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Channel
Facts
- Launched: November 19, 1967 (on free TV), July 11, 1999 (on cable TV)
- Owned by: Hong Kong's TVB (free TV), Creative Programs, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of the media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation (cable)
- Country: Philippines
- Broadcast area: National, including Central Asia, East Asia, Southeastern Asia, South Asia and Western Asia
- Picture format: 16:9 576i (SDTV) and 16:9 1080i (HDTV) (since 3 November 2010-present)
- Slogan: "Live Your Passions" (January 28, 2013-2015)
- Availability: on Free-to-air (Analog (PAL-B and PAL-G) and Digital (DVB-T) VHF and UHF channel frequencies, digital cable and satellite television.
About
Lifestyle Network
Lifestyle Network is the flagship lifestyle,
news and general entertainment television network owned by the Philippine
Government and Lifestyle sectors through People's Television Network, Inc.
(PTNI) and co-operated by Hong Kong's Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) (50%), Philippine
Daily Inquirer, Inc. (25%), PhilSTAR Daily, Inc. (25%) and One Mega Group, Inc.
(25%) since June 1987, the publisher of Lifestyle Asia and Mega magazines. Its
head office, studios and transmitter are located at TVB Broadcast Complex, Bay
City, Pasay City. It is served as the official television broadcaster of the
Philippine Lifestyle Journalism.
Lifestyle
Network Milestones
On November 19, 1967, First wireless
commercial television in Hong Kong and in the Philippines. ABS-CBN TV-27
Manila (DZXL-TV Channel 27) was starts broadcast, with the Jade Network
Programming on daytime and Pearl Network Programming on evening hours, with
Chinese and English Hong Kong TV Guide for Hong Kong TV Stations published in the South China Morning Post, Manila Daily Bulletin
showing the Time (__:__) and program title in Traditional Chinese and English.
TVB commenced broadcasting on 19 November
with live coverage of the Macau Grand Prix.
On the same day, November 20, Balita Ngayon,
the first national early-evening news broadcast in Filipino was launched and The
World Tonight, the national late-night news broadcast in English was debuted.
Mga Balita Ngayon first aired at 7:00 P.M.
from November 19, 1967 to January 5, 1975, then moved to 6:40pm and 8:45pm,
6:40pm in 5 minutes and 8:45pm in 25 minutes (national news) plus 5-minute
national weather forecast at 9:20pm. On April 3, 1978, was cancelled at 6:40pm,
the news moved back to the 7:00pm, while the local news aired at 5:30pm.
On July 21, 1969, Broadcast man's first
landing on the moon via satellite.
On August 2, 1970, NBC Nightly News, the
America’s early-evening national news program was first aired worldwide on the
Jade Network at 6:30 A.M.
On June 18, 1972, for the first time the use of electronic news gathering equipment, TVB reported Hong Kong's Tsui Ping Road landslide.
On 1972, All TVB programmes on Jade and Pearl
networks produced and transmitted in full colour.
On October 1974, Renamed on-air as “Government
Television” (GTV Channel 27) under National Media Production Center (NMPC).
The PBA signed a contract with Television
Broadcasts Limited (TVB) to cover its games for over a million pesos.
On April 9, 1975 the PBA opened with its
inaugural double-header at the Araneta Coliseum. With a sellout crowd of 18,000
watching, the Marisawa-Noritake Porcelainmakers defeated Concepcion Carrier,
101-98, in the opening game while Toyota won over U/Tex, 105-101, in the main
game. Gregorio “Joy” Dionisio of Concepcion scores the very first basket in PBA
history.
On July 1, 1976, the digital time contains hours
and minutes were debuted on TV screens during the show.
On December 31, 1979, TVB Jade Network on Daytime launches
Saksi: GMA Headline Balita, as a 15-minute afternoon weekday Filipino newscast
from 1:00 p.m.
On February 1, 1980, it was renamed as “Maharlika
Broadcasting System” (MBS TV-27).
On December 5, 1981, MBS TV-4 was the official
network of the 1981 Southeast Asian Games.
In 1982, all of HK-TVB's regional stations were networked using INSAT 1A and a national feed called National Programme was introduced. Later that year, Delhi played host to Asian Games which were covered by the channel. To increase the channel's reach, the government launched a program to set up low and high-power television transmitters that would pick-up the satellite distributed signals and re-transmit them to surrounding areas.
