| ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center | |
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.jpg) ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in May 2023 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed[a] |
| Type | Studio, office, broadcasting |
| Architectural style | Neo-modern |
| Location | Sgt. Esguerra Avenue corner Mother Ignacia Street, Brgy. South Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City |
| Country | Philippines |
| Coordinates | 14°38′26″N 121°2′12″E / 14.64056°N 121.03667°E |
| Construction started | February 24, 1967 |
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| Renovated | 1992 1999 2010 |
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| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 220 meters (Millennium Transmitter) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Grounds | Approximately 44,000 m² |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Carlos Arguelles[1] |
| Other designers | Wili Fernandez (interior design) |
The ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center (also called ABS-CBN Broadcast Center; formerly known as Broadcast Plaza from 1974 to 1986 and current edifice formerly spelled officially as ABS-CBN Broadcasting Centre) in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines is the headquarters of the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation and the former television network of the same name. It houses the media conglomerate's and former network's divisions such as ABS-CBN News, ABS-CBN Studios and subsidiaries, broadcast facilities, offices, and ELJ Communications Center. It is also where the transmitter site of ALLTV is situated which was previously used by ABS-CBN before it became inactive due to the 2020 broadcast franchise renewal dispute with ownership of the transmitter and the land where it stands remain with the network.[2] It occupies an area of 44,000 square meters including the ELJ Communications Center.[3] It was originally built in 1968 and was then the most advanced broadcast facility in Asia. Today, it is now the country's largest and most technologically advanced media facility.[4] Meanwhile, ABS-CBN's production facility is located at ABS-CBN Horizon IT Park in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.[5]
Built as the headquarters of ABS-CBN, the center has since seen several management changes, such as a takeover by RPN and sister station BBC in 1973, the addition of a third tenant, the government station GTV (now PTV) in 1974, and then the departure of RPN and BBC in 1978 to Broadcast City (along with then-sister station IBC from San Juan del Monte) and the entry of NMPC and BB in 1980 which accompanied the remaining tenant MBS. From 1986 to 1992, the reopened ABS-CBN and PTV, along with PBS, shared the Broadcast Center and following PTV's departure in 1992, ABS-CBN has since regained full control of the facility.
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- ^ "Willie Revillame, nagpasalamat sa ABS-CBN sa pagbebenta ng transmitter sa AMBS". Philippine Entertainment Portal. September 16, 2022. Archived from the original on September 18, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
- ^ Villanueva, Paul Michael (December 31, 2011), ABS-CBN 17-A 2011, Scribd.com, p. 18, archived from the original on September 29, 2013, retrieved August 8, 2012
- ^ What is ABS-CBN?, Reocities, archived from the original on October 19, 2013, retrieved March 21, 2012
- ^ "Pasilip sa bagong ABS-CBN Studios". ABS-CBN News. December 12, 2018. Archived from the original on April 17, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2021.