Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
| Company type | Private (1959–1986) State agency (1986–present) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment (1960–1986) State media (1986–present) |
| Founded | October 1, 1959 |
| Headquarters | IBC Compound, Lot 3-B, Capitol Hills Drive cor. Zuzuarregui Street, Barangay Matandang Balara, Diliman, , Philippines |
Area served | Nationwide |
Key people |
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| Products | Television program |
| Services | Broadcasting Radio Television Streaming |
| Owner |
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Number of employees | 178 |
| Parent | Presidential Communications Office (1986–present) |
| Divisions | IBC News and Public Affairs |
| Type | Broadcast commercial radio and television network |
|---|---|
| Country | Philippines |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Filipino (main) English (secondary) |
| Picture format | 16:9 1080i HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Government of the Philippines (Presidential Communications Office) |
| Parent | Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation |
| Sister channels | PTV |
| History | |
| Launched | October 1, 1959 (test broadcast) March 1, 1960 (official) |
| Founder | Dick Baldwin |
| Former names | Inter-Island Broadcasting Corporation (1960–1975) Islands TV-13 (1990–1992) |
| Links | |
| Website | ibctv13 |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analog VHF/UHF | Listings may vary |
| Digital VHF/UHF | Channel 17 |
| SkyCable (Metro Manila) | Channel 15 |
| Converge Vision / SkyTV (Metro Manila) | Channel 13 |
| Cablelink (Metro Manila) | Channel 15 |
| Sky Direct (Nationwide) | Channel 8 |
| Cignal TV (Nationwide) | Channel 13 |
| SatLite (Nationwide) | Channel 13 |
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network based in Quezon City. It is a state broadcaster owned by the Government Communications Group under the Presidential Communications Office (PCO). IBC was also commonly referred to as "The Kaibigan Network", the Filipino term for "friend", which was introduced between 2019 and 2023 until it was later dropped in 2023 in favor of using the government slogan "Bagong Pilipinas", which is shared with PTV.
IBC, along with government-owned media companies People's Television Network and the Presidential Broadcast Service-Bureau of Broadcast Services, form the media arm of the PCO and it is designated as a secondary state broadcaster that primarily broadcasts education, culture, arts and sports programming. Its studios, offices and broadcast facilities are located at the IBC Compound, Lot 3-B, Capitol Hills D rive cor. Zuzuarregui Street, Barangay Matandang Balara, Diliman, Quezon City.
As a government-run station, IBC received funding from the General Appropriations Act (Annual National Budget) and sales from blocktimers and advertisers, among others. IBC also runs two digital television channels Congress TV and DWAN 1206 TV.
Prior to its part of media outlet of PCO, it was the former sister network of Radio Philippines Network, a state-sequestered network which the PCO currently owns 20% minority share of the network.