Cignal Digital TV is the latest satellite TV service by Mediascape, Inc. (http://www.mediascape.com.ph), same company that delivers myTV (TV in you mobile phone).
Cignal TV Satellite Dish
After the jump, some first impressions and a lot of information from the flyers.
AND a video interview with a Cignal representative. Thanks to Bernie for the video interview!
First impressions
Digital TV at P390 per month? Not bad, compared to around P500 for cable TV.
Uptake of the service will depend on a couple of factors: Quality, Delivery, Price (QDP).
I don’t know yet about the Q and the D, but I do have some details about the service offering and the Price. I can imagine that there’ll be a huge queue for installations, especially with the huge satellite dish that has to be installed accurately facing a specific compass direction.
The service is currently delivering plain-definition TV. By June 2009, high-definition TV (HDTV) will be available.
Channels currently available:
- ABS-CBN
- GMA
- 5 TV
- Q TV
- Studio 23
- NBN
- CIS9
- IBC
- etc
- 2nd Avenue
- Net24
- b
- HBO
- Disney
- Cartoon Network
- CNN
- PBO
- Viva Cinema
- AXN
- bio
Overheard, still to come: Discovery travel and living.
From the flyer:
One-Time set-up fee: P5,500
Package includes:
Installation Fee
Set Top Box with free remote control
Cignal Card
Satellite Dish and CablesOne year lock-in period.
Installation fee may vary depending on the location and materials that will be used for the equipment
Cignal TV Set top box and remote control
According to a representative: One TV is to one Set top box. One satellite dish can accommodate multiple set top boxes.
Monthly Fees (Vat Inclusive)
Postpaid Monthly Subscription Fee: P390 per month
Prepaid Service Fee
P390 for 30 days
Requirements
Postpaid
a.) Proof of Billing (any utility bill under the subscriber’s name)
b.) Proof of Income (payslip, ITR, Certificate of Employment – with details of salary)Prepaid
a.) Proof of Billing
Application Procedure
- a.) Fill-out application form
- b.) Attach Proof of Billing
- c.) Pay one-time set-up fee
- d.) Submit to Cignal authorized dealer
COVERAGE AREAS:
Metro Manila
Luzon: Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, Bulacan, Pampanga,
Nueva Ecija, Aurora, Bataan, Camarines Sur, Albay, Sorsogon
Visayas: Bohol, Leyte, Samar
Mindanao: Agusan Del Norte, Agusan Del Sur, Surigao Del Norte, Surigao Del Sur
For Inquiries, Contact Cignal:
- cignalcare@mediascape.com.ph
- 02-8956353
- 0908-7699119
Christine Reyes at the Cignal booth, photo from jeromea:
More photos, courtesy of Cignal:
Cignal card
Cignal Dish
Cignal receiver (Set top box)
Cignal Remote Control
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eeekkk. just seeing that satellite dish made me squirm. any chance testing it while it was raining? ’cause that looks pretty much the same as the one here in malaysia called astro and it’s pretty useless once it starts to rain.
imagine getting to the last part of the movie and it starts to rain and kaboom, no signal.
squirm indeed! it’s going to be a tedious installation.
I’m told it needs “line of sight”, but it’s odd that a satellite on the floor was able to pick-up the signal. I think they make it point to a “cloud” in pampanga, not necessarily line of sight with the actual antennas.
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I think I’d be better off with Dream Sat TV. I could stand crappy internet connection but my whole family would go berserk once the TV goes screwy.
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@jhay, do you have dream sattelite tv? how is it naman?
oi di ko sinabi na mawawala sila pag umulan. yun lang kaba ko, baka katulad sila nung dito sa malaysia na service na nawawala ang signal pag umuulan (magkamukha kasi pati yung box na may card thingie) … baka magalit sa kin mga taga cignal. hihihi
too bad the channel listing is so limited. If there were atleast NatGeo and Discovery channel this would be more tempting… Cinemax wouldn’t hurt either.
@esti, syado kang nervious-o. naka-ilang kape ka?
