Other than a few wins by the Kapamilya network including Pinoy Big Brother Double Up, PBB Uber, and Katorse, the ratings game is still being dominated by Kapuso shows. Here are the comparative list of TV shows from Ocober 16-19, 2009 based on AGB-Nielsen Mega Manila survey.
October 16, Friday
Daytime:
Unang Hirit (GMA-7) 5.9%; Umagang Kay Ganda (ABS-CBN) 5.4%; Bob The Builder (TV5) 2.1%; Barney & Friends (TV5) 3.5%; Thomas & Friends (TV5) 2.8%; Go Diego Go (TV5) 4.6%; Blue’s Clues (TV5) 6%; Spongebob Squarepants (TV5) 7.3%
Pokemon: Master Quest (GMA-7) 6.6%; Mar Marchen Awakens Romance (ABS-CBN) 3.8%; Catdog (TV5) 4.4%
Jackie Chan Adventures (GMA-7) 5.4%; Bleach (GMA-7) 10.6%; Naruto (ABS-CBN) 4.4%; Danny Phantom (TV5) 2.6%
Hunter X Hunter (GMA-7) 13.5%; The Adventures of Pedro Penduko (ABS-CBN) 4.1%; The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron (TV5) 4.3%
SiS (GMA-7) 7.3%; Ruffa and Ai (ABS-CBN) 3.5%; Makibaoh (TV5) 5.9%; Duel Masters (TV5) 4.7%
Last Romance (GMA-7) 13.9%; Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) 11.5%; Juicy (TV5) 1.4%
Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 24.8%; Daisy Siete: Chacha Muchacha (GMA-7) 19%; Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 16.1%; The Little Nyonya (TV5) 1%; Under One Roof (TV5) 0.5%; Phua Chu Kang (TV5) 0.7%; Play With Me Sesame (TV5) 1%; Elmo’s World (TV5) 1.2%; Global Grover (TV5) 0.8%
Kaya Kong Abutin ang Langit (GMA-7) 18.8%; Nagsimula Sa Puso (ABS-CBN) 11.9%; Maria de Jesus: Anghel Sa Lansangan (ABS-CBN) 8.2%; Postman Pat (TV5) 1.8%; Bob The Builder (TV5) 1.6%
Tinik Sa Dibdib (GMA-7) 18.2%; Banana Split Daily Servings (ABS-CBN) 8.5%; Transformers Armada (TV5) 2.8%
Game About Love (GMA-7) 5.6%; Pinoy Big Brother Double Up Uber (ABS-CBN) 10.6%; The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron (TV5) 4.9%
Hole In The Wall (GMA-7) 11.6%; Ang Lalaking Nagmahal Sa Akin (ABS-CBN) 12.9%; Spongebob Squarepants (TV5) 9.9%; Avatar: The Legend of Aang (TV5) 7%
Primetime:
Ikaw Sana (GMA-7) 20.6%; Katorse (ABS-CBN) 21%; Lovely Detective Labyrinth (TV5) 1.6%
24 Oras (GMA-7) 31.5%; TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) 27%; Ranma 1/2 (TV5) 2.8%; Noein (TV5) 2.5%; Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood (TV5) 3.3%
Darna (GMA-7) 33.3%; May Bukas Pa (ABS-CBN) 24.3%; Lokomoko High (TV5) 6.9%
Stairway To Heaven (GMA-7) 29.2%; Lovers In Paris (ABS-CBN) 25.8%; 5 Max Movies: Closer and Closer (TV5) 2.7%
Rosalinda (GMA-7) 25%; Dahil May Isang Ikaw (ABS-CBN) 25.8%
Survivor Philippines: Palau (GMA-7) 23.3%; Pinoy Big Brother Double Up (ABS-CBN) 25.8%; SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon (ABS-CBN) 11.9%
Bubble Gang (GMA-7) 16.5%; Bandila (ABS-CBN) 8.2%; TEN: The Evening News (TV5) 1%; MOG TV: More On Gaming (TV5) 1.5%
Saksi (GMA-7) 7.2%; SOCO (ABS-CBN) 6.4%; Jojo A. All The Way (TV5) 0.7%
OFW Diaries (GMA-7) 3.7%; Trip Na Trip (ABS-CBN) 2.7%; Pinoy Big Brother Double Up Late (ABS-CBN) 1.1%; Wow Mali! (TV5) 0.6%
October 17, Saturday
Daytime:
Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko (GMA-7) 1.3%; Slazer X (GMA-7) 3.6%; Salamat Dok (ABS-CBN) 4.2%; Mustard TV (TV5) 0.3%
