This article is about the media and entertainment conglomerate. For the television channel, see ABS-CBN .
ABS-CBN Corporation (an initialism of the two former separate companies, Alto Broadcasting System - Chronicle Broadcasting Network , also formerly known as Bolinao Electronics Corporation prior to its renaming to Alto Broadcasting System , still referred to as ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation on some uses, and is known as ABS-CBN Inc. on Kapamilya Thank You website (now redirects to the ABS-CBN Entertainment website)) is a Philippine entertainment and media company based on Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines that is owned by Mandaluyong (formerly Pasig)-based conglomerate Lopez Holdings Corporation , run by the López family. It is the country's largest entertainment and media conglomerate in terms of revenue, operating income, net income, assets, equity, market capitalization, and number of employees. The company was founded on June 13, 1946 as Bolinao Electronics Corporation by James Lindenberg, one of the founding fathers of Philippine television and an American electronics engineer who went into radio equipment assembly and radio broadcasting.
The name of the media conglomerate also serves as the corporate name of the ABS-CBN television network.
Bolinao Electronics Corporation (1946–1953, 1957–1967) [ ]
1946–1953, 1957–1967 [ ]
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Alto Broadcasting System/Alto Sales Corporation (1953–1957) [ ]
1953–1957 [ ]
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Typography:
Plaza/DK Carambola
Launched:
October 23, 1953
Chronicle Broadcasting Network (1956–1957) [ ]
1956–1957 [ ]
Launched:
September 24, 1956
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation/ABS-CBN Corporation (1967–1972; 1986–present) [ ]
1967–1972; 1986–2000 [ ]
1967–1972 [ ]
Designer:
Jun Jison, Iggy Vitalis (with added elements by Eugenio Lopez, Jr.), Wili Fernandez (font customization)
Typography:
ABS-CBN Contemera
Launched:
February 1, 1967
1986–2000 [ ]
Designer:
Jun Jison, Iggy Vitalis (with added elements by Eugenio Lopez, Jr.), Wili Fernandez (font customization)
Typography:
ABS-CBN Contemera
Launched:
September 14, 1986
2000–present [ ]
2000–2014 [ ]
Designer:
Jun Jison, Iggy Vitalis (with added elements by Eugenio Lopez, Jr.)
Typography:
Rotis Semi Serif
Launched:
January 1, 2000
On May 27, 2010, the media conglomerate started to adapt the ABS-CBN Corporation name to reflect the company's diversification, although the name ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation is still alternatively used nowadays such as the sign-on and sign-off of main ABS-CBN terrrestrial channel until June 26, 2012, at the end of credits of Maalaala Mo Kaya until late 2010s, and on some news articles that are related to the network and media conglomerate.
“It is a response to the changes in the media landscape brought about by technology. The media business has gone beyond merely broadcasting to encompass other platforms.”
— Eugenio Lopez III , ABS-CBN Chairman, May 27, 2010
2014–present [ ]
Designer:
Jun Jison, Iggy Vitalis (with added elements by Eugenio Lopez, Jr.)FutureBrand (logo modification and visual elements)
Typography:
Altrincham Std Wide Gotham and Gotham Black
Launched:
January 1, 2014
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Bolinao Electronics Corporation (1946–1953, 1957–1967) Alto Broadcasting System/Alto Sales Corporation (1953–1957) Chronicle Broadcasting Network (1956–1957)
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation/ABS-CBN Corporation (1967-1972)
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation/ABS-CBN Corporation (1986–present)
ABS-CBN Corporation
Part of Lopez Holdings Corporation
Predecessors:
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation/ABS-CBN Corporation (Bolinao Electronics Corporation | Alto Broadcasting System/Alto Sales Corporation | Chronicle Broadcasting Network )
Non ABS-CBN-owned companies (Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation )
Successors:
