Patagonian Broadcasting Company

   

PBC

Type	State-owned enterprise Public broadcasting Broadcast Radio Television Online
Branding	Nation's Network
Country	Patagonia
First air date	10 February 1931 (radio) 19 November 1949 (television)
Founded	February 10, 1931
Revenue	£99.384 million
Headquarters	PBC Broadcasting House Magallanes City, PCT, Patagonia
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Owner	Government of Patagonia
Key people	Abegail Morales (President and CEO) Juancho Mills (Director-General)
Launch date	10 February 1931 (radio) 19 November 1949 (television)
Former names	Patagonian Radio Company (1931-1949) Patagonia Radio Television (1949-1961)
Picture format	1080i (HDTV 16:9) (480i/576i letterboxed for SDTVs 16:9)
Free channels	List of Channels PBC1 PBC2 PBC 3 PBC 4 PBC News PBC Legislation
Cable channels	List of Channels PBC Classics PBC Earth PBC Entertainment TV PBC Food and Life PBC Kids PBC Knowledge PBC Men PBC Movies PBC Sports PBC Sound PBC Women
Radio channels	List of Channels PBC Radio 1 PBC Radio 2 PBC Radio 3 PBC Radio 4 PBC Radio 5 PBC Radio News PBC Radio Sports
International channels	List of Channels PBC Africa PBC Asia PBC Anglo-America PBC Argentina PBC Brazil PBC Chile PBC Europe PBC Hong Kong PBC Latin America PBC Middle East PBC Pacific PBC Sierra PBC South Africa PBC Superior PBC UK
Callsign meaning	Patagonian Broadcasting Company

The Patagonian Broadcasting Company (PBC) is the national broadcaster of Patagonia and the largest, most-widespread broadcasting organization in the country, with 1,278 employees maintaining a presence in all 7 federal states and several major international locations. It is one of the Big Seven major television networks in Patagonian media (the others being UIB, MTN, SANC, ABS, GMA, and RSTV). The network is headquartered in PBC Broadcasting House in Magallanes.

It was founded in 1931 under a Parliamentary Charter of Mendez government as the Patagonian Radio Company. During the Great War I, the PRC is only focused on news updates involving the war. In 1940's, PRC became the pioneer of the famous radio dramas at that time such as A New Day Has Come and Through the Dark. The company itself expanded into television broadcast in 1949 and the Patagonian Radio Company renamed into Patagonia Radio Television. At that time, they began to broadcast news and dramas on television. The PRTV2 established in 1958 and it became a secondary television channel that owned by the PRTV aside of its main television channel, PRTV1. During Great War II, the PRTV shut down its broadcasting operations by the government to prevent the casualties of individuals in the war and most of the people are only used radio and newspaper as a source of information. In 1966, Patagonia Radio Television renamed ito Patagonian Broadcasting Company as a part of the company's expansion. The pioneer news program, PBC Action News began its broadcasts at the same year and it became the oldest news program in Patagonian history. In 1981, PBC News Channel was established and it became the first cable channel of the company. In 1984, PBC began to expand internationally and the first international channels of the company was established in Sierra, Brazil, and Argentina. To date, PBC has 6 free television channels, 11 local cable television channels, 7 radio channels, and 15 international channels.

Structure

The PBC is defined specifically as a state-public company, which, in Patagonia, refers to the formal structure of a state-owned enterprise. The PBC has been in continuous existence since its conception as the PRC in 1939 through a Parliamentary charter. In addition, two more Parliamentary charters reorganized the official governance and structure of the PRC, with the first in 1949 when the PRC renamed into PNTV as the company ventured into television broadcasting, and the second in 1980 overhauling the company into the modern structure which is maintained today. The operations of the company are managed from the Trustee Board, whose members are appointed by the Parliament based on their merits in the media industries. The Trustee Board, in turn, then determines the Company Director, who is the effective leader of the PBC and manages its operational divisions through the Executive Board.

