SkyCable Select Starter at Php280

Q: Key Point 1: Sky Cable is offering a new Starter Select package to...

Sky Cable is offering a new Starter Select package to its subscribers for as low as Php280 per month, inclusive of about 37 channels.

Q: Key Point 4: In any case, offering a per channel subscription the a...

In any case, offering a per channel subscription the a la carte way could be cheaper to those who are into a select number of preferred programs.

Abe Olandres June 21, 2009 · 1 min read

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Sky Cable is offering a new Starter Select package to its subscribers for as low as Php280 per month, inclusive of about 37 channels.

sky cable Each additional channel on top of that will only cost you Php20 or Php350 each, depending on the channel.

I’m curious which channels would cost as expensive as Php350 each and what channels are included in the initial 37 (pre-selected).

In any case, offering a per channel subscription the a la carte way could be cheaper to those who are into a select number of preferred programs.

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185 Comments

julie · 16 years ago

to maev7983
tanong ko lang po sana yung 190pesos a month cable ano po cable ito? kailangan lang po magpacable pls…ty

bulbolito bayagbag · 16 years ago

dami nyo reklamo mura lang nmn padagdag mga hampas lupa

maev7983 · 16 years ago

JDSalinger replied on Jun 22nd, 2009 at 3:39 pm (18)

Wow! thatâ€™s suprisingly costly for meâ€¦ my cable subscriber offers 190php/month with 60+ channel and the channels were growing everydayâ€¦.

ano cable provuder mo?

Joemen · 16 years ago

I’m really interested with Skycable 280, mas mura kasi kumpara sa ibang cable network. Kaya lang ang isang ayaw ko lang sa Skycable ay nag-iinsert sila ng ads. Pinapatungan nila ng ads yung mga channels gaya ng Discovery, National Geographic. Dati kasi ganun sila kaya kami lumipat ng ibang cable. Does Skycable still inserting ads?

allan · 16 years ago

2 yrs ago may pumunta na dito para kabitan ako pero sabi nila walang linya bakit ganun eh sentro ng manila dito..ramon magsaysay blvd sta mesa…dapat magkaroon na..akala ko naman kayo ang pinakamalaks na cable sa pilipinas eh dito nga lng sa manila hindi pala lahat meron linya…pls lng gusto ko magpakabit ….

allan · 16 years ago

bakit walang linya pa rin dito sa 3086 ramon magsaysay blvd sta mesa..near nagtahan bridge(PUP nagtahan)gusto pa namin magpakabit dito..gawan nyo ng paraan para makabitan kami…reply pls to my e-mail add: al****@yahoo.com

jaime patajo · 16 years ago

hello good day po,

Si Jaime patajo pa din ito,up to now di pa din naikabit ang cable ko .Actaually may job order na
(# 479 01 27) Tumawag ako Last december ang sabi may mag install na nakaschedule na . pero wala pa din kanino ba ako dapat talaga makipagusap para maikabit

Salamat po

jaime patajo · 16 years ago

Isa pa na hindi magandang events,before sky cable subcriber na ako,pero ako nagbabayad lahat yata sa lugar namin illegal ,pinatagil ko,ngayon may sky cable select nakakatuwa balik ko na pero ang tagal di raw makita ang lugar e Pateros ito nasa national capital din ewan ko ba

sege bye na,sana makabit na para malaman kung ok talaga

Synergy · 16 years ago

w0w P280 napaka mura na nun subscribe na…lahat ng CH. nasayo na. sa DIGIBOX hindi lahat ng channel nan dyn sympre nka Block ung ibang ch. eh ipa2 upgrade mu pa pra mag ka ch. ka. pde nga kaw na mismo mag upgrade eh. tanung ?? marunung ka ba? ahaha … kc aq nka plan 280 lng aq, so may ga2win aq para I-hack sya. tama bang term un hack ahaha, so kelangan pa b tanungin yn.. alm na yn,. d kelangan n imemorize yn… ahaha saya… SkyCable Ok na sana ung banat na 280 eh kaso. walang mga Gusto ng customers galing magplano nun nag setup nyn malufet.. ang baho.. look napaka raming customers ang nagha2nap ng Anilamal Planet, Discovery Ch. And HBO… sabhin na natin walng HBO.. ung dalawang lng na nabanggit sympre ma22wa nmn cla kung ksama un ch, na un tapos palitan na lng ung mga panget d mraming mag pa2kabit sa inyu,, LOL*

adonis · 17 years ago

luma na mga comments nyo, balita ko 50 channels na kasama. bahala na basta magka cable lang

berto · 17 years ago

pag may mabilis kayong internew hwag na mag subscribe ng cable or satellite na yan hindi naman yan mga hdtv. download na lang kayo ng tvuplayer, tvants, tikilive player kaya lang walang pinoy channels

berto · 17 years ago

wala pa bang hdtv sa cable or satellite sa pinas?

