Scripps Networks Sends HGTV to the Philippines

SINGAPORE: Scripps Networks Interactive is launching the popular U.S. home and lifestyle channel HGTV on SKYcable and Cignal Digital TV in the Philippines.

HGTV will become available on SKYcable on March 1 in standard and high definition. It will soon launch on Cignal Digital TV in HD. Among the titles slated to air in the country are Property Brothers, Buying and Selling, Kitchen Cousins and The High Low Project. Scripps Networks will also produce localized short-form programming, including Extreme Homes and I Like This.

Derek Chang, the managing director of Scripps Networks Interactive for Asia Pacific, noted: "HGTV is the first regional channel dedicated exclusively to the growing home and lifestyle category in Asia and is seeing great traction with our advertisers, affiliates and audiences alike. I'd like to thank our partners, SKYcable and Cignal, for their continued support and commitment to bringing our high quality content to viewers across the Philippines. We look forward to engaging audiences with our aspirational storytelling and charismatic characters as they strive to transform their living spaces into their dream homes."