Novacable

Novacable is a cable TV telecommunication company owned by Novatech (96%), Netflix (3%) and RJ Group of Companies (1%), it covers Metro Manila and its surrounding cities, launched in 1994, it competes SkyCable, Cablelink, Cignal, OctaDish and GSat

History
in 1993, Gauese telecommunication company, Novatech announced to launch cable company in Philippines, Novacable was launched on 1994.

in 2007, Novacable signs deal with multiple Gauese set top box manufacturers and Nintendo to launch its digital service, due to channels limitations in Analog, however with Nintendo's deal, Nintendo 64 hardware (including port to 64DD, real cartridge support and Expansion Pak support) is intergrated to all Novacable boxes, as of now, even the newer boxes has N64 hardware intergrated, all older and newer boxes will have built-in Super Mario 64 game cart inside, even if you do not have cartridges, however you can insert game cartridges of other N64 games (such as Mario Party, Banjo-Kazooie, Rakuga Kids, Pilotwings 64 and Donkey Kong 64) as secondary game, so you can select Super Mario 64, second game or 64DD (if you have 64DD), when you go to channel 700 (all boxes) or go via menu (newer boxes), due to this, every Novacable digital boxes are also packaged with N64 controller, however Novacable signs deal with DataBlitz to distributes atleast Novacable copy of 30 N64 games (like The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Rakuga Kids, Puyo Puyo Sun, Mario Kart 64, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Puyo Puyo~n Party and South Park) (10 of each games are in 3 collection, "Never released in US before", "Underrated Classics" and "N64 Hits"), for every Novacable copy of N64 games, before developers' logos, it displays "Distributed to Philippines by Novacable" logo first, as of now, DataBlitz still sells N64 games, its competitors also follows the Set-top box with built in game consoles strategy from early 2010s (such as SkyCable (Dreamcast), OctaDish (PlayStation 2)).

in November 10, 2018, Jacinto family through RJ Group of Companies acquired 1% stake of Novacable.

in 2019, following Netflix Philippines growth, Netflix acquired 3% stake of Novacable, Philippine Goverment have agreed.

in 2019, Majority of Minus World members traveled to Philippines because SMG4/Hobo Bros belived that Novacable boxes had N64 functionality. later on June 17, Novacable's social media accounts posted about thanking Minus World and SMG4 to knowing our N64 hardware inside Novacable box, that post went viral, later on June 18, a video that features many GSTV, ABS-CBN and GMA stars and many Filipino musicians, singing 1, 2 Oatmeal was uploaded by Novacable's Facebook page, that video went viral, ot was also uploaded to YouTube by an Scratchian-Filipino YouTuber (BunnyZZ6) on same day, it went popular among SimpleFlips fans and viewers (also as background music requests in later SimpleFlips steams), that video led creation of 1, 2 Oatmeal challenge and Kirby Planet Rorobot sales goes very well in Philipines, later on June 19, SimpleFlips says thanks to Philippines for making 1, 2 Oatmeal being viral in Philippines in his short video, uploaded on same day.
 * Nintendrew: in April 2019, he travelled to his friend in Philippines who have an Novacable box, reviewing N64 hardware in Novacable box, his video about Novacable box was uploaded to YouTube on June 12, 2019, making it to be viral video in Philippines, a day later after that video went viral, Nintendrew made a message about thanking Philippines to make his video viral, this video was uploaded the same day.
 * Nathaniel Bandy: on May 11, he traveled to one of an Premium 999 subscriber (which belived to live near NAIA, subscriber's real name is Daniel Bautista, according to NB's video about Novacable)'s house to review Novacable box, he tried 6 cartridges (Mario Kart 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and 4 more), it worked, his video about Novacable box was uploaded on June 2, then premiered on June 12.
 * Bathaniel Nandy: Bathaniel's gameplay channel is also impacted by this travel, he made Everdrive 64 test on Novacable box video (uploaded on October 1, 2019), where Bathaniel says "i sneak Nathaniel's flight on luggage room" and Bathaniel is in an Philippine street (instead of boulders and trees), using his green screen, in this video, Bathanial says "Gamers, welcome to street" instead of "Gamers, welcome to my boulders".
 * Sakura's Retro Gaming and Funk: on May 5, 2019, she travels from her home/main recording location in Scratchia to Philippines, she brought N64 Funtastic Red, Gold N64 controller and 40 Scratchian N64 cartridges, her video about Novacable box was uploaded on June 11, 2019.
 * SimpleFlips: on June 12, at 6am, he was arrived to Philippines, at same day at 9am PST, he livestreams Novacable box, first 20 minutes, he channel surfs all Novacable channels before he plays built-in Super Mario 64, his 2 shortern videos, "SimpleFlips channel surfs Novacable" (the clip of how he surfs Novacable channels) and "Novacable's Built-in Super Mario 64!" (clip of how he plays entire playthrough up to Bowser in the Sky) was uploaded on June 13, 2019, the channel surfing video was viral.

