ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN is a leading Philippine media and content company. It serves as the flagship media brand of ABS-CBN Corporation, a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings Corporation. Once the country's largest... Wikipedia

• Type:  Broadcasting network (Free-to-air television: 1953–1972, 1986–2020, Streaming media: since 2020), Broadcast syndication, distribution and production (since 2020)
• Branding:  Kapamilya Forever (main branding), Kapamilya Network (former branding as a free-to-air television network)
• Country:  Philippines
• Availability:  All broadcast stations defunct (former main transmitter and all of the broadcast stations 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 AMBS' 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
• Market share:  37.58% (Nielsen National Urban TAM January–August 2016)
• Headquarters:  ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Sgt. Esguerra Avenue corner Mother Ignacia Street, South Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
• Owner:  ABS-CBN Corporation
• Key people:  Martin "Mark" L. López (Chairman), Carlo L. Katigbak (President and CEO), Cory Vidanes (COO for Broadcast), Charo Santos-Concio (CCO)
• Launch date:  Terrestrial, October 23, 1953, (initial), September 14, 1986, (post-People Power Revolution)
• Dissolved:  Terrestrial, September 23, 1972, (martial law), May 05, 2020, (legislative franchise lapsed)
• Former names:  Alto Broadcasting System (ABS), Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN)
• Sister network:  ABS-CBN Sports + Action (defunct), ANC, Cinema One, Cine Mo, Jeepney TV, Knowledge Channel, Metro Channel, Myx, TeleRadyo Serbisyo
• International channel:  The Filipino Channel
• Affiliation:  Airtime leasing, A2Z (October 10, 2020), TV5 (January 24, 2021), BEAM (October 05, 2021), GMA (April 06, 2024), All TV (April 15, 2024), PCMC/Prime Media (July 15, 2024)
• Official website:  www.abs-cbn.com
• Language:  Filipino (main), English (secondary)
• Replaced:  BBC-2 (1973–1986)
• Replaced by:  Jeepney TV (ABS-CBN TV Plus channel space until June 30, 2020), A2Z (free-to-air television), Kapamilya Channel (pay television), All TV (VHF 2 Manila channel space)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo