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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Sky Direct</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Sky-direct-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2c/Sky-direct-logo.svg/220px-Sky-direct-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2c/Sky-direct-logo.svg/330px-Sky-direct-logo.svg.png 1.5x, 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Communications Center</a>, Eugenio Lopez Drive, <a href="/wiki/Diliman,_Quezon_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Diliman, Quezon City">Diliman, Quezon City</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sky_(cable_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky (cable company)">Sky Cable Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Launch date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">March 18, 2016<span class="noprint">; 8 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2016-03-18</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;">Dissolved</th><td class="infobox-data">June 30, 2020<span class="noprint">; 4 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">2020-06-30</span>)</span> (lapsed legislative franchise)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Picture format</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/DVB-S2" title="DVB-S2">DVB-S2</a> <a href="/wiki/MPEG-4" title="MPEG-4">MPEG-4</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1.0em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Official website</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mysky.com.ph/skydirect">www<wbr />.mysky<wbr />.com<wbr />.ph<wbr />/skydirect</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sky Direct</b> (stylized as <b>SKYdirect</b>) was a <a href="/wiki/Direct-broadcast_satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct-broadcast satellite">direct-broadcast satellite</a> subscription television service in the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> owned and operated by <a href="/wiki/Sky_(cable_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sky (cable company)">Sky</a>, a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/ABS-CBN_Corporation" title="ABS-CBN Corporation">ABS-CBN Corporation</a>. Sky Cable had been eyeing for a DBS service and considered on acquiring <a href="/wiki/Dream_Satellite_TV" title="Dream Satellite TV">Dream Satellite TV</a> from Antonio O. Cojuangco, Jr. The acquisition of Dream was reported to have reached an advanced stage but for some undisclosed reasons, the deal was not sealed. Sky's entry to the DBS market was hindered by various oppositions from the industry, citing legal issues and the slow growth of the pay TV market in the country. On December 23, 2015, Sky was granted by the <a href="/wiki/National_Telecommunications_Commission_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Telecommunications Commission (Philippines)">NTC</a> a provisional authority to operate and maintain a DBS service in 251 cities and municipalities in the country for a period of 18 months. Sky Direct offered both prepaid and postpaid packages with exclusive channels from ABS-CBN and <a href="/wiki/ABS-CBN_Cable_Channels" class="mw-redirect" title="ABS-CBN Cable Channels">Creative Programs</a> such as <a href="/wiki/ABS-CBN_HD" class="mw-redirect" title="ABS-CBN HD">ABS-CBN HD</a>, <a href="/wiki/ABS-CBN_News_Channel" title="ABS-CBN News Channel">ABS-CBN News Channel</a>, <a href="/wiki/ABS-CBN_Sports_and_Action" title="ABS-CBN Sports and Action">ABS-CBN Sports+Action HD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cinema_One" title="Cinema One">Cinema One</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeepney_TV" title="Jeepney TV">Jeepney TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metro_Channel" title="Metro Channel">Metro Channel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liga_(TV_channel)" title="Liga (TV channel)">Liga</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Myx" title="Myx">Myx</a>. As of March 2019, Sky Direct had over 1 million subscribers.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 30, 2020, Sky Direct stopped operations due to the <a href="/wiki/ABS-CBN_shutdown" class="mw-redirect" title="ABS-CBN shutdown">alias</a> <a href="/wiki/Cease_and_desist" title="Cease and desist">cease-and-desist order</a> (ACDO) issued by the <a href="/wiki/National_Telecommunications_Commission_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Telecommunications Commission (Philippines)">National Telecommunications Commission</a> (NTC) and <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Solicitor_General_of_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Solicitor General of the Philippines">Solicitor General</a> <a href="/wiki/Jose_Calida" title="Jose Calida">Jose Calida</a> regarding the expiration of ABS-CBN's legislative franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_Direct&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2015, Sky Cable Corporation applied with the <a href="/wiki/National_Telecommunications_Commission_(Philippines)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Telecommunications Commission (Philippines)">National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)</a> for the roll-out of its DBS service with plans of spending at least 252 million <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Peso" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Peso">pesos</a> for the purchase of equipment (₱122 million) and working capital (₱130 million).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 23, 2015, Sky Cable was granted a provisional authority by the NTC to operate and maintain a DBS service in 251 cities and municipalities for 18 months.<sup id="cite_ref-manilastandardtoday.com_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-manilastandardtoday.com-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sky Cable plans to get 49,500 subscribers in the first year of operations and increase it to 864,600 subscribers in 10 years.