

Known as TiVo, which is actually a digital video recorder developed and marketed by TiVo Inc. TV viewers in countries like the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Taiwan are able to subscribe to a service that allow them to pre-record programs. Gold subscribers get two added bonus channels, CNBC and Fox News.Īside from additional free channels, company officials explained that the box itself has many added features including Electronic Program Guide with schedules or program summaries for up to two weeks, parental lock, among others.Įsparago for her part noted that the Digibox will also allow Sk圜able subscribers to take advantage in the future of new services that the company may be offering. It even comes loaded with new channels: FoxCrime, History, Biography, MTV Asia, Solar Sports, BTV, Euronews, and FX. Sk圜able Select is an innovative service that lets consumers come up with their own cable TV line up, allowing them to pick and choose the channels they want added to any basic cable package like Sk圜able 280, Sk圜able 499, Sk圜able Silver, and Sk圜able Gold, resulting in a fully customized subscription package that conforms to the family’s viewing preferences and budget.Ĭurrent Sk圜able Silver or Gold subscribers get a Digibox for every declared TV for free. “This allows them to control how much they want to spend per month assuming they don’t need all the channels in our current channel line-up,” the official pointed out.

More than 65 percent of Sk圜able’s subscribers in Metro Manila are now on digital and the company aims to convert about 80 percent to digital by yearend.Ī company official earlier explained that having a Digibox allows the customer to choose and pay only for the channels they want. “A subscriber can change the line-up of channels that he has the following month if he wants to with the Digibox,” Esparago added. Now, subscribers on the Gold package (analog era) can retain their package, get more free channels with the Digibox, and add/pay for additional channels, or they can convert to the basic package, and then choose from a line-up of channels and pay only for those that they actually want. The Digibox, which is actually a digital set-top box, gives subscribers more flexibility, compared with the analog days when they only have a choice of two packages, Gold and Silver, cable retention marketing head Malou Esparago explained.

MANILA, Philippines - Leading cable television service provider Sk圜able is redefining television with the introduction of the Digibox, a technology that allow subscribers to tailor their subscription according to their viewing preferences.
