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{{About|the Filipino media and entertainment conglomerate|the defunct free-to-air channel referred to as the Kapamilya Network|ABS-CBN}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = ABS-CBN Corporation
| logo = [[File:ABS-CBN (2013).svg|110px|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| logo_caption = Current logo, an iteration of the 1999 logo, used since September 9, 2013.
| image = ABS-CBN compound top view (Sgt. Esguerra, Quezon City; 05-05-2023).jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_caption = The [[ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center]] in Diliman, Quezon City
| trade_name = ABS-CBN
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{pse|ABS}}
| industry = [[Radio broadcasting]]<br/>[[Mass media]]<br/>[[Entertainment]]
| former_names = {{plain list|
* Bolinao Electronics Corporation (1946–1952, 1957–1967)
* Alto Sales Corporation (1952–1957)
* Chronicle Broadcasting Network, Inc. (1956–1957)
* ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (1967–1972; 1986–2007){{Efn|The name ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation is now used as the company's alternative and secondary name after it changed its primary name to ABS-CBN Corporation in August 2007.}} 
}}
| founded = {{start date and age|1946|6|13}}
| founders = {{plain list|
* [[James Lindenberg]]
* [[Antonio Quirino]]
* [[Eugenio Lopez, Sr.|Eugenio López Sr.]]
* [[Fernando Lopez|Fernando López]]
}}
| hq_location = [[ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center]], Sgt. Esguerra Avenue corner Mother Ignacia Street
| hq_location_city = Diliman, [[Quezon City]], [[Metro Manila]]
| hq_location_country = Philippines
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{Unbulletedlist|[[Mark Lopez (Filipino executive)|Martin "Mark" L. López]] {{small|([[Chairman]])}}|[[Carlo L. Katigbak]] {{small|([[President (corporate title)|President]] and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])}}|[[Cory Vidanes]] {{small|([[Chief Operating Officer|COO]] for Broadcast)}}|[[Charo Santos-Concio]] {{small|([[Chief Content Officer|CCO]])}}
}}
| products = [[Film]]s<br />[[Music]]<br />[[Television program]]s<br />[[Web portal]]s
| brands = {{plainlist|
* [[Kapamilya Channel]]
* [[Kapamilya Channel|Kapamilya Online Live]]
* [[A2Z (TV channel)|A2Z]] <small>(in partnership with [[ZOE Broadcasting Network|ZOE]])</small>
* [[All TV]] <small>(in partnership with [[Advanced Media Broadcasting System|AMBS]])</small>
* [[ABS-CBN TV Plus]]
* [[DZMM]]/[[DZMM TeleRadyo]] <small>(joint venture with [[Philippine Collective Media Corporation]])</small>
* [[MOR Entertainment]]
* [[ABS-CBN News Channel|ANC]]
* [[Cine Mo!]]
* [[Jeepney TV]]
* [[Cinema One]]
* [[Metro Channel]]
* [[Knowledge Channel]]
* [[Myx]]
* [[The Filipino Channel|TFC]]
* [[iWant]]
* [[Yey!]] <small>(defunct)</small>
}}
| services = [[Broadcasting]]<br />[[Film|Motion pictures]]<br />[[Television studio|TV production]]<br />[[Cable television]]<br />[[Internet]]<br />[[Streaming service]]<br />[[Broadcast syndication]]<br />[[Record label]]<br />[[Telecommunications]]<br />[[Satellite television]]<br />[[Film distribution]]
| revenue = {{decrease}} [[Philippine Peso|₱]]17.32 billion<ref name="financial">{{cite report|title=ABS-CBN SEC Form 17-A|url= https://edge.pse.com.ph/openDiscViewer.do?edge_no=4e25aa16101fa7aeec6e1601ccee8f59 |date=15 April 2025|publisher=[[Philippine Stock Exchange]]|author= 	Paul Michael Villanueva Jr.}}</ref>
| revenue_year = [[Fiscal year|FY]] 2024
| operating_income = {{decrease}} ₱{{color|red|&minus;7.62 billion}}
| income_year = FY 2024
| net_income = {{decrease}} ₱{{color|red|&minus;6.09 billion}}
| net_income_year = FY 2024
| assets = {{decrease}} ₱44.99 billion
| assets_year = FY 2024
| equity = {{decrease}} ₱2.52 billion
| equity_year = FY 2024
| owner = {{unbulleted list|[[Lopez Holdings Corporation]] {{small|(56.28%)}}|ABS-CBN Holdings Corporation {{small|(32.21%)}}| Public ownership {{small|(42.80%)}}}}
| num_employees = 4,022
| num_employees_year = FY 2024
| divisions = {{plain list|
* [[Star Cinema|ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc.]]
* [[Star Magic|ABS-CBN Center for Communication Arts, Inc.]]
* [[Star Music|ABS-CBN Star Music]]
* [[ABS-CBN Publishing]]
* [[ABS-CBN Digital Media]]
* [[ABS-CBN Studios]]
* ABS-CBN Events
* ABS-CBN Foundation
* [[ABS-CBN International]]
* ABS-CBN International Production and Co-Production
* [[ABS-CBN Radio]]
* [[ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs|ABS-CBN News]]
* ABS-CBN Narrowcast
* [[MOR Entertainment]]
}}
| subsid = [[List of ABS-CBN Corporation subsidiaries|List of subsidiaries]]
| footnotes = <ref name="companyinformation">{{cite web |title=ABS-CBN Corporation - Company Information |url=http://edge.pse.com.ph/companyInformation/form.do?cmpy_id=114 |website=PSE Edge |publisher=[[Philippine Stock Exchange]] |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref><ref name="chairman">{{cite news|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/04/19/18/abs-cbn-elects-gabby-lopez-as-chairman-emeritus-mark-lopez-as-chairman|title=ABS-CBN elects Gabby Lopez as chairman emeritus, Mark Lopez as chairman|publisher=[[ABS-CBN News]]|date=April 19, 2018|access-date=April 19, 2018}}</ref><ref name="owner">{{cite report|url=https://edge.pse.com.ph/openDiscViewer.do?edge_no=ac02e5da5ce3fb9a5d542af6f1e997b9|title=PSE Disclosure Form POR-1 (Public Ownership Report) |date=April 22, 2021 |publisher=[[Philippine Stock Exchange]]}}</ref><ref name=ABS-CBN>{{cite report|title=2023 Annual Report|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/investors/annual-reports/latest-annual-report/2023-annual-report/id-765|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426080230/https://www.abs-cbn.com/investors/annual-reports/latest-annual-report/2023-annual-report/id-765|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 26, 2024|date=April 16, 2024|publisher=ABS-CBN|access-date=April 26, 2024}}</ref>
| homepage = {{URL|www.abs-cbn.com}} <small>(main)</small><br>{{URL|corporate.abs-cbn.com}} <small>(corporate)</small>
}}

