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The Game Channel (TGC)
Country	Philippines
Broadcast area	Defunct
Headquarters	Mandaluyong, Philippines
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Solar Entertainment Corporation
Sister channels	My Movie Channel ; Jack City ; Jack TV ; Solar Sports ; BTV ; NBA Premium TV
History
Launched	April 8, 2011
Closed	February 28, 2015
Replaced by	My Movie Channel

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The Game Channel (abbreviated TGC, stylized on small letters as tgc from January 2014 – February 2015) was a Filipino cable and satellite television network owned and produced by Solar Entertainment Corporation who also created the networks My Movie Channel, NBA Premium TV, Jack TV, Solar Sports, BTV.^[3] It was available over Destiny Cable channel 89 and Cablelink channel 225. This network is more focused on family game shows and reality game shows.

History

Initial broadcast and BEAM Channel 31 affiliate

Logo of The Game Channel from August 31, 2012-January 26, 2014

The Game Channel launched on April 8, 2011 on Destiny Cable. It conducted its initial test broadcast from April 8, 2011 until September 29. Recently, it had launched its initial broadcast on BEAM Channel 31 on August 15, 2011. It had its official broadcast together with its former affiliated free TV network BEAM Channel 31 on September 30, 2011. On October 1, 2011, The Game Channel (together with its latter free-to-air broadcasting partner – BEAM TV Channel 31) was formally launched on SkyCable via channel 84 (in compliance with the NTC's rules of must-carry basis) and it was available through its digital platform.

The Game Channel & CHASE

On December 24, The Game Channel limited its broadcast on daytime sharing with a new channel CHASE (later Jack City and now CT) which takes over the evening block.

Chase goes 24

In the middle of February 2012, while CHASE started its broadcast, there is an investigator note appeared on every show of Chase (which is located on the lower-left side on the TV screens). Noted that CHASE goes 24. After that event, on February 15, 2012, The Game Channel bid farewell to the Free-TV Viewers. Chase took all over its permanent blocktime broadcast. This network was broadcast on Destiny Cable (channel 89) on the same day.

Replaced by My Movie Channel

After almost 3 years of broadcasting, The Game Channel announced that they would no longer be broadcasting on television effective February 28, 2015 and gave thanks to its viewers before they signed off for the last time. It was replaced by My Movie Channel, which can be seen on Destiny Cable (Digital) Channel 219 (Analog) Channel 89 and Cablelink (Digital) Channel 225, starting on March 1, 2015. However, it did not last long, as Solar Entertainment announced that My Movie Channel would also cease to exist just four months later, on July 1, 2015.

Programming

Final aired programs

Game Shows

Reality Shows

America's Got Talent (season 8)
Fat March (season 1)
The Bachelorette (season 9)
The Bachelor (season 10)
The Biggest Loser (season 10)
The Kitchen Millionaire
Top Chef (season 10)
Total Blackout (season 2)
Philippines Got Talent (aired on ABS-CBN)

Other

America's Next Great Restaurant
Game Changers (season 1)
Ice Cold Cash (season 1)
The League (season 3)
Super Shangers (season 1)

Previously aired programs (with BEAM Channel 31)

RPN News Watch (aired also on BEAM channel 31 and on RPN 9)¹
RPN NewsCap (aired also on BEAM channel 31 and on RPN 9)¹
Jai-Alai
2011 Presidents Cup
Minute to Win It (Philippine version is broadcast on ABS-CBN)
Pictureka!
Family Game Night
Dance Your Ass Off (Season 2)
Top Chef: All Stars
Top Chef Masters (Season 2)
Survivor: Redemption Island
Survivor: South Pacific
Top Chef: Just Desserts (Season 1)
The Price Is Right
Thintervention with Jackie Warner
Top Chef Masters (season 3)
The Biggest Loser: Couples 3
Rocco's Dinner Party
Survivor: One World
Top Town
Splash
Going Straight

¹Updated as of September 6, 2013

References

^ http://www.lyngsat-address.com/tt/The-Game-Channel-Solar-Ent.html ^{[dead link‍]}
^ https://www.facebook.com/gamechannelph/photos/a.176165322483852.28637.172383316195386/598731380227242/?type=1&theater ^{[user-generated source]}
^ Solar TV and IBM Sign Subscription Services Agreement for better content management retrieved at Lyngsat.com 07-04-2012

