Solar Entertainment
| Solar Entertainment | |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | January 3, 1976 (as a TV movie company) July 15, 1988 (as a film distribution company) June 17, 2000 (as a cable television network) January 1, 2008 (as a broadcast company) |
| Headquarters | Solar Century Tower, 100 Tordesillas St., Corner H.V. Dela Costa St., Salcedo Village, Makati, Metro Manila , Philippines |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Services | Broadcasting Television Cable television TV Production Motion Picture Film distribution Digital media Streaming Foodservice |
| Revenue | ₱1.372 billion (FY 2015) |
| ₱124.43 million (FY 2015) | |
| Owner | Solar Films Inc. (38%) Wilson Y. Tieng (21%) William Y. Tieng (15%) |
| Divisions | Former: Nine Media News and Current Affairs (formerly Solar News) (2011—2024) |
| Subsidiaries | Current: ETC Productions Southern Broadcasting Network Solar Digital Media Holdings Domestic Satellite Philippines, Inc. Former: Nine Media Corporation (formerly Solar Television Network, Inc.) (2011—2014)
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| Website | www |
Solar Entertainment Corporation (also known as Solar Entertainment, and simply known as Solar or SEC) is a Filipino media company based in Makati, Philippines. Founded and owned by the brothers Wilson, William and Willy Tieng, Solar Entertainment operates three digital free-to-air channels and one cable channel. Solar also owns a film distribution company (Solar Pictures) and defunct freemium digital television service (Easy TV Home).
Solar Entertainment owns and operates three digital TV channels: SolarFlix, Solar Sports, Solar Learning and Shop TV. It also owns television network Southern Broadcasting Network (SBN).
Solar Entertainment formerly owns Nine Media Corporation, a Solar's former broadcast media firm, which privatized Radio Philippines Network (RPN) in 2011. NMC and RPN are currently owned by ALC Group of Companies and operates RPTV, a free-to-air channel in partnership with TV5 Network.