United Broadcasting Company

The outside of the UBC building ^{(1980: "Spaceball")}.

United Broadcasting Company (UBC) is a United States television network on Earth based in California. Its main building is located in Century City, California.

Jamie Hamilton manages to obtain employment with the network as the on-camera news reporter for Instant News, despite her new adventures with the mysterious Troy and Dillon ^{(1980: "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I", "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II")}.

Mr. Brooks is the studio manager. Also employed with UBC is are cameraman named Dave ^{(1980: "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II")} and Hal Fredricks ^{(1980: "Spaceball")}, in addition to van driver and sound operator named Al. Also manning Brooks' office is a secretary named Anne ^{(1980: "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I")}.

Novelization depiction

In the Galactica Discovers Earth novelization, the company is called the United Broadcasting Corporation, and Dana Anderson is its West Coast News Director. Jamie Hamilton initially gets a job at UBC given her connection to Alfred Mortinson and the two "terrorists", having been offered a 3 year contract upon her success of getting an interview with Mortinson; however, after Anderson believes her to be sympathetic to the terrorists, she quits and joins Troy and Dillon in their adventures.☀Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I

Mr. Brooks outside of a United Broadcasting Station van, hoping to capture Donald Mortinson on film ^{(1980: "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II")}. Note the "UBS" logo that is later changed to "UBC" in the series run.

Notes

• In a version of script for "Galactica Discovers Earth", this company is referred to as the Trans-World Broadcasting Company.
• A camera van features Universal Broadcasting Station signage using a "UBS" variant of the "UBC" logo later featured in Galactica 1980's run.