ABS-CBN (television network)

This article is about the television network. For its parent 1 History
company, see ABS-CBN.

ABS-CBN (an initialism of the networks former names,

Alto Broadcasting System - Chronicle Broadcasting
Network) is a Filipino commercial broadcast television
network that is the agship property of ABS-CBN Cor-
poration, a company under Lopez Group. The network is
headquartered at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in
Quezon City, with additional oces and production facil-
ities in 25 major cities including Baguio, Naga, Cebu, and
Davao. ABS-CBN is formally referred to as The Ka-
pamilya Network, Kapamilya is a Filipino term which
means a member of a family, and was originally intro-
duced in 2003 during the celebration of the 50th year an-
niversary of Philippine television. It is the largest televi-
sion 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 televi-
sion broadcaster in Asia. It is also the leading television Scene from What every Woman Knows on Family Theater of
network in the Philippines with advertising revenues of Fr. Patrick Peyton, CSC, a live stage drama aired on ABS-CBN
21.2 billion pesos for the scal year of 2015.[1][2][3][4][5] in the Philippines in 1962. Center is Jaime Zbel de Ayala, who
ABS-CBNs rst ever television broadcast was on Oc- acted in his younger years and later becoming the chairman of
tober 23, 1953 as Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) on Ayala Corporation.
DZAQ-TV, just 3 months after the rst broadcast of
ABS-CBN traces its history to the rst Philippine tele-
Japans Nippon Television. It is also the rst television
vision station DZAQ-TV, owned by Bolinao Electronics
network in Southeast Asia to broadcast in color, the rst
Corporation (BEC) which was later renamed Alto Broad-
television network in the Philippines to formally launch a
casting System (ABS).
digital terrestrial television service, and the rst broadcast
television network in the Philippines to formally launch in James Lindenberg, owner of BEC, was the rst to ap-
high-denition. ply for a license to the Philippine Congress to establish
a television station in 1949. His request was granted on
Today, the agship television station of ABS-CBN is
June 14, 1950, under Republic Act 511. Then, they try
DWWX-TV (ABS-CBN TV-2 Manila). The network
to experiment the Television transmission, using the two
operates across the Philippine archipelago through ABS-
mango trees and inside was the rabbit-ear antennas and
CBN Regional division which controls 80 television
middle is the cable splitter and through the television.[7]
stations.[1][6] Its programs are also available outside the
Because of the strict import controls and the lack of raw
Philippines through the global subscription television
materials needed to open a TV station in the Philippines
channel The Filipino Channel (TFC) which is now avail-
during the mid-20th century, Lindenberg branched to ra-
able in over three million paying households worldwide
dio broadcasting instead.[8]
as well as terrestrially in Guam through KEQI-LP. Since
2011, the network is on test broadcast for digital ter- Judge Antonio Quirino, brother of former President
restrial television using the Japanese standard ISDB-T Elpidio Quirino, also tried to apply for a license to
in select areas in the Philippines. On October 3, 2015, Congress, but was denied. He later purchased stocks
ABS-CBN started to broadcast in high-denition through from BEC and subsequently gained the controlling stock
its aliate direct-to-home cable and satellite television to rename the company from BEC to Alto Broadcasting
providers. System (ABS).
DZAQ-TV began commercial television operations on
October 23, 1953; the rst fully licensed commercial tele-

