The Philippines got a total of 14 nominations at the 2013 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards. ABS-CBN has eight entries, GMA-7 has three, TV5 has one, while UNITEL has two entries in the 56th edition of this annual event.
The Filipino Netizens have spoken! Showbiznest.com, LionhearTV.net and Starmometer.com have faciliated a series of polls since November 2012 that will determine the unified choice of "online pinoys" in movies, music, radio and television for 2012. Check out the complete list of winners!
This weekend, TV5’s premiere talent show Talentadong Pinoy joins forces with the world’s biggest reality dancing competition for "Dancing Nation: A Talentadong Pinoy Special Edition." Seven towns across the Philippines will showcase their talent and bayanihan spirit as they compete for a chance to win Php 1 million for a specific cause.
Dawn Zulueta will complete the cast of the much-awaited Kapamilya primetime drama series "Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin" after Maricel Soriano was booted out of the show. This announcement was made by ABS-CBN and Dreamscape Entertainment Television on Monday (January 28).
Check out the Netizens' Choice for Favorite Educational/Lifestyle Program, Favorite Reality Talent Program, Favorite Talk Show, Favorite Variety/Game Show and Favorite TV Host...
The complete results of the 1st Netizens' Choice Awards for Radio have been released by Starmometer, Showbiznest and LionhearTV. Checkout the winners for Favorite AM Radio Station, Favorite FM Radio Station, Favorite Radio Program and Favorite DJ.
ABS-CBN president and CEO Charo Santos-Concio led Kapamilya stars in the recent and first "Anak TV Family Fun Walk" at the UP Diliman grounds as a show of support to Anak TV Foundation’s goal of creating a child-friendly environment for kids.
Two Cinema One Originals films “Mater Dolorosa” (2012) and “Big Boy” (2011) make their international premiere at the 42nd edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) at Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Philippines' veteran actors Nora Aunor and Eddie Garcia are nominated for top honors in this year's 7th Asian Film Awards which is happening in Hong Kong on March 18, 2013.
The full trailer for "Apoy sa Dagat," the upcoming ABS-CBN teleserye topbilled by Piolo Pascual and Angelica Panganiban, has been released. Check it out!
The full trailer of ABS-CBN's upcoming rom-com teleserye "Kahit Konting Pagtingin" starring Paulo Avelino, Sam Milby and Angeline Quinto has been released.
Pilipinas Global Network Limited (PGN Limited), the international business arm of TV5, recently announced the line-up of popular TV5 dramas sold to several countries across the globe. PGN Limited has only started overseas program distribution in mid-2011 and has since distributed TV5’s top series in key territories in Asia and Africa.
After her controversial and top-rating "Maalaala Mo Kaya" 'Manika' episode last 2012 that tackled about a young girl raped in front of her mother, Kapamilya teen star Jane Oineza returns to "MMK" this Saturday (January 12) to once again touch the hearts and empower TV viewers through her role as April, a teenager who was born with cerebral palsy.
This January, ABS-CBN will launch its newest romantic-comedy series titled “Kahit Konting Pagtingin,” which stars Queen of Teleserye Theme Songs Angeline Quinto together with her two dashing leading men Breakthrough Actor of 2012 Paulo Avelino and Romantic-Comedy Heartthrob Sam Milby.
When it comes to Philippine drama series that cross borders, ABS-CBN Corporation has proven that it is the premier provider in Asia. Out of the 30,000 hours of various content it has sold worldwide since 2000, ABS-CBN International Distribution has sold approximately 40% of these to eleven Asian countries, enabling non-Filipino, Asian viewers to enjoy top-calibre Filipino programs on their own television screens.
ABS-CBN Corporation, the country’s largest and leading multimedia conglomerate, capped off 2012 with a bang by dominating nationwide TV viewing across urban and rural homes from June to December with an average national audience share of 42% versus GMA’s 31%, based on data from Kantar Media.
Broadcast giant GMA Network, Inc. (GMA) ended 2012 on a positive note, leading other local free-to-air channels in full year nationwide TV ratings for the second consecutive year, according to data from the industry’s leading ratings service provider, Nielsen TV Audience Measurement.
Bloomberg has released their annual list of the 100 Richest People in the World.
Still no. 1 on the list is Spain's Carlon Slim Helu with a net worth of P57.5 billion.
Below is the world’s top 40 richest people as provided by the Bloomberg Billionaire Index.
1. Carlos Slim Helú 2. Bill Gates 3. Amancio Ortega 4. Warren Buffett 5. Ingvar Kamprad 6. Charles Koch 7. David Koch 8. Larry Ellison 9. Bernard Arnault 10. Li Ka-Shing 11. Christy Walton 12. Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud 13. Jim Walton 14. Liliane Bettencourt 15. Rob Walton 16. Alice Walton 17. Mukesh Ambani 18. Stefan Persson 19. Sheldon Adelson 20. Jeff Bezos 21. Lee Shau Kee 22. Karl Albrecht 23. David Thomson 24. Michele Ferrero 25. Cheng Yu Tung 26. Larry Page 27. George Soros 28. Rinat Akhmetov 29. Sergey Brin 30. Dieter Schwarz 31. Iris Fontbona 32. Jacqueline Mars 33. John Mars 34. Forrest Mars Jr. 35. Alberto Bailleres 36. Alisher Usmanov 37. Lakshmi Mittal 38. Jorge Lemann 39. Robert Kuok 40. Gina Rinehart
Just before the year ended, another Pinoy emerged victorious in an international beauty pageant. Rizzini Alexis Gomez was crowned the 2012 Miss Tourism International held at the Sunway Resort in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
ABS-CBN via its upcoming Primetime Bida drama series titled “May Isang Pangarap” will soon launch its newest child wonders--eight-year-olds Larah Claire Sabroso of Davao City and Julia Klarisse Base of Manila, who are set to touch TV viewers’ hearts through their inspiring journey to stardom.
Do you think you can knock over a pyramid of beverage cans using rubber bands or pull all tissues out of a box one by one, using only one hand – all under 60 seconds? Complete tasks like these using everyday household items in less than one minute and you can win P1 million in ABS-CBN’s newest game show “Minute to Win It.”
Angeline Quinto will be torn between two heartthrobs—Paulo Avelino and Sam Milby—in the upcoming romantic-comedy series of ABS-CBN titled "Kahit Konting Pagtingin," which is set to premiere on January 2013.