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[[File:Ubc.jpg|thumb|right|The outside of the UBC building {{G80|Spaceball}}.]]
'''United Broadcasting Company''' ('''UBC''') is a United States television network on [[Earth (1980)|Earth]] based in [[w:California|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 (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] {{G80|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]] ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]) and [[Hal Fredricks]] {{G80|Spaceball}}, in addition to van driver and sound operator named [[Al]]. Also manning Brooks' office is a secretary named [[Anne]] {{G80|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}. 

== Novelization depiction  ==

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In the ''[[Galactica Discovers Earth (Book)|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<ref>{{cite_book|last=Resnick|first=Michael|authorlink=Michael Resnick|authorlinkurl=|year=1981|title=[[Battlestar Galactica 5: Galactica Discovers Earth]]|publisher=Berkley Books|location=|id=|pages=50-52}}</ref>; however, after Anderson believes her to be sympathetic to the terrorists, she quits<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 158-160</ref> and joins Troy and Dillon in their adventures<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 168</ref>.☀Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I
[[File:G80 - GDE2 - UBS Truck.jpg|thumb|Mr. [[Brooks]] outside of a United Broadcasting Station van, hoping to capture [[Donald Mortinson]] on film  {{G80|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II}}. 


Note the "UBS" logo that is later changed to "UBC" in the series run. ]]

== Notes ==

* In a version of [[bsp:Galactica Discovers Earth|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]]''<nowiki/>'s run.

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