in December 17, 2019, Netflix app is intergrated to all old and new Novacable digital boxes, making this update to be last update on older boxes, according to Novacable's press release, they said "we are intergrating Netflix app to all Novacable digital boxes, to easily access Netflix's library of original content (like Klaus, 6 Underground, Crash Landing on You (new episodes every Sundays and Mondays), Lost in Space (Season 2 coming Dec 24), AJ and the Queen (coming Jan 10), Bojack Horseman (Season 6 Part B coming Jan 30), Money Heist (Part 4 coming this 2020) and True and the Rainbow Kingdom) and licenced content (like We Bare Bears, The Amazing World of Gumball, Cinderella and the Four Knights, Rainbow Ruby (coming Dec 31), Just a Stranger (coming Jan 21), Welcome to Waikiki 2, Pusong Ligaw (coming Jan 10), Elise, 100 Tula Para Kay Stella, Rick and Morty (first half of Season 4 coming Dec 22) and Friends) all on your Novacable digital boxes, via Channel 777 (older boxes) and channel 999 or menu (newer boxes), while Channel 777 is no internet-focused, so Channel 777 will give you access to Netflix even without Internet, meanwhile Channel 999 requires Internet.".

on January 5, 2020, when he is on trip in Philippines, Conner the Waffle made a video when he interview Novacable box (uploaded on January 18, video titled "Philippines' very own weird HYBRID game console (Nintendo 64 + Cable box) - Conner the Waffle"), in this video, he shows his experiences about Novacable box, like watching Animax, AT-X and Aniplus, watches My Hero Academia on Netflix and played atleast 11 N64 games, after it was uploaded, it went viral, causing ABS-CBN News and GS News to interview Conner the Waffle.

on March 14, Novacable announced all channels (analog and digital) will be temporary free starting March 15, up to April 16, 2020 and also giving free access to Netflix for one month, customers can redeem free Netflix from March 15 to April 14, its statement was "during quarantine period, Novacable is openning all channels for free, no addional fee, also giving away free Netflix for one month, from March 15 to April 14.", however due to lockdown extension, free channels period was extended to May 5, while free 1 month Netflix was extended to May 3, on April 15, Novacable posted a post that says "if lockdown/ECQ is longer than we thought, the free channels period might be extended indefinitely." on its social media accounts.

on May 8, 2020, ahead of May 15 (the day that Netflix become freebie to Premium 999 subscribers), Netflix silently launched its live TV services starting with 271 channels from Novacable (such as all America Direct channels, TechStorm, CBeebies, tvN, Cartoon Network and all FTA channels), with rest of channels to come from May 9-15.

list of In-house channels

 * NovaTV (was Prevue (1994-1999), TV Guide Channel (1999-2011) TV Guide Channel Philippines (2001-2007) and TV Guide Network Philippines (2007-2011) (was EPG channel (until 2007) and celebrity news and Filipino celebrity news-focused channel (1999-2011), now as part-entertainment and part-preview channel, also airs Netflix's licensed content since June 14, 2019, also available on RJTV's subchannel and SkyCable)
 * NovaKids (was Minimax (unused name)) (kids channel, also airs Netflix's licensed content since June 17, 2019, also available on RJTV's subchannel and SkyCable)

former in-house channels

 * NGX (launched on 1999, formerly known as G4PH (1999-2007), was gaming-focused channel, closed on 2011, to make way for NovaKids) (it was best known for E3 interviews)