In 1982, all of HK-TVB's regional stations were networked using INSAT 1A and a national feed called National Programme was introduced. Later that year, Delhi played host to Asian Games which were covered by the channel. To increase the channel's reach, the government launched a program to set up low and high-power television transmitters that would pick-up the satellite distributed signals and re-transmit them to surrounding areas.
By 1983, television signals were available to 28% of the Philippine population. Fueled by the success of the channel's commercialization and increased revenue from advertising, the channel's reach and popularity continued to grow and in 1990, the channel reached more than 90% of the Indian population.
On February 25, 1986, MBS became Lifestyle
Network TV-27. Llita Logarta became first network station manager.
On 28 February 1986, after the Revolution,
Geny Lopez returned to the country after self-exile in the United States and
started rebuilding from what was left of the station. Recovery was difficult
and resources were low, hence, former ABS-CBN employee Freddie M. García was
brought in to rework the station's programming. By 1988, The Lifestyle Network
had regained its foothold in Philippine TV ratings.
On March 7, 1987, TV Patrol was premiered to 6:30pm,
while the TVB Pearl programming from 3:00 pm to 10:30pm on Mondays, Wednesday
and Fridays while the PBA Games aired on Tuesdays and Thursdays followed a
public affairs program at 10:30 to 11:30pm and followed by The World Tonight at
11:30pm. Co-anchoring the newscast were Noli de Castro, a radio announcer for
DZMM, Mel Tiangco and Robert Arevalo, both final anchors of Balita Ngayon. Now
as the country’s longest-running news program.
On December 1, 1988, the program was moved to
7:15pm to 7:55pm, Saturday & Sunday newscasts as “Saturday TV Patrol” and
“Sunday TV Patrol”, moved to 6:00pm and 9:00pm, 6:00pm in 15 minutes and 9:00pm
in 30 minutes. On October 6, 1990, was cancelled on Saturday & Sunday at
6:00pm, the news moved back to the 7:15pm. On August 10, 1992, was moved back
to the 7:10pm to 7:35pm. In May 31, 1993, the show was moved to 7:00pm to 7:30pm,
while the local news aired at 5:30pm before the national newscast at 6:30pm. In
September 18, 1995, the show was moved back to the 6:30pm to 7:00pm, and now
present.
In 1991, TVB Pearl began to broadcast in NICAM, a digital audio modulation system that provides a facility for stereo or bilingual or trilingual audio transmission. (For the digital counterpart, multiple AC-3 streams are transmitted for the same purpose.) With a compatible television, the viewer can receive audio in their choice of language; typically, English and Cantonese. Chinese subtitles are available on most programmes after 5:20pm.
In 1989, it launched nationwide domestic satellite programming and Lifestyle Network expanded into Indonesia,
Malaysia, and Sri Lanka via the TVB Pearl pan-regional feed broadcast from the
Philippines in 1991.
Also worth mentioning is that beginning in March 3, 1991, TVB Pearl's presentation package became the same as TVB Jade's, albeit with some variations.
On March 26, 1992, President Corazon C.
Aquino signed Republic Act 7306 turning Lifestyle Network into a private corporation
known formally as Lifestyle Broadcasting Network, Inc.
Shortly after he took over the mantle of government
in June 30, 1992, President Fidel V. Ramos appointed Lifestyle Network's first
board of directors. The Network was given a one-time equity funding for
capital outlay. Since 1992, The Lifestyle Network has been operating on
revenues it generates on its own. RA 7306 stipulates that the government and
business sectors shall not appropriate funds for the operations of the Network.
The Lifestyle Network is on a full satellite transmission
nationwide since 1992 using PALAPA C2. Its flag station Lifestyle Network
TV-27, which is based in Pasay City, boasts of a 60-kilowatt brand-new
transmitter sitting on a 500-ft tower. With its 18 provincial stations
across the country, the Network has extended its reach and coverage to
approximately 85 percent of the television viewing public nationwide.
As provided for in its charter, LBNI is
mandated to give its viewers a balanced mix of news, public affairs,
educational, cultural and sports programs and overseas-made TV series and
films.