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation/ABS-CBN Corporation (People's Television Network (channel 4 space) | Radio Philippines Network (channel 9 space) | ALLTV (channel 2 space) | SMNI (channel 43 space))
Owner
Lopez Holdings Corporation (56.28%) | ABS-CBN Holdings Corporation (32.21%) | Public Ownership (42.80%)
Divisions
ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs (Other ) | ABS-CBN Studios (Other ) | CineMedia Group (Dreamscape Entertainment (On-Screen Logos ) | Dreamscape Digital | Cosyne Multimedia) | iCONN | Media Serbisyo Production Corporation 8 | Rise Artists Studio | Star Creatives (Star Creatives Television ) | Star Magic
Subsidiaries
ABS-CBN Global Ltd. | ABS-CBN International | ABS-CBN International Distribution | ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. | ABS-CBN Themed Experiences | ABS-CBN Shared Service Center | ABS-CBN Studios | All Youth Channels | Bantay Bata 163 | Bantay Kalikasan | Sagip Kapamilya | Knowledge Channel Foundation | Bayan Productions | Big Dipper | Creative Programs | The Chosen Bun
ABS-CBN Films
Star Cinema | Sine Screen | Black Sheep Productions | Quantum Films | TFC at the Movies
TV Stations
DZOE-TV (Metro Manila)1 | DWET-TV 2 | DZBB-TV 3 | DWDB-TV 3 | DWKC-DTV 5 7
Television channels
Analog/Digital free-to-air channels
A2Z 1 (Other ) | TV5 2 | GMA Network 3 | Knowledge Channel 5
Cable/Satellite channels
ABS-CBN News Channel | Cinema One | Cine Mo! | Jeepney TV | Kapamilya Channel | Metro Channel | Myx | TeleRadyo Serbisyo
International channels
ANC Global | Cinema One Global | Cine Mo! Global | Myx Global | TFC
Telecommunications and digital media
ABS-CBN Digital Media | ABS-CBN TVplus Digital TV Receiver | Destiny Cable | PIE 7 | Sky Cable | Sky Fiber
Licensed products
ABS-CBN Publishing, Inc. (ABS-CBN Books )
Streaming/Video on demand/Web TV
ABS-CBN Superview | iWant TFC | Kapamilya Online Live | Sky On Demand
YouTube Channels
ABS-CBN Entertainment | ABS-CBN News | ABS-CBN Lifestyle | ABS-CBN Star Cinema | ABS-CBN Talk | MYX Philippines | Push | Star Magic
Internet and Social Media
ABS-CBN Interactive | ABS-CBN News | Bayan Mo, Ipatrol Mo | Choose Philippines | DASH | DZMM.com.ph | Hero | Just Love Kids | KTX | One Music PH | Push.com.ph | PATROL.PH | Star Events | TrabaHanap.com
TV Productions and Partners
Advanced Media Broadcasting System | Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, Inc. | CBN Asia | GMA Network | TV5 | ZOE Broadcasting Network
Recording companies and other subsidiaries
ABS-CBN Music (DNA Music | Inspire Music | Lodi Records | Old School Records | Star Music (Logo Variations | Other ) | Star Magic Records | StarPop | Tarsier Records | TNT Records ) | ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra
Inactive
Cinema One Premium HD
Former TV Productions and Subsidiaries
AMCARA Broadcasting Network | Probe Productions | TAPE Inc.
Former and Defunct
Asianovela Channel | ABS-CBN Cable Channels | ABS-CBN S+A (HD ) | ABS-CBN TVplus (service) | ABS-CBN TVplus Go | ABS-CBN (Logo Variations | Other ) | ABS-CBNmobile | ABS-CBN Regional Channel | ABS-CBN Sports | The ABS-CBN Store | ABS-CBN Studio Experience | Balls/Balls HD | CgeTV | Hero | KidZania Manila | Kapamilya Box Office | Liga | LVN Pictures Inc. | Maxxx | Multiply | MOR Philippines | Movie Central | O Shopping 4 | PIE 7 | Roadrunner Network, Inc. | S+A Global | Sky Direct | Skylight Films | Star Home Video | Tag | Velvet | Yey! (Other )
Inactive Radio networks
ABS-CBN Radio
Inactive TV Stations
ABS-CBN Regional
DWWX-TV 2 (Metro Manila) | D-3-ZO-TV (North Luzon) | DZAD-TV (Southern Tagalog) | DYPR-TV (Palawan) | DZNC-TV (Bicol) | DYCB-TV (Central Visayas) | DYAB-TV (Eastern Visayas) | DYAF-TV (Panay) | DYXL-TV (Negros) | DXZT-TV (South Central Mindanao) | DXCS-TV (Cagayan De Oro) | DXAS-TV (Southern Mindanao) | DXLL-TV (Zamboanga)
Inactive Television channels
Analog free-to-air channels
ABS-CBN | ABS-CBN S+A
Digital free-to-air channels
Asianovela Channel | Cine Mo! | Jeepney TV | Kapamilya Box Office | Knowledge Channel | Movie Central | Myx | O Shopping 4 | TeleRadyo | Yey!
