IBC Classics

**IBC Classics**
Country	Philippines
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Network	IBC
Slogan	Everything old is gold again (2014–2018); Culture at its Coolest on Digital Television (2018–present)
Headquarters	IBC Compound Center, Lot 3–B, Capitol Hills Drive cor. Zuzuarregui Street, Barangay Matandang Balara, Diliman, Quezon City
Programming
Language(s)	Filipino (main) ; English (secondary)
Picture format	1080i (HDTV); (downscaled to 16:9 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Sister channel(s)	Congress TV; DMZ Channel; DWAN TV; IBCinema; IBC Kids
History
Launched	February 1, 2014 (test broadcast); March 1, 2014; 10 years ago (full channel launch)
Links
Website	Official Website
Availability
Digital	17 (491.143MHz; LCN 11.30); (Digital test broadcast)
ABS-CBN TV Plus	Channel 39
GMA Affordabox	Channel 38
RPN Digivisionbox	Channel 35
IBC Digibox	Channel 04
Cable
SkyCable	Channel 17
Destiny Cable	Channel 5 (Digital)
Satellite
Cignal	Channel 16
G Sat	Channel 16
SatLite	Channel 25

IBC Classics, also known as IBClassics, is a 24–hour Philippine digital television channel owned and operated by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation. It is the digital TV counterpart of IBC, the government–sequestered and the undisputed number three TV network in the country. The programming consists of classic and archived series and programs previously aired on IBC, plus classic Filipino movies.

It is the third network launched under the IBC television branding, along the leading TV network IBC, the Filipino-language UHF news channel IBC News Network, the UHF TV network IBC Plus and the digital movie channel IBCinema.

It is available on SkyCable channel 17, Cignal and SatLite channel 25,

Profile[]

During the 80's, IBC became the home of the most successfully hit shows in a likes of top–raters: Iskul Bukol, Chicks to Chicks, T.O.D.A.S., Maricel Live!, Sitak ni Jack, Barrio Balimbing, Ora Engkantada, The Sharon Cuneta Show, Sic O'Clock News, Eh Kasi, Babae!, Pinoy Thriller, Hapi House, Loveliness, among others.

IBC Classics is the 24-hour digital archive TV channel of IBC offers the best in Philippine television geared towards the late 1970s, 1980s and 1990s in a mix of new and classic shows with its well–loved classic comedy and drama series, as well as its entertaining musicals and variety shows featuring your favorite singers and the stars of the big and small screen. It also has the MTRCB advisory before the show.

With AO No. 26, these archives will be restored and digitalized. The people will remember the Golden Age of Philippine Television.

History[]

On January 15, 2018, according to the new plug aired on IBC this week, they partnered again with Asian Television Content (ATC) for a joint project and IBC Classics revamped its revamped its graphics and program line–up, and the programming schedule was overhauled yet again, with ATC for a joint project and its brand new tagline Culture at its Coolest on Digital Television, which called the Filipino culture and spirit. The initial program line–up to be released at noontime and at primetime are the re–runs of IBC 13's culture programs are Cooltura, Travel and Trade and Susan Calo–Medina's (SLN) Travel Time, and the drama serial Noli Me Tangere. They will also be releasing old movies on Piling–Piling Pelikula (PPP) movie block, aside from these unforgettable shows of IBC, which will also be aired during the Golden Age of Television in the 70s and 80s.

Since April 16, 2018, IBC Classics moved from IBC Digibox Channel 5 to Channel 7.

Starting October 1, 2024, the digital channel moved from Channel 13.3 to Channel 13.4.

Programming[]

Main article: List of programs broadcast by IBC Classics

Schedule[]

POV: You classic and timeless Kaibigan shows.Throwback Thursday? Throwback everyday sa IBC TV 13 Facebook at YouTube as they relive the glory of its well-loved classic comedy and travel shows online.