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2 1 HISTORY

vision station in the Philippines. The rst program to

air was a garden party at the Quirino residence in Sitio
Alto, San Juan. After the premiere telecast, the station
followed a four-hour-a-day schedule, from six to ten in
the evening.[8]
In 1955, Manila Chronicle owner Eugenio Lopez, Sr. and
former Vice President Fernando Lopez, acquired a radio-
TV franchise from the Congress and immediately estab-
lished Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN) in 1956.
On February 24, 1957 Lopez invited Judge Quirino to
his house for breakfast and ABS was bought under a con-
tract written on a table napkin. The corporate name was
reverted to Bolinao Electronics Corporation immediately The ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Diliman, Quezon City, the
after the purchase of ABS.[8] headquarters of ABS-CBN.
With the establishment of DZXL-TV 9 of CBN in 1956,
the Lopez brothers controlled both television channels
in the archipelago, culminating in the rst wave of ex- sign changed to DWGT-TV and later renamed MBS-
pansion. The monopoly in television was broken in 4), Kanlaon Broadcasting System (KBS Channel 9) and
1961, when DZBB-TV 7 was established by the Republic Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC Channel
Broadcasting System (now GMA Network, Inc.) (RBS), 13).[8]
owned by Robert Stewart, on the same year it launched The long hibernation of the station ended on February
the nations rst regional and provincial television station 1986. As the EDSA revolt broke out in the eighties, and
in Cebu City on July 24.[8] Marcos grip on power debilitated, the reformists in the
In 1961, when the provincial region was launched in Cebu military contended the broadcasting network would be a
(based in Mandaue), they merged ABS and CBN to form vital asset for victory. Thus, at 10 AM on February 24,
ABS-CBN Regional Network Group. It supposed the they attacked and took the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center
logo was conjoined B through 2 words and Channel 3 and that was then the home of MBS-4.[8]
Channel 9. When Marcos was deposed, the network was sequestered
In 1967, the company was renamed ABS-CBN Broad- and returned Channel 2 to the Lopezes but not Channel
casting Corporation. This company became the for- 4. On September 14, 1986, ABS-CBN went back on the
mal merger of the two stations DZAQ-TV 3 (ABS) and air, broadcasting from what used to be their main garage
DZXL-TV 9 (CBN). at Broadcast Center in the pre-Martial Law days. The
network was forced to share space in the building that
In 1966, ABS-CBN became the rst TV network to was rightfully their own with the government TV station
broadcast certain shows in color by using the American Channel 4. At the time, money had been scarce while re-
NTSC standard and by December 18, 1968, ABS-CBN sources were limited; oces were used as dressing rooms
opened its present-day Broadcast Center complex in Bo- and other equipment such as chairs, tables, and phones
hol Avenue, Quezon City. It was among the most ad- were in short supply.[8]
vanced broadcasting facility of its kind in Asia. Full color
broadcasts began in 1971 (8 hours a day) on ABS-CBN 2 In late 1986, the network was faltering, ranking last
with the availability of more color television sets around among the ve stations in the Philippines and was suf-
Manila and neighboring municipalities and cities.[8] fering heavy losses. Eugenio Geny Lopez Jr. by early
1987 brought in programming whiz and ABS-CBN vet-
In 1969, DZAQ-TV transferred to channel 2 (which re- eran Freddie Garcia, then working for GMA Network,
mains as the current positioning frequency of the agship and set him loose to work his magic touch.
station in Metro Manila), while its sister station DZXL-
TV transferred to channel 4. This frequency adjustment Six months later on March 1, 1987, Channel 2 was re-
was done to make room for Kanlaon Broadcasting System launched with the live musical special, The Star Net-
(now Radio Philippines Network) to occupy the channel work: Ang Pagbabalik Ng Bituin" (The Return of the
9 frequency. Star), and produced a slew of new locally-produced pro-
grams that composed 85% of its programming lineup
When then-President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial then. The relaunch successfully gave the station a boost in
law in 1972, the station was forced to shut down. the ratings, and by 1988, ABS-CBN became the Philip-
The company was seized from the Lopez brothers and pines number one TV network, a position it still holds to
its newly built Broadcast Center became the home of this day.
state-run TV stations Banahaw Broadcasting Corpora-
tion (BBC Channel 2, with call sign changed to DWWX- Later that year, the station launched nationwide domestic
TV), Government Television (GTV Channel 4, with call satellite programming and by 1994, expanded its opera-
tions worldwide. In 1999, Channel 2 launched its 120-
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kilowatt Millennium Transmitter, resulting in improved Group division. ABS-CBN Entertainment Group is re-
signal quality throughout Mega Manila. sponsible for original programs ranging from musical and
In 2005, ABS-CBN re-upgraded its transmitter into a variety shows, showbiz, comedy talk shows, gag shows
very high capacity of 346.2 kilowatts resulting on a much and sitcoms. Original and adapted TV series and drama
clearer signal in Metro Manila. anthologies are produced by Dreamscape, Star Creatives
and other drama units created by ABS-CBN, while news,
During the historic presidential election, in response to public service and documentary programs are produced
the rst automation of the election in the country, ABS- by ABS-CBN News and by other independent production
CBN utilized a technology from Orad Hi Tech Sys- outts. ABS-CBN also acquires and syndicates program
tems Ltd. that utilizes the principles of augmented re- formats from abroad most of which are reality shows. The
ality.[9] The technology uses real-time image process- remaining airtime of ABS-CBN is dedicated to acquired
ing system for live broadcasts of 3D computer-generated anime series from Japan, cartoons from the United States,
imagery against a real set or background. ABS-CBN and ller programs such as Korean dramas and foreign
also utilized what is probably the biggest touch screen movies from the United States, Hong Kong and South
display to be used in a Philippine television show. A Korea. ABS-CBN also shows TV specials, sporting and
new set dubbed as the WAR (Wireless Audience Re- awarding events.
sponse) room was specically designed for the said elec-
tion coverage.[10] The coverage of ABS-CBN became the
third top trending topic worldwide on the social network- 4 Digital transition
ing site Twitter.[11][12]

