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ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center

1968 establishments in the Philippines20th-century architecture in the PhilippinesABS-CBN CorporationBuildings and structures completed in 1968Buildings and structures in Quezon City
Mass media company headquarters in the PhilippinesOffice buildings in Metro ManilaReal estate properties owned by ABS-CBN CorporationTelevision studios in the PhilippinesUse Philippine English from October 2022Use mdy dates from March 2023
ABS CBN compound top view (Sgt. Esguerra, Quezon City; 05 05 2023)
ABS CBN compound top view (Sgt. Esguerra, Quezon City; 05 05 2023)

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. It occupies an area of 44,000 square meters including the ELJ Communications Center. 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. Meanwhile, ABS-CBN's production facility is located at ABS-CBN Horizon IT Park in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. 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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ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center
Mother Ignacia Avenue, Quezon City Diliman (4th District)

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Millennium Transmitter (AMBS Transmission Tower;ABS-CBN Transmission Tower)

Mother Ignacia Avenue
1103 Quezon City, Diliman (4th District)
Philippines
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