TV. This could be a potential turnoff for SkyCable patrons, as Basketball TV airs live NBA games, preferred, particularly, by male patrons.

Happy new year no more! Jan 1st, 2008 marked the death of Basketball tv and Jack tv on SkyCable.

This is so frustrating. Whenever I watch TV, I have this channel surfing ratio of 90% Basketball tv and 10% all the other channels. And now the only channel that airs basketball shows 24/7 is gone. Son of a..

In an attempt to remedy the situation, SkyCable did offer alternatives by providing it’s customers with new channels. Maxxx is a channel geared for the male audience, supplying reality shows, comedy strips and other “guy stuff.” Noticeably inferior to Jack tv. Meanwhile, Velvet is a channel that targets women audiences. It mainly airs celebrity talk shows, gossip news, fashion and the like.

Balls is a detrimental replacement for Btv. It airs golf tournaments, professional football and other sports oblivious to the Filipino male. NBA games? zero.

On the other side of cable tv. Globe Destiny cable has reportedly acquired rights/permission from SOLAR to air Jacktv & Btv. Compared to SkyCable’s monthly rate of P900, Globe destiny cable has a lower monthly rate at P500. I would’t be surprised if many SkyCable subscribers switch cable providers over the next weeks or so. For now, I guess I’m stuck at SkyCable cause I don’t think people here want a cable switch.

Sigh. Byebye Fantasy hoops.