Annual Report 2013

TV Entertainment
The quality soap operas like the afternoon teleserye Before I Fall in Love, the mini-serye Noli Me Tangere, the fantaserye My Batang Momay and the primetime teleserye Safe In The Arms Of Love were the most-watched programs in 2013. Their winning streak continues in 2013 with both drama serials like teleseryes posting record-breaking above-45% ratings in the first quarter.

The primetime telenovelas La Madrastra starring Victoria Ruffo ranked number 1 and the Glory Jane, tha Koreanovela starring K-pop superstar Park Min-young also the number 1 spot.

CHANGING FACE THE TELEVISION
IBC-13’s success with other program formats is undiminished. Goin' Bukol Pwede, with Robi Domingo, Whattaboys starring AJ Muhlach, Josh Padilla and Aki Torio, and Bida ni Mister, Bida si Misis with Jodi Sta. Maria and Freddie Webb topped the comedy charts on weekends along with a comedy gag shows TODAS Kids and Happy TODAS, Kapinoy Cinema and Sinemaks are the no. 1 movie program, and It's Partytime, the number 1 variety show in 2013, KapinoyLand is the number 1 children show for kids in phenomenal, The Weakest Link and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? are the number 1 game show on primetime TV, and Born to be a Superstar is the number 1 reality singing search show.

In non-prime time segments, Taiwanovela Love Keeps Going, the noonyime fairy-serye Winx Club, and Filipino-dubbed animes Cyborg Kurochan and Kirarin scored audience shares of 30 and 45 percent. Noel @ Late Night gave viewers a reason to stay up past midnight.

IBC's top-rating noontime show Lunch Break which became number 1 in the noontime arena. Successfully built audience acceptance for a fantasy anthology, Once Upon a TIme, a teen drama anthology Sandy's Romance starring a teen superstar Nadine Lustre, and raised the bar for local TV dramas through its cinematic production values. Tumbok Revolution, the horror-suspense thriller drama genre to become the next big thing in 2014.

Other new station shows further diversified network programming such as the reality show Superstar Circle, the showbiz-oriented talk show Showbiz Star, cooking show Kusinahan, teen drama My Love Upon a Star, the teleserye Carita de Angel, dance show DMZ-TV, lifestyle show Chinatown TV and talk show Joey & Teysi. Clockwise: Lunch Break reigns supreme on the noontime block; An IBC OB Van gets ready for a remote taping; Before I Fall in Love is 2013’s top program; A production number from It's Partytime; One of the studios where the network’s topraters are created; Nella (Cristine Reyes) and Paulo (Dingdong Dantes) in one of Safe In The Arms of Love’s highlights.

Search from the Start
The double wedding of Nella and Paulo and Emon and Andrea was one of the most memorable scenes in the drama serial teleserye that took the nation by storm.

You hope Nella and Paulo falling in Love. And this happens daily when most television screens are tuned to IBC-13’s soap opera triumph Safe In The Arms of Love, a romantic teleserye.

Since SITAOL hugged the screen, the Filipino’s evening schedule was suddenly built around the program. Dinner-time was moved later or meals were taken in front of the screen. Friends would schedule their gimmicks at a later time. Updates on plot twists were relayed via beepers to those home. It was simply phenomenal! Picture this. Two shooting days, two OB van units, four cameras, 20 regular cast members, anywhere from 25 to 50 production and engineering people, and an extreme amount of pressure. Shooting days are every Tuesday and Thursday. Way before the cameras start rolling, director Wenn V. Deramas and scriptwriters Keiko Galvez and Rondel Lindayag hammer out storylines and develop plot twists.

Copies of the final script are then delivered to the actors’ residences. A normal shooting day starts at 7.30 am and stretches to as late as 2.00 am the next day. On the set, hustle is the name of the game since they can shoot in as many as three different locations per session, to a slum area where dwells, to a rural cottage, that is home to guardian, Carmen. As it demands a fast-paced and tension-driven production schedule that could rival your average Safe In The Arms of Love plotline. The numbers hit a high of 50%, everyone involved in production knows that they did well. According to Associate Producer Mae Santos, “We produce one of local television’s few, true hits— that’s great incentive to go there two days a week and try to outdo yourself.”