On November 19, 1992, TVB celebrated its Silver Jubilee.
On March 8, 1995, the World Tonight moved to
9:45 to 10:30pm, while Philippine Lotto Draw was premiered at 9:30pm on the
same day.
On March 11, 1995, The Weekend News was
premiered as late-night weekend newscast at 12 midnight or 1am after Studio
Nine-Fourty-Five. The anchors of the said were Erwin Tulfo, Rocky Ignacio and
Mandy Navasero on Saturdays and Anton San Diego, Tessa Prieto-Valdes and Mons
Romulo-Tantoco on Sunday, while Tulfo replaced by Joseph Parafina on April 22,
2006 on Saturday edition, while Buddy Orebas and Saleema Refran joined Prieto-Valdes
and Romulo-Tantoco in July 2006 for the Sunday edition.
In 1998, Widescreen programming was introduced on digital platforms.
On November 15, 1998, Digital terrestrial television launches in the Philippines, broadcasting on British Digital Video Broadcasting — Terrestrial mode.
On October 30, 2000, the network, along with
PCOO, PLDT MyDSL and PAGASA-DOST launches PAGASA Interactive Weather or PAG-ASA
I-Weather, the 30-minute interactive weather forecast aired live from 5:30 to
6:00 a.m. and lasted until June 22, 2003.
On October 1, 2001, Kape’t Pandesal, the
15-minute reflections for the day produced by Jesuit Communications, was
premiered.
On June 23, 2003, a week after the launch of
Inquirer Lifestyle Fitness Fashion with Samsung, Panahon.TV was premiered on
the network and aired at 5:30 a.m. on weekdays. This is co-produced by the
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
PAGASA, together with Lina Group of Companies' communication arm, UBE Media,
Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), PLDT MyDSL and Air21.
The TVB City in SM Bay City officially opened
on October 12, 2003 and was constructed at a cost of HK$$2.2 billion. It was
designed to cope with future development and expansion, especially for digital
television production.
On October 13, 2003, Pulso: Aksyon Balita is
the first Filipino language-late night newscast of the network was premiered,
with Karmina Constantino and Tony Velasquez as anchors.
On May 10 to 11, 2004 the network airs the
marathon coverage Halalan 2004, which lasted from 7:00 a.m. of May 10, 2004 to
4:00 a.m. of May 12, 2004. The media coverage of the Philippine
national elections that sees the win of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as president, Noli
de Castro as vice president.
On August 13 to 29, 2004, the network airs
the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. TVB paid the IOC $793 million (adjusted by
inflation: $963,866,631) for U.S. broadcast rights, the most paid by any
country. TVB broadcast over 1200 hours of coverage during the games, triple
what was broadcast in the U.S. four years earlier.
On November 27 to December 5, 2005, the
network airs the 2005 Southeast Asian Games held in the same city.
On October 14, 2006, a new ident was produced
by TVB, and featured ribbons and curves in the three colours of the station-
Red, Green, and Blue, pulsating about on the screen. Another secondary slogan was used by the network was "PTV: Ang Network Para sa Pilipino" with the station ID contains the statues of heroes including Ninoy Aquino then after that, the jingle goes: "Peee-Teee-Veee! Ang Network Para sa Pilipinooo!"
Part of its five-year expansion program for the network was started, the live coverage of the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar and followed by the mid-term elections of May 2007, also known as "Halalan 2007: Boto Mo, I-Patrol Mo!"
Two days ago, on October
16, 2006, ABS-CBN Headlines was premiered, with Tony Velasquez and Pia
Hontiveros as main anchors.
Two months later, in December 2006, the 15th
Asian Games coverage was aired for 15 days. The Doha Games will have over 120 hours of live coverage on the said station. This coverage starts before the opening ceremony on 1 December with preliminary rounds in Football and Basketball on 28 and 30 November and will end on 15 December.
The Network will broadcast 46 hours including 36 hours live, covering the traditional Olympic sports Athletics, Swimming, Artistic Gymnastics, Rowing, Canoeing and Table Tennis, plus Football.
