ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center

ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in May 2023
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General information
StatusComplete - Operational (online and cable broadcasting activities i.e. Kapamilya Channel, ANC, Kapamilya Online Live, TFC, TeleRadyo Serbisyo as well as news and current affairs offices of ABS-CBN News, entertainment, television, and film production of ABS-CBN Entertainment and Star Cinema and its subsidiaries)
TypeStudio, office, broadcasting
Architectural styleNeo-modern
LocationSgt. Esguerra Avenue corner Mother Ignacia Street, Brgy. South Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City
CountryPhilippines
Coordinates14°38′26″N 121°2′12″E / 14.64056°N 121.03667°E / 14.64056; 121.03667
Construction startedFebruary 24, 1967
Opening
  • December 18, 1968 (studios and main building)
  • January 1, 2000 (ELJCC building)
Renovated1992
1999
2010
Owner
Height
Antenna spire220 meters (Millennium Transmitter)
Technical details
Floor count3
GroundsApproximately 44,000 m²
Design and construction
Architect(s)Carlos Arguelles[1]
Other designersWili Fernandez (interior design)

The ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center (also called ABS-CBN Broadcast Center; formerly known as Broadcast Plaza from 1974 to 1979 and current edifice formerly spelled officially as ABS-CBN Broadcasting Centre) in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines is the headquarters of the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation and the television network of the same name. It houses the media conglomerate's divisions such as ABS-CBN News and ABS-CBN Entertainment and subsidiaries, broadcast facilities, offices, and ELJ Communications Center. It is also where the transmitter site of ALLTV is situated which was previously used by ABS-CBN before it became inactive due to the 2020 broadcast franchise renewal dispute with ownership of the transmitter and the land where it stands remain with the network.[2] It occupies an area of 44,000 square meters including the ELJ Communications Center.[3] It was originally built in 1968 and was then the most advanced broadcast facility in Asia. Today, it is now the country's largest and most technologically advanced media facility.[4] Meanwhile, ABS-CBN's production facility is located at ABS-CBN Horizon IT Park in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.[5]

Built as the headquarters of ABS-CBN, the center has since seen several management changes, such as a takeover by RPN and sister station BBC in 1973, the addition of a third tenant, the government station GTV (now PTV) in 1974, and then the departure of RPN and BBC in 1978 to Broadcast City (along with then-sister station IBC from San Juan del Monte) and the entry of NMPC and BB in 1980 which accompanied the remaining tenant MBS. From 1986 to 1992, the reopened ABS-CBN and PTV, along with PBS, shared the Broadcast Center and following PTV's departure in 1992, ABS-CBN has since regained full control of the facility.

  1. ^ Paulo Alcazaren (February 13, 2010). "Wili's wonders". Philstar Global. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  2. ^ "Willie Revillame, nagpasalamat sa ABS-CBN sa pagbebenta ng transmitter sa AMBS". Philippine Entertainment Portal. September 16, 2022. Archived from the original on September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  3. ^ Villanueva, Paul Michael (December 31, 2011), ABS-CBN 17-A 2011, Scribd.com, p. 18, archived from the original on September 29, 2013, retrieved August 8, 2012
  4. ^ What is ABS-CBN?, Reocities, archived from the original on October 19, 2013, retrieved March 21, 2012
  5. ^ "Pasilip sa bagong ABS-CBN Studios". ABS-CBN News. December 12, 2018. Archived from the original on April 17, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2021.

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