ABS-CBN Corporation (umum dikenal minangka ABS-CBN) minangka perusahaan media Filipina sing adhedhasar ing Kutha Quezon, Metro Manila. Iki minangka konglomerat hiburan lan media paling gedhe ing Filipina. Iki minangka anak perusahaan saka Lopez Holdings Corporation sing diduweni dening kulawarga López[3] ABS-CBN dibentuk kanthi gabungan Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) lan Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN).
ABS didegaké ing taun 1946 déning insinyur elektronik Amérika James Lindenberg minangka Bolinao Electronics Corporation (BEC). Ing taun 1952, BEC diganti jeneng Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) kanthi jeneng perusahaan, Alto Sales Corporation sawise Hakim Antonio Quirino, sadulure Presiden Elpidio Quirino, tuku perusahaan kasebut lan banjur ngluncurake stasiun televisi pisanan ing negara kasebut, DZAQ-TV ing Oktober 23, 1953. Perusahaan sing banjur digabung karo ABS kanggo mbentuk ABS-CBN didegaké ing 1956 minangka Chronicle Broadcasting Network, Inc. (CBN) dening Eugenio Lopez Sr. lan seduluré Fernando Lopez, sing dadi Wakil Presiden lungguh ing Filipina. Setaun sabanjure, Lopez entuk ABS. Merek ABS-CBN pisanan digunakake ing televisi ing taun 1961. Perusahaan iki dikenal minangka ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation nalika tanggal 1 Februari 1967. Konglomerat kasebut nggunakake jeneng ABS-CBN Corporation tanggal 27 Mei 2010, kanggo menehi tandha diversifikasi. Nanging, jeneng ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation isih digunakake bebarengan ing konteks tartamtu. Saham umum ABS-CBN pisanan didagangake ing Bursa Saham Filipina ing Juli 1992 kanthi simbol ticker ABS.[4]
Konglomerat utamane fokus minangka perusahaan konten, sing kalebu prodhuksi program televisi, film lan konten lan distribusi hiburan liyane.[5]
↑For citations about ABS-CBN Corporation being the largest entertainment and media conglomerate in the Philippines:
Gonzales, David (July 17, 1999). "Philippines Indie VIVA Music Group". International > newsline... Billboard. kc. 65. Dibukak ing April 11, 2018 – lumantar Google Books. ...changes at Star, a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Broadcasting, the country's largest media conglomerate.
Hamilton-Paterson, James (2014). America's Boy: The Marcoses and the Philippines (Snippet view). London: Faber & Faber. ISBN9780571320196. OCLC 922406663. Dibukak ing April 11, 2018 – lumantar Google Books. 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.
Ignacio, Emily Noelle (2013). "The Challenges of On-Line Diaspora Research". Ing Gold, Steven J.; Nawyn, Stephanie J. (èd.). Handbook of International Migration. London: Routledge. kc. 549. ISBN9781135183486. Dibukak ing April 11, 2018 – lumantar Google Books. ABS-CBN, the Philippines' largest media conglomerate, broadcasts widely in the Philippines and worldwide via satellite television.