Monday–Friday

04:00 - PPP (Piling-Piling Pelikula) (replay) (Monday); Sic O'Clock News (replay) (Tuesday-Friday)
05:00 - T.O.D.A.S. (replay) (T-Th); Chicks to Chicks (replay) (F)
06:00 - Cooltura (2011 and 2019 version) (replay)
06:30 - Cooltura (fresh episodes) (replay) (Monday)
07:00 - Retro TV
08:00 - Cooltura (2011 and 2019 version)
09:00 - Noli Me Tangere (1992)
10:00 - Travel and Trade
10:30 - Travel Time
11:00 - Island Living
12:00 - PPP (Piling-Piling Pelikula) (replay) (Monday); Por un beso (replay) (Tuesday-Friday)
01:00 - Game Channel
02:00 - Ka Ina
03:00 - Travel and Trade (replay)
03:30 - Iskul Bukol (reruns of previous episodes, mostly from 2018 to the present episodes, paved way for brand new episodes of the curriculum-based sitcom)
04:30 - Hapi House
05:30 - Sic O'Clock News
06:30 - T.O.D.A.S. (M-W); Chicks to Chicks (Th/F)
07:30 - Angelica 'Kada (new episodes every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, with replays every Wednesday and Friday)
08:30 - Princess Charm
09:15 - Syrena
10:00 - Por un beso
11:00 - Island Living
12:00 - Iskul Bukol (featuring previous episodes from the past, mostly from 2018 to the present episodes, paved way for brand new episodes of the curriculum-based sitcom) (replay)
01:00 - Noli Me Tangere (1992) (replay)
02:00 - Cooltura (2011 and 2019 version) (replay)
03:00 - Game Channel (replay)

Saturday

04:00 - TVJ: Television's Jesters (replay)
05:00 - Chicks to Chicks (replay)
06:00 - Cooltura (2011) (replay)
07:00 - Iskul Bukol (fresh episodes) (replay)
08:00 - Tagalog Box Office Hits (replay)
10:00 - PPP (Piling-Piling Pelikula) (replay)
12:00 - Por un beso (replay)
01:00 - Chicks to Chicks (replay)
02:00 - PPP (Piling-Piling Pelikula)
04:00 - Balay Tirahan Kanlungan
05:00 - Sic O'Clock News (replay)
06:00 - Iskul Bukol (fresh episodes)
07:00 - Angelica 'Kada (fresh episodes)
08:00 - Cooltura (fresh episodes)
08:30 - Travel Time (fresh episodes)
09:15 - Tagalog Box Office Hits
11:00 - Por un beso marathon

Sunday

04:00 - TVJ: Television's Jesters (replay)
05:00 - Travel Time (fresh episodes) (replay)
05:45 - Travel and Trade (replay)
06:15 - Noli Me Tangere marathon
11:00 - Island Living
12:00 - Iskul Bukol (fresh episodes) (replay)
01:00 - PPP (Piling-Piling Pelikula) (replay)
03:00 - Syrena marathon
05:00 - Angelica 'Kada (replay)
06:00 - TVJ: Television's Jesters
07:00 - Mongolian Barbecue
08:00 - Ora Engkantada
09:00 - Loveliness
10:00 - PPP (Piling-Piling Pelikula) (replay)
12:00 - Tagalog Box Office Hits (replay)
02:00 - TVJ: Television's Jesters (replay)
03:00 - Mongolian Barbecue (replay)

Channel lineup[]

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming
13.01	480i	4:3	IBC	IBC
13.02			CONGRESS TV	Congress TV
13.03			IBC PLUS	IBC Plus
13.04			IBCLASSICS	IBC Classics
13.05			IBCINEMA	IBCinema
13.06			IBC KIDS	IBC Kids
13.07			DWAN TV	DWAN TV
13.08			DMZ CHANNEL	DMZ Channel
13.31		240p	IBC OneSeg	IBC OneSeg

Notes

all non-encrypted digital terrestrial TV channels broadcast within the area of the household will also be carried.
Congress TV, IBC Classics, IBCinema, IBC Kids, DWAN TV and DMZ Channel are encrypted and scrambled with Multi2-based encryption, because of that, thus requiring SMS activation to unscramble those channels.
Congress TV, IBC Classics, IBCinema, IBC Kids, DWAN TV and DMZ Channel are their digital channels to IBC Digibox, a digital set-top box marketed by the network.

References[]

External links[]

IBC Classics on Facebook