Notes:
1 Blocktime with ZOE Broadcasting Network
2 Partnership and blocktime with the TV5 Network, Inc. , a subsidiary of MediaQuest Holdings .
3 Partnership with GMA Network, Inc.
4 Joint venture with CJ ENM
5 Blocktime with Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media
7 In partnership with 917Ventures , Kroma Entertainment , and Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media
8 Joint venture with Prime Media Holdings Inc. (through Philippine Collective Media Corporation)
Businesses/Subsidiaries
Media and Telecommunications
Sky Vision Corporation
ABS-CBN Corporation
Part of Lopez Holdings Corporation
Predecessors:
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation/ABS-CBN Corporation (Bolinao Electronics Corporation | Alto Broadcasting System/Alto Sales Corporation | Chronicle Broadcasting Network )
Non ABS-CBN-owned companies (Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation )
Successors:
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation/ABS-CBN Corporation (People's Television Network (channel 4 space) | Radio Philippines Network (channel 9 space) | ALLTV (channel 2 space) | SMNI (channel 43 space))
Owner
Lopez Holdings Corporation (56.28%) | ABS-CBN Holdings Corporation (32.21%) | Public Ownership (42.80%)
Divisions
ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs (Other ) | ABS-CBN Studios (Other ) | CineMedia Group (Dreamscape Entertainment (On-Screen Logos ) | Dreamscape Digital | Cosyne Multimedia) | iCONN | Media Serbisyo Production Corporation 8 | Rise Artists Studio | Star Creatives (Star Creatives Television ) | Star Magic
Subsidiaries
ABS-CBN Global Ltd. | ABS-CBN International | ABS-CBN International Distribution | ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. | ABS-CBN Themed Experiences | ABS-CBN Shared Service Center | ABS-CBN Studios | All Youth Channels | Bantay Bata 163 | Bantay Kalikasan | Sagip Kapamilya | Knowledge Channel Foundation | Bayan Productions | Big Dipper | Creative Programs | The Chosen Bun
ABS-CBN Films
Star Cinema | Sine Screen | Black Sheep Productions | Quantum Films | TFC at the Movies
TV Stations
DZOE-TV (Metro Manila)1 | DWET-TV 2 | DZBB-TV 3 | DWDB-TV 3 | DWKC-DTV 5 7
Television channels
Analog/Digital free-to-air channels
A2Z 1 (Other ) | TV5 2 | GMA Network 3 | Knowledge Channel 5
Cable/Satellite channels
ABS-CBN News Channel | Cinema One | Cine Mo! | Jeepney TV | Kapamilya Channel | Metro Channel | Myx | TeleRadyo Serbisyo
International channels
ANC Global | Cinema One Global | Cine Mo! Global | Myx Global | TFC
Telecommunications and digital media
ABS-CBN Digital Media | ABS-CBN TVplus Digital TV Receiver | Destiny Cable | PIE 7 | Sky Cable | Sky Fiber
Licensed products
ABS-CBN Publishing, Inc. (ABS-CBN Books )
Streaming/Video on demand/Web TV
ABS-CBN Superview | iWant TFC | Kapamilya Online Live | Sky On Demand
YouTube Channels
ABS-CBN Entertainment | ABS-CBN News | ABS-CBN Lifestyle | ABS-CBN Star Cinema | ABS-CBN Talk | MYX Philippines | Push | Star Magic
Internet and Social Media
ABS-CBN Interactive | ABS-CBN News | Bayan Mo, Ipatrol Mo | Choose Philippines | DASH | DZMM.com.ph | Hero | Just Love Kids | KTX | One Music PH | Push.com.ph | PATROL.PH | Star Events | TrabaHanap.com
TV Productions and Partners
Advanced Media Broadcasting System | Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media, Inc. | CBN Asia | GMA Network | TV5 | ZOE Broadcasting Network
Recording companies and other subsidiaries
ABS-CBN Music (DNA Music | Inspire Music | Lodi Records | Old School Records | Star Music (Logo Variations | Other ) | Star Magic Records | StarPop | Tarsier Records | TNT Records ) | ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra
Inactive
Cinema One Premium HD
Former TV Productions and Subsidiaries
AMCARA Broadcasting Network | Probe Productions | TAPE Inc.