@mike, agree. I heard similar feedback. Initial list pa lang daw yung channels. Their official launch is August pa pala. And by that time, they say, more channels and Hi-definition available na.
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Anlaaaki nyan ah.. haha! Oks sana kung may….. HDTV lang kami
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@esti, ako may HD, walang TV!
ano pinagakaiba nyan doon sa binibenta sa tabi tabi ng raon.lifetime free daw monthly saka may mga sample din sila na channel reception sa tv nila. legal ba yung ganun?
finally, may hdtv na rin he he he.
@valsj: ung sa raon pre.. na.raid na yan noon dahil sa pgbebenta ng nakaw na dish.. Ingats lng baka ma.jail ka niyan.. ["sabi-sabi"]
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@reviews: tnx.
wow! cignal is really clear even if it’s raining. galing! and i’ve heard that it is better pa daw sa Dream Sat (in terms of signal ha! not in channel line-up). Kaya lang mas maganda sana kung mas marami ang channel gaya ng Discovery and replace PBO and Viva Cinema with Cinemax and Star Movies or add both channels nalang plus additional sports channel. Ok lang kahit magdadag ng bayad. Mag-subsribe na rin kayo!
kailan kaya magiging available yan dito sa batangas city?
meron naman sa raon dun nlng aq wla png monthly heheheh
Bwisit itong taga-Dream, wala na lahat yung mga prime channels, iniwan na lang yung free-to-air channels..i’ll bet, Dream satellite TV ay mahirapang makaabot end of this year..siguradong masara na ‘to.
bakit wala sa coverage ang Cebu sa cignal tv?
With the withdrawal by dream of the popular channels like espn, star sports and the bbc plus some of the movie channels – dreams package is 1) very unattractive and 2) dream has pissed a lot of peopl off by the way they yanked the popular channels. This has created a huge opportunity for Cignal to move in and satisfy lots of subscribers with a wider range of channels, better quality, and a reliable service – I hope they cream Dream!
is cignal tv nakaturo din sya sa AGUILA 2 KU Band
hinde na din pakikinabangan yung sa raon.. nagpalit n ng encryption ang dream from nagravision 2 to nagravision 3… kaya hanggang june 15, nlng lang ang mga nabibili sa raon.. kaya inform nyo kakilala nyo wag maniniwala sa nagbebenta sa raon.. sayang lng ang pera nyo..
ilang TV po pwede maka connect sa Cignal? 2 po kasi TV namin, isa sa bedroom at living room.
waaa, peke pla nbili k s raon….
even then, with the kind of programming Dream is providing to their supposedly customers, wala na ring kakagat sa Dream ngayon kahit binaba na nila ang susbscription fee..halos lahat free-to-air channels ang ginamit ngayon ng Dream, hanap na lang tayo ng iba.
I’ll get my cignal installed this saturday. Just hoping though that they’ll add espn and star sports para masaya lahat,hahaha!
ala pa ga website Cignal? Dream really is more like a NIGHTMARE!!!!
very limited channels ; ive seen it ; sat dish TOO big ; not very attractive for metro manila subsc who have SKY cable available;
Made a summary of Cignal Digital TV’s three different packages along with monthly, equipment and installation rates.
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nightmare????uhhhh,not if your receiving it for free…..anyway,cignal is good enough for us,
sa amin sa imus last sunday umulan ng malakas nwala ung signal…so mukhang totoo nga n pag malakas ang ulan eh nwawala cia…but tv quality is good!