<sup id="cite_ref-manilastandardtoday.com_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-manilastandardtoday.com-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NTC approved the application of Sky Cable to offer DBS services despite opposition from 14 companies from the cable and television industry.<sup id="cite_ref-malaya.com.ph_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-malaya.com.ph-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2016, Sky Direct began the trial period for its prepaid service in three areas through authorized dealers in <a href="/wiki/Metro_Manila" title="Metro Manila">Metro Manila</a>, province of <a href="/wiki/Cavite" title="Cavite">Cavite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quezon" title="Quezon">Quezon</a>. </p><p>Sky Direct had a soft launching on March 18, 2016, by releasing the television commercial advertisement with endorser <a href="/wiki/Kris_Aquino" title="Kris Aquino">Kris Aquino</a>. </p><p>The Sky Direct prepaid subscription package includes a <a href="/wiki/Satellite" title="Satellite">satellite</a> <a href="/wiki/Dish_antenna" class="mw-redirect" title="Dish antenna">dish antenna</a>, set top box (Integrated Receiver-Decoder) and remote control. Sky Direct uses the <a href="/wiki/DVB-S2" title="DVB-S2">DVB-S2</a> digital television broadcast standard in the <a href="/wiki/Ku_band" title="Ku band">Ku band</a> to provide standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) TV broadcasts. For the <a href="/wiki/Conditional_access" title="Conditional access">conditional access</a>, it uses the Verimatrix encryption system to scramble the data and protect its content from signal piracy. </p><p>On May 24, 2016, <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>-based satellite owner <a href="/wiki/SES_(company)" title="SES (company)">SES</a> announced a multi-year, multi-<a href="/wiki/Transponder_(satellite_communications)" title="Transponder (satellite communications)">transponder</a> capacity agreement with Sky Cable, Sky Direct's parent, to broadcast DTH television channels via the <a href="/wiki/SES-9" title="SES-9">SES-9</a> and New Skies NSS-11 satellites at 108.2 degrees East. SES-9 is expected to be operational middle of 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sky_Direct_broadcast">Sky Direct broadcast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_Direct&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Sky Direct broadcast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2015, Sky Direct began its test broadcast using SES <a href="/wiki/SES_World_Skies" title="SES World Skies">NSS-11</a> satellite. But in May 2016, Sky Direct moved its full broadcast using <a href="/wiki/SES-9" title="SES-9">SES-9</a> Satellite. </p> <table class="wikitable float center" style="=width:500px;"> <tbody><tr style="font-size:90%"> <th>Satellite </th> <th>Band </th> <th>Position </th> <th>Frequency </th> <th>Polarity </th> <th>SR </th> <th>Encryption </th> <th>System </th> <th>Status </th> <th>Coverage </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%"> <td><a href="/wiki/SES_World_Skies" title="SES World Skies">SES-9</a> </td> <td>Ku Band </td> <td>108.2° East </td> <td>12531 & 12571 MHz </td> <td>Vertical (V) </td> <td>30000 </td> <td>Verimatrix </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DVB-S2" title="DVB-S2">DVB-S2</a> <a href="/wiki/MPEG-4" title="MPEG-4">MPEG-4</a> </td> <td>Commercial broadcast </td> <td>Philippines </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competition">Competition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_Direct&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Competition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sky Direct competes with <a href="/wiki/Cignal" title="Cignal">Cignal</a>, the leading DTH provider with more than two million subscribers <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> owned by the <a href="/wiki/PLDT" title="PLDT">Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company</a> (PLDT) through <a href="/wiki/MediaQuest_Holdings" title="MediaQuest Holdings">MediaQuest Holdings</a>, and with <a href="/wiki/G_Sat" title="G Sat">G Sat</a> owned by <a href="/wiki/Global_Satellite_Technology_Services" title="Global Satellite Technology Services">Global Satellite Technology Services</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opposition">Opposition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sky_Direct&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Opposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The entry of Sky Direct in the DTH service was being opposed by various groups citing violation of the anti-monopoly law,<sup id="cite_ref-manilastandardtoday.com_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-manilastandardtoday.com-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including Cignal and its sister company <a href="/wiki/TV5_Network" title="TV5 Network">TV5 Network</a> under the PLDT group, <a href="/wiki/Dream_Satellite_TV" title="Dream Satellite TV">Dream Satellite TV</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Cable_Television_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Cable Television Association">Philippine Cable Television Association</a>. 