Advanced Media Broadcasting System (AMBS) is a broadcast media company in the Philippines. Its main offices and facilities are located at Unit 906A of the Paragon Plaza Building and on the 3rd Floor of Starmalls EDSA Shaw complex, both in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila.
Founded in 1994 by the Vera family, it is owned by the Villar Group-backed All Value Holdings Incorporated.[1][2]
History
Early years
The Vera family, under the aegis of Quest Broadcasting head attorney Jose Luis Vera, established Advanced Media Broadcasting System in 1994, with its Congressional franchise granted the following year.[3] With the help of Jinji Buhain (niece of then-Manila Auxiliary Bishop Teodoro Buhain), AMBS bought 103.5 DWCS from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila and changed its callsign to DWKX which gave birth to adult contemporary station K-Lite. The station, along with four other Vera-controlled Metro Manila stations (Jam 88.3, Wave 89.1, Magic 89.9 and 99.5 RT) and the Killerbee provincial network, formed The Radio Partners in the early 2000s before being reorganized in 2011 under the new Tiger 22 Media group.
Under Villar ownership
In 2019, AMBS was granted a 25-year legislative franchise extension under Republic Act No. 11253, albeit without President Rodrigo Duterte's signature, as the bill lapsed into law after 30 days of inaction.[4][5] Due the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company, including the station, was sold to Planet Cable of real estate magnate and businessman-politician Manny Villar.[6][7]
On January 5, 2022, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), under the leadership of Gamaliel Cordoba, awarded AMBS a provisional authority to operate for the digital Channel 16 frequency (previously assigned to ABS-CBN Corporation) for an eighteen-month test broadcast period, and the analog Channel 2 frequency under a temporary assignment for simulcast purposes until analog shut-off in 2023.[8][9] The construction of AMBS's own digital terrestrial television network in Metro Manila was expected to be completed in July 2022.[10][11]
AMBS Manila began its test broadcast in June 2022.[12] On September 1, TV host Willie Revillame announced that the TV station of AMBS would be named as All TV. Initially targeted on October 1, 2022,[13] All TV made its soft launch on September 13, 2022, with plans to expand it nationwide by the end of the year. On July 15, 2022, during his contract signing with AMBS, Revillame announced that his variety show Wowowin would air on All TV.[14] In February 2023, all the original programs of All TV were canceled or put on hiatus due to various reasons.[15][16][17]
In January 2024, management and control of AMBS and its stations were transferred from Paolo Villar's Prime Asset Ventures Inc. to Camille Villar's All Value Holdings Inc. AMBS entered into a content partnership (later brand licensing from December 17, 2025) agreement with ABS-CBN Corporation to broadcast a selected number of current and previous ABS-CBN programs on All TV that began to carry the Kapamilya Channel broadcast feed on All TV from April 15, 2024 that will be known as Kapamilya Channel sa ALLTV2, ABS-CBN sa ALLTV2, or ABS-CBN | ALLTV2. The channel simulcasted the new version of Goin' Bulilit. On January 2, 2026, Kapamilya Channel extended its airtime on All TV, replacing its sister station block Jeepney TV. The first programs to be aired upon airtime extension are Umaganda, Kapamilya Gold, and post-TV Patrol Primetime Bida timeslot blocks, followed by the rest of Yes Weekend! from January 3 to 4, 2026.[18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Radio stations
Television stations
See also
References
- TV BROADCAST STATIONS (as of December 2024) National Telecommunications Commission, March 31, 2025, retrieved June 23, 2025^
- FM RADIO STATIONS (as of December 2024) National Telecommunications Commission, March 31, 2025, retrieved June 23, 2025^
- Republic Act No. 8061 The Corpus Juris, 15 June 1995^
- Republic Act No. 11253 The Corpus Juris, 25 June 2019, retrieved 25 January 2022^
- Republic Act No. 11253 | GOVPH Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines, retrieved 2022-01-26^
- House Concurrent Resolution No. 21 retrieved 2022-01-25^
- Daniza Fernandez. 4 broadcasting franchise applications get Senate panel's nod Inquirer.net, September 23, 2021, retrieved November 27, 2021^
- Darwin Amojelar. Villar firm bags NTC license, to use ABS-CBN frequencies Manila Standard, January 25, 2022, retrieved January 25, 2022^
- Aika Rey. Manny Villar gets ABS-CBN frequencies Rappler, January 25, 2022, retrieved January 25, 2022^
- Myla Iglesias. AMBS given 6 months to build DTT network Malaya, January 27, 2022, retrieved May 2, 2022^
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- AMBS Channel 2 starts test broadcast for network opening pep.ph, June 27, 2022, retrieved July 13, 2022^
- Bongga ang pasabog sa Oct. 1: AMBS 2 magpapaulan ng biyaya sa Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao Abante News Online, July 16, 2022, retrieved July 17, 2022^
- Neil Ramos. Willie Revillame signs with AMBS Manila Bulletin, July 16, 2022, retrieved July 23, 2022^
- Jojo Gabinete. Ilang programa ng ALLTV, pansamantalang magpapaalam sa ere Philippine Entertainment Portal, February 3, 2023, retrieved February 25, 2023^
- Julie Bonifacio. Ciara Sotto clarifies ALLTV morning show will resume airing soon Philippine Entertainment Portal, March 11, 2023, retrieved October 3, 2023^
- Jojo Gabinete. Willie Revillame reaches agreement to terminate contract with AMBS Philippine Entertainment Portal, April 4, 2023, retrieved October 3, 2023^
- TV Patrol to air on ALLTV beginning April 15 ABS-CBN News, April 13, 2024, retrieved April 14, 2024^
- Nick Garcia. ABS-CBN, Villar's AMBS formally announce partnership to bring Kapamilya shows on ALLTV The Philippine Star, April 23, 2024, retrieved April 23, 2024^
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- "It's Showtime" kids and Baby Giant headline return of "Goin Bulilit" ABS-CBN Entertainment., ABS-CBN Corporation, 28 June 2024, retrieved 16 September 2024^
- AMBS inks licensing agreement with ABS-CBN to air Kapamilya Channel on ALLTV starting January 2 ABS-CBN News, December 17, 2025^
- Bongga ang pasabog sa Oct. 1: AMBS 2 magpapaulan ng biyaya sa Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao Abante News Online, July 16, 2022, retrieved July 17, 2022^
- HiRadSpek23. Analog Free TV Channels in Tacloban City (As of March 12, 2026) 2026-03-11, retrieved 2026-03-13^