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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San ako makapurchase d2 s batangas city? pwde bang gamitin ang dish ng dream?
useless pa yung hd kahit maganda sana. i tried their demo unit kaya lang sa 7 channels 4 lang ang gusto ko. so i took the standard package muna. but the reception is far better than our local cable dito sa olongapo city. limites nga lang ang channels. who watches pinoy box office anyway? it should be changed to star movies or cinemax.
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do they have an internet site?
guys, ask ko lang kung saan at ano contact number sa Bulacan ng Cignal branch para makapag-inquire… thanks…
good pm:
I would like to inquiry do you have couverage in the cordillera region
thank you
meron na ba cignal dito sa lucena city, quezon?ano contact no. nila/ nquire ako
Galing!…
Superb talaga clear….
sana po magkaron ng discovery channel, espn, kc sa HD lang meron.
I already got my Cignal installed last week, okey naman very clear yung reception nya but I’m not that satisfied lang sa number of channels na available sa plan 390 nila. maraming channels na hindi naman maganda yung palabas at medyo useless na chanels. sana naman ma isama nila yung starsports at national geographic tapos tagalin nalng yung ibang chanels nila na hindi naman kagandahan.
Channel preference is a subjective matter. The channels you don’t like may have better appeal to others while those that you prefer may not be interesting to them. DTH companies in the Philippines should do what SKYCable has started- that is offer programming “a la carte” so we subscribers have to pay only for the channels we like and would actually watch rather than have a hundred channels which we don’t have the time to really view in our lifetime.
Magkano ang promo sa October Instalation?I am from Iligan City
meron n bang cignal d2 s Marinduque? san pwde mag-inquire?
pwde bang gmitin ang satellite dish ng dream and sat.dish n nabili s Raon n pumalpak
before end of this year ba madadagdagan o dadami na ang channel station ng cignal tv sat.
For Davao City and davao del sur CIGNAL is available at Dishes & Bytes at door 2 diaz mall CM RECTO AVE., Davao city.
Call us at 082 226 8669; 09295449062 ; 09063982064
Very low low price!
pwede ba nilang idagdag ung star movies at discovery channel alisin na lang ung walang kwentang channel
i want to have cignal tv, available na po ba sya sa coron, palawan?
pwede ba pkipalitan ng star world at star movies ang PBO at Viva cinema. super pangit ng palabss. cheap ang movies. walang dating….
pakidagdagan ng ibang channel ang cignal. tanggalin nyo n PBO at VIVA cinema.
Read my review of Cignal HD here. It’s not worth the money.
http://junglejil.blogspot.com/2009/10/product-review-cignal-versus-dream.html
bkit katagal namn mag install yan cignal n yan 1 pm wala p din sabi nila 2hrs lng hangang ngyn wala p din,,, bud trip din pl yung cignal
pwedi bang malaman kong san mabili ang cignal digi tv sa cebu..kc interesado kasi akob lalo na sa promo nyo this month of November 09 coz as i read in wordpress its is available na daw in Cebu at smart wireless center/pldt but when i call smart & pldt ay wala silang alam..San koba pweding mabili and Cignal digiTV sa Cebu…thnx
Ka Edong bro pwedi bang malaman kong san mabili ang cignal digi tv sa cebu..kc interesado kasi akong bumili sa stuff nyo lalo na sa promo nyo this month of November 09 sino bang dealer nyo dito sa Cebu at pwedi ba akong maging dealer…thnx
For CEBU, try to contact AKROMONT. Their office is located on the 2nd Floor of MGA Arcade at AC Cortes Avenue Mandaue City.
Here’s the contact number (918) 427-7846 / (907) 507-7777.
Just txt for directions…
Meron din website ang Cign@l http://www.cignal.tv
Napaka inefficient ng cignal employees..wala silang urgency sa pag didispatch ng application..be sure to contact cignal and remind them of your schedule kasi kung aasa ka sa kanila e kung kelan na lang nila maisingit yung schedule mo..walang clear system ng operation tapos itatanggi ng employee nila na meron kayong agreed time of connection…tsk tsk tsk nakakadismaya..
I’m in Cebu and i availed this unit and made advance full payment last Oct 30, 2009 and until now i haven’t received any feedback from them, everytime i made a followup they always told me out of stock daw. I’m very frustated since the PPV for pacquiao-cotto is already 5 more days to go…..
Cignal Cable TV tech support is considered INFERIOR TO ITS HIGHEST DEGREE! The contact numbers flashed on their website are always busy/out-of-reach. If you can get through, the tech support representative will intentionally drop your call.
I applied for Cignal TV last April due to Pacquiao-Hatton fight (it was free at that time). After installation (which they did not coordinate with me beforehand), they left the co-ax cable hanging though my window (if I used my own cable – there was no reception on my TV). It took them one week before they went back and fixed it. If I had not demanded Cignal to either fix my cable reception or remove the dish and refund my money – they would have never visited my house again.
Now, for the Pacquiao-Cotto fight, I paid 350 pesos last Nov 5 (now its Nov 10) and they have not activated the PPV channel since their numbers are always busy/unattended to accept our calls.
If you have other options, go get another cable TV. Just watch Pacquiao bouts in theaters.
ask ko lang pede bang decoder lang ang aking bibihin kc may satellite na kme?plsssssssss reply…….
