Monday, September 5, 2016

Channel 2: the Company's flagship channel

ABS-CBN (an initialism of the network's former names, Alto Broadcasting System - Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Filipino commercial broadcast television network that is the flagship property of ABS-CBN Corporation, a company under Lopez Group. The network is headquartered at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Quezon City, with additional offices and production facilities in 25 major cities including Iloilo, Cebu, and Davao. Its news, current affairs, politics, sports, opinions, features and business, talk, public service, lifestyle, drama, reality, kids, religious, movies and home shopping shows and broadcast in Filipino and English languages.

The majority of the programs shown on the network are created by ABS-CBN Corporation's Entertainment division. ABS-CBN Entertainment Group is responsible for original programs ranging from musical and variety shows, showbiz, lifestyle, and comedy talk shows, comedy and gag shows, and sitcoms. Original and adapted TV series and mini-series are produced by either Dreamscape or Star Creatives which are still both under ABS-CBN while news, public service, and documentary shows are produced by ABS-CBN News and by other independent production outfits. ABS-CBN also acquires and syndicates program formats from abroad most of which are reality shows. The remaining airtime of ABS-CBN is dedicated to acquired foreign programs from abroad most of which are animation (anime and cartoons) from Japan and United States and movies from the Philippines, United States, Hong Kong and other Asian countries. ABS-CBN also shows regional programs, TV specials, sporting and awarding events.

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