This might help!
http://www.topix.net/content/prweb/2009/06/todd-diroberto-and-caleb-wickman-of-american-satellite-announce
Thanks,
Todd D.
just bought cignal, well much better than dream, signal quality wise. sana nga mas dumami pa ang channels. yap nawala sya nung umulan pero agad bumalik unlike nung dream kc my dream din kame, kelangan ireset para bumalik ang reception. sa ngtatanong kng pwed 2 tv, yap pwed u just have to buy splitter
As soon as they have Discovery HD and Natgeo HD I will be getting Cignal HD. Bye bye Skycable.
i’m very much excited that ur service wil nearly kep reaching the province of neg. occidental esp. in kabankalan city wer tv signal is so keen to catch,this f hapen wil change pepol’s lives and positively because most pepol here are very tv-addict, pls pls pls,
Ang singal po ba eh sa aguila2 rin nakuha ng signal sa silangan din po ba dapat siya nakatapat thanks kasi may bago rin ngayon yun gsat sa kanluran nmn siya tinatapat sa nss11 yata yun signal niya thanks po
ung tinanong ko sa quiapo na satilite cable 3k lng lifetime na, 3 years daw muna bago maubos ung load. totoo kaya un?
ung tinanong ko sa quiapo tag 3K lng lifetime na, every 3 years ka bibili ng load. totoo kaya un?
kailan kaya makaabot ang cignal sa southwestern cebu?
kapag ba gumamit ng splitter, pwede bang magkaibang channel ang mapapanood namin or parehas lang o isang channel lang???
pwede bang ilagay ang dish inside our 11th floor condo?wala kasing space sa labas
What page was that that compares the channel line ups of the three sat: dream gsat and cignal?
Could anyone post a link?
mukhang mas maganda ang cignal digtsl tv huh! , kaso nka dream p kc aq, di b pwedeng laki swap for cignal!?hehehe….
gs2 q sanang lumipat kaso sayang nman ung Dream…
any suggestions?
ask ko lang kung meron bang signal sa davao del sur?………tas sana magkaroon ng cenione ang cignal dgtal tv………sa dream w3la ang pangit…..dream pakasi ana gmit namin…..pwede po ba na decoder lang ang palitan?………..taz lbre ba ang laban ni manny pagmay-away sya?
ksi sa dream may bayad?
OK lang ang cgnal, kaso kunti lang mga channel na ino-offered nila mas medyo marami pa ang channel sa G-SAT yun nga lang wala silang HD channel pero kung mag avail ka naman ng HD channel sa cgnal magdagdag ka rin ng bayad.Take note kailangan HDTV or LCD TV dapat ang TV mo para maappreciate mo rin ang pagka HD reception eh kung hindi useless din.Try to compare between GSAT and CGNAL channel na available sa kanila kung alin sa kanila gusto mo.
dapat sa cgnal meron ESPN,STAR SPORTS,BBC,AL JASSERA,CINEMAX,STAR MOVIES para naman masaya ang tao lahat…wala din yata MTV ah….dapat magdagdag naman kayo…please….
cignal is advertising in tv commercial presently… for those who want it, you buy it “baka magmahal pa presyo nyan”!
But don’t forget to review the product you like before you buy.
My concern is about the box? My tv has 2 HDMI, 1 DVI and 1 RCA set for Audio L/R and Video input, My Dream sat is only using A/V RCA, xempre dapat this box is using HDMI/DVI output going to my HDTV HDMI/DVI input to be called digital High Definition: can somebody using it tell me more about the box? Thanks
for some who already using it: is the local channel like GMA7 and ABS-CBN2 converted in HD 1080? it is not HD Channel like Balls or Discovery HD but the box should convert it to HD 1080 so it will be more sharper vid. and clear.
pano kung 3 tv ko and gusto ko satellite lahat… besides sa pakabitan ko lahat cla ng tig iisang cgnal tv ano pa mgagawa ko?
Actually Cignal have an october promo..starting october 9, 2009, you can subscribe for the Standard Definition package for only 2890(initial payment) plus they now offer prepaid.. for the HD they will be offering 8 HD channels starting Oct 9, 2009..ESPN, Star Sports, Star Movies, HBO, Sonny Entertainment, FX, Play house Disney, and History Channel..for only Php 990..but this will only cover for the month of october, and then we’ll see if they will get the Pacquiao fight and veiw for free this Nov 15, 2009.
Funny thing that they would say the Remote Control Unit is FREE!!!!
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