Associated Broadcasting Company

Associated Broadcasting Company
(TV5)

Type	Broadcast television network
Country	Philippines
Availability	National
Founded	June 19, 1960 by Chino Roces
Slogan	Para Sa Yo, Kapatid!
Owner	MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. ABC Development Corporation
Key people	Manuel V. Pangilinan, Chairman Atty. Rey C. Espinosa, President and CEO Roberto V. Barreiro, EVP and COO
Launch date	June 19, 1960 February 21, 1992 as DWET-TV
Former names	Associated Broadcasting Corporation (1960-1972)
Official Website	TV5.com.ph
Language	Filipino

The Associated Broadcasting Company (TV5) is a television network in the Philippines, with main broadcast facilities and transmitter located at 762 Quirino Highway, San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City. It is the fourth-oldest television network in the country and owned by MediaQuest Holdings Inc., which is a subsidiary of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company headed by businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan.

Its main station is DWET-TV in Metro Manila. TV5 also operates a radio station, 106.7 Dream FM, in Metro Manila.

History

Pre-Martial Law

Logo used from 1960 to its closure in 1972.

Joaquin "Chino" Roces, then owner of the Manila Times was granted of a radio-TV franchise from Congress under Republic Act 2945 on June 19, 1960. He then founded Associated Broadcasting Corporation with its first studios in Roxas Boulevard, the fourth television network established in the Philippines. ABC operated radio and television from 1960 until September 21, 1972 when then President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared Martial Law. Both ABC and the Manila Times were shut down as a result.

After Martial Law and return of the operations

ABC's logo used from its revival in 1992 to 2001.

Numerical 5 logo from its revival in 1992 to 2003.

After the People Power Revolution in 1986, Chino Roces made a successful representation with then President Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino for the reopening of the network.

New stockholders led by broadcast veteran Edward Tan and Chino Roces's son Edgardo then began the arduous task of resuscitating the network. The Securities and Exchange Commission granted their application for an increase in capitalization and amendments to ABC’s articles of incorporation and by-laws. They were subsequently granted a permit to operate by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)

ABC broke ground in what was to become its new world class studio complex and its transmitter tower in San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City in 1990. By the final quarter of 1991, ABC was on test broadcast. Commercial operation started on February 21, 1992. A brand new television and radio broadcasting network was born – ABC Development Corporation, doing business under the trade name Associated Broadcasting Company.

Logo used from 2001 to 2004.

ABC acquired a new franchise to operate on December 9, 1994, under Republic Act 7831 signed by then President Fidel V. Ramos. In the same year, it went on nationwide satellite broadcasting. In a surge of phenomenal growth, ABC earned a reputation as "The Fastest Growing Network" under the new network executive Tina Monzon-Palma. It has taken big leaps and bounds and is now among the ranks of "The Big League". As early as its 15th month of operation, it rose to a strong no. 3 in the overall TV network rating with a programming that combines America's certified hits and all station-produced local programs. Also part of their success is their carrying of the Sailor Moon anime franchise, which effectively revitalized interest in anime in the Philippines. Amid the escalating network war, ABC succeeded in gaining a foothold, as the dark clouds of the Asian crisis loomed in the horizon.

In 1996, ABC launched the slogan "Reaching out to You" was performed by Gary Valenciano and station ID was singing the stars of ABC-5. Around 1996, ABC created the 1st practical jokes & gags show Wow Mali with Joey de Leon as host. It was the longest running practical jokes show in Philippine History. It went with other names: Wow Maling Mali (2003), Wow Mali Bytes (2006) & Wow Mali Express (2008).

In 1999, ABC was awarded the last remaining UHF frequency in Metro Manila, (Channel 47), winning over a field of competitors, because of its capabilities and track record. This station has been inactive since 2003.

In 2001, ABC acquired the Philippine licenses for three game shows: The Price Is Right (hosted by Dawn Zulueta), Wheel of Fortune (hosted by Rustom Padilla; but later acquired by ABS-CBN, but it ceased airing), and Family Feud (hosted by Ogie Alcasid; but later, it is also acquired by GMA Network, but it also ceased to broadcast). This was during the height of the game show frenzy within Philippine networks, brought on by the success of IBC's Philippine edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (now broadcast on TV5 and is hosted by Vic Sotto} and The Weakest Link.

New management

Logo used from 2004 to 2008.

In October 2003, ABC was acquired by a group led by businessman Antonio "Tonyboy" Cojuangco, former Chairman of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and owner of Dream Satellite Broadcasting and Bank of Commerce, among others. The new management introduced many changes including a stronger news and public affairs division, modernization of its broadcast equipment and the acquisition of broadcast rights of Philippine Basketball Association games.

For its re-imaging, the new network executives led by Roberto Barreiro coined a new slogan for ABC: Iba Tayo! (We're Different!). The slogan was conceived at the height of the "network wars" between ABS-CBN and GMA Network, which mirrored each other's programming for ratings supremacy. ABC aimed to veer away from the practice done by both networks by coming up with different shows with fresh formats to complement its flagship program, the PBA.

ABC won as KBP Best TV Station in 2005 in the KBP Golden Dove Awards, while other shows also won as best TV show in different categories.

Until the end of 2006, ABC was a member of the Family Rosary Crusade. Its religious pre-identification campaign "Please Pray the Rosary" was being played before the start every show of the network.

