DZOZ-DTV

DZOZ-DTV (Light TV)
Metro Manila
City Pasig City
Branding Light TV 33 Manila
Slogan God's Channel of Blessings
Channels Digital: 33 (UHF) (ISDB-T)
Virtual: 33.01 (LCN)
Subchannels 33.01: Light Network HD
33.02: Light Network SD1
33.03: Light Network SD2
33.31: Light Network(1seg)
Affiliations Light TV (Independent)
Owner ZOE Broadcasting Network
Founded May 1, 2006 (As UniversiTV on UHF 33)
March 10, 2008 (As ZOE TV 33/ZTV 33)
March 1, 2011 / February 12, 2018 (as Light TV 33)
March 31, 2014 (as Light Network)
Call letters' meaning Variant of sister station DZOE-TV
Sister station(s) DZOE-TV (GMA News TV)
DZBB-TV (GMA Network) (co-owner of DZOE-TV Channel 11)
Radyo Calabarzon 1458
Former callsigns DZJV-TV (2006)
DZOZ-TV (2006-2017)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog:
  • 33 (UHF, 2006–2017)
Former affiliations Independent (2006–2008)
Transmitter power 30 KW (Max ERP: 1.5 megawatts)
Website lightnetwork.ph

DZOZ-DTV (Light TV 33) is a religious UHF digital television station of ZOE Broadcasting Network. DZOZ-TV studios are located at Strata 2000 Bldg., F. Ortigas Jr. Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City. Its transmitter is located at Sumulong Highway, Barangay San Roque, Antipolo City, Rizal. As of July 2018, Light TV 33 operates from 11:00 am to 11:00 pm from Monday to Saturday, and 7:00 am to 11:00 pm on Sunday.

History of Channel 33

Channel 33 started its test broadcasts on May 2006. At that time, it with its airing of job opening program Future Finder on limited broadcast hours in preparation for a relaunch of DZOZ-TV's new branding on November 27, 2006. On that day, after the series of test broadcasts, it began broadcasting, then under a blocktime agreement between ZOE and Makati-based Estima, Inc. The result of the deal was student-oriented channel UniversiTV. The channel has proven to be a hub for college and university students, catering them with evening and overnight programs everyday. By that time, it operated from 4 pm to 8 am the following day, but eventually retracted its broadcast hours until 4 am during its last few months of airing. However, on March 10, 2008, UniversiTV ceased its agreement with Channel 33, possibly due to poor ratings and lack of advertisers' support. This made ZOE TV left with almost no programming to offer, though, they surprisingly aired entertainment programs in the evening and a weekday morning TeleRadyo-formatted news program under the ZTV 33 brand. UniversiTV on the other hand, was then relaunched as a Pay TV channel via satellite and cable operators, but totally ceased operations by 2010.[1]

On March 1, 2011, (a day after the network's sister station Channel 11 was relaunched as GMA News TV), Channel 33 was rebranded as Light TV 33, introducing new programs produced by ZOE, and at the same time, the network launched its flagship newscast entitled News Light. Soon, Channel 33 regained all of its programming with programs mostly dedicated to religious formats. On March 31, 2014, Light TV 33 was renamed as Light Network, launched its refreshed logo, and had a new slogan called "Experience Light", while retaining the slogan "Kaibigan Mo" (Your Friend).

On February 12, 2018, Light Network was renamed back as Light TV with its new slogan "God's Channel of Blessings". At the same time, the channel started live broadcasts of JIL Worship Services during Sunday mornings.[2]

Digital television

Digital channels

DZOZ-TV operates on UHF Channel 33 (587.143 MHz), and is multiplexed into the following subchannels:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming Note
33.011080i16:9 (4:3 upscaled)Light Network HDLight TVFully migrated from analog to digital
33.02 480iLight Network SD1
33.03Light Network SD2
33.31240pLight Network 1seg1seg

Analog-to-digital conversion

On March 1, 2017, Light Network became the first television network in the country to abandon analog transmissions and migrated to digital television.[3] The night before, network chief engineer Antonio Soriano permanently ceased Channel 33's analog signal, triggering the country's shift to all-digital television. The station then flash-cut the digital signal to the abandoned analog channel for post-transition operations.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://universitv.net/utv/cablechannel_assignments.html
  2. ↑ TV Stations in the Philippines
  3. ↑ Delos Reyes, Dyan (February 14, 2017). "Light Network, nasa Digital TV na!". Light Network Website. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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