ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN

Type	Terrestrial television network
Branding	Kapamilya Network[note 1]
Country	Philippines
Availability	Nationwide
Founded	October 23, 1953; 71 years ago (1953-10-23) by James Lindenberg, Antonio Quirino, Eugenio Lopez, Sr., and Fernando Lopez
Slogan	In the Service of the Filipino The Philippines' largest network
TV stations	List of TV stations
Market share	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 CEO) Cory Vidanes (COO for Broadcast)
Launch date	Terrestrial: October 23, 1953 (initial) September 14, 1986 (post-People Power Revolution
Dissolved	Terrestrial: September 23, 1972; 52 years ago (1972-09-23) (martial law) May 5, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-05-05) (legislative franchise lapsed)
Former names	Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN)
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 480i 16:9 for the SDTV feed)
Sister network	ABS-CBN S+A TeleRadyo Serbisyo
International channel	ABS-CBN TFC
Official website	www.abs-cbn.com
Language	Filipino (main) English (secondary)
Replaced	BBC-2 (1973-1986)

ABS-CBN is a television network in the Philippines owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation. It is the country's largest and leading television network with an advertising revenues amounted to PHP17.5 billion for 2011.^[2] It was launched on 23 October 1953 and is among the first commercial television networks in Asia. Its headquarters is in Quezon City.
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1. ↑ "Media Ownership Monitor Philippines - ABS-CBN 2". Reporters Without Borders. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
2. ↑ Villanueva, Paul Michael (13 April 2012). "ABS-CBN nets P2.4 billion for 2011" (PDF) (Press release). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2012.