Advanced Media Broadcasting System (AMBS) is a broadcastmedia company in the Philippines. Its main offices and facilities are located at Unit 906A of the Paragon Plaza Building and at the 3rd Floor of Starmalls EDSA Shaw complex, both in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila.
It was founded on 1994 by the Vera family, it is owned by the Villar Group-backed Prime Asset Ventures through Planet Cable.
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.[1] 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 the birth of 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.[2][3] The Vera family and AMBS president Andrew Santiago, however, decided to sell the company to Planet Cable of real estate magnate and businessman-politician Manny Villar after its FM station (K-Lite) was in the red due the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]
On January 5, 2022, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) awarded AMBS a provisional authority to operate for the digital Channel 16 frequency (previously assigned to ABS-CBN Corporation) for an 18-month test broadcast period; and for the analog Channel 2 frequency under a temporary assignment for simulcast purposes until analog shut-off in 2023.[6][7] The construction of AMBS's own digital terrestrial television network in Metro Manila was expected to be completed in July 2022.[8][9]
In June 2022, AMBS Manila began its test broadcast.[10] On September 1, 2022, TV Host Willie Revillame announced that the TV station of AMBS will be named as ALLTV. Initially targeted on October 1, 2022,[11]ALLTV made its soft launch on September 13, 2022, at 12 pm PHT, with plans of expanding it nationwide by the end of the year or even sooner; the grand launch will take place in early 2023. On July 15, 2022, during his contract signing with AMBS, Revillame announced that his variety show Wowowin would return on ALLTV since its final broadcast on GMA Network on February 11, 2022.[12]
Partnership with ABS-CBN
On April 15, 2024, ABS-CBN's flagship news programs TV Patrol and TV Patrol Weekend, along with programs from Jeepney TV, morning talkshow Magandang Buhay and later the noontime show It's Showtime, commenced airing on ALLTV. This marked the return of some ABS-CBN programs on channels 2 and 16 in Manila, frequencies previously held by the said content provider. The partnership between ABS-CBN and AMBS was formalized after the two companies signed content agreements on April 23, 2024, which took effect on May 13, 2024.[13][14]
Stations
Radio
Branding
Callsign
Frequency
Power kW
Location
DZMV 1422
DZMV-AM
1422 kHz
Metro Manila
All Radio
DWOW
103.5 MHz
25 kW
Metro Manila
-
DXKM
106.3 MHz
10 kW
General Santos
Television
Analog
Branding
Callsign
Ch. #
Power kW (ERP)
Station Type
Location (Transmitter Site)
All TV Manila
DZMV-TV
2
30 kW (100 kW ERP)
Originating
Sgt. Esguerra Avenue cor. Mother Ignacia Street, Quezon City, Metro Manila
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