TV5 (Philippine TV network)
TV5 | |
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Type | Free-to-air television network |
Country | Philippines |
Affiliates | List of TV5 stations |
Headquarters | San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines TV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan Sts., Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Filipino (main) English (secondary) |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 480i 16:9 for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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Parent | TV5 Network, Inc. |
Key people |
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Sister channels | |
History | |
Founded | June 19, 1960[1] |
Launched | June 19, 1960 (official launch) |
Founder | Joaquin "Chino" Roces |
Former names | Associated Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (June 19, 1960 – September 23, 1972) Associated Broadcasting Company (ABC) (February 21, 1992 – August 8, 2008) The 5 Network (February 17, 2018 – August 14, 2020) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Analog VHF/UHF | Listings may vary |
Digital VHF/UHF | Listings may vary |
Streaming media | |
YouTube Live | Live Stream (Philippine users only) |
Cignal Play | Available on the Cignal Play website or via mobile application |
TV5 (also known as 5 and formerly known as ABC) is a Philippine free-to-air television network based in Mandaluyong, with its alternate studios located in Novaliches, Quezon City. It is the flagship property of TV5 Network, Inc. with Cignal TV as its main content provider, both owned by MediaQuest Holdings, the multimedia arm of Philippine-based telecommunications company PLDT. TV5 is also formally referred to as "The Kapatid Network", the Filipino term for "sibling", which was introduced in 2010.
Named after its flagship station in Metro Manila, DWET-TV, which are carried in VHF Channel 5 (analog broadcast) and UHF Channel 51 (digital test broadcast; the latter is licensed to TV5's sister company Mediascape/Cignal TV), TV5 is also broadcasting to seven other owned-and-operated stations and seven affiliate television stations nationwide, as well as on all cable and satellite TV providers nationwide. Its programming is also available outside the Philippines through Kapatid Channel and AksyonTV International.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Republic Act 2945". June 19, 1960. Archived from the original on April 12, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2020.