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Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC-13) is a VHF Television Station of the Government Communications Group headed by the Press Secretary.

It was launched on February 1, 1975 by a Marcos crony Roberto Benedicto after sequestering the original channel 13 owned by the late Andres Soriano. After the 1986 EDSA Revolution, all of the stocks and assets of IBC-13, RPN-9 and BBC-2 were sequestered by the Philippine Commission on Good Government (PCGG). President Corazon Aquino awarded BBC-2 through an executive order to ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation. IBC-13 and RPN-9 and were turned over to the Government Communications Group. There were plans to auction the TV frequency rights currently in use by IBC-13 and RPN-9 in the future. IBC 13 studios is located at Broadcast City Capitol Hills Diliman, Quezon City and transmitter at San Francisco Del Monte, Quezon City.

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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. 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.

Velez 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.

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IBC TV Stations Nationwide:

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Philippine Television Networks

VHF Stations  
   ABS-CBN 2 | NBN 4 | ABC 5 | GMA 7 | RPN 9 | QTV 11 | IBC 13  
  UHF Stations  
   SBN 21 | Studio 23 | Net 25 | Citynet 27 | RJTV 29 | UNTV 37 | MTV 41 | 3ABN 45   

 

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