ABS-CBN (television network)
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| Type | Broadcast television network |
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| Branding | The Kapamilya Network (Kapamilya is a Filipino term for a family member.) |
| Country | Philippines |
| Availability | National |
| Founded | October 23, 1953 by James Lindenberg Antonio Quirino Eugenio Lopez, Sr. Fernando Lopez |
| Slogan | "In the service of the Filipino worldwide." |
| TV stations | List of TV stations |
| 44% (FY 2015 Kantar media research) | |
| Headquarters | ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Diliman, Quezon City |
| Owner | ABS-CBN Corporation |
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Key people
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Carlo Katigbak (President and chief executive officer) Maria Socorro Vidanes (Chief operating officer for broadcast) Malou Santos (Chief operating officer for Star Creatives) Charo Santos-Concio (Chief content officer) Laurenti Dyogi (Head of TV Production division) |
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Launch date
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October 23, 1953 (first air date) November 1966 (Color television) February 11, 2015 (DTT) October 3, 2015 (HDTV) |
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Former names
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Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN) |
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Picture format
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480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
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Sister network
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S+A |
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Official website
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www.abs-cbn.com |
ABS-CBN (an initialism of the network's former names, Alto Broadcasting System - Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Filipino commercial broadcast television network that is the flagship property of ABS-CBN Corporation, a company under Lopez Group. The network is headquartered at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Quezon City, with additional offices and production facilities in 25 major cities including Baguio, Naga, Cebu, and Davao. ABS-CBN is formally referred to as "The Kapamilya Network", Kapamilya is a Filipino term which means a member of a family, and was originally introduced in 2003 during the celebration of the 50th year anniversary of Philippine television. It is the largest television network in the country in terms of revenues, assets, and international coverage.
ABS-CBN is the oldest television broadcaster in Southeast Asia and one of the oldest commercial television broadcaster in Asia. It is also the leading television network in the Philippines with advertising revenues of 21.2 billion pesos for the fiscal year of 2015. ABS-CBN's first ever television broadcast was on October 23, 1953 as Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) on DZAQ-TV, just 3 months after the first broadcast of Japan's Nippon Television. It is also the first television network in Southeast Asia to broadcast in color, the first television network in the Philippines to formally launch a digital terrestrial television service, and the first broadcast television network in the Philippines to formally launch in high-definition.
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