External links

The Game Channel on Facebook

[1] ttp://www.lyngsat-address.com/tt/The-Game-Channel-Solar-Ent.html ^{[dead link‍]}

[2] ttps://www.facebook.com/gamechannelph/photos/a.176165322483852.28637.172383316195386/598731380227242/?type=1&theater ^{[user-generated source]}

[3] Solar TV and IBM Sign Subscription Services Agreement for better content management retrieved at Lyngsat.com 07-04-2012

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-| picture format = [[480i]] ([[Standard-definition television|SDTV]])
+| picture_format  = [[480i]] ([[Standard-definition television|SDTV]])
-| slogan = We Got Game
-| network =
+| network         =
-| replaced by names = [[My Movie Channel]]
+| replaced_by     = [[My Movie Channel]]
-| owner = [[Solar Entertainment Corporation]]
+| owner           = [[Solar Entertainment Corporation]]
-| country = [[Philippines]]
+| country         = [[Philippines]]
-| headquarters =[[Mandaluyong City]], [[Philippines]] <ref>[http://www.lyngsat-address.com/tt/The-Game-Channel-Solar-Ent.html]</ref>
+| headquarters    = [[Mandaluyong]], [[Philippines]]<ref>http://www.lyngsat-address.com/tt/The-Game-Channel-Solar-Ent.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
-| language = [[English language|English]]
+| language        = [[English language|English]]
-| broadcast area = Defunct
+| area            = Defunct
-| sister names = [[My Movie Channel]] <br> [[Jack City]] <br> [[Jack TV]] <br> [[Solar Sports]] <br> [[Basketball TV|BTV]] <br> [[NBA Premium TV]]
+| sister_channels = [[My Movie Channel]] <br /> [[Jack City]] <br /> [[Jack TV]] <br /> [[Solar Sports]] <br /> [[Basketball TV|BTV]] <br /> [[NBA Premium TV]]
+| website         =
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 }}
-'''The Game Channel'''  (abbreviated '''TGC''', stylized as '''tgc''' from January 2014 – February 2015)  was a [[Philippines|Filipino]] cable and satellite [[television network]] owned and produced by [[Solar Entertainment Corporation]] who also created the networks [[My Movie Channel]], [[NBA Premium TV]], [[Jack TV]], [[Solar Sports]], [[Basketball TV|BTV]].<ref>[http://www.thetechnoclast.com/2011/12/12/solar-tv-ibm-sign-subscription-services-agreement-for-better-content-management/ Solar TV and IBM Sign Subscription Services Agreement for better content management] retrieved at Lyngsat.com 07-04-2012</ref> It was available over [[Destiny Cable]] channel 89 and [[Cablelink]] channel 225.  This network is more focused on family game shows and reality game shows.
+'''The Game Channel'''  (abbreviated '''TGC''', stylized on [[Letter case|small letters]] as '''tgc''' from January 2014 – February 2015)  was a [[Philippines|Filipino]] cable and satellite [[television network]] owned and produced by [[Solar Entertainment Corporation]] who also created the networks [[My Movie Channel]], [[NBA Premium TV]], [[Jack TV]], [[Solar Sports]], [[Basketball TV|BTV]].<ref>[http://www.thetechnoclast.com/2011/12/12/solar-tv-ibm-sign-subscription-services-agreement-for-better-content-management/ Solar TV and IBM Sign Subscription Services Agreement for better content management] retrieved at Lyngsat.com 07-04-2012</ref> It was available over [[Destiny Cable]] channel 89 and [[Cablelink]] channel 225.  This network is more focused on family game shows and reality game shows.
 ==History==
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 ===Replaced by My Movie Channel===
-After almost 3 years of broadcasting, The Game Channel announced that they would no longer be broadcasting on television effective February 28, 2015 and gave thanks to its viewers before they signed off for the last time. It was replaced by [[My Movie Channel]], which can be seen on [[Destiny Cable]] (Digital) Channel 219 (Analog) Channel 89 and [[Cablelink]] (Digital) Channel 225, starting on March 1, 2015. However, it did not last long, as Solar Entertainment announced that My Movie Channel would also ceasing to exist just four months later, on July 1, 2015.
+After almost 3 years of broadcasting, The Game Channel announced that they would no longer be broadcasting on television effective February 28, 2015 and gave thanks to its viewers before they signed off for the last time. It was replaced by [[My Movie Channel]], which can be seen on [[Destiny Cable]] (Digital) Channel 219 (Analog) Channel 89 and [[Cablelink]] (Digital) Channel 225, starting on March 1, 2015. However, it did not last long, as Solar Entertainment announced that My Movie Channel would also cease to exist just four months later, on July 1, 2015.
 ==Programming==
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 ====Game Shows====
 *[[Jeopardy!| Jeopardy! (season 29)]]
-*[[Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)|Wheel of Fortune (season 30)]]
+*[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune (season 30)]]
+*[[Got Talent|The Got Talent (season 31)]]
 ====Reality Shows====
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 *[[Top Chef (season 10)]]
 *[[Total Blackout|Total Blackout (season 2)]]
+*[[Pilipinas Got Talent|Philippines Got Talent]] (aired on ABS-CBN)
 ====Other====
@@ Line 59: / Line 61: @@
 *Ice Cold Cash (season 1)
 *[[The League|The League (season 3)]]
+*Super Shangers (season 1)
 ===Previously aired programs (with BEAM Channel 31)===
@@ Line 65: / Line 68: @@
 *[[Jai-Alai]] <!---ClickTheCity.com source 12mn-1am--->
 *[[2011 Presidents Cup]]
-*[[Minute to Win It]]
+*[[Minute to Win It]] (Philippine version is broadcast on ABS-CBN)
 *Pictureka!
 *[[Family Game Night (TV series)|Family Game Night]]
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 *[[Survivor: South Pacific]] <!---(As a special coverage) It was broadcasted in The Game Channel on November 17-20, 2011 when it was on BEAM 31--->
 *[[Top Chef: Just Desserts (season 1)|Top Chef: Just Desserts (Season 1)]]
-*[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price Is Right]]
+*[[The Price Is Right]]
 *[[Thintervention with Jackie Warner]]
 *[[Top Chef Masters (season 3)]]
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 *[[Survivor: One World]]
 *[[Top Town]]
-*[[Splash (U.S. TV series)|Splash]]
+*[[Splash (American TV series)|Splash]]
 *[[Going Straight (reality show)|Going Straight]]
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 *[[Chase (TV channel)|Chase]] (now defunct)
 *[[GameTV]] (a Canadian channel which airs classic Canadian game shows, and other casino gaming programs)
-*[[:ru:Вопрóсьі и отвéтьі (тeлeканал)|Вопрóсьі и отвéтьі]] ("Questions and Answers"/a Russian channel devoted to airing Russian game shows along with a few international ones)
 *[[Solar Entertainment Corporation]]
 *[[DWKC-TV|BEAM Channel 31]] (A television network which formerly broadcast on The Game Channel)
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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Game Channel}}
-[[Category:Defunct Philippine television networks]]
+[[Category:Defunct television networks in the Philippines]]
 [[Category:Former Solar Entertainment Corporation channels]]
 [[Category:English-language television stations in the Philippines]]

