Solar Entertainment Corp, based in Makati Philippines, is an established media with prominent positions in broadcast and cable television.

The company is a leader in the creation and promotion and distributions of entertainment and sports programming services.

Solar’s established cable network brands include the following:

Solar Sports, the first channel tailor made for the Filipino Sports Fans, Basketball TV, the first 24/7 channel that showcase only all basketball games from NBA, FIBA, NBA, US NCAA and WNBA among others, ETC (Entertainment channel), Jack TV is geared towards the young, adventurous, thrill seeking adult, CS (Crime and Suspense) Origin,taps into the addictive and compelling appeal of the genre, and 2nd avenue is an extension of ETC but with more sophisticated viewership status and program line up , lastly, C/S 9, the first free channel showcasing both hi impact action and sports, the primetime grid is a mix of Sports and entertainment both local and foreign. Plus, SHOP TV, 24-hour Home TV Shopping Channel and, the forthcoming sci-fi network, something to look forward to this 2009.

A private corporation, Solar’s strength lies in its entrepreneurial drive, market knowledge and credibility, backed up with the financial muscle facilitating quick decision making to take advantage of market opportunities in both entertainment and sports.

ABS-CBN Publishing, Inc (API), a wholly owned subsidiary of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Network, has the largest and widest magazine distribution network in the country, covering 200 key cities and municipalities all over the Philippines. With its portfolio of lifestyle, culinary, youth and entertainment glossies and books, API has been able to reach well-established and emerging markets both here and abroad.

The company publishes Metro, Metro Weddings, Metro Home & Entertaining, Metro Active, Metro Him, Metro Society, Working Mom, Food, Foodie, Chalk, Myx Magazine, StarStudio, The Buzz, K Mag and Maxim.

ABS-CBN Publishing, Inc is the publishing arm of the Cable Channels and Print Media Group (CCPMG) of ABS-CBN. CCPMG is the unprecedented union of Cable and Print - a first of its kind in the local media scene with 22 brands across 4 genres that provides premium content, customized executions, and infinite cross-platform executions.
CCPMG (Cable Channels and Print Media Group) integrates all the media outlets of ABS-CBN and creates a centralized system that provides advertising opportunities spanning all possible target markets. By offering this system where genres are clearly defined, yet fully interspersed, CCPMG opens the door to more possibilities and venues to fully maximize and harness you brand’s full potential.

This new scheme divided the general market into four specific genres: Lifestyle, Entertainment, Men’s and the Youth. Under each genre is a roster of “platforms”: publications, coupled with cable channels that fit the genre. From this structures web of platforms, you have the power to choose and combine media outlets to fit your needs and liking. Infinite cross combination and multi-platform designs are yours for the taking. You can forget about limits, because it’s your creativity and ingenuity that will propel your brand forward.

The Philippine STAR is a daily broadsheet circulated throughout the Philippine archipelago. Owned and published by PhilSTAR Daily, Inc., The Philippine STAR is regarded as a vaunted pillar of Philippine media and is the only broadsheet with an established circulation in Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia.

Comprehensive coverage, balanced reporting, responsible journalism. These are just some of the attributes readers commonly associate with The Philippine STAR – qualities that continue to endear the newspaper to legions of Filipino readers who value credible news and information.

Founded on July 28, 1986 by veteran journalists Max Soliven, Betty Go-Belmonte and Art Borjal, The Philippine STAR has lived up to its mission of informing and inspiring the Filipino people by upholding truth and fairness at all times. Its integrity as a newspaper is anchored on the Biblical motto, “Truth Shall Prevail.”

Beyond upholding journalistic ideals, The Philippine STAR fiercely guards its reputation as a versatile newspaper, lending meaning to its popular slogan, “The only paper you read from cover to cover!”, which aptly captures the appeal of the paper to readers who have made it a habit to read The STAR.

Outside of its superior news reportage, the Opinion Section comprises one of The STAR’s strongest advantages. Imagine a newspaper that pools together the brilliant minds of such luminaries as Cito Beltran, Jarius Bondoc, Billy Esposo, Dik Pascual, Ana Marie Pamintuan, Marichu Villanueva, and many others whose views influence the opinions of decision-makers and important personages in Philippine society.

As the only newspaper with a subscription to all the major foreign news agencies, The STAR succeeds in presenting world news and events more graphically and comprehensively compared to other Philippine broadsheets.
Complementing the paper’s genius for opinions are sections that are not only informative but also tasteful and attuned to the current Filipino lifestyle, whether it be in the field of Sports, Business, Lifestyle or Entertainment.

The Philippine STAR’s dynamic growth in a span of only 20 years under the able leadership of its president and CEO, Miguel G. Belmonte, has been phenomenal. From an eight-page single section newspaper in 1986, the paper now averages 80-90 pages a day with full-color capability in each of its pages. Already the 23rd newspaper to come off the press after the Edsa Revolution, The Philippine STAR has climbed steadily to become the leading newspaper in the country today.

On its 20th year, The Philippine STAR was conferred as the Newspaper of the Year Award by the Rotary Club of Manila“ for consistently upholding the principles of responsible journalism in maintaining fair and balanced reporting, as well as espousing the pursuit of good governance, free enterprise, social justice and key aspects of nation-building.”

It was also adjudged Outstanding Newspaper of the Year for 2006 by the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption “in recognition of its invaluable service to the community by courageously sticking to the truth and to the basic tenets of professional journalism.”
As a tribute to its business success, The Philippine STAR also received the Agora Awards Marketing Company of the Year Award from the Philippine Marketing Association in 2006.

As the country’s leading newspaper, The Philippine STAR commits itself to its vision of leadership by faithfully serving its readers as a shining beacon of news and information.