News and Current Affairs
Express Balita and Ronda Trese remain the most-watched newscasts in the country. Linawin Natin outdos all other late night current affairs programs on its debut year.

Clockwise: Hatrol ng Bayan 2013 marathon telecast; Henry Omaga Diaz- Snooky Serna and Anthony Pangilinan anchors Express Balita, the country’s leading news progranm; Inside the director’s booth of IBC News Room; OB Vans equipped with SNG (Satellite News Gathering) facilities make it possible to broadcast live from any remote point; The integrated News & Current Affairs Division in an astounding show of force. Express Balita Weekend tops the weekend newscasts while other news programs, Magandang Umaga Ba?, also ranked highest in timeslots.

Also launched in 2013: medical program Health Line and the UHF news channel IBC News Network (INN) with government talk show Gov@Work; and public service talk show SSS: Kabalikat Natin. Other Current Affairs programs, Report Kay Boss! and Bantay ng Pulisya, also led the rankings in their timeslots. The investigative public service program Bitag hosted by hard-hitting and multi-awarded broadcast journalist Ben Tulfo. Snooky celebrated its 1st year of broadcast as one of the longest running and most patronized shows in Philippine history.

Extensive coverage was given to the national elections that commenced in the early part of 2013. For Hatol ng Bayan 2013, the Current Affairs group sponsored debates for the senatorial candidates. On election day, IBC-13 organized an election quick count tally of five million votes in 30 areas of the Philippines, then commissioned and delivered national exit polls in coordination with the SWS (Social Weather Stations) within 12 hours of the closing of the polls. Live coverage of the election was provided from 30 live television points across the country, providing breaking news, updates, and reports across the country.

IBC-13 harnessed the power of satellite news gathering in its live coverage of the Subic controversy, the Cebu Pacific airline crash in Cagayan de Oro, and the Spratly Islands controversy. Under the Media ng Bayan are PTV-4, YouthVote Philippines, RPN-9, IBC-13, DZKB Radyo Ronda, DZTV Radyo Budyong, DZRB Radyo ng Bayan, Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Pihlippine News Agency, Air21, Manila Bulletin, PLDT and InfoMatics Diliman.

Digitized video has improved the look of our news, meeting international standards, and elevating the local standards of news broadcasting. The News and Current Affairs division now also produces news on demand, with a fully interactive news website that caters to how the user wants to receive his news via the Internet.

DID YOU KNOW
 * That IBC-13’s broadcasting roots came from Inter-Island Broadcasting Corporation (Islands TV 13), a company engaged in radio and TV equipment assembly from war surplus parts who shifted to radio broadcasting when strict import controls prevailed.
 * That IBC-13 pioneered provincial radio broadcasting in 1960 and FM radio in 1970.
 * That Kapinoy Network aired the nationwide simulcast of the news, when the network’s 30 TV stations, 15 radio stations and affiliate radio stations all throughout the country were connected via relay sites to the main newscast in the Quezon City studios.
 * That IBC-13 was the first to utilize the adapt the standard BetaCam tape format.
 * That IBC, the third network to join cyberspace with the launching of ibc.com.ph.

RADIO
IBC-13’s AM station, DZTV Radyo Budyong, ranked second among all AM stations once more in 2013. For the fourth year in a row, DZTV won the industry’s KBP Golden Dove Award for Best AM Radio Station. Its Radyo Budyong, an original IBC-13 concept remains the standard by which all radio news reportage are measured. Its formidable list of commentators and hosts such as Henry Omaga-Diaz, Snooky Serna, Sonny Angara, Ben Tulfo, Tony Velasquez, Czarinah Lusuegro, Cathy Eigenmann and Alex Santos have solid nationwide following.

