Genovian Broadcasting Corporation

The **Genovia Broadcasting Corporation (GBC)** is a Genovian media and entertainment group based at the GBC Broadcasting Center in Pear Avenue, Renaldi District, City of Pyrus, Greater Metropolitan Pyrus Area, Kingdom of Genovia. It is the Genovia's largest and biggest entertainment and media conglomerate in terms of revenue, operating income, net income, assets, equity, market capitalization, and number of employees.

The GBS was founded in January 05, 1945 by Genovian electronics engineer Stephen Moreau as Genovia Television (GTV) or GenoVision under the **Genovian Broadcast Service (GBS)** turns the nearing aftermath of the Second World War and the Instrument of Surrender of the Nazi Germany by the Allied Forces. GBS was purchased the company and later launched the first TV station in the mainland sovereign principality country and one autonomous island, GZGT-TV 02 on February 06, 1945. The company that would later be merged with GBS to form GBC was founded in March 14, 1975 are became known as renamed Genovia Broadcasting Corporation, Inc, (GBC). The common shares of the GBC were first traded on the Genovian Stock Exchange (GSE) in 1980 under the ticker symbol of Genovia Broadcasting Corporation, Inc.

The group owns and operates the **Genovia Television (GTV)** and **Family Television (FTV)** national television networks as well as the **Genovia Radio** included The Voice of Genovia and The Great Music regional radio networks. The GTV television network - in particular, is the largest contributor to the group's revenue, generating about 60 to 80 percent of the group's total annual revenue mainly from selling airtime to advertisers. The remaining revenue is generated from consumer sales, mainly from GBC International., which distributes international television channels such as Genovia Global Channel under GTV or GenoVision and Family Global Channel under FTV and also from pay TV and broadband internet provider the Sovereign Cable Company.

Other companies which operate under the GBC group are motion picture company Gran Genovia Pictures, music recording label Gran Genovia Music, publishing firm GBC Publishing Group such as Genovian Legion Today on broadsheets and The World Legacy and The Genovian United on tabloids, pay TV content provider and distributor [[GBC Creative Products and GBC Digital Media, and talent agency GBC All Star Talents. Among the pay TV networks and channels under the GBC groups are GTV Studio One, GTV News Channel, The Royal Family of Genovia Channel, GTV Government Channel, GTV Regional Channel, Royal Genovian Armed Forces Channel, The Entertainment and Lifestyle Channel, GTV Sports Channel, GTV Cinema Channel, GTV Educational Channel, Genovian Radio TV, GTV-HD, FTV-HD, GTV Classic Channel and GTV Music Channel. In recent years, GBC has ventured and diversified in other businesses such as over-the-top platform WinnerTV and Sovereign All Access, digital terrestrial television service GTV Grand Box and FTV Family Box, family entertainment center GBC Theme Park, and home shopping network The IDEA Shopping, GBC is also the principal owner of the GBC Grand Philharmonic Orchestra.

## History

### **Beginnings**

Until the near end of the Second World War was forced on the Liberation of France on 1944 and Surrender of Nazi Germany on 1945 by Allied forces, the company was founded on January 05, 1945 as Genovia Television (GTV) was established by Stephen Carrender Moreau, one of the founding fathers of the Genovian television, an French-Genovian electronics engineer who went into radio equipment assembly and radio broadcasting. At that time, the largest media company under the Genovian Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), with GZRG-AM as **The Voice of Genovia** as the leading radio station on August 15, 1920 are followed the First World War ends and the Military Occupation of France, Monaco and Genovia by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. In 1947, Stephen Moreau shifted GBC to radio broadcasting with GZRG and masterminded the introduction of television to the country since 1945 on World War II near ends.