4.1 Digital terrestrial television

2 ABS-CBN Regional Main article: ABS-CBN TV Plus
ABS-CBN Corporation initially applied for a license
Main articles: List of ABS-CBN Corporation channels
and stations and ABS-CBN Regional Network Group

ABS-CBN Regional (formerly Regional Network Group)

is the regional network division of ABS-CBN. It is re-
sponsible for simultaneously airing most of the shows
seen on ABS-CBNs agship station in the provinces.
ABS-CBN Regional has several stations in each region
outside Mega Manila to ensure nationwide coverage. The
local stations also produces their own newscasts which air
prior to TV Patrol and other local programming which
air on Sundays. The launch of the local game show Ka-
pamilya Winner Ka! (now renamed as Kapamilya, Mas
Winner Ka!) in the Visayas and Mindanao. Naimbag Nga
Morning Kapamilya in Northern Luzon (Baguio), Bagong
Umaga, Bagong Balita in North Central Luzon (Dagu-
pan), the 17th local TV Patrol in Southern Tagalog (Re-
gion IV-A), and the 18th local TV Patrol in Palawan (IV-
B; the network had an aliate station), provided more
relevance to regional audiences.[13] On April 15, 2011,
RNG launched ChoosePhilippines, a new website aimed
to promote tourism in the Philippines by sharing photos
and stories of the most extravagant places, culture, and
arts of the Philippine island.[14]
An ABS-CBN news van in front of the Oce of the Ombudsman
building.
3 Programming
from the National Telecommunications Commission to
operate a digital terrestrial television service in the
Main article: List of programs broadcast by ABS-CBN country back in 2007.[15] ABS-CBN planned to utilize
multiplex to oer ABS-CBN, S+A and 5 additional spe-
The majority of the programs shown on the network cialty TV channels. The conglomerate is expected to
are created by ABS-CBN Corporation's Entertainment spend at least 1 billion pesos annually for the next 5
4 4 DIGITAL TRANSITION

years for its DTT transition.[16] ABS-CBN utilized UHF
channel 51 Manila (695.143 MHz), later UHF Channel
43(647.143 MHz), for test broadcasts in the DVB-T for-
mat. ABS-CBN was expected to begin digital test broad-
casts in January 2009.[15][17]
In June 2010, the NTC announced that it would formally
adopt the Japanese standard ISDB-T for digital broad-
casting and issued a circular commanding all the coun-
trys television networks to switch-o their analog ser-
vices on December 31, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. Philippine
Standard Time (UTC+8).[18] But due to delay of the re-
lease of the implementing rules and regulations for dig-
ital television broadcast, the target date was moved to
2020.[19]
science ction, fantasy series created by Erik Matti. This
was followed by Budoy in 2011. Prior to this, big budget
series like Esperanza, Mula Sa Puso, Pangako Sa 'Yo, and
Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay were shot in 16mm lm with a
4:3 aspect ratios while low budget series on the other hand
were shot in smaller formats. Beginning with Be Careful
With My Heart in 2012, all of ABS-CBNs TV series were
all produced in high-denition format. Ningning is the
rst Filipino TV series to be broadcast in HD on October
5, 2015 while Maalaala Mo Kaya is the rst mini-series
to do so the day before. On the other hand, the rst ever
locally produced live entertainment program to be broad-
cast in HD is the musical variety show ASAP on October
4, 2015.