Chess Master (GMA-7) 6.1%; Kabuhayang Swak Na Swak (ABS-CBN) 5.3%; Inside the Fish Bowl (TV5) 0.6%
Black Jack (GMA-7) 12%; Wanted: Perfect Husband (ABS-CBN) 3.2%
Art Angel (GMA-7) 9.6%; Batang Bibbo (GMA-7) 10.2%; Sineskwela (ABS-CBN) 3.1%; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward (ABS-CBN) 5.4%; Wolverine and the X-Men (ABS-CBN) 5.9%; Soul Mix (TV5) 1.1%; Catscratch (TV5) 4.6%
Happy Land (GMA-7) 7.3%; Ka-Blog (GMA-7) 5.9%; Power Rangers Jungle Fury (ABS-CBN) 6.4%; Wonder Mom (ABS-CBN) 4.9%; Chalkzone (TV5) 8%; Spongebob Squarepants (TV5) 12.2%
Maynila (GMA-7) 8.2%; Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) 8.5%; Rocko’s Modern Life (TV5) 7.9%; Legends of the Hidden Temple (TV5) 5.5%
Joey’s Quirky World (GMA-7) 14.6%; Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 25.2%; Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 15.3%; Makibaoh (TV5) 4.7%; Lovely Detective Labyrinth (TV5) 2%; Ranma 1/2 (TV5) 4.8%
Startalk (GMA-7) 10.4%; Wish Ko Lang (GMA-7) 13.8%; Entertainment Live (ABS-CBN) 8.3%; Cinema FPJ: Da King on ABS-CBN (ABS-CBN) 13.8%; ABL: Asean Basketball League (ABS-CBN) 1.9%
Primetime:
Pinoy Records (GMA-7) 21.5%; Halalan 2010: Boto Mo Ipatrol Mo (ABS-CBN) 12.2%; Tiagong Akyat (ABS-CBN) 14.7%; Kiddie Kwela (TV5) 8.3%
Celebrity Duets (GMA-7) 17.7%; The Singing Bee (ABS-CBN) 17.6%; Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (TV5) 15.3%
Bitoy’s ShoWWWtime (GMA-7) 22.3%; 24 Oras Special Edition (GMA-7) 24.9%; Maalaala Mo Kaya (ABS-CBN) 16.7%; Talentadong Pinoy (TV5) 21.7%
Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (GMA-7) 25.5%; Imbestigador (GMA-7) 20.4%; Pinoy Big Brother Double Up (ABS-CBN) 20.8%; Banana Split Daily Servings (ABS-CBN) 14.4%; Midnight DJ (TV5) 15%; 5 Max Movies: The Naked Gun 2 ½ (TV5) 2.4%
Cool Center Hello It’s Me (GMA-7) 9.5%; TV Patrol World Sabado (ABS-CBN) 7.1%; Sports Unlimited (ABS-CBN) 4%; WWE Raw (TV5) 2.7%
GMA Weekend Report (GMA-7) 4.7%; Walang Tulugan With The Master Showman (GMA-7) 2.3%; Pinoy Big Brother Double Up Late (ABS-CBN) 2.2%; Front Act With Mike & Stanley (TV5) 1.8%; Ogags (TV5) 1.9%
October 18, Sunday
Daytime:
Jesus The Healer (GMA-7) 1.8%; The Healing Eucharist (ABS-CBN) 5.6%; Kerygma TV (TV5) 0.3%
In Touch With Dr. Charles Stanley (GMA-7) 1.3%; Team Galaxy (GMA-7) 6.5%; Kabuhayang Swak Na Swak (ABS-CBN) 5.5%; Salamat Dok (ABS-CBN) 3.8%; The Word Exposed With Bishop Chito Tagle (TV5) 0.6%
Ryukendo (GMA-7) 10.8%; Totally Spies! Undercover (ABS-CBN) 3.7%; Sunday Mass On TV (TV5) 2.4%
Black Jack (GMA-7) 10.8%; Pokemon Specials (GMA-7) 6%; Kay Susan Tayo (GMA-7) 6.3%; Wolverine and The X-Men (ABS-CBN) 3.6%; Power Rangers Jungle Fury (ABS-CBN) 4.7%; Hana Kimi Crazy In Love (ABS-CBN) 6.6%; Catscratch (TV5) 3%; Chalkzone (TV5) 5.7%; Spongebob Squarepants TV5) 9%; Rocko’s Modern Life (TV5) 6.7%
GMA Flash Report (GMA-7) 8.8%; Matanglawin (ABS-CBN) 12.4%; Legends of the Hidden Temple (TV5) 3.7%
Joey’s Quirky World (GMA-7) 14.1%; SOP (GMA-7) 15%; ASAP ‘09 (ABS-CBN) 14.8%; Makibaoh (TV5) 3%; Noein (TV5) 2.8%; Fushigi Yugi (TV5) 2.6%
Dear Friend: 3 Bachelors (GMA-7) 9.7%; Your Song: Someone To Love (ABS-CBN) 12.4%
