DZEC-TV channel 25 is the flagship station of Philippine television network Net 25, owned by Eagle Broadcasting Corporation. It’s studios, transmitters and broadcast facilities are located at #25 Central Ave., New Era, Quezon City.
It is on Channel 25 on terrestrial TV in Metro Manila, and with simulcast provincial stations broadcasting all of its programs via satellite over UHF Channel 46 in Baguio, UHF Channel 49 in Cebu, and UHF Channel 39 in Davao. This station is also carried by major cable operators in the country led by SkyCable, Cablelink, Destiny Cable and Cignal Digital TV. NET 25 reaches TV audiences on the Easternand Pacific coasts, United States, Alaska and Hawaii and the whole of Asia including Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Macau (in Portuguese), Taiwan, China as well as Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Turkey, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Germany, Monaco,Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and the entire continent of Europe.
Net 25 currently has 155 talents, a conglomeration of 65 local personalities and 45 INC TV personalities.
History
The station was previously owned by ACWS-United Broadcasting Network (now owned by Manila Broadcasting Company that airs DZRH). Under the name UltraVision 25, the station started its broadcast operations on July 27, 1999. The first slogan was “The New Era of Television”. UltraVision 25’s narrator was “Big Daddy” Beng Chua. On April 23, 2000 it was bought by Eagle Broadcasting Corporation and was officially launched in a multimedia exhibit dubbed “Destination: PLANET 25”, which was held at New Era University.
In late April 2001, NET 25 was the only station airing live and detailed coverage of the Pro-Estrada Rally (also known as EDSA III). That rally ended in a failed siege of the Malacañang Presidential Palace on May 1, 2001.
NET 25 was the home to DZEC programs such as Agila Reports, Liwanagin Natin, and Con Todos Recados.
Capable of 120 kilowatts of transmitter power (for a total of 7,896 kilowatts ERP), NET 25 boasts of the Philippines’ first trilon TV tower that rises to 907 feet above sea level. A state-of-the-art JAMPRO 48-panel antenna and two 60 kW ACRODYNE transmitters complete the tower package. NET 25 also has studios and editing suites for in-house and post-productions.