In April 2011, the conglomerate announced further de- On April 19, 2009, Sony announced the acquisition
tails about its DTT plans, which would oer ABS-CBN of ABS-CBN of 24 units of its Sony high-denition
and Studio 23 (currently S+A). In addition, four new professional video cameras through a press release pub-
channels which will be exclusively available to its digitallished on Sonys ocial website.[25] On July 11, 2009,
users will be oered once the digital broadcast start. The ABS-CBN launched a high denition feed of Balls (now
specialty TV channel line-up will include one news chan- S+A HD) in SkyCable under the name Balls HD, the rst
nel, one youth-oriented channel, an educational channel, local high-denition TV channel in the history of Philip-
and a movie channel. The conglomerate is also planning pine television. In the same day, Balls HD broadcast
to utilize the 1seg (one segment) broadcast standard for the rst locally produced coverage of an event in high-
handheld devices.[20][21][22][23] denition, the UAAP Season 72 basketball game which
was produced by ABS-CBN Sports.[26][27] In addition,
In September 2014, ABS-CBN soft-launched its DTT two of its three news helicopters are capable of transmit-
service started selling ISDB-T receivers in selected ting high-denition live feeds from its 5 axis gimbal HD
barangays in Metro Manila under Sky TV+ brand. Later, camera mounted on the aircraft.[28]
it was rebranded as ABS-CBN TVplus.[24]
On April 20, 2010, Ikegami, a Japanese manufacturer
On February 11, 2015, ABS-CBN formally launched its of professional and broadcast television equipment an-
DTT service under the name ABS-CBN TVplus in a for- nounced the acquisition of ABS-CBN of 75 units of
mal switch-over ceremony held at the ABS-CBN Broad- Ikegami high-denition professional video cameras for
casting Center. The ABS-CBN TVplus service has four electronic news gathering.[29]
exclusive TV channels which are free of charged, these
are movie channel Cine Mo!, news channel DZMM Tel- On October 3, 2015, ABS-CBN launched a high-
eRadyo, educational channel Knowledge Channel, and denition feed in SkyCable and Destiny Cable under the
kids channel Yey!. In addition to ABS-CBN and S+A, name ABS-CBN HD. This marked the Philippines rst
all non-encrypted digital terrestrial broadcast within the commercial television network to be launched in high-
area is also carried by the service. ABS-CBN TVplus also denition. The said channel will broadcast selected shows
provides pay per view, EWBS, and BML services. As of of ABS-CBN in true high-denition picture while the re-
September 2015, ABS-CBN TVplus has sold over half a maining shows will be broadcast in upscaled standard def-
million units of its set-top boxes. inition picture with pillarbox to preserve its original 4:3
aspect ratio.[30] ABS-CBN HD was also made available
on Sky Direct, I Want TV, and Sky On Demand.
4.2 High-denition television
4.3 Tapeless

In 2007, in preparation for digital and high-denition

television broadcasting, ABS-CBN acquired server and
post production technologies developed by EVS Broad-
cast Equipment, making ABS-CBN the rst broadcaster
in Southeast Asia to go tapeless.[27] EVS provided ABS-
CBN a 100 percent digital and non-linear editing sys-
The logo of ABS-CBN HD. tem and post production workow as well as wireless ac-
cess through a media access management system servers
In 2007, ABS-CBN produced the rst ever Filipino TV installed in outside broadcasting van. This will be in-
series to be shot in high-denition. This was Rounin, a tegrated to technologies developed by Avid Technol-

