ABC 5
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| Type | Broadcast commercial television network |
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| Branding | The Kapatid Network (Kapatid is a Tagalog term for sibling) |
| Country | Philippines |
| Availability | National |
| Founded | June 19, 1960 by Chino Roces |
| Slogan | I Choose Courage |
| TV stations | List of TV5 stations |
| 7.6% (Nielsen Urban National TAM January-August 2016) | |
| Headquarters | San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines (1992-2013) TV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan Sts., Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines (2013-present) |
| Owner | MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. (Subsidiary of the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund) |
| Parent | TV5 Network Inc. |
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Key people
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Manuel V. Pangilinan, (Chairman) Chot Reyes, (President and CEO) Luchi Cruz-Valdez (Head, News5) Patricia Bermudez-Hizon (Head, Sports5) |
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Launch date
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June 19, 1960 (as Associated Broadcasting Corporation) February 21, 1992 (as Associated Broadcasting Company) August 9, 2008 (as TV5) |
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Former names
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Associated Broadcasting Corporation (1960–1972) Associated Broadcasting Company (1992–2008) |
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Picture format
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480i (SDTV) |
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Sister channels
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AksyonTV |
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Official website
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tv5.com.ph |
| Language |
Filipino (main) English (secondary) |
TV5 (formerly known as ABC 5) is a major Filipino commercial television network based in Mandaluyong City, Philippines since December 2013. Owned by TV5 Network Inc., solely owned by MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of the beneficial trust fund of the PLDT headed by business tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan.
Named after its flagship station in Metro Manila, DWET-TV which is carried in VHF Channel 5, TV5 is broadcasting to 7 other owned-and-operated stations, and 19 affiliated television stations nationwide as its programming is also carried overseas through Kapatid TV5 channel.
Joaquin "Chino" Roces, 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 the Associated Broadcasting Corporation with its first studios along Roxas Boulevard, becoming the fourth television network established in the country. ABC operated radio and television services from 1960 until September 23, 1972 when President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared Martial Law. Both ABC and the Manila Times were forcibly shut down as a result with rivals ABS-CBN and MBC's radio and television broadcasts also shut down by martial law that day.
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