TV5 Media Center | |
---|---|
General information | |
Type | Office, studio, broadcasting |
Location | Reliance corner Sheridan Streets, Barangay Highway Hills, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines |
Coordinates | 14°34′23.86″N121°3′15.29″E / 14.5732944°N 121.0542472°E |
Construction started | 2011 |
Opening | December 23, 2013 |
Cost | ₱6 billion |
Owner | TV5 Network |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 9 |
Floor area | 6,300 square metres (68,000 sq ft) |
The TV5 Media Center (also known as the Launchpad Center) serves as the headquarters and broadcast complex of TV5 and affiliate companies Cignal TV, Nation Broadcasting Corporation, Philex Mining Corporation and Voyager Innovations, Inc. [1]
The construction of TV5 Media Center began In January 2011 in the site where a former PLDT warehouse was located, ten months after TV5 was acquired by MediaQuest Holdings, a media conglomerate of PLDT, from the consortium led by former PLDT Chairman Antonio "Tony Boy" Cojuangco, Jr. and Malaysian media conglomerate Media Prima. The media center was the network's effort to update its existing technologies for a seamless transition to digital broadcasting and to acquire a clearer broadcast signal, as well as to consolidate business and studio production operations from its original Novaliches broadcast facility, which was used from ABC/TV5's reopening in 1992, the Delta Theater in Quezon City, Broadway Centrum in New Manila (previously owned by GMA Network), the Marajo Tower in Bonifacio Global City and the L. V. Locsin Building in Makati.
The construction of the new facility included two phases. The first phase was the construction of the news department, and its target completion was the fourth quarter of 2011. The second phase involved the entertainment department, which was targeted for completion the following year. ₱6 billion of capital expenditures from the parent MediaQuest was used in constructing the facilities. However, the restricted cash flow in the earlier years of construction caused a delay in completion. The first phase was completed in December 2013, while the second phase was targeted to be completed in November 2016. The main corporate and broadcast operations of TV5 Network, Inc. were transferred to the new facility between the said dates. However, TV5's transmitter and production of some programs remained in the original Novaliches studios.
In 2017, Phase 2 of TV5 Media Center was renamed to "Launchpad Center", which serves as the headquarters of Voyager Innovations, Inc. [2] The 3rd floor serves as the staff office of Pilipinas Global Network Ltd. Some of the network's subsidiaries are also based here. MQ Digital. Also, the management and staffs of MQ Studios and MQ Play.
The TV5 Media Center is composed of one 9-story corporate building and two 8-story buildings which house six ultramodern TV studios used by the programs of TV5 and One Sports as well as Cignal-exclusive channels (One News, One PH and One Sports+), particularly Studio 4 currently uses for Eat Bulaga! , Studio 5 for news programs, Studio 6 for Face to Face: Harapan and QuizMosa, radio booths for 105.9 True FM, post-production facilities, newsroom and staff offices of News5, Cignal Entertainment and Sports5, voice-over room and office spaces. [3] The 5th floor serves as the main office of Cignal TV and management, and talent development MQ Artists Agency.
PLDT, Inc., formerly known as the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, is a Philippine telecommunications, internet and digital service company.
TV5 is a major Philippine free-to-air television and radio network headquartered in Mandaluyong, with additional studios in Novaliches, Quezon City. It serves as the flagship network of TV5 Network, Inc, which is owned by MediaQuest Holdings, the multimedia subsidiary of the telecommunications conglomerate PLDT. TV5 is popularly known as "The 'Kapatid' Network", employing the Filipino term for "sibling", a branding that was introduced in 2010.
DWFM, broadcasting as FM Radio 92.3, is a radio station owned by Nation Broadcasting Corporation and operated by Philippine Collective Media Corporation. It serves as the flagship station of the FM Radio Philippines network. The station's studio is located at 5th Floor, The Ignacia Place, 155 Mother Ignacia corner, Sgt. Esguerra Ave, Barangay South Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City; its transmitter is located at NBC compound, Block 3, Emerald Hills, Sumulong Highway, Antipolo. It operates daily from 5:00 am to 12:00 midnight.
DWET-TV is a television station in Metro Manila, Philippines, serving as the flagship of the TV5 network. It is owned and operated by the network's namesake corporate parent; TV5 also provides certain services to RPTV flagship DZKB-TV and One Sports flagship DWNB-TV under an airtime lease agreement with station owners Radio Philippines Network and Nation Broadcasting Corporation, respectively.
DWNB-TV is a television station in Metro Manila, Philippines, serving as the flagship of the One Sports network. The station is owned and operated by Nation Broadcasting Corporation through its licensee and sister company of TV5 Network, Inc. alongside owns TV5 flagship DWET-TV. Both stations share studios at the TV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan Sts., Mandaluyong, while DWNB-TV's alternate studio and digital transmitter is located at TV5 Complex, 762 Quirino Highway, Brgy. San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City, and its analog and digital transmitter is located on Block 3, Emerald Hills, Sumulong Highway, Antipolo, province of Rizal.
Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) is a Philippine radio and television Broadcast company established in 1963. As of December 2013, NBC is a subsidiary of MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. under the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund. NBC's radio and television stations are operated by sister network TV5 Network, Inc.; its corporate offices and studios are shared with the latter at the TV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan Sts., Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines.
DWGV, broadcasting as GV 99.1, is a radio station owned and operated by GV Radios Network Corporation, a subsidiary of Apollo Broadcast Investors, through its licensee MediaScape Inc. The station's studio is located at the 4th Floor, PG Building, MacArthur Highway, Balibago, Angeles City, and its transmitter is located at the Royal Golf And Country Club, Porac.
Cignal is a Philippine satellite television and IPTV provider, owned by Cignal TV Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the MediaQuest Holdings Inc. under the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund.
MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. is a Philippine media company based in Mandaluyong. It is involved in radio and television broadcasting, as well as direct-to-home satellite services and print media. Though an affiliate of telecommunications company PLDT, MediaQuest is owned by the former's Beneficial Trust Fund, a retirement pension plan funded through its Philippine Depository Receipts. PLDT does not directly own any media property as the current 1987 Constitution states that media companies should be 100% owned by Filipinos and the company's major shareholders include foreign entities such as First Pacific, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone.
Aksyon TV was a Philippine free-to-air television network. It was a joint venture of Nation Broadcasting Corporation and TV5 Network, Inc., both under PLDT media arm MediaQuest Holdings. Its programs were primarily produced by TV5's divisions News5 and ESPN5. AksyonTV formerly broadcasts terrestrially through DWNB-TV in Metro Manila, as well as on UHF channel 29 in Cebu, Davao and other relay stations, and on a digital subchannel via channel 5.2 in Metro Manila. It occupies the frequency previously used by MTV Philippines, a subsidiary of MTV Networks Asia Pacific from 2001 until 2006.
The PBA on One Sports is the branding for presentation of the Philippine Basketball Association basketball games which started since the 2011-12 season. Telecasts are produced by One Sports, the sports division of TV5 Network Inc., and aired through One Sports and PBA Rush, with simulcast and livestreaming on Cignal Play, Pilipinas Live and Smart LiveStream. Also, there is a separate coverage in English commentary on PBA Rush since July 15, 2016.
Sky Cable Corporation, doing business as Sky, is a Filipino telecommunications company based in Diliman, Quezon City. A subsidiary of the media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation, the company offers broadband, cable and satellite television services under the Sky Cable and Sky Direct brands. The company was founded on June 6, 1990 by Benpres Holdings Corporation as Central CATV, Inc.
TV5 Network Inc., commonly known as TV5, is a Philippine media company based in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is primarily involved in radio and television broadcasting and encompasses a range of subsidiaries and affiliates engaged in various media-related businesses. TV5 is owned by MediaQuest Holdings, an investee company of Philippine telecommunications giant PLDT through its Beneficial Trust Fund. It is headed by business tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan.
One News is a 24-hour Philippine pay television and news channel owned by MediaQuest Holdings through its subsidiary Cignal TV. It was launched in May 2018 exclusively on satellite provider Cignal. One News is the first MediaQuest channel launched under the One branding, along with the free TV sports channel One Sports, cable sports channel One Sports+, Filipino-language news channel One PH, lifestyle portal One Life, and now-defunct premium entertainment channel One Screen.
One Sports is a Philippine free-to-air television network owned by Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) and jointly operated by TV5 Network, Inc., both subsidiaries of MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. media arm of PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund. One Sports is currently carried through analog via DWNB UHF TV Channel 41 in Metro Manila and other relay and affiliate stations nationwide, and as a digital television subchannel in select areas of the country. It operates Mondays to Saturdays from 5:00 AM to 12:00 MN and Sundays from 6:00 AM to 1:00 AM, as well as on truncated hours during the Paschal Triduum or 24/7 during the 2024 Summer Olympics. However, starting Holy Week 2024, it continues to sign off from Maundy Thursday from 12:00 mn to Easter Sunday at 6:00 am.
Cignal TV, Inc., also known by its legal trading name Mediascape Inc., is a Filipino media and telecommunications firm in the Philippines. A wholly owned subsidiary of the media company MediaQuest Holdings under the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund, the firm operates its pay television services, subscription television networks, television and film entertainment production, and fiber broadband internet.
The ABS-CBN Soundstage at the Horizon IT Park, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, is the main production facility of ABS-CBN. It is owned by ABS-CBN Corporation, and operated and managed by ABS-CBN Studios, Inc.
BuKo (Buhay Komedya) is a Philippine pay television channel owned by MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. through Cignal TV, in partnership with APT Entertainment based in Mandaluyong. The name is derived after Buko, a Filipino word for coconut. The channel consists of comedic-entertainment programs for gag, sitcoms and variety shows, dubbed as the country's first local comedy channel. It was first announced in November 2019 and made its official launch on August 2, 2021, exclusively on satellite providers Cignal and SatLite.