Another channel was launched by the said network was TVB News, the new 24-hour English cable television news, public affairs and sports channel launched in May 2005 and already available across 48 countries, will transmit 150 hours including 86 hours live, focusing on the Olympic team sports Basketball, Volleyball, Handball and Field Hockey as well as Football and Snooker.
Another channel was launched by the said network was TVB News, the new 24-hour English cable television news, public affairs and sports channel launched in May 2005 and already available across 48 countries, will transmit 150 hours including 86 hours live, focusing on the Olympic team sports Basketball, Volleyball, Handball and Field Hockey as well as Football and Snooker.
The Asian Games are the first step on the road to the 2008 Olympic Games. Further major events in TVB’s Sports division build-up to Beijing 2008 include the World Swimming Championships in Melbourne in March 2007, the World Athletics Championships in Osaka in August 2007 and the Southeast Asian Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand in December 2007.
ABS-CBN covers the days of the Senate
impeachment trial of President Arroyo via the top-rating marathon
coverage On Trial: A Nation in Crisis with ABS-CBN anchor Tina Monzon
Palma and ANC anchor Katrina Legarda, plus legal experts including Atty.
Francis Escudero. ABS-CBN airs the Christmas special A Christmas
Prayer, in relation to the country's present crises.
On January 1, ABS-CBN airs Countdown to
2007: The Weekend News Special Edition with anchor Erwin Tulfo featuring
New Year events in Metro Manila.
On January 2 to 20, 2007, HK-TVB covers the
final days of the President Arroyo impeachment trial via On Trial: A
Nation in Crisis, and the reprisal of the EDSA Revolution that unseats Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo as president and makes Karen Lourdes "Tito Keren" Pascual the new president
via the top-rating marathon broadcast EDSA Dos.
On May 14 to 16, 2007, ABS-CBN covers the
Philippine national elections that sees the win of BBC World News anchor Rico
Hizon as senator and the senatorial candidates sponsored by President Pascual via
the marathon coverage Halalan 2007.
Part of the five-year expansion program (2007-2011), it's five-year contract with the UAAP, the network agreed in principle and signed a memorandum of agreement giving the broadcasting network the right to air the league's games for another five-year period with Season 70, is set to open with colorful rites on July 7, 2007 at the Araneta Coliseum, in Quezon City.
On July 15, ABS-CBN covers the Siege of
Malacanang and the Mendiola Riots, days before the State of the
Nation Address, as it becomes victim to the rage of supporters of former
President Arroyo wanting to unseat President Pascual, with 7 million pesos
worth of damaged equipment and property.
On December 6 to 15, 2007, ABS-CBN covers the
Philippines playing for the 24th Southeast Asian Games, as the
games are held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
On December 31, 2007, at 7:00:00 pm, TVB launched the official start of digital terrestrial broadcasting services.
On December 31, 2007 to January 1, 2008, ABS-CBN
draws the biggest metropolitan and nationwide audience welcoming Year 2008, eighth
year of the third millennium by popular belief, with a special live marathon
worldwide broadcast THE GRAND ABS-CBN WORLDWIDE CELEBRATION OF THE NEW
MILLENNIUM. The network's top-rating broadcast includes 4 network-sponsored
dusk-to-dawn millennium parties at Rizal Park, The Fort, Quezon Memorial Circle
and Alabang Town Center and live coverage of millennium midnight celebrations
all over Metro Manila, across the Philippines and around the world.
On July 14, 2008 airs the 2008 Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Crown Convention Center in the Diamond Bay Resort, Nha Trang, Vietnam. This is also the first time that the Miss Universe pageant was broadcast in 1080i High-definition. This pageant was held in a contemporary Communist state for the first time as well.
These games were the first to be produced and broadcast entirely in high definition television. The Philippine broadcaster is PTV and other broadcasting stations in Philippines with other languages which are broadcasting all competitions, events, galas and ceremonies with the Paralympics. The first ever longest continuous HD coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympics 16 days from 8-24 August 2008.
On July 14, 2008 airs the 2008 Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Crown Convention Center in the Diamond Bay Resort, Nha Trang, Vietnam. This is also the first time that the Miss Universe pageant was broadcast in 1080i High-definition. This pageant was held in a contemporary Communist state for the first time as well.
