Eminral Broadcasting Corporation (abbreviated as: EBC) Is the national public broadcasting organization within the Federation of Eminral Republic. As of 2013, EBC is the biggest media corporation within the Federation of Eminral Republic, operating 2 main television channel (EBC General TV and EBC News Network), 3 radio stations (EBC Balita, EBC Radio 1 and EBC Radio FM), and other regional public stations. According to Nielsen Eminral, EBC have one of the largest audience shares, competing with another media channels. On May 21, 2013, EBC announced that it will sell 3 newspaper companies in order to pave way for the improvement of the network, supported by the government. EBC is operated through annual television licence fee, advertising and government funding.
The history of EBC predates back to the administration of Premier Walter, the last administration of the Communist era. Under this period, workers' wages are low and food not only became expensive but also scarce. The Nationalists, the main opposition force of the communist government, established the Nationalist Broadcasting, under the command of Dr. George Villalobos. The main goal is to broadcast anti-communist views and expose the corruption of the government. The activities of the Nationalist Broadcasting have been brought to knowledge by the secret police, forcing them to broadcast underground.
At the peak of the Green Revolution, during the Workers' Strike Day, the Nationalist Broadcasting encouraged the people who are listening to their station to join the protest and disobey the government. After the revolution, the Nationalist Broadcasting have been temporarily shut down by President Manuel Torres, after the declaration of martial law. The move have been opposed by several key members of the ruling coalition, the Nationalist-Workers Democratic Front. Due to political and public pressure, the Nationalist Broadcasting resumed its operations 3 months later. However, the Nationalist Broadcasting have been renamed to the Nationalist Eminral Republic Television (NERTV). It received funding from the government and the authorization to use the media facilities of the former PTV, the public broadcaster during the communist era. During the administration of President Stephen Blair, the NERTV was renamed to EBC. Furthermore, it received another E$ 1 billion from the government in order to improve its facilities and its service.
It became the largest network in Eminral by 2011, with 11 television stations, 12 radio stations and 4 newspaper companies. The Chairman of the EBC Board, Dr. Banaue Villegas, decided to sell 6 television networks, 9 radio stations and 1 newspaper companies in order to cut the deficit of the corporation. Even if large parts of its assets have been sold, it still remains one of the biggest media corporations in the Federation. After the East Asian War, Eminral have accessed all media facilities of public broadcasters of most of East Asian countries. EBC announced that by the end of September 2013, all media facilities will finish the repair and new stations will be launched in order to continue broadcasting in East Asia.