Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation

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**Intercontinental Broadcasting Corp.**

Type	Broadcast television network
Country	Philippines
Availability	National
Owner	Intercontinental Broadcasting Corp.
Key people	Roberto Benedicto, Founder
Launch date	February 1, 1975
Past names	Islands Broadcasting Corporation Island TV 13
Website	IBC.com.ph

Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) is a Philippine VHF television network of the Government Communications Group headed by the Press Secretary. Its studios are located at Broadcast City Capitol Hills Diliman, Quezon City and transmitter at San Francisco Del Monte, Quezon City.

1 History
2 Slogans
3 IBC 13 Shows
4 Technical Information
5 IBC TV Stations Nationwide:
6 IBC Radio Stations Nationwide:
7 See also

[edit] History

February 1, 1975 saw the beginning of Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) when the Benedicto Group of Companies purchased the network consisting of the Manila station and another relay station in Visayas and Mindanao. In 1976, IBC metamorphosed into one of the country's most viewed TV network with its full length local and foreign films aired on primetime. This catapulted IBC in the number one slot among all television networks.

Through the sweat of its employees and the income generated from its programs, the network built and finally moved into its present home, Broadcast City, in 1977. The complex was a 55,000 square metre tract located at Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City.

In 1978, IBC manifested an enviable resiliance in surviving the challenges. It marked the biggest, most progressive leap any network has ever made. Because of its station produced shows and co-production ventures, it penetrated a wider market. Thus, remarkable productivity surfaced with an acquisition of several provincial TV and radio stations.

After the EDSA revolution, IBC was sequestered by the government. A board of administrators was created to run the station. All of the stocks and assets of IBC, and its sister networks Radio Philippines Network and Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation were sequestered by the Philippine Commission on Good Government (PCGG). President Corazon Aquino IBC and RPN and were turned over to the Government Communications Group and awarded BBC through an executive order to ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation. When BBC 2 closed down, IBC absorbed majority of its displaced employees, thus doubled the operating expenses of the network. Cost of programs went up by threefold. Line produced shows and co-production ventures with Viva, Regal, and Seiko were favored. The top rated shows of IBC were pirated by rival networks. Cost of programs, talent fees and TV rights increased tremendously. IBC could no longer afford to produce its own shows. IBC took a new image in 1988, Pusong Pinoy Pusong Trese, to recapture the glory days it once had. But because of the sequestration, periodic change of management and the internal problems, the network started to lose the support of advertisers.

Island Broadcast Corporation took over the management and the marketing of IBC (which came to be known as Islands TV 13) in 1989. It was in the later part of its operations that ratings and income suffered due to mismanagement which caused labor unrest.

In 1993, IBC became a 100% government owned station by virtue of a compromise agreement between PCGG and Mr. Roberto S. Benedicto, management and marketing were returned to the IBC Board of Directors. Programming remained at a standstill in preparation for the launching of a new image.

It was May 1994 when IBC launched Pinoy ang Dating with a visually enticing MTV, an innovation in terms of station identification. Despite limited resources, programming improved but the battle for audience share continued. Advertisers became more responsive to marketing efforts.

Vintage Television (VTV), later merged with VIVA Entertainment in 2000, entered the scene in 1996 with PBA Games as its major program and continued until 2002. Rehabilitation of the Transmitter and other technical facilities where initiated in the central and provincial stations. A new Harris 60 kilowatt transmitter was installed. The global service of APSTAR 1 satellite was utilized for a wider global reach. Presently IBC 13 signal seen in Agila 2 satellite.

There were plans to auction the TV frequency rights currently in use by IBC and RPN in the future.

[edit] Slogans

Main article: List of IBC slogans

[edit] IBC 13 Shows

Main article: List of programs broadcast by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation

[edit] Technical Information

IBC 13 signal was totally signal destruction especially outside Manila in all cable provider using this channel. During the whole morning and the mid afternoon the signal has experience technical problem due to satellite upgrade or new satellite frequency or parameters, except for the whole night. We apologied for the inconvenient.

[edit] IBC TV Stations Nationwide:

TV-13 --- Manila (DZTV)
TV-13 --- Laoag (DWCS)
TV-06 --- Baguio (DWHB)
TV-13 --- Naga
TV-05 --- Daet, Camarines Norte
TV-02 --- Roxas (DYXX)^*
TV-12 --- Iloilo City/Iloilo (DZJB)
TV-12 --- Bacolod (DYBD)
TV-13 --- Cebu (DYTV)
TV-12 --- Tacloban
TV-13 --- Puerto Princesa
TV-13 --- Zamboanga (DXZB)
TV-13 --- Ozamis
TV-10 --- Cagayan De Oro (DXCC)
TV-13 --- Davao (DXTV)
TV-10 --- General Santos
TV-10 --- Agusan Del Sur
TV-08 --- Surigao Del Sur
TV-13 --- Butuan

^* - IBC TV 2 Roxas is not yet available in broadcast as this time except IBC-DYJJ on radio exists. But it airs in the presence only in 2 local cable stations. Simulcast with IBC 12 Iloilo.

IBC Cable Television Station: