People's Television Network | |
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Type | Broadcast television network |
Country | Philippines |
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Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 480i 16:9 for the SDTV feed) |
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Parent | People's Television Network, Inc. |
History | |
Launched | February 2, 1974 |
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Webcast | Live streaming |
Website | ptvnews |
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Company type | Government-owned and controlled corporation |
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Industry | State media |
Founded | February 2, 1974 March 26, 1992 (company) | (broadcast)
Headquarters | Broadcast Complex, Visayas Ave., Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Owner | Government of the Philippines (Presidential Communications Office thru People's Television Network, Inc.) |
Number of employees | 21,590 (2023)[1] |
Subsidiaries | People's Television Network |
Website | PTNI.gov.ph |
People's Television Network (Filipino: Telebisyon ng Bayan;[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 Philippine Broadcasting Service-Bureau of Broadcast Services, forms 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 are located at Broadcast Complex, Visayas Avenue, Barangay Vasra, Diliman, Quezon City.
As a government-run station, PTV receives funding from the General Appropriations Act (Annual National Budget) and sales from blocktimers and advertisers, among others. PTV also runs a digital television channel Congress TV.