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BEAM TV
Type	Terrestrial television network
Country	Philippines
Availability	Nationwide
Founded	July 3, 2011
Area	Philippines
Launch date	July 3, 2011
Official website	www.beam.com.ph

Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media
Company type	Private (subsidiary)
Industry	Digital terrestrial television broadcasting
Founded	October 31, 1993 (broadcast); July 3, 2011 (company)
Headquarters	Palos Verdes Subdivision, Brgy. Santa Cruz, Sumulong Highway, Antipolo City, Province of Rizal; 3/F Globe Telecom Plaza I, Pioneer corner Madison Streets, Mandaluyong, Philippines
Key people	Joaquin L. Teng Jr. (Chairman) ; Steve Macion (President) ; Allan H. Barrios (Vice President For BEAM) ; Alexander V. Paredes (Assistant Vice President For BEAM)
Owner	Bethlehem Holdings, Inc. (Globe Telecom Group Retirement Fund)

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Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, Inc. (BEAM) is a telecommunications company in the Philippines with primary focus on UHF broadcasting and digital terrestrial television for the convergence of multimedia.^[1] It is owned by Bethlehem Holdings, Inc., a media investment company of Globe Telecom through its Retirement Fund group.^[2]

The frequency currently used by BEAM (channel UHF 31 of Manila and its provincial outlets) had been previously used by Radio Mindanao Network (under the affiliates CTV-31 (Cinema Television) and E! Philippines) from October 31, 1993, to June 1, 2003, prior to the acquisition by BHI/Globe in 2009.

History

BEAM was established in 1993 by the Canoy family, owners of Radio Mindanao Network. Its Congressional broadcast franchise was granted in 1995.^[3] At that time, it only owned one FM radio station in Dagupan.

In 2009, Bethlehem Holdings Inc., an investment firm of the Globe Telecom Retirement Group Fund, acquired BEAM from the Canoys (coinciding with the acquisition of a large stake in another broadcast firm, Altimax, from Mel Velarde).^[2]^[4]

Throughout the 2014, BEAM began transitioning its analog channels in key cities nationwide to digital broadcast via ISDB-T.^[5]^[6] Aside from blocktimers, BEAM is now looking for local and foreign partnerships to allocate and generate content up to seven digital free TV channels.^[7]

On July 30, 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11482 into law which renewed their franchise for another 25 years.^[8]

Stations

Television

Digital terrestrial

Terrestrial	Callsign	Channel number (UHF)	Frequency	Power (ERP)	Station Type	Area of Coverage
DTT	DWKC-DTV	31	575.143 MHz	5 kW (25 kW ERP)	Originating	Mega Manila
	DWHB-DTV	26	545.143 MHz	5 kW (25 kW ERP)	Relay	Baguio
	DWHC-DTV	32	581.143 MHz	5 kW (25 kW ERP)	Relay	Naga
	DYRM-DTV	26	545.143 MHz	5 kW (25 kW ERP)	Relay	Iloilo
	DYCT-DTV	31	575.143 MHz	5 kW (25 kW ERP)	Relay	Cebu
	DXKC-DTV					Davao
	DXBE-DTV					Zamboanga
	DXVM-DTV	33	587.143 MHz	5 kW (25 kW ERP)	Relay	Cagayan de Oro

Digital subchannels

BEAM TV's nationwide digital broadcast is multiplexed into the following subchannels:

Channel	Video	Aspect	Short name	Programming	Notes
xx.1	480i	16:9	PRTV PRIME TEST BROADCAST	Prime TV	Test Broadcast
xx.2		16:9	BLAST SPORTS	Blast Sports	Test Broadcast
xx.3		4:3	KNOWLEDGE CHANNEL	Knowledge Channel	Commercial broadcasting (5 kW)
xx.5			BILYONARYO NEWS CHANNEL	Bilyonaryo News Channel
xx.6			LIFE TV	Life TV
xx.7		16:9	PILIPINAS HD	Pilipinas HD
xx.8		4:3	RESERVED	SMPTE Color Bars	Test Broadcast

