Herendoland Broadcasting Corporation

The Herendoland Broadcasting Corporation (HBC) is one of two public broadcasting companies in Herendoland, the other being Rádio e Televisão de Herendoland (RTH). The Government of Herendoland contributes 75% of the funding and ownership into HBC. HBC operates three channels, HBC, HBC Two and HBC Now, as well as two radio stations, HBC Radio One and HBC Radio Two, and the on-demand service HBC Watch.

HBC was founded in 1940 and began radio broadcasts that same year, before launching television broadcasts concurrently with RTH in 1958. HBC moved to its current headquarters in Carrazede in 2016.

History
Soon after Rádiodifusão Herendoland’s success, the Herendish government began to consider public broadcasting in the English language in order to cater to the Elizabeth Region, which had a higher majority of English-speaking residents than the other two regions at the time.

On June 1, 1940, HBC launched radio broadcasts initially in the Elizabeth Region, and remained as such for under a decade. However, immigration to Herendoland, especially with English speakers, began to skyrocket, resulting in new HBC radio stations launching in Cercadas and Turiz in 1946 and 1947 respectively.

HBC was one of the first two television networks to be launched nationwide in Herendoland on August 16, 1958, alongside its sister network RTH. In January 1959, HBC moved its headquarters from Meidelo in the Elizabeth Region to the Herendish capital of Cercadas.

On April 1, 1975, test colour broadcasts began on HBC and RTH, initially only limited to news programs and sports telecasts. In 1976, both networks began full colour transmission. On October 22, 1979, HBC launched its second television channel HBC 2, and adopted its well-known arc logo which was in use in different forms until 2011.

On September 2, 1994, HBC 1 and HBC 2 began 24-hour television broadcasts. In 2003, HBC announced plans to launch a third channel dedicated to news bulletins and current affairs programs, which launched as HBC 24 on October 3, 2005.

In April 2011, HBC launched a new branding and ident package, with the name of the HBC channels (HBC 1, HBC 2 and HBC 24) simplified to HBC, HBC Two and HBC Now. In 2016, HBC opened its new headquarters at the Carrazede World development, known as HBC Campus Carrazede. That same year, HBC Watch was launched.

Television
HBC operates three television channels in Herendoland, all of which broadcast in English, the lingua franca of the country.


 * HBC: The flagship television service of HBC, launched in 1958 as HBC Television. The network’s output mainly consists of documentaries, news, sport and some current affairs programs.
 * HBC Two: The secondary and more light television service, launched on October 22, 1979 as HBC 2. HBC Two mainly broadcasts comedy, drama and imported programs, as well as the HBC Kids block for children’s programming. It is known for the longest-running soap opera in Herendoland, North Beach.
 * HBC Now: The news television channel of HBC, launched on October 3, 2005 as HBC 24. It broadcasts news bulletins and most HBC-produced current affairs programs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.