In 2007, ABC's News and Public Affairs division took a big cut, with many of its employees given the pink slip. This was before the May 2007 elections in the Philippines, making the network almost incapable of election coverage.

Beginning in November 2007, the station debuted its "Pumped and Loaded" slogan, as it began NBA, pro boxing, and WWE programming on the said network. ABC made a five-year deal with Solar Entertainment to broadcast the aforementioned programs. However, due to high costs, NBA games and boxing have since moved to C/S 9 while "House of Hoops", the NBA review show, was shortened to one hour on Monday and two hours on Thursday. The program ended on April 28, 2008 and was replaced by Stories of Survival and PBA Classics. WWE Raw was cut from the lineup because of additional costs; instead they aired 2 movies on Saturday nights beginning at 7:00 P.M. In June 2008, Solar Entertainment made the move to bring WWE free TV programming to C/S 9 (now Solar TV).

ABC decided not to renew their airtime contract with the PBA once their original contract ends after the 2008 Fiesta Conference, and has since been acquired by Solar/RPN effective next season

Transition from ABC-5 to TV5

Logo used from 2008 to 2010.

In March 2008, ABC president and CEO Antonio Cojuangco announced that ABC had entered into a major block time agreement with MPB Primedia Inc., a local company backed by Media Prima Berhad of Malaysia as part of a long-term strategy to make the network more competitive. Cojuangco said MPB Primedia Inc., in principle, would produce and source most of the entertainment programs while ABC would continue to be responsible for news programming and operation of the stations. ^[1] Christopher Sy was named CEO of MPB Primedia, Inc.; he served in that capacity until his resignation in January 2009 due to reported differences in management style.^[2]

ABC "signed off" on August 8, 2008 and then aired a countdown to the re-launch for much of the next day until 19:00 PST, when the new lineup began under their new branding of TV5 ^[3][4][5]. Despite the name change, the corporate name will still be Associated Broadcasting Company and Tonyboy Cojuangco will remain its CEO^[6]. Shall We Dance, some shows in Nick on TV5, Kerygma TV, Light Talk, and Sunday TV Mass were the only ABC programs carried-over to the line-up of TV5.

In December 2008, a lawsuit was filed by GMA Network against ABC, and MPB Primedia, Inc. seeking to nullify the block time agreement between the companies; Media Prima Berhad was impleaded in the suit as well.^[7] GMA argued that the agreement violated the Philippine constitution, which restricts mass media ownership to Filipino companies, and that MPB Primedia was established in Malaysia do skirt these laws.^[7] In response, ABC's media relations head Pat Marcelo-Magbanua reiterated that the network was a Filipino company which was self-registered and Filipino-run.^[8]

The Kapatid Network

Under the management of MPB together with the local key managers assembled, Primedia delivered significant success where TV5 performance was completely revitalized. TV5’s audience share increased substantially from 1.9% in July 2008 (prior to the re-branding by Primedia) to 11.1%* in September 2009. This achievement has catapulted TV5 as the clear number 3 station in the Philippines. (*Source: AGB-NMR Arianna)

On October 20, 2009, Media Prima Berhad (MPB) announced that is set to recover its investment in the Philippines following the proposed divestment of its entire 70 per cent equity stake in its subsidiary, MPB Primedia Inc (“Primedia”) to Mediaquest Holdings Inc.(a subsidiary of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.)

On March 2, 2010, MediaQuest chairman. Manuel V. Pangilinan announced the acquisition of the Associated Broadcasting Company and Primedia Inc., the broadcasting firm’s major block airtimer. Followed by the revamp of the new TV5 with new programs and roster of stars at its trade launch as is now be known as the "Kapatid" Network. ^[9]

Slogans

Programming

TV5's program lineup includes news and current affairs shows, variety shows, gag shows, dubbed foreign serials, children's shows, anime shows, reality shows, and sports.

Program production

News5

Competition

On its second month since its re-launch last August 9, 2008, TV5 has been reportedly on Top 3 based on the AGB Nielsen survey.

Digitalization

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) ordered that all analog TV broadcast transmission will be terminated by 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2015, requiring television service providers to migrate to DTT by that time. Currently, the network conducts test broadcast on UHF Channel 47.^[10] The management of ABC is planning for digitalization by the last quarter of 2010.^[11]

TV and radio stations nationwide

International broadcast

TV5 programs are shown in Singapore, Sydney, Hongkong and Canada via The Mabuhay Channel.

Entities and ventures

Subsidiaries

• Operation Tulong Bayan^[12]
• Smart Communications
• Dream Satellite TV
• Cignal Digital TV
• Studio 5 (film company)
• News 5
• Talent 5
• PLDT-Smart Foundation

Affiliates and productions

• MPB Primedia, Inc.
• Unitel Pictures^[13]
• Pixelgrain, Inc.^[14]
• Blue Screen Entertainment^[15]
• Red Communications^[16]
• Jojoatv Entertainment
• Jesuit Communications
• Bigtop Media Productions, Inc.
• Double Vision

See also

• List of Philippine media companies
• Philippine television networks

References

• TV5

Related

• History of Philippine television
• Lavish party to announce ABC 5 is a serious player
• Solar joins ABC-5 And RJTV-29

External links

• Official Site
• Associated Broadcasting Company (TV5) Corporate Site
• Program Schedule at Telebisyon.net
• Program Schedule at TV5 Website
• Mabuhay Channel website

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