DXBE-DTV


DXBE-DTV is a television station in Zamboanga City, Philippines, owned and operated by Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, Inc. The station maintains a transmitter facility at Mount Cabatangan, Zamboanga City.

History

The channel started as Cinema Television in 1995. It was also the first UHF station to be inspired by a movie channel on cable. And in 1997, it reformatted to E! Philippines, the local franchise of E!, an American-cable network channel that features fashion and lifestyle shows. But in the year 2003 RMN decided to cancel its operation to TV network, citing financial constraints and poor ratings.
On July 3, 2011, UHF 31 in Zamboanga and all RMN TV stations nationwide returned on test broadcast, as the frequency was occupied by Broadcast Enterprised and Affiliated Media, following the latter being purchased by Bethlehem Holdings, Inc. from RMN. It was then rebranded as BEAM Channel 31 and The Game Channel on August 15, 2011. The Game Channel limited its broadcast on December 24 of the same year, to give way to its new sister station CHASE which broadcasts on the evening block of The Game Channel. Then, The Game Channel transferred its operation to cable, while CHASE remained on this network and broadcast 24 hours a day. On September 7, 2012, an animated plugged appeared with the message, "Another Jack TV is rising, soon on this channel." The station was rebranded as Jack City, and was launched on October 20, 2012, while CHASE ended its broadcast on October 19.
On September 1, 2014, Jack City no longer aired on Channel 31 and its provincial affiliates as BEAM prepared for their shift to digital television. However, Jack City continued to broadcast on cable networks until March 21, 2015, when the channel were rebranded to CT.
After its closure, it aired O Shopping every late night slots, and 24/7 on SkyCable ) and several programs from TBN Asia including The 700 Club Asia, Praise the Lord, Great Day to Live, Ang Tugon, among other local and religious programming produced by the Essential Broadcasting Network under the leadership of Bro. Greg Durante of Greg Durante Ministries which its started from its regular signing-on of the date mentioned above.
In late 2018, BEAM TV UHF Channel 31 started to operate its digital signal on test broadcast in Zamboanga on UHF Channel 32 using the ISDB-T system, making it the 2nd television network that made available on digital television in Zamboanga and Region 9, after EMedia Productions.
BEAM TV provincial stations ceased its analog transmission on March 29, 2022, as its now fully migrated to digital broadcast permanently. As of March 30, 2022, BEAM TV Digital broadcast started to operate on UHF 31, but still under maintenance as the network still trying to migrate its signal operations which is currently using the digital transmission on UHF 32 in the area. On April 6, 2022, BEAM TV announced launched of PIE, a new channel that co-ownership with ABS-CBN Corporation, Kroma Entertainment and 917Ventures, on May 23, 2022, as the all-new "tradigital" entertainment channel

Digital television

Digital channels

DXBE-DTV currently operates on UHF Channel 31 and is multiplexed into the following subchannels:
ChannelVideoAspectShort nameProgrammingNotes
31.1480i16:9PRTV PRIMEPRTV Prime MediaCommercial broadcast
31.2480i16:9UFC TVUFC TVCommercial broadcast
31.3480i16:9KNOWLEDGE CHANNELKnowledge ChannelCommercial broadcast
31.4480i16:9RESERVEDTest broadcast
31.5480i16:9BILYONARYO NEWS CHANNELBilyonaryo News ChannelCommercial broadcast
31.6480i16:9D8TVD8TVCommercial broadcast
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Areas of coverage