IBC goes on IBC Broadcast Center

January 25, 2014

The computer-generated 3D model of the IBC Broadcast Center at Broadcast City in Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.

Today is the first working day for IBC News employees in its new headquarters in Diliman, Quezon City. The IBC Broadcast Center, a brainchild of owner Eric Canoy and Boots Anson-Roa, will serve as the corporate headquarters of the network, and will feature thirteen TV studios, newsrooms for IBC Newscenter at Studio 2, post-production facilities, a radio booth for DZTV Radyo Budyong 1386 and iDMZ Sayaw Pinoy!, technical operating rooms, and production space for IBC′s other programs.

Kapinoy viewers will be greeted with a new state-of-the-art studio, a much bigger newsroom at Studio 2 and fancy workstation for its employees, similar to ABS-CBN news room, as one tipster told us. Based on the photos taken by IBC newsers, the new Broadcast Center looks more contemporary and modernized as compared to ABS-CBN Broadcast Center and GMA Network Center.

Construction of the IBC Broadcast Center began on 2010 to complete. The new edifice is built as part of IBC-13′s ongoing efforts to update existing technologies and facilities for a seamless transition to digital broadcasting. In addition, proximity to the center of Metro Manila and its highly elevated location should yield a much-improved broadcast signal.

With the IBC Broadcast Center, IBC becomes the third major broadcast network to operate in Diliman,Quezon City. ABS-CBN and GMA currently operate at Diliman, Quezon City and Reliance, while RPN currently operate at the Broadcast City in Diliman and PTV operated at Visayas Avenue.

The opening of the IBC Broadcast Center should give a huge boost for the Kainoy network, as it continues to find its mass market in common innovative programming.