One of the three Eurocopter AS350 cureuil news helicopters
of ABS-CBN in a hangar in Mactan-Cebu International Airport
mounted with a ve-axis gimbal HD camera.
ogy,[31][32] Snell, and Ruckus Wireless.[33]
4.4 Digital archiving
ABS-CBN started digitizing its lm and television con-
tents in 2004.[34] In 2003, ABS-CBN started the migra-
tion of the station from a tape based playout to a tape-
less system with the rst 4 channels using SeaChange
International servers and Etere Automation and Etere
Media Asset Management. Further expansions both lo-
cally and globally started in 2008 with the integration
of its playlist import. In 2010, ABS-CBN started to
replace SeaChange International servers with Harmonic
Inc. and Etere managing a multi-server, multi-channel
system, they also started the HD playout using the Chan-
nel in a box technology of Etere MTX. [35]
In 2007, ABS-CBN acquired a Media Asset Management
System (MAMS) from IBM Corporation for a cost of 4
million US dollars. The IBM MAMS includes a hardware
infrastructure support and 2 petabytes (2000 terabytes)
of data storage that is expected to grow by 36 percent
over the next few years as ABS-CBN is already generat-
ing over 700 hours of contents a month.[36] The MAMS
will be integrated to the million dollar Dalet Digital Me-
dia Systems[37] and Avid Unity ISIS (Innitely Scalable
Intelligent Storage)[34] that will enable ABS-CBN to dig-
itize and store its over 200,000 hours of television con-
tents and its library of over 2000 lms.[38] The digitiza-
tion of ABS-CBNs lms in particular includes a digital
audio and video restoration and remastering process in
1080p full high-denition pixel resolution in either 4:3 or
16:9 aspect ratios. As of 2015, ABS-CBN Film Archives,
in partnership with Central Digital Lab, Inc., has digi-
tized, restored, and remastered over 130 lms which in-
cludes classics such as Himala, Oro, Plata, Mata, and
Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon?. The lm pro-
cessed are made available on wide array of platforms
which include free-to-air and cable television, pay per
view, DVDs, and limited theatrical screenings.
5
5 Competition
Since its inception in 1953 until 1961, ABS-CBN (then
Alto Broadcasting System) was the only commercial tele-
vision network in the country. It was only until the 1960s
that television became common and at that time, although
audience measurement has not yet invented, ABS was
favored by giant companies such as Procter and Gam-
ble, Colgate-Palmolive, Unilever, Nestl, The Coca-Cola
Company, Pepsico and Caltex. ABS-CBN was the only
Philippine television network to air commercials and was
only the advertising partner of Colgate-Palmolive prod-
ucts from 2000 until 15 years later in 2015, when other
networks returned to air the Colgate-Palmolive commer-
cials such as rival GMA Network. When the martial law
was declared, ABS-CBN and other television networks
(including ABC-5, now TV5) were forced to shut-down
and held control by the Government. When it was re-
established in 1986 as a commercial television, it had
failed to regain its glory days and was ranked behind
among the ve television networks. It was not until 1987,
when it was re-branded as The Star Network that it
had slowly regained its foothold in TV ratings. In 1992,
AGB Nielsen Philippines was founded and a new pace in
television history was introduced. In 2007, TNS Philip-
pines started to oer media research through Kantar Me-
dia Philippines (formerly Kantar/TNS). In 2008, AGB
Nielsen Philippines released the all-time highest rating
shows in the Philippines, with 7 of the top 10 high-
est rating shows all from ABS-CBN with the shows like
The Battle: Pacquiao vs. Morales, Rosalinda, Esperanza,
Meteor Garden, Pangako sa 'Yo, Miss Universe 1994, and
Maria Mercedes.[39] At the turn of the rst decade of the
century, competition was up against its closest competitor
GMA Network and TV5. Moreover, the data released by
AGB Nielsen show the Mega Manila data, which favors
GMA in the Mega Manila ratings while Kantar Media re-
leases the Total Philippines ratings (National Urban and
Rural Households), which favors ABS-CBN.
6 Controversies and scandals
Throughout the years, ABS-CBN has been involved in
several controversies and scandals involving its talents,
employees, and programs.
6.1 Wowowee scandals and incidents
Further information: Hello Pappy scandal and PhilSports
Stadium stampede
Two major incidents involving ABS-CBN have involved
the networks variety show Wowowee. Demand for tick-
ets to a one-year anniversary episode of the show at
the PhilSports Arena in 2006 caused a deadly stampede
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killing 76 people.[40] Over a year later in August 2007,
the show became entrenched in another scandal involv-
ing the possibility of a new game on the show being rigged
as evident by a mechanical glitch which occurred dur-
ing an episode,[41] which grew greater after Eat Bulaga!
host Joey de Leon and Wowowee host Willie Revillame
started exchanging attacks on-air against each other dur-
ing their respective and competing shows.[42] The inci-
dent later lead to a probe by the Department of Trade
and Industry led by senator Mar Roxas (which was jok-
ingly suggested by Joey during a speech he made on Eat
Bulaga! in reference to the Hello Garci scandal, dubbing
it Hello Pappy)[43]
6.2 AGB Nielsen TV ratings scandal
Main article: AGB Nielsen Philippine TV ratings
controversy
In late 2007, ABS-CBN accused AGB Nielsen Philip-
pines of tampering with the ratings during their 2007 rat- [11] Chui, Angie (May 27, 2010). ABS-CBN, partners make
ings surveys.[44][45] On January 8, 2008, Quezon City re-
gional trial court (RTC) junked ABS-CBNs case against
AGB Nielsen saying it was prematurely led. [12] ANC taps social media halalan 2010. ABS-CBN News
6.3 Writ of Amparo
On January 22, 2008, Asia-Pacic Director Jacque-
line Park of the International Federation of Journalists
(IFJ) supported the petition for writ of amparo led by
the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporations 11 employ-
ees (led by Ces Orea-Drilon) with the Supreme Court
to rule on the legality of journalists' arrests concerning
the failed Manila Peninsula rebellion. It stated: We sup-
port employees from ABS-CBN in standing up for their
democratic rights to work free from harassment and in-
timidation, especially from government ocials and au-
thorities. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court required the
respondents to le comment to the amparo petition within
10 days. Further, Harry Roque, National Union of Jour-
nalists of the Philippines (NUJP)'s lawyer announced its
ling of a class lawsuit for injunction with damages (Ar-
ticle 33, New Civil Code of the Philippines) against the
Philippine National Police, among others.
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