Showbiz Central (GMA-7) 12.6%; The Buzz (ABS-CBN) 11.1%; ABL: Asean Basketball League (ABS-CBN) 2.1%; Front Act With Mike & Stanley (TV5) 2.1%
Primetime:
Kap’s Amazing Stories (GMA-7) 24.9%; Goin’ Bulilit (ABS-CBN) 16%; Wow Mali (TV5) 4.9%
24 Oras Special Edition (GMA-7) 25.6%; Power of 10 (GMA-7) 21.9%; Rated K (ABS-CBN) 16.8%; Sharon (ABS-CBN) 12.9%; Everybody Hapi (TV5) 9.5%
Mel & Joey (GMA-7) 21.3%; All Star K (GMA-7) 15.6%; George and Cecil (ABS-CBN) 12.3%; Pinoy Big Brother Double Up (ABS-CBN) 20.8%; TV Patrol Linggo (ABS-CBN) 15.8%; Shall We Dance: The Celebrity Dance Challenge (TV5) 5.8%; 5 Max Movies: The Karate Kid (TV5) 6.2%
Show Me Da Manny (GMA-7) 11.7%; SNBO: Loving You (GMA-7) 10.6%; GMA Weekend Report (GMA-7) 4.9%; Diyos at Bayan (GMA-7) 2.8%; Sunday’s Best: Isang Lahi Pearls From The Orient Part 2 (ABS-CBN) 5.8%; Urban Zone (ABS-CBN) 2.5%; WWE Smackdown (TV5) 2%; Juicy (TV5) 0.0%; Lokomoko (TV5) 0.1%
October 19, Monday
Daytime:
Unang Hirit (GMA-7) 9.1%; Pokemon: Master Quest (GMA-7) 6.5%; Umagang Kay Ganda (ABS-CBN) 6.3%; Pingu (TV5) 2.2%; Barney & Friends (TV5) 4%; Thomas & Friends (TV5) 3.2%; Dora The Explorer (TV5) 4.7%; Wonder Pets (TV5) 8.2%; Spongebob Squarepants (TV5) 9%
Jackie Chan Adventures (GMA-7) 8.5%; Mar Marchen Awakens Romance (ABS-CBN) 2.6%; Catdog (TV5) 6.5%
Bleach (GMA-7) 9.2%; Naruto (ABS-CBN) 3.1%; Danny Phantom (TV5) 4.2%
Hunter X Hunter (GMA-7) 12.9%; The Adventures of Pedro Penduko (ABS-CBN) 3.3%; The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron (TV5) 3%
SiS (GMA-7) 6.7%; Ruffa and Ai (ABS-CBN) 4%; Makibaoh (TV5) 4.4%; Duel Masters (TV5) 2.3%
Last Romance (GMA-7) 13.3%; Pilipinas, Game KNB? (ABS-CBN) 9.5%; Juicy (TV5) 1.3%
Eat Bulaga! (GMA-7) 24%; Daisy Siete: My Shuper Sweet Lover (GMA-7) 16.3%; Wowowee (ABS-CBN) 14%; The Little Nyonya (TV5) 1.6%; Under One Roof (TV5) 1.9%; Phua Chu Kang (TV5) 1.5%; Play With Me Sesame (TV5) 1.6%; Elmo’s World (TV5) 2.3%; Global Grover (TV5) 2.5%
Kaya Kong Abutin ang Langit (GMA-7) 15.4%; Nagsimula Sa Puso (ABS-CBN) 12.2%; Maria de Jesus: Anghel Sa Lansangan (ABS-CBN) 11%; Postman Pat (TV5) 2.8%; Bob The Builder (TV5) 2%
Tinik Sa Dibdib (GMA-7) 14.7%; Banana Split Daily Servings (ABS-CBN) 8%; Transformers Armada (TV5) 1.9%
Game About Love (GMA-7) 6.9%; Pinoy Big Brother Double Up Uber (ABS-CBN) 10.2%; The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron (TV5) 4.4%; Spongebob Squarepants (TV5) 9.2%
Family Feud (GMA-7) 15.5%; Ang Lalaking Nagmahal Sa Akin (ABS-CBN) 11.4%; Avatar: The Legend of Aang (TV5) 6.2%
Primetime:
Ikaw Sana (GMA-7) 19.9%; Katorse (ABS-CBN) 20.1%; Lovely Detective Labyrinth (TV5) 4.3%
24 Oras (GMA-7) 31.4%; TV Patrol World (ABS-CBN) 27%; Ranma 1/2 (TV5) 4.4%; Hero Tales Destiny Warrior (TV5) 3.4%; Fushigi Yugi (TV5) 4.4%
Darna (GMA-7) 37.5%; May Bukas Pa (ABS-CBN) 27.3%; Lovers In Paris (ABS-CBN) 27%; Kuwentong Talentado (TV5) 4.1%
Stairway To Heaven (GMA-7) 33.4%; Rosalinda (GMA-7) 29.8%; Dahil May Isang Ikaw (ABS-CBN) 25.2%; 5 Max Movies: Jackass The Movie (TV5) 4.3%
Survivor Philippines: Palau (GMA-7) 24.2%; Pinoy Big Brother Double Up (ABS-CBN) 20.9%