'''ABS-CBN Corporation'''{{efn|Also known alternatively and secondarily since August 2007, and formerly primarily from February 1, 1967 to September 23, 1972 and September 14, 1986 to August 2007 as '''ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation'''.}} is a [[Mass media in the Philippines|Filipino]] [[Media conglomerate|media company]] based in [[Quezon City]], [[Metro Manila]], [[Philippines]]. It is the largest entertainment television and film production, [[Broadcast syndication|program syndication provider]], film distributor and [[media conglomerate]] in the [[Philippines]]. It is a subsidiary of [[Lopez Holdings Corporation]], which is owned by the [[López family of Iloilo|López family]].<ref>For citations about ABS-CBN Corporation being the largest entertainment and media conglomerate in the Philippines:
*{{cite magazine|author=Gonzales<!--couldn't clearly map to David Gonzales (journalist)-->|first=David|date=July 17, 1999|title=Philippines Indie VIVA Music Group|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAgEAAAAMBAJ&q=abs-cbn+corporation+media+conglomerate&pg=PA65|department=International > newsline...|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=65|access-date=April 11, 2018|quote=...changes at Star, a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Broadcasting, the country's largest media conglomerate.|via=Google Books}}
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-L4PBAAAQBAJ&q=abs-cbn%20corporation%20media%20conglomerate&pg=PT301|title=America's Boy: The Marcoses and the Philippines|last=Hamilton-Paterson|first=James|publisher=[[Faber & Faber]]|year=2014|isbn=9780571320196|location=London|page=<!--unknown-->|type=Snippet view|oclc=922406663|quote=In June 1972, Eugenio Lopez, Sr. ... stood at the apex of Philippine public and social life. He was chairman of the country's largest media conglomerate (ABSCBN) and president of its leading electricity utility, Meralco.|author-link=James Hamilton-Paterson|access-date=April 11, 2018|via=Google Books}}
*{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=al_hZ8izVdoC&q=abs-cbn+corporation+media+conglomerate&pg=PA549|title=Handbook of International Migration|last1=Ignacio|first1=Emily Noelle|date=2013|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=9781135183486|editor-last=Gold|editor-first=Steven J.|location=[[London]]|page=549|chapter=The Challenges of On-Line Diaspora Research|quote=ABS-CBN, the Philippines' largest media conglomerate, broadcasts widely in the Philippines and worldwide via satellite television.|access-date=April 11, 2018|editor2-last=Nawyn|editor2-first=Stephanie J.|via=Google Books}}
*{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-14/india-review-vogue-iggy-azalea-intellectual-property.html|title=ABS-CBN Awarded $10 Million in Copyright Infringement Dispute|last=Slind-Flor|first=Victoria|date=October 14, 2014|work=Bloomberg Technology|access-date=April 11, 2018|agency=Bloomberg|url-access=subscription}}
*{{cite news|last=Montecillo|first=Paolo|url=http://business.inquirer.net/97961/abs-cbn-to-issue-1b-voting-low-yield-preferred-shares|title=ABS-CBN to issue 1B voting low yield preferred shares.|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|date=December 13, 2012|access-date=January 20, 2013}}
*{{cite web|last=Lopez|first=Antonio|title=The coming Estrada-Lopez nuptials have Manila investors abuzz about love, money, power and profit|url=http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/99/0423/biz5.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213085543/http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/99/0423/biz5.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 13, 2012|work=[[Asiaweek]] |year=2000|access-date=July 11, 2012}}
*{{cite web|last=Lucas|first=Daxim|title=TV5 losses double to P4.1B in 2011|url=http://business.inquirer.net/66981/tv5-losses-double-to-p4-1b-in-2011|work=[[The Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=June 23, 2012|access-date=July 11, 2012}}</ref> ABS-CBN was formed by the merger of '''Alto Broadcasting System''' ('''ABS''') and '''Chronicle Broadcasting Network''' ('''CBN'''). The conglomerate is also [[Metonymy|metonymically]] called as "Ignacia" aside from "Kapamilya" due to the location of its headquarters [[ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center]] along Mother Ignacia Street in Quezon City.