The Asia's number 1 dance music FM radio station iDMZ Sayaw Pinoy! is a certified hit among listeners. Its all-hit format catapulted it to the top three echelons in Metro Manila’s very competitive FM band.

REGIONAL
Top: The state-of-the-art Cebu broadcast complex in Mandaue. Bottom: IBC Channel 13 Cebu employees. The IBC Regional handles the operations and studio maintenance of 30 TV and 15 FM and AM radio stations for Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. IBC Regional last year turned over most of its engineering functions to the Network Engineering Group in order to focus on TV and radio show production and regional news which are aired on site-based stations of IBC-13 and the UHF news channel IBC News Network (INN). Last year’s major operational highlight was the inauguration of the Cebu Broadcast Complex in Mandaue, the largest and most advanced broadcast facility outside of Metro Manila.

With the nationwide expansion of regional TV to 350 stations, IBC-13 is able to reach 60% of all TV households which are located in the provincial areas. IBC Regional programming specializes in coverage of provincial folk festivals and sports events, as well as locally-produced mainstay news, teleseryes, and other shows in the regional dialect. Programming is regionally-sensitive and attuned to local radio-listening and weekend TV viewing habits, 20% of which is produced in the locality of broadcast.

High-rating variety, drama, and comedy shows are produced in regional dialects like 12 Under Club (children show), Ikaw Kabuhi Ko (public service), Cebuana Kapwa (public service), Dinagyang Festival, Sinulog Festival and also Express Balita regional editions.

IBC programs top ratings both in the daytime and evening timeslots, with TV market shares of 60% in Davao; 45% in Baguio, 38% in Naga, 24% in Bacolod City, and 10% in Cebu City, in the 4th quarter of 2013.

TELEVISION
Originating Stations: Production & News Centers: Relay Stations: Affiliates in UHF TV stations: Cable channels
 * TV-13 Mega Manila
 * TV-13 Laoag
 * TV-13 Baguio
 * TV-5 Tuguegarao
 * TV-13 Naga
 * TV-13 Puerto Princesa
 * TV-12 Iloilo
 * TV-12 Bacolod
 * TV-13 Cebu
 * TV-12 Tacloban
 * TV-13 Zamboanga
 * TV-9 Dipolog
 * TV-10 Cagayan de Oro
 * TV-13 Davao
 * TV-10 General Santos
 * TV-5 Butuan
 * TV-2 Cotabato
 * TV-8 Dagupan
 * TV-2 Roxas
 * TV-6 Mt. Amuyao, Mt. Province
 * TV-12 Cabanatuan
 * TV-7 Baler, Aurora
 * TV-12 Iba, Zambales
 * TV-11 Tarlac
 * TV-10 Meycauayan
 * TV-13 Lucena
 * TV-13 Santiago, Isabela
 * TV-7 Daet, Camarines Norte
 * TV-7 Legaspi
 * TV-2 Sorsogon
 * TV-5 Binalbagan, Negros Occidental
 * TV-13 Guihulngan, Negros Orienta
 * TV-7 Basey, Samar
 * TV-12 Koronadal
 * TV-8 Surigao
 * TV-2 Dumaguete
 * TV-13 Pagadian
 * TV-13 Ozamis
 * TV-8 Tandag, Surigao del Sur
 * Toon TV (cable cartoon channel)
 * Kiddie TV (cable children's kid channel)
 * Danze TV (cable music channel)
 * DZTV TeleTrese (cable interactive news channel)

AM Radio:
Radyo Budyong:
 * DZTV-AM 1386 kHz Mega Manila
 * DWDC-AM 1017 kHz Dagupan
 * DWNW-AM 756 kHz Naga
 * DYRG-AM 1251 kHz Kalibo, Aklan
 * DYJJ-AM 1296 kHz Roxas
 * DYBQ-AM 981 kHz Iloilo
 * DYBG-AM 672 kHz Cebu
 * DXWG-AM 885 kHz Cagayan de Oro
 * DXML-AM 1044 kHz Davao

