Type | Broadcast television network |
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Country | Philippines |
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Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Government of the Philippines (Presidential Communications Office) |
Parent | People's Television Network, Inc. |
History | |
Launched | February 2, 1974 |
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Webcast | Live streaming |
Website | ptvnews |
Company type | Government-owned and controlled corporation |
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Industry | State media |
Founded | February 2, 1974 March 26, 1992 (company) | (broadcast)
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Headquarters | Broadcast Complex, Visayas Ave., Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines |
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₱ 212.6 Million (FY 2019) | |
₱ 183.9 Million (FY 2019) | |
Total assets | ₱ 2.852 Billion (FY 2019) |
Total equity | ₱ 2.268 Billion (FY 2019) |
Owner | Government of the Philippines |
Number of employees | 590 (2018) |
Parent | Presidential Communications Office |
Subsidiaries | People's Television Network |
Website | PTNI.gov.ph |
Footnotes / references [1] |
People's Television Network (Filipino: Pambansang TV;[2] abbreviated PTV) is the flagship state broadcaster owned by the Government of the Philippines. Founded in 1974, PTV is the main brand of People's Television Network, Inc. (PTNI), one of the attached agencies under the Presidential Communications Office (PCO).[3]
PTV, along with government-owned media companies Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation and the Presidential Broadcast Service-Bureau of Broadcast Services, formed the media arm of the PCO and acts as a primary state television broadcaster that focuses on news, information and public service programming. Its head office, studios and transmitter were located at Broadcast Complex, Visayas Avenue, Barangay Vasra, Diliman, Quezon City.
As a government-run station, PTV received funding from the General Appropriations Act (Annual National Budget) and sales from blocktimers and advertisers, among others. PTV also runs two digital television channels Radyo Pilipinas 1 and PTV Sports Network.