ABS was founded in 1946 by American electronics engineer [[James Lindenberg]] as Bolinao Electronics Corporation (BEC). In 1952, BEC was renamed Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) with its corporate name, Alto Sales Corporation after [[Antonio Quirino|Judge Antonio Quirino]], brother of [[Elpidio Quirino|President Elpidio Quirino]], purchased the company and later launched the first TV station in the country, [[DZAQ-TV]] on October 23, 1953. The company that would later be merged with ABS to form ABS-CBN was founded in 1956 as Chronicle Broadcasting Network, Inc. (CBN) by [[Eugenio Lopez Sr.]] and his brother [[Fernando Lopez]], who was the sitting Vice President of the Philippines. A year later, the Lopezes acquired ABS. The ABS-CBN brand was first used on television in 1961. 

The conglomerate became known as ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation on February 1, 1967. It then changed its name to ABS-CBN Corporation in August 2007 where it dropped the word "Broadcasting" on primary uses, to signify its diversification.<ref name="primaryname" /> Due to the change in the conglomerate's name, the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation name is now used as the company's alternative and secondary name in certain contexts. The common shares of ABS-CBN were first traded on the [[Philippine Stock Exchange]] in July 1992 under the ticker symbol ABS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edge.pse.com.ph/companyPage/stockData.do?cmpy_id=114|title=ABS-CBN Corporation stock data |date=April 13, 2018|website=PSE EDGE portal|publisher=[[Philippine Stock Exchange]]|at=Stock Data > Listing Date|access-date=April 13, 2018}}</ref>

Due to being [[Shutdown of ABS-CBN broadcasting|denied for another 25-year free-to-air broadcasting franchise by the Philippine Congress]], the conglomerate now mainly focuses on working as a [[Production company|content company]], which includes producing television programs, films and other entertainment contents and distributions.<ref>{{cite web|title=ABS-CBN evolves into a content company to produce content for viewers worldwide {{!}} ABS-CBN Corporate|url=https://corporate.abs-cbn.com/newsroom/news-releases/2021/10/21/abscbn-evolves-into-a-content-company?lang=en|access-date=October 30, 2021|website=ABS-CBN}}</ref>

