| ABS-CBN
Channel 2
Diliman, Quezon City
ABS-CBN
Broadcasting Corporation (ABS-CBN: "Alto Broadcasting System-Chronicle
Broadcasting Network"), a Philippine multi-media conglomerate,
is the largest integrated media and entertainment company in the
Philippines with an asset base of P 24 billion (US$503 million)
as of 31 December 2006. [citation needed] ABS-CBN
is principally involved in television and radio broadcasting, as
well as the production of television programming for domestic and
international audiences and other related businesses.[2][3] It was
founded on June 13, 1946, becoming Asia's first commercial television
broadcaster. It is part of the Lopez Group of Companies. It also
broadcasts content to the rest of the world through The Filipino
Channel.
The
network's main broadcast facilities, news headquarters, transmitter
and satellite operations and studio complex are located at the ABS-CBN
Broadcast Center at Barangay Laging Handa, Diliman, Quezon City.
In Metro Manila, its terrestrial VHF station is Channel 2 (DWWX-TV)
while its terrestrial UHF station is Studio 23 (DWAC-TV). The company
is slated to begin broadcasting in Digital TV starting in early
2008. |