FM Radio:
Romance FM: iDMZ Sayaw Pinoy:
 * DWRM-FM 93.5 MHz Mega Manila
 * DYYRQ-FM 92.7 MHz Iloilo
 * DYRM-FM 94.5 MHz Cebu
 * DXRM-FM 95.3 MHz Davao
 * DZMZ-FM 89.1 MHz Mega Manila
 * DYNZ-FM 89.2 kHz Iloilo
 * DYBP-FM 103.8 MHZ Boracay (Boracay FM)
 * DYMZ-FM 89.8 MHz Cebu
 * DXMZ-FM 89.3 MHz Davao

IBC ENGINEERING
The IBC Engineering was created to consolidate IBC-13’s engineering groups which service the company’s broadcast infrastructure needs. It is function to provide the technical expertise and hardware complement to synergy strategy. installs, operates, and maintains the network’s originating, relay, and affiliate stations nationwide for radio and TV, and the satellite transmission of IBC-13, IBC News Network and Global IBC abroad.

The year 2013 marked the completion of three important projects by divisions now under NEG supervision: the completion of a broadcast complex in Mandaue, Cebu; the installation and commissioning of the first digital Video Server in the Philippines for digital storage of all TV materials; and the installation of the first fully automated large-scale-on-air TV operations in the country using the Louth Automation System.

All in the Family
Since IBC-13 started operations, there has always been IBC Board of Directors among its employees. He was one of the three original engineers sent by Islands TV-13 to undergo training in preparation for the maiden broadcast of DZTV Channel 13, the country’s third TV station and the direct antecedent of today’s IBC-13. Engineer the planning, design, construction, installation and operation of the IBC Broadcast Center in Quezon City. Eventually.

IBC RECORDS
After having been in operation through the years, IBC Records hit gold for the rock band The Dawn; and four platinum records for the albums of Rachel Alejandro, Dingdong Avanzado and Lani Misalucha, and the original soundtracks of the TV series Safe In The Arms Of Love.

Encouraged by the success of its records tied to Safe In The Arms Of Love, Star Records has organized a soundtrack production and TV show music tie-ins.

Licensing and Merchandising
IBC Licensing and Merchandising operations in 2010s were refocused on the licensing and merchandising of popular local properties. Significant income was generated by the licensing of products such as the KapinoyLand, Sandy's Romance and Born to be a Superstar merchandising, and merchandise with PBA and NBA basketball. Also the licensing agent for MTV apparel. It has been tapping a large network of affiliates and distributors to promote its merchandise products via consignment or direct selling arrangements. It also been strengthening its tie-ups with major manufacturers, working on its product sourcing, and maintaining inventory at efficient levels.

TALENT DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT CENTER
The Talent Development and Management Center recruits, manages, and trains IBC-13 talents and production staff similar to an institute of performing arts, and provides access to formal education through the network’s Distance Learning Center in the Kapinoy Talent Center. This fulfills the Entertainment Group’s mission to mold a talent pool that the industry star system, one that is multifunctional and may be shared among IBC-13 and its various entertainment concerns. Among the new generation superstars developed from the Kapinoy Talent Center’s stable are AJ Muhlach, Sue Ramirez, Mario Maurer, Erich Gonzales, Dingdong Dantes and Coleen Garcia.

Kapinoy Talent Center babies with their mentors, Kapinoy Talenrt Center Head Jeffrey Jeturian and IBC President and CEO Boots Anson-Roa.

IBC Creative Communications Management
As IBC-13’s integrated production design house and warehouse of sets and set equipment, Creative Communications manages all of IBC-13’s sets for on- and off-studio locations. CC introduced innovations in three-dimensional scenic design which challenge the traditional medium of TV scenic flat design.