==History==
{{see also|History of ABS-CBN}}
The company was founded on June 13, 1946,<ref name="companyinformation" /> as Bolinao Electronics Corporation (BEC). BEC was established by James Lindenberg, one of the founding fathers of Philippine television,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/headlines/Article/3285/Farewell-to-the-Father-of-Philippine-Television.aspx|title=Farewell to the Father of Philippine Television|last=<!--no byline-->|date=April 30, 2009|publisher=ABS-CBN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107101034/http://www.abs-cbn.com/headlines/Article/3285/Farewell-to-the-Father-of-Philippine-Television.aspx|archive-date=November 7, 2011|url-status=live|access-date=May 8, 2011}}{{self-published source|date=June 2018}}</ref> an American electronics engineer who went into radio equipment assembly and radio broadcasting. In 1949, Lindenberg shifted Bolinao to radio broadcasting with DZBC and masterminded [[Timeline of the introduction of television in countries|the introduction of television to the country in 1953]].<ref name="history">{{cite thesis|last1=Anastacio|first1=Ellen Joy|last2=Badiola|first2=Janine Natalie|title=The History of Philippine Television|url=http://pinoytvstory.wordpress.com/|publisher=[[University of the Philippines|UP-CMC Broadcast Department]]|date=2000|access-date=March 27, 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Unang Brodkast sa Telebisyon sa Pilipinas historical marker.jpg|thumb|left|National historical marker installed in 2003 at ABS-CBN's broadcast center in Quezon City commemorating the very first television broadcast by ABS]]

In 1951, Lindenberg partnered with Antonio Quirino, brother of then-Philippine President [[Elpidio Quirino]], in order to try their hand at television broadcasting. In 1952, BEC was renamed as Alto Broadcasting System or ABS (with Alto Sales Corporation as its corporate name). "Alto" was a contraction of Quirino's and his wife's first names, Tony and Aleli, and is Spanish for "tall". Though they had little money and resources, ABS was able to put up its TV tower by July 1953 and import some 300 television sets. The initial test broadcasts began in September of the same year. The first full-blown broadcast was on October 23, 1953, of a party in Tony Quirino's humble abode. The television station was known as [[DWWX-TV|DZAQ-TV]].<ref name="history"/>

On June 16, 1955, Republic Act No. 1343 signed by President [[Ramon Magsaysay]] granted the ''[[Manila Chronicle]]'' its broadcasting franchise, leading to the formation of the Chronicle Broadcasting Network.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecorpusjuris.com/legislative/republic-acts/ra-no-1343.php|title=R.A. No. 1343|website=The Corpus Juris|date=June 16, 1955|access-date=June 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Rodrigo|first=Raul|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/spotlight/02/27/20/the-man-who-would-be-abs-cbn-from-great-transgressor-to-tough-but-beloved-taskmaster|isbn=978-971-816-111-1|title=Kapitan: Geny Lopez and the story of ABS-CBN|year=2006|publisher=ABS-CBN Publishing|page=45}}</ref>

The Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN) was founded on September 24, 1956, by [[Eugenio Lopez Sr.]] and the then-Philippine Vice President [[Fernando Lopez]]. The network initially focused only on radio broadcasting. It launched its very own TV station, DZXL-TV 9, on April 19 (or July<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tkRaAAAAIBAJ&pg=2897%2C15772132 |title=Article |website=news.google.com |access-date=October 14, 2019}}</ref>), 1958.<ref name="history"/> On February 24, 1957, Don Eugenio acquired ABS from Quirino and Lindenberg. A month later, Don Eugenio also acquired Monserrat Broadcasting System.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/ancx/culture/spotlight/02/28/20/how-don-eugenio-lopez-bought-abs-from-the-quirinos-to-build-a-broadcast-giant|title=How Don Eugenio Lopez bought ABS from the Quirinos to build a broadcast giant|first=Raul|last=Rodrigo|work=ANC X|date=February 28, 2020|access-date=July 16, 2022}}</ref> 

In 1958, the network's new headquarters at [[Roxas Boulevard|Dewey Boulevard]] was inaugurated, and all radio and television operations were consolidated into its two buildings – the radio stations at the Chronicle Building at Aduana Street, [[Intramuros]], [[Manila]] and the TV operations at the brand new Dewey Boulevard building in [[Pasay]], [[Rizal (province)|Rizal]].<ref name="history"/>

The ABS-CBN brand was first used in 1961. However, it was only on February 1, 1967, that the corporate name was changed to ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation. Before it was named ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, the corporate name was Bolinao Electronics Corporation (BEC).