jeplox · 17 years ago

I’d still stick to destiny, at 500 php i already have hbo, discovery, animal planet, cnn, fox news and travel and living for my mom. Those are the only channels i frequently watch.

espirikipiwt · 17 years ago

SUGGEST KO LANG SA SKYCABLE SELECT.TANGGALIN NYO NALANG YUNG MGA CHANNELS NA PANGET TAPOS ILAGAY NYO YUNG HBO,STAR MOVIES ANIMAL PLANET ,DISCOVERY, PARA MARAMING MAG-APLY SA INYO NG SKY CABLE SELECT.PERO DAPAT GANON PARIN UNG PER MONTH 280 PESOS. SIGURADO KO PO MARAMING LILIPAT SA INYO GALING SA IBANG CABLE SUBSCRIBER…. KAYA NYO YAN DO IT!!!!!!!DIBA MASMAGANDA KUNG PURO MAGAGANDA UNG COMMENTS SA INYO.

ESPIRIKIPIWT · 17 years ago

kayong lahat jan na nasa skycable. ang papangit ng comments sa inyo ng mga costomers nyo. ok na nasana ung 280 per month. hindi mo kasi masasabing cable ung pinapanood mo kung walang HBO,DISCOVERY,ANIMAL PLANET,PLAYHOUSE DISNEY, GANON DIN PARANG WALANG PINAG BAGO. SANA NAMAN LAGYAN NYO NG HBO,DISCOVERY, ANIMAL PLANET KASI ITO TALAGANG CHANNEL UNG HINAHANAP NG ISANG CUSTOMERS. GAWAN NYO NG PARAAN………… SAKA TANGGALIN NYO UNG MGA CHANNEL NA HINDI NAMAN NAIINTINDIHAN DITO SA PINAS…..PEACE.!!!!!!

nacsboi · 17 years ago

kasali ba dito davao area na skycable?

The Blogger Basics · 17 years ago

Thanks for this info maybe i will try Skycable starter pack, pero sana they’ve included HBO. but well i think its a good package.

destiny_crew · 17 years ago

mam/sir
destiny cable offers FREE installation.

-GODBless us

dVicki · 17 years ago

Disappointed… after Sky announced that my Silver subscription will be adjusted from P650+ to P780 per month, I thought, well, I could still be able to enjoy my Sky and save money using their Select Starter promo and add HBO, NG & C/I channels. But it turns out I’ll be paying much more than my Silver subscription while getting lesser channels.

Can someone explain what’s the benefit of getting that bundled-up HBO P350 package? The only reason why I stick to Sky is because of the Lifestyle Network but if they don’t break down that HBO package I might as well switch to Destiny P450 subscription.

Edwin H · 17 years ago

Sky made great sales and info campaign in our area (Paranaque~Taguig)- they had a roadshow at the commercial area and church patio of our village on weekends – complete with full color flyers, streamers – announcing the Sky Select program. Then they followed up with mailer’s too.

When I called their customer service, I was told that my Sky Silver will revert to basic (P280), and if i wanted to upgrade to Select, i would need a Digibox (!) for each TV (!!) since our area had gone Digital.

Two weeks later, Destiny stuffed my mailbox with a flyer with an unbeatable offer P1,450 installation, 3 months free! If only for Playhouse Disney, it was worth the switch.

Sky is still on one TV though (analog), just for AXN, Lifestyle and AFC.

Pundits say that’s typical of a Lopez-owned company….

Hayden Kho · 17 years ago

sus… mag illegal connection na lang ako… hehehe….

