Christian Era Broadcasting Service International


Christian Era Broadcasting Service International, Inc. is a Philippine television and radio network, serving as the religious broadcast arm of locally-based church Iglesia ni Cristo. The company is headquartered along Barangay New Era, Diliman, Quezon City.
CEBSI owns television channel INCTV and radio station INC Radio DZEM 954. It is a de facto sister company to commercial broadcaster Eagle Broadcasting Corporation, whose key people are affiliated with the INC.

History

CEBSI was formed by the Iglesia Ni Cristo in 1969 as its media arm and launched the Church's own radio station, DZEM, that same year. It is the Church's official media outfit, with its primary mission being evangelization via radio, television, and the current trends of the Internet and social media.
CEBSI is also the producer of the Iglesia ni Cristo's television programming, which began in 1983, and with the success of its first-ever television movie in 2017, spun off a film production house, CEBSI Films, in 2018.

Digital Television

With its partnership with the Japanese government through the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Digital Broadcasting Experts Group and the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses in Japan.
It has developed a strong partnership with NET 25, the television station of Eagle Broadcasting Corporation in the digital transmission of the network's HD content.

Franchise renewal

On December 7, 2015, House Bill No. 5226 was approved by the House of Representatives and by the Senate of the Philippines to extend CEBSI's legislative franchise. On May 3, 2016, President Benigno Aquino III signed Republic Act No. 10772 which renewed CEBSI's license for another 25 years. The law grants CEBSI a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain for religious, noncommercial and nonprofit purposes and in the public interest, radio and/or television broadcasting stations, including digital television system, with the corresponding facilities such as relay stations, throughout the Philippines.