In August 2007, the conglomerate's and network's corporate name were changed to simply ABS-CBN Corporation to reflect the former's diversification. The name change was announced publicly through "Beyond Television" plug the following year during the 55th anniversary of the [[ABS-CBN|namesake television network]] in 2008. According to the conglomerate's chairman Gabby Lopez during its annual stockholders' meeting where the company announced further about the 2007 change on May 27, 2010, it was "a response to the changes in the media landscape brought about by technology. The media business has gone beyond merely broadcasting to encompass other platforms."<ref name="primaryname">{{Cite web |title=ABS-CBN changes corporate name |url=http://lopezlink.ph/business-news/1129-abs-cbn-changes-corporate-name |website=[[Lopez Group of Companies]] |access-date=July 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610040651/http://lopezlink.ph/business-news/1129-abs-cbn-changes-corporate-name |archive-date=June 10, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite video |title=Beyond Television|people=Paolo Ramos (director)|medium=television production |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxm1ZFMctbY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/Pxm1ZFMctbY |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|location=Philippines |publisher=Creative Communications Management Group |date=2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Assets and subsidiaries==
{{main|List of ABS-CBN Corporation subsidiaries|List of real estate properties owned by ABS-CBN}}
ABS-CBN Corporation owns major media and entertainment companies in the Philippines, and offers services and products such as [[Broadcasting|radio broadcast]], [[Cable television|satellite and cable television broadcast]], [[broadcast syndication]], [[telecommunications]], [[publishing]], [[Video production|content production]] and [[Film distributor|program and film distributor]], [[Television show|television production]], [[Filmmaking|film production]], [[New media|new media and digital platforms]], [[Talent agent|talent agencies]], [[Pay television|pay TV]] and [[Internet service provider|broadband internet provider]], consumer sales and [[Merchandising|merchandise]], [[Music label|music label and recording]], and [[Theatre|theater]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ABS-CBN Corporation|title=ABS-CBN Corporation Assets, Divisions, and Subsidiaries|url=https://abs-cbn.com/our-businesses/|access-date=July 19, 2021|website=ABS-CBN}}{{dead link|date=August 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>{{Efn|ABS-CBN Corporation is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate in terms of assets, revenue, international services, revenue, operating income, net income, assets, equity, market capitalization, and number of employees.}}{{cn|reason=validate claim made by explanatory note|date=June 2024}} 

The conglomerate owns and operates general entertainment broadcaster [[Kapamilya Channel]] and English-language news service [[ABS-CBN News Channel]] under [[ABS-CBN]], AM radio station [[DZMM]] and Filipino-language cable and online news channel [[DZMM TeleRadyo]] (through a joint venture with [[Prime Media Holdings]]), and digital radio platform [[MOR Entertainment]]. It has ownership rights to franchises acquired, as well as shows, movies including restored ones, music, and idents produced by its divisions, subsidiaries, and production companies.

The Kapamilya Channel, in particular, is the largest contributor to the conglomerate's revenue mainly from selling airtime to advertisers. The remaining revenue is generated from block-timing and other networks and platforms as well as from consumer sales, mainly from ABS-CBN Global Ltd. and [[The Filipino Channel|ABS-CBN International]], which distributes international television channels such as [[The Filipino Channel|TFC HD]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Filipino TV Channels {{!}} Xfinity|url=https://www.xfinity.com/learn/digital-cable-tv/international/filipino|access-date=April 8, 2021|website=www.xfinity.com}}</ref> [[ABS-CBN News Channel|ANC Global]], [[Cinema One|Cinema One Global]], [[Cine Mo!|Cine Mo! Global]], [[DZMM TeleRadyo|DZMM TeleRadyo Global]] and [[Myx (Global)|Myx Global]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Intelsat 19: 4180 H - LyngSat|url=https://www.lyngsat.com/muxes/Intelsat-19_West-hemi_4180-H.html|access-date=April 7, 2021|website=www.lyngsat.com}}</ref> and also from pay TV and broadband internet provider [[Sky Cable Corporation]].