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title="Vodacom">Vodacom</a> (South Africa)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_Television" title="Vietnam Television">VTVCab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WorldCall" title="WorldCall">WorldCall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Satellite_television" title="Satellite television">Satellite</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Airtel_digital_TV" title="Airtel digital TV">Airtel digital TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astro_(company)" title="Astro (company)">Astro (Malaysia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canal%2B_Afrique" title="Canal+ Afrique">Canal+ Afrique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canal%2B_Cal%C3%A9donie" title="Canal+ Calédonie">Canal+ Calédonie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canal%2B_(Myanmar)" title="Canal+ (Myanmar)">Canal+ (Myanmar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cignal" title="Cignal">Cignal</a></li> <li><a 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television)">ZAP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/IPTV" class="mw-redirect" title="IPTV">IPTV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B_TV" title="B TV">B TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cignal" title="Cignal">Cignal</a></li> <li>Cellcom TV (Israel)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Du_(company)" title="Du (company)">DU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fetch_TV" title="Fetch TV">Fetch TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foxtel" title="Foxtel">Foxtel (Australia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genie_TV" title="Genie TV">Genie TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GTA_Teleguam" title="GTA Teleguam">GTA Teleguam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LG_Uplus" title="LG Uplus">LG Uplus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maroc_Telecom" title="Maroc Telecom">Maroc Telecom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius_Telecom#My.T" title="Mauritius Telecom">My.T</a></li> 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title="Streamtech">Streamtech</a> (Philippines)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uganda_Telecom" class="mw-redirect" title="Uganda Telecom">Uganda Telecom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unifi_(internet_service_provider)" title="Unifi (internet service provider)">Unifi TV (Malaysia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Converge_Vision" title="Converge Vision">Vision (Philippines)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_television" title="Terrestrial television">Terrestrial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ABS-CBN_TV_Plus" title="ABS-CBN TV Plus">ABS-CBN TV Plus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Baron" title="Ernie Baron">Baron Digital TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canal%2B_(Myanmar)" title="Canal+ (Myanmar)">Canal+ (Myanmar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeview_(Australia)" title="Freeview (Australia)">Freeview (Australia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freeview_(New_Zealand)" title="Freeview (New Zealand)">Freeview (New Zealand)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GMA_Affordabox" title="GMA Affordabox">GMA Affordabox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MYTV_Broadcasting" title="MYTV Broadcasting">MYTV (Malaysia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/StarTimes" title="StarTimes">StarTimes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulit_TV" title="Sulit TV">Sulit TV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct /<br />inactive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ABNXcess" title="ABNXcess">ABNXcess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aora" title="Aora">Aora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AstraSat" title="AstraSat">AstraSat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austar" title="Austar">Austar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Cable_Television" title="Hong Kong Cable Television">Cable TV (Hong Kong)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CTH_(company)" title="CTH (company)">CTH</a> (Thailand)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Destiny_Cable" title="Destiny Cable">Destiny Cable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DishHD" title="DishHD">DishHD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dream_Satellite_TV" title="Dream Satellite TV">Dream Satellite TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easy_TV_(Philippines)" title="Easy TV (Philippines)">Easy TV (Philippines)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_(Australian_television)" title="Galaxy (Australian television)">Galaxy (Australia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Cable" title="Global Cable">Global Cable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HKBN_bbTV" title="HKBN bbTV">HKBN bbTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HiTV" title="HiTV">HiTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Home_Cable" title="Home Cable">Home Cable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igloo_(TV)" title="Igloo (TV)">Igloo (New Zealand)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_TV_(India)" title="Independent TV (India)">Independent TV (India)</a></li> 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title="ABS-CBN TV Plus">ABS-CBN TV Plus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Cable_Corporation" title="Sky Cable Corporation">Sky Cable Corporation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sky_Cable" title="Sky Cable">Sky Cable</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Online, digital and interactive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ABS-CBN_Digital_Media" title="ABS-CBN Digital Media">ABS-CBN Digital Media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IWantTFC" title="IWantTFC">iWantTFC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/News.ABS-CBN.com" title="News.ABS-CBN.com">News.ABS-CBN.com</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Music_PH" title="One Music PH">One Music PH</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_ABS-CBN_Corporation_subsidiaries" title="List of ABS-CBN Corporation subsidiaries">Other</a> 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