Services

Television

PBC Television is the largest, most comprehensive division of the PBC, in that it most prominently utilises the News and Entertainment divisions of the PBC in order to air their content. Technically speaking, PMBC Television only comprises of the actual airing and broadcasting of PBC News and Entertainment content, although it is this management position which makes it the most important aspect of the modern PBC. The PBC airs several channels domestically in Patagonia, of which PBC1 and PBC2 are the flagship channels. Alongside these flagship channels, there are other other free television channels including PBC3, culture and documentary channel PBC4, free news channel PBC News, and legislative channel PBC Legislation. The pay television channels are PBC Classics, PBC Earth, PBC Entertainment TV, PBC Food and Life, PBC Kids, PBC Knowledge, PBC Men, PBC Movies, PBC Sports, PBC Sound, and PBC Women. PBC have international channels in Africa, Anglo-America, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Pacific Islands but some countries have their own version of PBC including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Hong Kong, Sierra, South Africa, Superior, and United Kingdom. All free channels broadcasted by the PBC are digital. Analogue television was phased out in 2011, and since then, satellite-based digital television has been the sole means of publicly-funded television transmission in the country. PBC channels are domestically broadcasted through direct-broadcast satellite via the state-owned Patagonian Satellite Broadcasting, or, PSB.

Specifically, PBC1 provides general programming like in other countries, including news bulletin, child-friendly programs, afternoon and primetime drama, and some sports events. PBC2 provides educational and infotainment programs, classical dramas, international soap operas, talent shows, documentaries, and special events such as Olympics and beauty pageants. PBC3 focuses more on entertainment programs especially drama and comedy programs. PBC4 provides programs in arts, culture, and history, documentaries, and current affairs. PBC Classics provides airing of former programs of PBC, PBC Earth focuses on airing on environment and its issues, PBC Entertainment TV have the same format with PBC2 but it doesn't air documentaries and international soap operas, FBC Food and Life provides programs on food, travel, and lifestyle. PBC Kids focuses of TV programs for kids age 12 and below. PBC Knowledge provides educational and cultural programs. PBC Men and PBC Women provides general programming for their genders. PBC Movies provides airing on local and international films. PBC Sports provides general programming in all kinds of sports. PBC Sound provides airing on music videos by local and international singers and it also airs exclusive interviews and live concerts of famous singers.

Radio

PBC Radio is the oldest division of the PBC, it is regularly considered the cultural epicentre of the PBC, and its services are domestically recognised as a national treasure of Patagonia. PBC Radio offers seven nationally broadcasted channels to the entirety of the country, five of its channels are provided through FM broadcasting. The PBC Radio News and PBC Radio Sports are available terrestrially on AM frequencies. The four flagship channels of PBC Radio are PBC Radio 1, PBC Radio 2, PBC Radio 3, and PBC Radio News, all of which typically make up more than 65% of the monthly national audience share. The three additional nation channels are PBC Radio 4, PBC Radio 5, and PBC Radio Sports. There are 20 additional channels provided by PBC Radio, though each is bound to a specific geographic region, with 14 of those corresponding to boroughs or groups of boroughs, and 6 of those corresponding to the six largest cities in the country, Chenque, Monttport, Osorno, Valdivia, Saint Hildefons, and Ushuaia.

Radio 1 focuses on popular music and is known domestically for its top ten chart show held every day and updated monthly. Radio 2 airs adult contemporary music alongside periodic radio talk shows held at specific times in the day, primarily during peak hours. Radio 3 programmes classical music and live orchestral performances, with the majority of its content created by the PBC Orchestra. Radio 4 broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. Radio 5 broadcasts live discussion, interviews, and phone-ins. Radio News is the 24-hour news service of PBC Radio, broadcasting both comprehensively inclusive segments and speciality reports. Radio Sport broadcasts live coverage of sporting events across the country and internationally and talk shows which cover sports topics when no live, syndicate games are taking place.