Other companies which operate under the ABS-CBN media conglomerate are motion picture companies under [[Star Cinema|ABS-CBN Film Productions]], such as [[Star Cinema]], [[Cinema One Originals]], Cine Bro and [[Black Sheep Productions]],<ref>{{cite web|author=ABS-CBN News|date=June 12, 2018|title=Growing family: ABS-CBN Films no longer just Star Cinema|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/13/18/growing-family-abs-cbn-films-no-longer-just-star-cinema|access-date=April 7, 2021|website=ABS-CBN News }}</ref> the entertainment division [[ABS-CBN Studios]] ([[Dreamscape Entertainment]], [[Star Cinema|Star Creatives]], [[GMO Entertainment Unit|RCD Narratives]], JRB Creative Production, RGE Drama Unit under RSB Scripted Format, and ABS-CBN Creative Communications Management),<ref>{{cite web|last=Dumaual|first=Miguel|date=June 17, 2020|title=Reimagining within lockdown limits: Why some shows could go on, some couldn't|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/17/20/reimagining-within-lockdown-limits-why-some-shows-could-go-on-some-couldnt|access-date=April 7, 2021|website=ABS-CBN News }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Joshua Garcia joins Charlie Dizon, Jameson Blake in TV series Viral|url=https://www.pep.ph/guide/tv/158330/joshua-garcia-charlie-dizon-viral-a724-20210514|access-date=May 14, 2021|website=PEP.ph }}</ref> entertainment and film production Star Magic Studio<ref name="abs-cbn.com">{{cite web|title=Star Magic, ibibida ang galing ng Pilipino sa mundo {{!}} ABS-CBN Corporate|url=https://corporate.abs-cbn.com/newsroom/news-releases/2021/6/19/star-magic-goes-global-black-pen-day?lang=en|access-date=June 20, 2021|website=ABS-CBN}}</ref> (under Star Magic), and online ticketing and streaming site [[KTX (ticketing system)|KTX]].

It also operate music record labels under ABS-CBN Music, such as [[Star Music]] and its subsidiaries, Tarsier Records,<ref>{{cite web|author=ABS-CBN News|date=March 30, 2021|title=Tarsier Records launches new acts in 'Class of 2021'|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/03/30/21/tarsier-records-launches-new-acts-in-class-of-2021|access-date=April 7, 2021|website=ABS-CBN News }}</ref> and MYX Global. The conglomerates's publishing assets include ABS-CBN Publishing and ABS-CBN Books, pay TV content provider and distributor [[Creative Programs]], telecommunications company [[ABS-CBN Convergence]] (68% co-owned with [[Globe Telecom]]). Its talent agency [[Star Magic]] is composed of divisions such as [[Pinoy Big Brother|Star Hunt]], [[It's Showtime (Philippine TV program)|Polaris]], and [[Rise Artists Studio]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ABS-CBN Corporation|title=Over 100 Kapamilya stars to stream on Kumu starting March 15 {{!}} ABS-CBN Corporate|url=https://corporate.abs-cbn.com/newsroom/news-releases/2021/3/15/over-100-kapamilya-stars-abs-cbn-kumu?lang=en|access-date=April 7, 2021|website=ABS-CBN}}</ref> 

The ABS-CBN media conglomerate's main entertainment and production division is called Star Creatives Group. The conglomerate's pay TV networks and channels include [[ABS-CBN News Channel|ANC]], [[Cinema One]], [[Cine Mo!]], [[DZMM TeleRadyo]], [[Jeepney TV]], Kapamilya Channel, [[Knowledge Channel]], [[Metro Channel]], [[Myx]]. 

In recent years, ABS-CBN has ventured and diversified into other businesses such as over-the-top platforms [[iWant]], [[TFC IPTV]] and web-based channel [[Kapamilya Online Live]]. Both iWant TFC and Kapamilya Online Live are under [[ABS-CBN Digital Media]], a new media and digital division under ABS-CBN which also handles news.ABS-CBN.com and ABS-CBN.com. 

ABS-CBN is also the principal owner of the [[ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra]]. It owns ABS-CBN Studios, Inc. which operates its production facilities nationwide, including the [[ABS-CBN Soundstage]] located in Bulacan, and the newly relaunched theater arm of ABS-CBN, Teatro Kapamilya.<ref name="abs-cbn.com"/> Aside from the ABS-CBN Soundstage, ABS-CBN also owns many other real estate properties used in its operations.

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.abs-cbn.com Main website]
* [http://corporate.abs-cbn.com Corporate website]
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[[Category:Family-owned companies of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Mass media companies of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1946]]
[[Category:Mass media in Metro Manila]]
[[Category:Multinational companies headquartered in the Philippines]]
[[Category:Philippine companies established in 1946]]
[[Category:Philippine radio networks]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1953]]
[[Category:Television networks in the Philippines]]