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Dream Broadcasting System is a satellite TV service in the
Philippines.
Dream Broadcasting uses the Agila 2 satellite.
About Dream
Satellite TV:=== DREAM Satellite TV is the first all-digital
Direct-To-Home (DTH) television broadcasting service via satellite
in the Philippines, signal covering Phillipines, China and
Vietnam.
Broadcasting from the DREAM Broadcast Center located at
the Clark Special Economic Zone in Pampanga, channel content is
received from program providers, compressed and broadcasted via
Mabuhay Satellite Aguila II in DVB and NTSC color format
exclusively to DREAM subscribers.
Because of the DTH
technology, there is no location too remote for DREAM. Beyond cable
areas and even on Philippine coastal waters, you can enjoy DREAM
Satellite TV services, CLARO, WHEREVER! See the world through the
eyes of your own DREAM Satellite TV System. No longer will family
TV viewing be limited to Free TV and Cable TV. Now, you can
experience an exciting world of TV entertainment, all in digital
quality! All channels, all shows, all clearer! Agila II picks up
information from PMSI's state-of-the-art Program Uplinking Center.
Digitized DVB and NTSC color format television programming is then
sent back to the Philippines directly to the viewer using the
Integrated Receiver-Decoder. To receive Dream's Broadcasting
signals, subscribers must acquire a 55cm 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. The
DREAM system is available at Dream Dealers accessible in major
areas nationwide, thus, Dream subscribers will have immediate
access to its services.