v t e Solar Entertainment Corporation
Subsidiaries and divisions	SolarFlix Productions Solar Pictures Domestic Sattelite Corporation (DOMSAT) OMNI Digital Media Ventures (Blink) Southern Broadcasting Network
Broadcast television networks	Shop TV⁷ SolarFlix³ Solar Learning⁷ Solar Sports
Pay television networks	Front Row Channel⁸
Online, digital and interactive	Jack TV
Miscellaneous	Easy TV (defunct)
Defunct television networks	2nd Avenue⁴ Basketball TV Blink (40%)⁶ C/S Origin C/S 9 CT Chase Diva Universal² eGG Network⁹ ETC³ Jack CITY Jack TV MTVph⁵ My Movie Channel NBA League Pass NBA Premium TV Solar All Access Solar News Channel (50%)³ (34%)¹ Solar TV Solar USA Talk TV (50%)³ TGC Universal Channel²
Affiliates	Solar News (former division) Radio Philippines Network (34%) Solar Television Network (former subsidiary)
¹Former joint venture with Radio Philippines Network ²Joint venture with Universal Networks International ³Affiliate with Southern Broadcasting Network ⁴Former affiliate with Rajah Broadcasting Network ⁵Joint venture with Paramount International Networks Asia ⁶Co-owned with SM Lifestyle Entertainment ⁷Digital-only. On test broadcast. ⁸Distribution only. Channel owned by Jungo TV. ⁹Distribution only. Channel owned by Astro.