 On October 31, 2012, coinciding with the birthday of Iglesia ni Cristo's Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo, GEM TV on cable was soon relaunched once again as INC TV, this time expanding into free-to-air television with 17 hours of broadcasts (24 hours on cable).INC TV 49 shows religious programs of the "Iglesia Ni Cristo", before its relaunch Deutsche Welle programs were also aired on the channel.During its GEMTV days, it was the first broadcast television network in the Philippines to formally launch in high-definition and in Digital terrestrial television using the ISDB-T system in 2009.