ABS-CBN

Background: ABS-CBN is one of the most viewed Philippine networks and also a major media and entertainment conglomerate. Founded in June 13, 1946 as Bolinao Electronics Corporation (BEC), by an American engineer, James Lindenberg. Judge Antonio Quirino, bought stocks from BEC and later gained the controlling stock and later renaming the company from BEC to Alto Broadcasting System (ABS). Their first telecast was on October 23, 1953, on channel 3. After the premiere telecast, DZAQ-TV followed a four-hour-a-day schedule from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. They started full color broadcast in 1966. From 1969 onwards, they transferred into channel 2. On September 23, 1972, the network shutdown, because of martial law. They later relaunched as "The Star Network" on September 14, 1986 a few months after the People Power Revolution. On May 5, 2020, NTC issued a cease and desist order to temporarily stop the network's broadcast, including its radio stations, MOR 101.9, and DZMM TeleRadyo.