JHOY · 17 years ago

I was amazed when my sister in law told me that there’s a P280 plan in skycable that’s why I became interested and have it research in internet. But, sad to say, I have read negative feedback in this site. For me, P280 is good if HBO is included and if that happens, kindly inform me and I will definitely subscribe it.

melvox · 17 years ago

I’ve been planning on subscribing to a sky select subscription. Sad to say though, na Php 2,000.00 ang Initial payment…. Those crappy channels, and a cable channel selector that you only RENT for 2000 and 280 a moth?!

Parang hindi na sya ganong kagandang plan. And from what i’ve read here, 350 for HBO? tapos wala pang NGC/Discovery man lng….hayzz…

IMO, you’re not getting anything for your buck here.

Siguro, kung magpapa-subscribe ka dito….ginagawa mo lang to para sa porma, hindi para sa pleasure ng pagiging couch potato.

Ano magagawa ng porma ng pagiging subscriber ng sky cable kung wala ka nmn ng mga channels that really matter…

Sky Cable Select Starter? -> Stupid.

xoxo · 17 years ago

mas maganda p yata ung cable link…

Dhrexler · 17 years ago

heehaw…at least there’s a plan Php. 280 at hindi na masyadong mataas tang babayaran pero sana may star movies at HBO(IDK kung nalulugi na sila?)

ad · 17 years ago

guys,is it still possible to split the signal if sky is using digibox?we have 2 TVs at home.tnx

Livedito.com · 17 years ago

good move by Skycable

Weblogger|CarloBlogg Online · 17 years ago

excuse my first comment, sir yuga, you can delete it :)

Weblogger|CarloBlogg Online · 17 years ago

wow, It seems like almost anything today are turning into schemes that adjust to users’ likings :D

Weblogger|CarloBlogg Online · 17 years ago

wow, It seems like almost anything today are turning into prepaid :D

junn · 17 years ago

jdsalinger

ano cable provider mo and where? Metro manila ba yan?

Kaye · 17 years ago

“Each additional channel on top of that will only cost you Php20 or Php350 each, depending on the channel.”

Are they serious? PHP20 is good, but P350 for one channel is just…just…

I’m sticking to my Silver subscription. How much will it cost me to add Solar Sports, btw?

JDSalinger · 17 years ago

Wow! that’s suprisingly costly for me… my cable subscriber offers 190php/month with 60+ channel and the channels were growing everyday….

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 17 years ago

@aram -I’m on Destiny right now and have been contemplating to move on Sky for some time. I think I mentioned it in one of my posts before.

ricojake · 17 years ago

@Rome, nice analysis.

Im not into cable subscription but i think the traditional subcription is more of redundant and useless channels. Better have a choice of channels you frequently watched but if you are into a variety of programs, why dont go straight to the regular subscription right?

Aram Beheshti · 17 years ago

Hi Yuga,

Have you tried skycable’s HD offering?

http://www.skycable.com/packages.aspx?id=11&pkg=HD&pg=Description&subid=1&cid=40

I’m amazed you still haven’t posted this or at least i haven’t found your posting. :)

Rome · 17 years ago

I guess the appeal of this package all depends on taste and the demographics of one’s household. The Select Starter package caters to a more locally-oriented viewer plus a few must-have channels for cable tv primetime shows abroad. If you want to have an english movie channel, I think star movies would be enough as the hbo bundle package is just outrageous (HBO, HBO Signature, HBO Family, HBO Hits are kinda redundant).

Funny, ANC is not included in the basic pack.

What’s even funnier is that the other select plans are not a good deal as they may seem. One would think that since it’s a bundled package, you get to save a few bucks when compared to availing them individually through add-ons.

Take a look at the Select Plus which costs 450 pesos. It adds ANC (P20), a choice between Discovery or Nat Geo which you have to pick one, each costs P50 and another set of limited choices (CNBC, Star Movies or Playhouse Disney) wherein you have to pick one, each costs P100, all added to the starter package which is P280… and the total is(20+50+100+280) still P450… It’s stupid because you can just pick out some other channel (which you would actually like) from the add-ons list and not be restricted with the given choices on the Select Plus package.

But wait!!! There’s more!

