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| launch_date = June 12, 2016<br>(test broadcast)<br>September 1, 2016<br>(official launch)

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Latest revision as of 09:52, 12 September 2025

Defunct Philippine free-to-air television channel

Television channel

Pilipinas HD
Country Philippines
Broadcast area Philippines
Affiliates BEAM TV
D8TV (timesharing)
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
(downscaled to 16:9 480i for the SDTV feed)
Owner Chino Trinidad
Launched June 12, 2016; 9 years ago (2016-06-12)
(test broadcast)
September 1, 2016; 9 years ago (2016-09-01)
(official launch)
Closed January 20, 2025; 7 months ago (2025-01-20)
Replaced by D8TV
BEAM TV
(Nationwide)
Channel x.7 (DTT)

Pilipinas HD was a Philippine free-to-air television channel that broadcasts cultural programming. During its initial broadcast from June 12 (Philippine Independence Day) until August 31, 2016, Chino Trinidad rented a satellite space to all subscription providers to be able to watch by the viewing public free of charge.[1][2]

On September 1, 2016, Pilipinas HD was launched on digital terrestrial television, following a blocktime deal signed with Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, Inc. However, unlike its pay-TV counterpart, BEAM TV handles and supplies the channel’s programming on a dedicated subchannel.

On November 4, 2024, the channel started to timeshare with D8TV as part of its soft launching on digital television. On November 7 of the same year, the channel began broadcasting in anamorphic 16:9 aspect ratio.

On January 20, 2025, the channel ceased broadcast after 8 years and 6 months of broadcasting, and six months following Trinidad’s sudden passing in July 2024. D8TV then took over full-time on the same BEAM TV subchannel space.

These were the list of programs aired prior to the channel’s closure:

  • Decoding Duterte – a documentary series on the biography of Former President Rodrigo Duterte
  • Duyan ka Magiting (Cradle of Noble Heroes) – a series featuring the forgotten national heroes
  • Pamana – a series on the Filipino families
  • Filipiknow – a series on Philippine history, facts and trivias
  • Grid – a travel and magazine show which will feature travel destinations in the country
  • Panatang Pilipino – a series that tells the aspirations and dreams of ordinary Filipinos
  • Ugat ng Lahi – a series on the rich tradition of the Filipino indigenous tribes
  • Storya ng Bayan – a series that visit places and towns that have colorful history and its heroes
  • Sa Ngalan ng Katotohanan – a documentary series on the biography of President Emilio Aguinaldo during the revolution on his 150th birth anniversary.

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