These games were the first to be produced and broadcast entirely in high definition television. The Philippine broadcaster is PTV and other broadcasting stations in Philippines with other languages which are broadcasting all competitions, events, galas and ceremonies with the Paralympics. The first ever longest continuous HD coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympics 16 days from 8-24 August 2008.
On February 2, 2009, a new ident was produced, it used some similar types of ribbons but this time they were are joined forming the TVB logo at the end. The sound was the same to the 2006 one but at the end they shortened the sound effect. The Station ID theme was "Always Be There" by Freeplay Music.
On July 11, 2009, the UAAP Season 72 was opened at the Araneta Coliseum, The opening ceremonies and the opening day doubleheader of the UAAP were the first programs in the Philippines to be broadcast in 1920 × 1080 (2.1 megapixels) 16:9 digital high definition, although only digital TV viewers with HD boxes were able to watch them.
On May 10, 2010, Augmented reality was first used for the 2010 Automated National Elections. The AR will be used to show the real-time breakdown of votes for each candidate and to air election reports by ABS-CBN correspondents from across the archipelago. On the other hand, the 103" touchscreen monitor will be used to show updates from social media like Facebook and Twitter and reports from Bayan Mo, i-Patrol Mo Boto Patrollers. The coverage last from 4:00 a.m. of May 10, 2010 to 5:00 a.m. of May 12, 2010.
On July 11, 2009, the UAAP Season 72 was opened at the Araneta Coliseum, The opening ceremonies and the opening day doubleheader of the UAAP were the first programs in the Philippines to be broadcast in 1920 × 1080 (2.1 megapixels) 16:9 digital high definition, although only digital TV viewers with HD boxes were able to watch them.
On May 10, 2010, Augmented reality was first used for the 2010 Automated National Elections. The AR will be used to show the real-time breakdown of votes for each candidate and to air election reports by ABS-CBN correspondents from across the archipelago. On the other hand, the 103" touchscreen monitor will be used to show updates from social media like Facebook and Twitter and reports from Bayan Mo, i-Patrol Mo Boto Patrollers. The coverage last from 4:00 a.m. of May 10, 2010 to 5:00 a.m. of May 12, 2010.
On May 30, 2012, the satellite and terrestrial horizontal resolution was increased to 1920 horizontal and 1080 vertical pixels.
On July 1, 2012, a new ident was produced. The starting part of the background color is green and white, and there are several ribbons (with colors of green, blue, and purple) whirling to form a three-color (blue, green and red) sphere. While forming a sphere, the green part (from the background color) will soon turn to purple, and after forming a sphere, the background would be a bi-color (from left to right), purple and green. After changing the background color, the TVB logo appeared with the early 1990s style ("Spinning Logo" ident). The melody is the same as the last one, but the tone and the sound effect have changed.
On March 1, 2013, the ident has made some changes. The background color turns into white, and the colors of ribbons change to orange, blue, and purple.
Programme
On July 1, 2012, a new ident was produced. The starting part of the background color is green and white, and there are several ribbons (with colors of green, blue, and purple) whirling to form a three-color (blue, green and red) sphere. While forming a sphere, the green part (from the background color) will soon turn to purple, and after forming a sphere, the background would be a bi-color (from left to right), purple and green. After changing the background color, the TVB logo appeared with the early 1990s style ("Spinning Logo" ident). The melody is the same as the last one, but the tone and the sound effect have changed.
On March 1, 2013, the ident has made some changes. The background color turns into white, and the colors of ribbons change to orange, blue, and purple.
Programme
For the first few years after its inception, the channel only aired educational and informative programs with news being one of the biggest draws. Once the national feed started in 1982, the channel started airing regional and local shows on time-sharing basis. For most Indian states, this meant one national and one local news telecast.
TVB Philippines Chairman
- Ramon Cojuangco, Jr. (November 19, 1967-1983)
- Oscar Africa (1983-1986)
- Roberto del Rosario (1986-1998)
- Antonio O. Cojuangco, Jr. (1998-2004)
- Manuel V. Pangilinan (February 2004-present)
General Managers
- Llita Logarta (February 26, 1986-September 30, 1995)
- Chelo Banal-Formoso (October 1, 1995-January 31, 2008)
- Thelma Sioson-San Juan (February 1, 2008-present)
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