The Select Max which costs P680. It includes the starter pack (P280) plus ANC (P20), plus a choice between Nat Geo, Discovery or Animal Planet wherein you choose two, each costs P50 (so that’s P100) and a choice between Playhouse Disney, CNBC or Star movies, each costs P100, you choose two (so that’s 200)… add it all up (280 + 20 + 100 + 200) that’s only P600!!! What!? You get to pay more by selecting that package instead of just adding them from the add-ons list to your Starter package?!

Weird huh?

Well, I don’t know… maybe they’re giving away something else on that package (free installation fee perhaps?) or maybe there’s a typo in there somewhere.

Anyway I think they made these packages to attract Destiny subs and Cignal subs as well, coz they made the select plans look like they’re delivering more channels at their respective price point (with a couple of exclusive channels).

@Yuga
You’re welcome sir. =)

paul · 17 years ago

hmmm… interesting.

not really a fan of skycable’s movie channels ‘coz the more interesting scenes are usually censored. i’d rather watch movies on dvd or in theaters.

and the channels that i usually watch (axn/starworld/bbc) are included in the basic package.

really interesting…

Tiger · 17 years ago

I am a Destiny Cable subscriber at home and a Sky Cable subscriber in the office. I often record programs using my DVR when I am not at home or in the office. I cannot record programs using a DVR in my Sky Cable subscirption. Because Sky Cable has a Digibox, I have to be physically present beside the DVR so I can switch from one channel to another when recording programs, which defeats the purpose of owning a DVR. I have called them many many times so that they can address this issue but all I get from them are false promises. Anyone from Sky Cable reading this, please address the issue. There should be modifications made on the digibox or change it to a DVR compatible one.

sylv3rblade · 17 years ago

That’s an interesting offer. Hmm.. some creative thinking on sky’s marketing it seems.

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 17 years ago

@Rome – thanks for the link. Been looking for that all afternoon.

Reel Advice · 17 years ago

I don’t like the setup of channels for the price. It would have been better if subscribers can select which channels from the ground up!

Patrick · 17 years ago

I’ve been seeing the commercial and thought I would really like this if it’s around the price of the Silver plan if I just added 2 channels, Discovery and History. Oh well…

Eizan · 17 years ago

As expected, Star Movies, HBO, and Cinemax, are not in the default 280 plan. Hayyzzz… Oh well, ok rin naman yung mga pre-selected channels, yung movie channels lang talaga…if HBO is indeed Php350 (WTF!!), I would just opt for the regular monthly plan then.

Rome · 17 years ago

plus all the local channels

IMO, good price na dahil meron ng AXN and Star World in the basic package, downside lang, yung movie channels, when you add the usual channels: star movies (P100!) and HBO is not sold separately, you have to get the whole HBO pack for P350 (a big duh if you ask me). Other standard channels are like 20 to 50 each so you can select which one you really like.

cutemoboy · 17 years ago

Packages

Monthly Fee 280

Channels
Select Starter Php 280 Local News: Teleradyo
World News: CNN, Bloomberg, BBC World, Euronews
Music: Channel V, MTV, MYX
Learning: Knowledge Channel
Movies: Cinema One
Sports/Men: Balls, BTV, Makisig, Manila Jockey Club, Maxx
Kids: Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, Hero TV, Nickelodeon
Lifestyle/Women: Asian Food Channel, Living Asia, Lifestyle Network, Velvet, ShopTV
General Entertainment: AXN, Star World, C/S Origin
International Channels: Arirang, C-SPAN WORLDNET, Da-Ai, DEUTSCHWELLE, GXTV, KBS, Saudi 1, TCT, TV Espanol, TV5 France
Religious Channels: EWTN, INC, TV Maria, ZOE TV

cutemoboy · 17 years ago

do u rily have d power to choose? base from wt i herd,, they olredy selected some not so gud channels.. den u decide if u wnt to add some oder channel.. most of the channel dt i like u still have to add 50 box? wtf! & the channel in the 280 plan sucks.. so ill go for destiny still..

Rome · 17 years ago

and
http://www.skycable.com/packages.aspx?id=9&pkg=Add-ons&pg=Description&subid=23&cid=41
for add-ons

hth

Rome · 17 years ago

http://www.skycable.com/packages.aspx?id=10&pkg=Select&pg=Subscription+Fees&subid=5&cid=38

Eizan · 17 years ago

I like their new plans; gives the subscribers the option to choose which channels they only want to watch. Any details on where the service is initially available?