Former and Defunct
Asianovela Channel | ABS-CBN Cable Channels | ABS-CBN S+A (HD ) | ABS-CBN TVplus (service) | ABS-CBN TVplus Go | ABS-CBN (Logo Variations | Other ) | ABS-CBNmobile | ABS-CBN Regional Channel | ABS-CBN Sports | The ABS-CBN Store | ABS-CBN Studio Experience | Balls/Balls HD | CgeTV | Hero | KidZania Manila | Kapamilya Box Office | Liga | LVN Pictures Inc. | Maxxx | Multiply | MOR Philippines | Movie Central | O Shopping 4 | PIE 7 | Roadrunner Network, Inc. | S+A Global | Sky Direct | Skylight Films | Star Home Video | Tag | Velvet | Yey! (Other )
Inactive Radio networks
ABS-CBN Radio
Inactive TV Stations
ABS-CBN Regional
DWWX-TV 2 (Metro Manila) | D-3-ZO-TV (North Luzon) | DZAD-TV (Southern Tagalog) | DYPR-TV (Palawan) | DZNC-TV (Bicol) | DYCB-TV (Central Visayas) | DYAB-TV (Eastern Visayas) | DYAF-TV (Panay) | DYXL-TV (Negros) | DXZT-TV (South Central Mindanao) | DXCS-TV (Cagayan De Oro) | DXAS-TV (Southern Mindanao) | DXLL-TV (Zamboanga)
Inactive Television channels
Analog free-to-air channels
ABS-CBN | ABS-CBN S+A
Digital free-to-air channels
Asianovela Channel | Cine Mo! | Jeepney TV | Kapamilya Box Office | Knowledge Channel | Movie Central | Myx | O Shopping 4 | TeleRadyo | Yey!
Notes:
1 Blocktime with ZOE Broadcasting Network
2 Partnership and blocktime with the TV5 Network, Inc. , a subsidiary of MediaQuest Holdings .
3 Partnership with GMA Network, Inc.
4 Joint venture with CJ ENM
5 Blocktime with Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media
7 In partnership with 917Ventures , Kroma Entertainment , and Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media
8 Joint venture with Prime Media Holdings Inc. (through Philippine Collective Media Corporation)
Power and Energy
First Philippine Holdings Corporation | First Gen Corporation | First Gas Holdings Corporation | First Gas Power Corporation | FGP Corporation | FG Hydro Power Corporation | FG Bukidnon Power Corporation | First Gen Renewables, Inc. | Energy Development Corporation | Manila Electric Company | Panay Electric Company
Real Estate
Rockwell Land Corporation | First Philippine Industrial Park | First Philippine Realty Corporation | TerraPrime Inc.
Infrastructure
First Balfour, Inc. | First Philippine Industrial Corporation
Manufacturing
First Philippine Electric Corporation | Philippine Electric Corporation | First Electro Dynamics Corporation | First Philippine Power Systems, Inc. | First Sumiden Circuits, Inc. | First Sumiden Realty, Inc. | First Philec Solar Corporation
Other Businesses/Subsidiaries
Asian Eye Institute | Bayad Center | Securities Transfer Services Inc. | ADTEL | Iloilo-Negros Air Express Aviation Corporation
Former Businesses/Subsidiaries
Bayan Telecommunications | Maynilad | The Medical City | Equitable PCI Bank