Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation

Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) is a Philippine VHF television network

Television network

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of the Government Communications Group headed by the Press Secretary. Its studios are located at Broadcast City

Broadcast City

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, Old Balara, Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City

Quezon City

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and its transmitter is located at the Coca Cola plant, Roosevelt Ave., San Francisco Del Monte, Quezon City

Quezon City

. Founded by the late Roberto Benedicto, the TV network is the sister network of Radio Philippines Network or RPN

Radio Philippines Network

Radio Philippines Network, Inc. is a broadcast television network in the Philippines co-owned by the Government Communications Group, Solar Entertainment Corporation, Far East Managers and Investors Inc., and private sectors. This station studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol...

Beginnings as Inter-Island 13

Channel 13 started broadcasts in 1961 under Inter-Island Broadcasting Corporation thru the tri-media conglomerate of RMN-IBC-Philippine Herald owned by the late Andres Soriano. The station also broadcasts in Cebu and Davao. In 1970s, IBC launches the color transmission named "Vinta Color" named after the Vintas from Zamboanga, the third network in the Philippines to do convert to all-color broadcasts.

Dick Baldwin was the station's first owner, and programming first consisted of mostly foreign programs from CBS, and a few local shows.

Relaunch as Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation

On February 1, 1975, Inter-Island 13 split off from the Sorianos, owners of RMN and was renamed Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) and moved to Benedicto Group of Companies by the late Roberto S. Benedicto (1916–2000), who purchased the network consisting of the Manila station and other relay stations in Cebu and Davao. IBC also opened its FM station DWKB-FM

DZMZ

89 DMZ Danze Muzic Zone was a music FM station from November 1988 until November 2000 and it was owned and operated by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation in the Philippines...

the same year. In 1976, IBC metamorphosed into one of the country's most viewed TV network with its primetime lineup and full length local and foreign films aired on this channel. This catapulted IBC in the number one slot among 4 rival networks.

Through the sweat of its employees and the income generated from its programs, the network built and finally moved into its present home at the modern Broadcast City

Broadcast City

, in 1977. The complex was a 55,000 square metre tract located at Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City.

Post-EDSA Revolution

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 RPN-9

Radio Philippines Network

and BBC-2

Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation

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were sequestered by the Presidential Commission on Good Government

Presidential Commission on Good Government

The Presidential Commission on Good Government, PCGG, is a special body created by Pres. Corazon Aquino to recover ill-gotten wealth accumulated during the Marcos regime.-History:...

(PCGG).

President Corazon Aquino

Corazon Aquino

Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines...

turned over IBC and RPN to the Government Communications Group and awarded BBC through an executive order to ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation. When BBC closed down, IBC absorbed majority of its displaced employees, thus doubled the operating expenses of the network. Cost of programs went up three-fold. Line-produced shows and co-production ventures with some big film companies like Viva

VIVA Films

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, Regal

Regal Entertainment

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, and Seiko

Seiko Films

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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. In 1987, IBC 13 renamed E-13 for the first time and its slogan Life Begins at 13 noted for the butterfly

Butterfly

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logo in the form of the letter E and the number 13. In 1989, E13 renamed back to IBC 13.

IBC took on a new image at the same year, 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 from its advertisers.

Islands TV-13

Islands Broadcasting Corporation under Mr. TonyBoy Cojuangco took over the management and the marketing of IBC (which came to be known as Islands TV-13) in 1990. It was in the later part of its operations that ratings and income suffered due to mismanagement which caused labor unrest.

Return of Operations

In 1992, IBC return to air and became a 100% government owned station by virtue of a compromise agreement between PCGG and Roberto Benedicto, management and marketing were returned to the IBC Board of Directors. The programming remained at a standstill in preparation for the launching of a new image of the station.

It was 1994 when IBC launched Pinoy Ang Dating with a Filipino-like visually enticing music video, 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

Vintage Television

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(VTV), later merged with Viva Television

Viva Television

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in 2000, entered the scene in 1996 with PBA Games

Philippine Basketball Association

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as its major program and continued until 2002. Rehabilitation of the transmitter and other technical facilities where initiated in the central and provincial stations. Viva Main Event is its only program which still airs in IBC until now. It is now part of its new programming block AKTV

AKTV

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, making Viva Sports own a mere 20% of the block.
In 2003, IBC launched its new logo and the new slogan Ang Bagong Pilipino with a freestyle station ID.

In late 2007, IBC Management inked a deal with the Makisig Network

Makisig Network

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, led by Hermie Esguerra. Makisig was accepted as a primetime block-timer of IBC. However, Makisig Network's programs were not aired due to questions on the propriety of the terms and conditions of the agreement. Said agreement expired in October 2008.

Abandonment and privatization

There were many plans to sell and privatize IBC and its sister station RPN. TV network ABS-CBN is planning to buy the network's blocktime to address signal problems and mimic the former's programs. However, ABS-CBN would not join the privatization bid due to ownership regulations.

This makes the Aquino administration wanted to privatize both RPN and IBC to private sectors and retain the People's Television

National Broadcasting Network

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(PTV) as a sole-mandated government TV network.

It has been announced that conglomerate San Miguel Corporation

San Miguel Corporation

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will join the government-sponsored bidding for the privatization of RPN and IBC.

Relaunch

IBC signed a blocktime agreement with TV5

Associated Broadcasting Company

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's sports division Sports5

Sports5

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to air live sports coverage via its new programming block AKTV
AKTV
AKTV is a sports and lifestyle primetime programming block in the Philippines. Owned and operated by TV5, it occupies the 5:00 to 11:00pm timeslot of IBC; weekend coverage usually begins at 10:00 am. It started since June 5, 2011.-History:...

. It was launched last June 5, 2011, with the AKTV Run held outside SM Mall of Asia

SM Mall of Asia

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in Bay City, Pasay.

At the same day, IBC launched a new logo & slogan Where the Action Is! to reflect the change.

Slogans

Branding	Slogan	Years Active
Inter-Island 13	The Dynamic Station	1961-January 31, 1975
IBC	New Beginning	February 1, 1975–1976
IBC	A New Direction	1976–1977
IBC	A New Decision	1977–1978
IBC	Enjoy Yourself	1978–1986
IBC	Basta Pinoy sa Trese (The Filipino is on 13)	1986–1987
E13	Life Begins at 13	1987–1989
IBC	Pusong Pinoy, Pusong Trese (The Heart of Filipino, The Heart of 13)	1989–1990
Islands TV 13	The Best of Shows	1990–1992
IBC	Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation	1992–1994
IBC	Pinoy Ang Dating (Filipino is Great)	1994-2002
IBC	Nationwide Satellite Broadcast	1994–1998
IBC	Bagong Pinoy (New Filipino)	1998-1999
IBC	New Face, New Attitude!	2002–December 11, 2003
IBC	Ang Bagong Pilipino (The New Filipino)	December 12, 2003–June 4, 2011
IBC	Where the Action Is!	June 5, 2011-present
IBC	It's a Beautiful Christmas	Christmas 2011

VTV/Viva TV/AKTV on IBC

Branding	Slogan	Years Active
VTV on IBC	Hyper Television	1996–1997
VTV on IBC	Sports and Entertainment	1997–1998
VTV on IBC	The Night is Alive	1998–2001
Viva TV on IBC	The Sports and Entertainment Channel on IBC-13	2001–2002
Viva TV on IBC	Walang Patid ang Saya!	2002–2003
AKTV on IBC	Live Active	June 5, 2011–present