Right: Production design for the 2013 Miss Universe coronation rites.

PBA and NBA
Counter clockwise: The San Mig Coffee Mixers against the Rain or Shine Elasto Painers in a game that characterizes the 2013 PBA Governors' Cup; the season expansion team Barangay Ginebra San Miguel continue to be a crowd drawer even in the Milo Energy Drink turf; tremendous crowd support became a big push for the Alaska Aces to snatch the first PBA Championship Title in the league’s season. The PBA and NBA basketball games airing on IBC-13 and the news channel IBC News Network (INN).

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) winning the season captured the imagination of basketball fans nationwide as the country's premier basketball leagues.

Aiming to bring basketball and provide entertainment to the sports fans, and discover and hone tapped talents, the NBA and PBA continues to push the boundaries with its home away live coverage of games separately played, a first and a feat in Philippine basketball.

The PBA banks on the team players like Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, Meralco Bolts, Petrron Blaze Boosters, Air21 Express, Talk N Text Tropang Texyers, Alacka Aces, Barako Bull Energy Cola, Milo Energy Drink, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters and GolbalPort Batang Pier, a winning formula that has enticed audience to get involved. NBA has Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks, Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, Cleverland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Bobcats, Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards are the Eastern Conference, and Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Oklahoma City Thunder, Portland Trail Blazers, Utah Jazz, Golden State Warriors, L.A. Clippers, L.A. Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings, Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Pelicans and San Antonio Spurs are the Wastern Conference.

IBC-13’s commitment to sports development continues further in partnership with Viva Sports through its launch of the knock boxing championship like Manny Pacquiao, Rey Boom Boom Bautista, Gabriel Elorde, Ninito Donaire and Erik Morales, as well as the 10-ball pool players of billiards like Efren Bata Reyes and the Asia's bigegst mixed-martial arts (MMA) organization ONE FC.

IBC News Network (INN)
Noli Eala of Eala ng Balita deliver the day’s top headlines across the nation and around the globe.

The UHF news channel IBC News Network (INN), the country's premier news channel on UHF fee TV lanched on July 2, 2012. INN under the supervision of the IBC Regional to the IBC News and Current Affairs group, developing news that is not covered by IBC news in order to maximize news output and prevent overlapping coverage. INN utilizes 13 regional news centers from Laoag and Zamboanga, bringing breaking news stories and extended coverage reports from around the region, thus decentralizing the focus of national news from Metro Manila. The Global Desk wrap-up of international news, supplied exclusively by CNN and FOX News Channel, caps the network’s broadcast as part of the programming strategy.

The country's premier news channel in news and current affairs, public service, business, documentaries and sports. As part of  INN’s increased coverage strategy, 60-kilowatt transmitters were installed in 4 cities: TV-45 Mega Manila, TV-30 Baguio, TV-42 Iloilo, TV-39 Cebu and Davao while 100-watt transmitters were transferred.

INN was the first to break news on the president Noynoy Aquino III. It provided 36 consecutive hours of live coverage from the provinces in the Hatol ng Bayan 2013 elections. Witrh the regioal sports programs, the regarded to commitment the best action viewers packed loading up with sports pramming with the PBA and NBA games, boxing matches, billiards, golf, cockfights, ONE FC-MMA and WWE wrestling.

INN recently began operating as the first and only Filipino 24-hour, 7-days-a-week UHF news network, broadcasting real-time news on the hour and current affairs programs in the Philippines, and through The Filipino Channel in the Middle East, Papua New Guinea, North America, Hawaii, Guam, Canada, and Saipan.

IBC INTERNATIONAL
IBC International reaches out to the Filipino overseas community with its international cable and satellite channel, Global IBC, which is currently seen in the United States (including Guam and Hawaii), Saudi Arabia, Australia, Gulf States, Canada, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and Asia through five major international satellites.

