Subscription television in the Philippines

Cable television in the Philippines was introduced in 1969 with the first commercial service of Nuvue Cablevision (later absorbed into Sky Cable); Satellite television in the Philippines was introduced in 2001 with the first commercial broadcast of Dream Satellite TV (now defunct); and IPTV and digital over-the-top streaming services in the Philippines was introduced in 2010 with the first commercial broadcast of iWant TV (now iWant TFC), before the arrival of international-based streaming services such as iflix and Netflix.

There are two non-profit organizations that represent the cable television industry, namely: the Federation of International Cable TV and Telecommunications Association of the Philippines (FICTAP), and the Philippine Cable and Telecommunications Association (PCTA).

Cable television
Sky Cable, Destiny Cable, and Cablelink are currently the primary cable operators in the country. There are also local regional companies, such as Air Cable in Pampanga and Rizal, Asian Vision in Zambales, Batangas and Quezon, Royal Cable in Laguna, Planet Cable in Cavite, Fil-Products TV in Visayas, and Parasat Cable TV in Northern Mindanao.

Satellite television


Direct-to-home satellite television is offered through G Sat, Cignal, and SatLite.

Previously, Sky Direct offered the service from 2016 to 2020.

Internet television
With the advent of digital streaming services in 2016, there are active video streaming services available in the Philippines namely: • Amazon Prime Video

• Bilibili

• Blast TV

• Cignal Play

• Disney+ (including Star)

• Google Play Movies

• Apple TV+

• Hayu

• HBO Go

• HOOQ (defunct)

• iflix

• iQIYI

• iWantTFC

• Lionsgate Play

• Mango TV

• Netflix

• Pilipinas Live

• Pop TV

• Tubi

• TVB Anywhere

• Upstream

• Viu

• Vivamax

• Viva One

• WeTV

• Youku

• Zee5

Pay TV distributors

 * Asian Cable Communications (ACCION)
 * CableBoss
 * Omnicontent Management