History Creator / ABSCBN

ABS-CBN is the largest media conglomerate in the UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}. They own the movie studio Creator/StarCinema as well as the ABS-CBN TV channels, among other things.

They were forced to cease operations in 1973 following the [[UsefulNotes/FerdinandMarcos Marcos dictatorship]]--ABS' flagship station was seized from the Lopezes and became Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation (BBC-2, not to be confused with the ''other'' Creator/{{BBC}} in the UK), a state-run network bankrolled by oligarch and Macros crony [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Benedicto Roberto Benedicto]]. BBC-2 ran for thirteen years from 1973 up to the UsefulNotes/PeoplePowerRevolution in 1986, where reformist troops captured the station amidst the ensuing turmoil and [[WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties sabotaged]] the transmitter which was supposed to be airing Marcos' inauguration from Malacañang Palace. ABS-CBN then resumed operations in September 1986.

[[caption-width-right:350:"In the service of the Filipino worldwide".]]

* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palibhasa_Lalake Palibhasa Lalake]]

* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sine'skwela Sine'skwela]]''

The company was formed in 1967 through a merger between two companies, Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) and Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN), though its origins can be traced as far back as 1946, just after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and a month before the Philippines was granted independence, when an American radio engineer named James Lindenberg formed Bolinao Electronics Corporation (BEC). Lindenberg would later partner with Antonio Quirino, brother of then-Philippine President Elpidio Quirino to try their hand at television broadcasting, renaming BEC to Alto Broadcasting System and started airing test broadcasts on September 1953.

They were forced to cease operations in 1973 following the [[UsefulNotes/FerdinandMarcos Marcos dictatorship]]--ABS' flagship station was seized from the Lopezes and became Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation (BBC-2, not to be confused with the ''other'' Creator/{{BBC}}), a state-run network bankrolled by oligarch and Macros crony Roberto Benedicto. BBC-2 ran for thirteen years from 1973 up to the UsefulNotes/PeoplePowerRevolution in 1986, where reformist troops captured the station amidst the ensuing turmoil and [[WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties sabotaged]] the transmitter which was supposed to be airing Marcos' inauguration from Malacañang Palace. ABS-CBN then resumed operations in September 1986.

* ''Series/AngProbinsyano2015''

!!TV series produced, distributed, and aired by ABS-CBN:

The company was formed in 1967 through a merger between two companies, Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) and Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN), though its origins can be traced as far back as 1946, just after WorldWarII and a month before the Philippines was granted independence, when an American radio engineer named James Lindenberg formed Bolinao Electronics Corporation (BEC). Lindenberg would later partner with Antonio Quirino, brother of then-Philippine President Elpidio Quirino to try their hand at television broadcasting, renaming BEC to Alto Broadcasting System and started airing test broadcasts on September 1953.

ABS-CBN is the largest media conglomerate in the UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}. They own the movie studio Creator/StarCinema as well as the ABS-CBN TV channels, among other things. The company was formed in 1967 through a merger between two companies, Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) and Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN).

* ''Series/AngProbinsyano''

* ''Series/MaalaalaMoKaya'' (World's longest running drama anthology as well as in Philippine television)

* ''Series/FPJsAngProbinsyano''

!!TV series produced/aired by ABS-CBN:

* ''Series/100DaysToHeaven''

* ''Series/AnghelNaWalangaLangit''

* ''Series/MaalaalaMoKaya''

!!TV series produced by ABS-CBN:

ABS-CBN is the largest media conglomerate in the UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}. They own the movie studio Creator/StarCinema as well as the ABS-CBN TV channels, among other things.

ABS-CBN is the largest media conglomerate in the Philippines. They own the movie studio Star Cinema as well as the ABS-CBN TV channels, among other things.

ABS-CBN is notable for producing a ''lot'' of TV dramas, but has also produced other kinds of shows, such as the variety show ''Series/ItsShowtime'' and the animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheNutshack'', which aired on Myx TV (which is owned by ABS-CBN).

ABS-CBN is notable for producing a ''lot'' of TV dramas, but has also produced other kinds of shows, such as the game show ''Series/ItsShowtime'' and the animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheNutshack'', which aired on Myx TV (which is owned by ABS-CBN).

* ''GotToBelieve''
* ''IkawLamang''
* ''ItsShowtime''
* ''TheNutshack''