Inactive stations

Branding	Callsign	Channel (UHF)	Power	Station type	Location
BEAM TV Laoag	DWHP-TV	31	1.5 kW	Relay	Laoag
BEAM TV Pampanga	DWPG-TV	30	1.5 kW	Relay	San Fernando, Pampanga
BEAM TV Bacolod	DYHB-TV	36	1.5 kW	Relay	Bacolod
BEAM TV Cagayan de Oro	DXVM-TV	33	5 kW (15.5 kW ERP)	Relay	Cagayan de Oro
BEAM TV General Santos	DXCK-TV	40	1.5 kW	Relay	General Santos
BEAM TV Tacloban	DYXY-TV	32	1.5 kW	Relay	Tacloban
BEAM TV Manila¹	DWKC-TV	31	50 kW (865 kW ERP)	Originating	Metro Manila
BEAM TV Baguio¹	DWHB-TV	26	5 kW (6 kW ERP)	Relay	Baguio
BEAM TV Naga¹	DWHC-TV	32	5 kW (13.5 kW ERP)	Relay	Naga
BEAM TV Iloilo¹	DYRM-TV	26	5 kW (13.5 kW ERP)	Relay	Iloilo
BEAM TV Cebu¹	DYCT-TV	31	5 kW (10.5 kW ERP)	Relay	Cebu
BEAM TV Davao¹	DXKC-TV	31	10 kW (13.5 kW ERP)	Relay	Davao
BEAM TV Zamboanga¹	DXBE-TV	31	5 kW (40.5 kW ERP)	Relay	Zamboanga

¹ * Note: Effective January 1, 2022, all BEAM TV Analog stations permanently ceased its transmission as its fully migrated in digital broadcast format.

Radio stations

Callsign	Frequency	Power (kW)	Location	Notes
DWHT	107.9 MHz	5 kW	Dagupan	Station operated by Interactive Broadcast Media. Broadcasting as a relay station of DWWW.

Programming

References

^ BEAM Inc. Profile on LinkedIn
^ ^a ^b Lectura, Lenie (February 18, 2009). "Globe buys into two broadcast firms". BusinessMirror. Retrieved February 27, 2021 – via ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs.
^ "Republic Act No. 8098". The Corpus Juris. July 6, 1995. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
^ "Globe Telecom's SEC filing (17-A)". Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
^ "BEAM upgrades transmitters to support digital TV". ABS-CBN News. 2014.
^ "BEAM supports NTC's shift to digital TV". Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
^ Globe seeks content partnerships for digital TV venture ABS-CBNnews.com. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
^ "Republic Act No. 11482".

External links

[1] BEAM Inc. Profile on LinkedIn

[beam-altimax-2009-2] Lectura, Lenie (February 18, 2009). "Globe buys into two broadcast firms". BusinessMirror. Retrieved February 27, 2021 – via ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs.

[3] "Republic Act No. 8098". The Corpus Juris. July 6, 1995. Retrieved June 3, 2022.

[4] "Globe Telecom's SEC filing (17-A)". Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.

[5] "BEAM upgrades transmitters to support digital TV". ABS-CBN News. 2014.

[6] "BEAM supports NTC's shift to digital TV". Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.

[7] Globe seeks content partnerships for digital TV venture ABS-CBNnews.com. Retrieved April 22, 2015.

[8] "Republic Act No. 11482".

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v t e Globe Telecom
Chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala President and CEO Ernest Cu
Mobility	Globe TM
Fixed-line	BayanTel Globelines
Internet	Globe At Home
Technology	917Ventures GCash KonsultaMD Yondu
Media	Bethlehem Holdings Altimax BEAM Kroma Entertainment Anima FreebieMNL LiveMNL NYMA Paradise Rising (in partnership with 88rising) PIE (co-owned with ABS-CBN and 917Ventures) Secret Menu Upstream PH Wonder
Miscellaneous	Globe Lifestyle 0917 (clothing)
Annual revenue: PHP 166.66 billion (FY 2019) [1] Net income: PHP 22.28 billion (FY 2019) [2] Employees: 8,048 (2019) Stock symbol: (PSE: GLO)

v t e BEAM TV stations in the Philippines
DWKC 31 (Metro Manila) DWHB 26 (Baguio City) DWHC 32 (Naga City) DYRM 26 (Iloilo) DYCT 31 (Cebu) DXBE 31 (Zamboanga) DXKC 31 (Davao)
See also ABS-CBN (Luzon • Visayas • Mindanao) RPN/CNN Philippines (Luzon • Visayas • Mindanao) GMA (Luzon • Visayas • Mindanao) IBC (Luzon • Visayas • Mindanao) TV5 (Luzon • Visayas • Mindanao) PTV (Luzon • Visayas • Mindanao)