@jay ar: May promo ang Cignal ngayon 2.7K lang isang set (all-in) w/ 3-months load na kaya kunin mo na lang satellite dish dahil malaki ito at better quality dahil maganda ang supports compared to what you may have now. Pwede mo itong ibenta na mas mahal later on. He..he… Until 30 November lang pala ang promo.
I really like the signal and clarity only one thing is that no national geographic channel or discovery channel on cignal digital subscriber.Its really important among others to be able our kids to learn and discovers not taught in school.The monthly fee is so cheap, I hope they will put discovery or national geographic channel on thier programs on digital cignal subscriber and not on hd only.
subscriber ako ng cignal..i subscribe to them not just because of the tv channels but to radio stations as well, because almost all radio stations here in our place in dumaguete has the same “masa” market. i hope they can come up with a variety of radio stations also, particularly jazz station..to cignal management, please pay attention to this..
Cignal is good because it’s powered by SMART and PLDT. But unfortunately, I was disappointed with my application kasi nung mag-install na sila eh di daw pwede dahil may nakaharang na dalawang puno. Ang signal ba di pwede maka-penetrate sa mga puno at dahon? Kung bakod siguro ng kapitbhay namin tatanggapin ko po ang reason. Kaya yun, may cble na sana kami pero di nila na-install. Balik Baron Antenna na naman. If CIGNAL has a powerful and hi-tech equipments kahit gaano kadaming puno kaya mag-penetrate ang signal.
I am really pissed at CIGNAL’s services. they stood me up twice now. First one was last monday, so i said resched it on Saturday so i will be there. Yesterday December 5, I was scheduled to have cignal installed at 9AM!!! and guess what they never came. i followed up on them almost 10 times yesterday, they give me this ETA, 10am, 11am, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, 8pm. all of them are BS, they never came. and so they said they’ll come today at 9am and guess what? its already 10am and they are still no where in sight, no calls, no updates from them. THIS PURE BS SERVICE!!!
service talaga ang problema ng cignal kailangan pa ifax pag magpa activate then pagkatapos ifax di pala nila ina activate kailangan pa followup , almost 1 week ako nag hintay bago maactivate then pag may problema di mo pwede ipa suspend ang load kaya nauubos yong load kahit failure ng unit nila , wala sila direct contact o hotline sa metro manila o kung mayron man hindi mag reply o di ma kontak grabe pangit servisyo, tiyaga lang ko kasi may nba live, plano ko balik sa dreamtv, pag may problema marami ka pa daanan di gaya dreamtv na diritso sa operator pag may problema technical
Bad trip 2ng punyetang cignal. feb 12 pa ako bumili hanggang ngayon wala pa ding activation.
wag na kayo mag hangad magka cignal ..baka makapatay lang kayo ng tao.. lalo na sa mga high blood na kagaya ko.he he he…BAD TRIP ayaw naman isoli ung pera ko hehehe
pag nagkaroon na sila ng mga sister station ng abs cbn like herotv and dzmm kukuha talaga ako nito sky cable kami ngayun eh pero mas trip ko ang linaw kasi ng cd cignal yun nga lang di gagun karami mga ofers nila na chanel
sir/mam saan channel ko mapapanuod laban pacma sa march 14? kasi after ko magbayad 2 channel ang lumabas 48 and 49.. saka this morning around 11am nakanuod ako fight ni clottey after wala na saan ko po kaya ma chechek ung mga schadule nang mga fight sa channel 49?
gud day po.sana magdagdag kayo ng STARWORLD,DISCOVERY CHANNE>at kunin nyo ung ibang cannel…ty po
too bad for cignal kunti lang ang mga channel..
gud day anu po and dapat kung gawin kase pinalitan ung bagong cignal reciever set up box ung card wala anung gagawin ko pag pairing ng card.
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Hello,mga taga Cignal.Almost one week na akong walang napapanooran sa Cignal Digital TV ninyo.Halos araw araw ako tumatawag at pinuntahan ko pa ang Smart para kausapin lang ang mga taong involve sa Cignal.Nagbayad ako sa tamang araw after that bigla na lang nawala ang mga Channels ang natira ay channel 5.Buti pa ang CATV dito sa Olongapo mabilis ang service.Cignal napakapagong ninyo!Nakakairita nakayo!Puro kayo pangako na aayusin ninyo ang signal sa Box ko.Until now wala pa rin.Since May 4 until now wala pa rin akong napapanooran!Kailan ninyo ako mapapansin.Bayad ako ng bayad wala naman akong napapanooran!Pwede bang irefund na lang ninyo ang pera ko at babalik na lang ako sa CATV!
I already have dish and LNB and i’ll do setup and installation.. magkano po babayaran kung cignal receiver and smartcard lang ang kukunin?
Satellite TV users will definitely grow in the following years and also satellite internet users.;:.
masyadong matagal makapasok ang inyong load, aabot halos isang tatlong linggo hanggang isang buwan.pwede ba paki-aksyon naman!!!
i had a cignal tv nw but i want to watch discovery chanel,living asia and mtv,,plese gve them as soon as posible,,ples that chanel are more m4tant than d other chanel u give!!
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gusto ko na pong ipa cancell ang Cignal ko paano po ba ang gagawin? Paano na yung dish, box at remote control? Meron po bang refund? SALAMAT PO…..
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