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Branding | Kapamilya Forever (main branding)[note 1] Kapamilya Network (former branding as a free-to-air television network) |
Country | |
Availability | All broadcast stations defunct (former main transmitter currently being used by Advanced Media Broadcasting System to broadcast as All TV); Limited Nationwide (currently broadcast through pay television via Kapamilya Channel and via ZOE's A2Z, MediaQuest's TV5, GMA Network's GMA 7 and GTV, and AMBS's All TV) Worldwide (international broadcasts still active via The Filipino Channel and through online streaming via Kapamilya Online Live and iWantTFC) |
Founded | October 23, 1953 by James Lindenberg, Antonio Quirino, Eugenio Lopez, Sr., and Fernando Lopez |
Motto | In the Service of the Filipino |
TV stations | List of former TV stations |
37.58% (Nielsen National Urban TAM January–August 2016)[1] | |
Headquarters | ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Sgt. Esguerra Avenue corner Mother Ignacia Street, South Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines |
Owner | ABS-CBN Corporation |
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Launch date | Terrestrial: October 23, 1953 (initial) September 14, 1986 (post-People Power Revolution) |
Dissolved | Terrestrial: September 23, 1972 (martial law) May 5, 2020 (legislative franchise lapsed) |
Former names | Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN) |
Sister network | |
International channel | The Filipino Channel |
Affiliation(s) | Airtime leasing: A2Z (October 10, 2020 )[3] TV5 (January 24, 2021 )[4][5] BEAM (May 23, 2022 ) GTV (July 1, 2023 ) GMA (April 6, 2024 )[6] All TV (April 15, 2024 )[7][8][9] PCMC/Prime Media (July 15, 2024 ) |
Official website | www.abs-cbn.com |
Language | Filipino (main) English (secondary) |
Replaced | BBC-2 (1973–1986) |
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ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) was a Philippine commercial broadcast network that served as the flagship property of the ABS-CBN Corporation, a company under Lopez Holdings Corporation owned by the López family. The network is headquartered at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Quezon City, that had additional offices and production facilities in 25 major cities including Baguio, Naga, Bacolod, Iloilo, Cebu, Davao, and Bulacan, where ABS-CBN's production and post-production facility in Horizon IT Park is located.[10][11][12][13] ABS-CBN is colloquially referred to as the Kapamilya Network;[note 1] its brand was originally introduced in 1999 and was officially introduced in 2003 during the celebration of its 50th anniversary, and was used until it was forced by the National Telecommunications Commission to cease and desist from free-to-air broadcasting due to the lack of congressional franchise.[14][15][16] ABS-CBN is the largest media company in the Philippines and is the oldest television broadcaster in Southeast Asia. The network is metonymically called as "Ignacia" due to the location of its headquarters ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center along Mother Ignacia Street in Quezon City.[17]
ABS-CBN is the first television network in Southeast Asia to broadcast in color and one of the oldest commercial television broadcasters in Asia. It has also been the leading television network in the Philippines with advertising revenues of 21.2 billion pesos for the 2015 fiscal year.[18][19][20][21][22]
ABS-CBN ceased broadcasting in 2020 following the expiry of and failure to renew its legislative franchise. Since the shutdown, the former network has rebranded itself as a mass content company and produced television programs, films and other entertainment content through partnerships with independent production companies and broadcasters, including former rival TV broadcasters A2Z, TV5, GMA Network, BEAM TV and the startup All TV which took over its formerly used frequency and all of the terrestrial stations.[23][24] The network's social media accounts are mainly managed by ABS-CBN Digital Media, which have an estimated less than 100 million followers across multiple social media websites.[25][23] The network's entertainment YouTube channel is the most-subscribed and most-viewed channel in Southeast Asia, with over 45 million subscribers and over 50 billion views (as of September 2023).[26]
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