Through distribution sales, North American cable subscribers now number 30,000, while there were 5,000 registered subscribers in Saudi Arabia in less than 10 months of operations. IBC International’s owned and operated North American Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite service reaches 13,000 subscribers despite the failure of satellite Galaxy 4 and the resumption of services via satellite Telstar 5 in mid-July. Sales are strong in California and the U.S. East Coast. Through the North American satellite, dish owners now receive Global IBC and INN.

IBC International’s other principal business is to provide long distance services through fully-owned subsidiary, IBC Telecom, with the assistance of Global Telecom, which owns 20% of IBC International. Last year, the Tawag Na Kapinoy pre-paid call cards combined generated 1 million minutes of calls from the United States to the Philippines, while Bayan Collect Sa Korea generated a total traffic of 1 million minutes. IBC Telecom’s call mall in Milan continues to operate, with other call malls scheduled for opening in Rome, Madrid, Barcelona, and Athens. IBC Telecom has a license-to-operate application pending in Canada and the U.K., which will serve to meet the increasing telecommunication needs of Filipinos around the world with Kapinoy on Demand, WatchPhilippines, Direct Kapinoy, SkyBroadband and IBC Pay Per View.

Sine Kapinoy
Sine Kapinoy is IBC-13’s theater operations division. After the first theater opening in Davao, Sine Kapinoy opened two new theater movie centers, one in Ozamiz City, with three cinemas, and another in Laguna, with four cinemas. The Ozamiz and Calamba theaters are equipped with superior projection equipment and Dolby Stereo sound systems that rival the best cinema systems in Metro Manila.

A network of majority-owned postproduction companies: Video-Post Manila, Video Arts Philippines, Pre-Post, Audio Post, Music and Sound Gallery, and Star Film Laboratory, which deal with offline editing for the advertising industry, 3D computer graphics imaging, film editing, audio post production, original music scoring, composition, and sound design, and film processing and developing, respectively. This division showcases a full range of sophisticated technological equipment to support the production of high quality films and advertisements.

Top photos: The Sine Kapinoy theatre in Mega Manila. Bottom: Ticketron in Cinemagica Iloilo

IBC Interactive
IBC Interactive, in operation since 2013, was incorporated in as the newest fully owned subsidiary of IBC-13. Manages its Internet operations reaching out especially to the Filipino community that does not have direct access to news and information about the Philippines. The website’s news, entertainment, and sports and community pages regularly service 139,000 members and thousands more international visitors. The website fulfills Kapinoy Network’s mission to deliver news on demand via the third medium, after radio and television. IBC-13’s website features interactive boards and live radio and television feeds to areas while regular broadcast.

IBC Interactive’s KapinoyLand entertainment site represents the very first example of direct entertainment linkages between TV and the Internet.

OVERALL PERFORMANCE
In 1998, ABS-CBN is proud to say it continues to offer the highest rate of return on investment in the industry, and has achieved this by satisfying the needs of all its stakeholders, shareholders, viewers, and advertisers alike.

Beyond the business side, ABS-CBN continues to make public service an integral part of its operations. ABS-CBN’s wide network of resources has been instrumental in advancing matters of national concern. ABS-CBN Foundation’s educational TV and radio programs have contributed immensely towards improving the quality of education in the public school system. Bantay Bata 163 has impacted phenomenally in the promotion of child welfare and protection. In 1998, the Foundation also launched “Bantay Kalikasan”, the country’s first media-based environmental organization.

For its efforts, ABS-CBN has also garnered several accolades from local, regional, and international award-giving bodies: the Gawad CCP Awards, the KBP Golden Dove Awards, the Urian Awards, the Asian TV Awards, and the New York Festival Awards. Chairman Emeritus Eugenio Lopez Jr. was honored with the KBP Golden Dove Lifetime Achievement Award for his pioneering efforts and invaluable contribution to the television industry.

For the sixth year in a row, ABS-CBN was cited as one of Asia’s Top 200 companies in a regionwide survey conducted by the Far Eastern Economic Review.