ABS-CBN
Appearance
Type | Terrestrial television network |
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Branding | The Kapamilya Network (Kapamilya is a Filipino term for a family member) |
Country | |
Availability | Nationwide |
Founded | October 23, 1953 by James Lindenberg Antonio Quirino Eugenio Lopez, Sr. Fernando Lopez |
TV stations | List of TV stations |
37.58% (Nielsen National Urban TAM January–August 2016)[1] | |
Headquarters | ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Diliman, Quezon City |
Owner | ABS-CBN Corporation |
Key people | 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 Entertainment Production) |
Launch date | October 23, 1953 (first air date) November 1966 (Color television) February 11, 2015 (DTT) October 3, 2015 (HDTV) |
Former names | Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN) |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Sister network | S+A |
International channel | The Filipino Channel |
Official website | www.abs-cbn.com |
Language | Filipino (main) English (secondary) |
- ^ "Media Ownership Monitor Philippines - ABS-CBN 2". Reporters Without Borders. Retrieved April 26, 2017.