Type | Direct-broadcast satellite television |
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Country | Philippines |
Founded | April 1997 |
Headquarters | DREAM Broadcast Center, Clark Special Economic Zone, Pampanga, Philippines |
Owner | Philippine Multi-Media System, Inc. |
Key people | Antonio O. Conjuangco, Jr. (Chairman) |
Launch date | April 22, 2001 |
Dissolved | December 31, 2017 |
Former names | Dream Broadcasting System (2001–2003) |
Picture format | DVB, NTSC |
Official website | Archived official website at the Wayback Machine (archived May 17, 2018) |
Replaced by | Sky Direct SatLite |
Dream Satellite TV was the first all-digital Direct-To-Home (DTH) television broadcasting service via satellite in the Philippines. Broadcasting from the Dream Broadcast Center located at the Clark Special Economic Zone in Pampanga. Content is received from program providers, compressed and broadcast via Koreasat 5 (Mugunghwa 5) in DVB-S and NTSC color format exclusively to its subscribers using the Integrated Receiver-Decoder and the Conax/Nagravision 3 Encryption System.[1][2][3]
To receive Dream's broadcasting signals, subscribers must acquire a 60 centimetres (24 in) in diameter satellite dish antenna, an Integrated Receiver-Decoder (IRD) and a Dream Conditional Access Card (Smart Card). To provide security and protection, the satellite signals of Dream shall be encrypted using a Conditional Access System. Thus, exclusive use of Dream programs and services will only be available to Dream subscribers.