SolarFlix
| Type | Free-to-air television network |
|---|---|
| Country | Philippines |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Network | |
| Headquarters | Third Floor Worldwide Corporate Center, Shaw Boulevard corner EDSA, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines Solar Century Tower, 100 Tordesillas St., Corner H.V. Dela Costa St. Salcedo Village, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines |
| Programming | |
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| Picture format | 16:9 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Solar Entertainment Corporation |
| Parent | Nine Media Corporation (2010–2014) Southern Broadcasting Network (2008–present) Radio Philippines Network (2011–2013) |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | March 1, 2004 (as ETC) July 11, 2022 (as SolarFlix) |
| Replaced |
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| Closed | July 11, 2022 (as ETC) |
| Former names | SBN (May 30, 1992 – December 1, 2013) ETC (March 1, 2004 – July 11, 2022) |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| SBN O&O stations | Digital: Channel 21 (Metro Manila) (LCN: 21.02) |
| SkyCable Metro Manila | Channel 16 |
| SkyTV Metro Manila | Channel 21 |
| Sky Direct Metro Manila | Channel 14 |
| Cignal TV Nationwide | Channel 21 |
| SatLite Nationwide | Channel 21 |
| G Sat Nationwide | Channel 23 |
SolarFlix (formerly Entertainment Central or ETC and visually rendered in its current logo in all capital letters) is a Philippine free-to-air television network owned by the Southern Broadcasting Network, a subsidiary of Solar Entertainment Corporation and former jointly operated with Nine Media Corporation (former Solar Television Network) from 2010 to 2014. Its digital free-to-air broadcast is carried by SBN's flagship station, DWCP-DTV (channel 21) in Metro Manila. Formerly carried over on RPN's flagship DZKB-TV along with 7 RPN stations nationwide (2011–2013; now as RPTV). The channel's analog broadcast is fed on its lone provincial TV station, DXSS-TV (channel 7) in Davao City (in which the station currently carries DepEd ALS TV programming). The channel is also carried by cable and satellite providers, including Sky Cable, Destiny Cable, Cablelink, Binangonan Cable TV Corporation, Cignal, SatLite, Sky Direct, and G Sat along with various provincial cable operators and through online streaming.
SolarFlix operates daily from 8 a.m. to 12 midnight on Solar's digital free TV (under test broadcast), while it operates 24 hours daily on most pay TV and streaming service providers. However, since Holy Week 2021, it signs off from midnight on Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday at 8:00 a.m. along with its sister channels Solar Sports, Shop TV and Solar Learning. It previously operated daily from 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight on free-to-air analog TV broadcast until September 2019, when SBN permanently closed its analog signal.
SolarFlix broadcasts from Solar's master control facility and studios located at the Third Floor Worldwide Corporate Center, Shaw Boulevard corner EDSA, Mandaluyong. Solar's office is located at the Solar Century Tower, 100 Tordesillas St., Corner H.V. Dela Costa St. Salcedo Village, Makati, while SBN holds free-to-air broadcasts from its transmitter and tower site located at Nuestra Señora de la Paz Subdivision, Brgy. Sta. Cruz, Antipolo, Rizal.