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{{About|the Philippine television network (Light TV)|the US television network of the same name|Light TV}}
{{short description|Philippine television network}}
{{Infobox company 
| name          = ZOE Broadcasting Network, Inc. <br /> (ZOE TV)
| logo          = ZoeTV11.jpg
| logo_size     = 220px
| type          = [[Private company|Private]] 
| industry      = [[Broadcast industry|Radio and television broadcasting]] 
(contracted; show full)nnel 33, possibly due to poor ratings and lack of advertisers' support. This made ZOE TV left with almost no programming to offer along with the return of the old ZOE TV station ID from 1998 until 2005, though, they surprisingly aired entertainment programs in the evening and a weekday morning TeleRadyo-formatted news program under the ZTV 33 brand. UniversiTV on the other hand, was then relaunched as a Pay TV channel via satellite and cable operators, but totally ceased operations by 2010.<ref>
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=== Recent developments ===
[[File:Light_Network.png|thumb|This logo for used from 2014 to 2018]]
On March 2011, a day after channel 11 was relaunched as [[GMA News TV]], channel 33 was rebranded as Light TV 33, introducing new programs produced by ZOE, and at the same time, relaunching its in-house news production through its flagship newscast ''[[News Light]]''. Soon, channel 33 slowly regained its programming with programs mostly dedicated to religious formats. On March 31, 2014, Light TV was renamed as Light Network, launched its refreshed logo, and had a new slogan called ''"Experience Light"'' (with "light" as reference to JIL's belief in [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]] as "the light of the world"), while retaining the slogan ''"Kaibigan Mo"'' (Your Friend).

On February 28, 2017, DZOZ-TV formally ceased its traditional analog terrestrial television signal, while officially launching its digital terrestrial television signal, using the [[ISDB-T International|ISDB-T]] standard. Upon doing so, it became the first Philippine television station to permanently shut down analog transmissions, as part of the country's wider transition rollout to digital TV.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://lightnetwork.ph/light-network-nasa-digital-tv-na/|title=Light Network, nasa Digital TV na!|last=Delos Reyes|first=Dyan|date=February 14, 2017|work=Light Network Website|access-date=February 27, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=February 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227231754/http://lightnetwork.ph/light-network-nasa-digital-tv-na/|url-status=dead}}</ref> A week later, on March 6, Light Network revamped its on-air presentation to reflect the digitization completion. It also launched its slogan "''Magaan dito, Kaibigan''" (It's light here, Friend), giving another definition to the word "light" as an easy or light-hearted experience due to its programming.

On February 12, 2018, Light Network reverted its name as Light TV with its new slogan "God's Channel of Blessings".

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==Legislative franchise renewal==
On July 17, 2016, the [[Philippine Congress]] passed Republic Act No. 10888, known as "An Act Renewing for Another Twenty-Five (25) Years the Franchise Granted to ZOE Broadcasting Network, Inc., Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 7297, Entitled “An Act Granting the ZOE Broadcasting Network, Inc.  a Franchise to Construct, Install, Operate and Maintain Radio and Television Broadcasting Stations Throughout the Philippines, and for Other Purposes”, (contracted; show full){{Television in the Philippines}}
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[[Category:Christian radio stations in the Philippines]]
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