Shining Inheritance (GMA-7) 19.4%; Ripley’s Believe It Or Not (GMA-7) 13.9%; SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon (ABS-CBN) 12.6%; TEN: The Evening News (TV5) 0.9%
Saksi (GMA-7) 9%; Bandila (ABS-CBN) 5.6%; Urban Tribe (TV5) 0.1%
I-Witness (GMA-7) 7.9%; XXX (ABS-CBN) 6%; Pinoy Big Brother Double Up Late (ABS-CBN) 1.6%; Jojo A. All The Way (TV5) 0.2%; Everybody Hapi (TV5) 0.7%
naku agb lokohin nyo lelang mo, kahit saang umpukan show ng abs ang pinag-uusapan, kung sabagay 1000 plus lang naman ang panel nyo, e binigyan pa ng grocery ng gma yun no wonder… to see is to believe na lang..
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with agb’s rating, andaming ngpoprotesta…KASI IBA YUNG NAKIKITA NAMING PINAPANOOD NG MGA OFFICEMATES, FRIENDS. abs-cbn 2 programs kasi ang madalas naming marinig pinaguusapan.
AND ANG NAKAPAGTATAKA KASI NUNG NAKARAAN ONDOY AT PEPENG, DUMAGSA ANG DONATIONS SA ABS-CBN 2, AS IN ANG LAKI NG LAMANG SA GMA 7, GANUNG PAREHAS LANG NAMAN SILANG NANAWAGAN FOR HELP….SA MGA GANUNG SITWASYON MAKIKITA MO TALAGA KUNG SINO ANG PINAGKAKATIWALAAN AT TINUTUTUKAN NG SAMBAYANANG FILIPINO.
at ang isa pa ngang nakapagtataka, halos lahat ng commercials sa tv puro kapamilya talents…ANG TV RATINGS AY PARA SA MGA ADVERTISERS, SABI NG SURVEY NA ITO NO.1 ANG GMA 7 PERO ANG MGA ADVERTISERS PURO KAPAMILYA STARS ANG KINUKUHA TO ENDORSE THEIR PRODUCT…
E DI BA ANG KINUKUHANG MGA ENDORSERS EH YUNG MALAKAS HUMATAK NG TAO AT MAS PINAPANOOD NG MGA TAO.
OPINYON LANG….pero talagang parang may mali.
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kafamily Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
CORRECT!
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d maiimpluwenshayan ng ratings ang panunuod q ng ABS-CBN.
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andaming ngpoprotesta sa agb nielsen, di maniwala ang marami..
this is so alarming, nawawalan sila ng credibility…pag nakarating yan sa mga kliyente nila baka mawalan din ng tiwala…ang mga chinese businessmen pa naman at mga pinoy businessmen eh, they have 1 thing in common….nakikinig sila sa mga sinasabi ng mga tao…
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Me and my friends, officemates and neighbors find SOP SO BORING!!!
kaya imposible namang lumamang pa ito sa ASAP…eh walang kabuhay buhay yung show…unlike ASAP ANDUN ANG MGA PINOY INTL STARS…LIKE ARNEL PINEDA…at buhay ang mga production nos.
at ung showtime, lalamang sa TALENTADONG PINOY? HELO NAMAN DUN…
AT YANG 24 ORAS, DATI RATI WALANG SABADOT LINGGO NYAN, NGAYON MERON NA, EH DI IBIG SABIHIN NGA EH NUNG MGA NAKARAANG BUWAN EH MALAKAS TALAGA ANG TV PATROL, KASI GINAYA NILA EH….dun pa lang kita na…
tama sabi nung sa itaas, pag nakita yan ng mga kliyente ng agb baka mapaisip din…opinyon lang po….
kung kami ngang mga simpleng tao eh naiisip namin, mga businessman pa kaya……
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star_magico Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 12:22 am
SOP – Peryang barriotic sa tanghali!!!!
ASAP – all – star! award-winning! world-class talents!
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Nick Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 1:46 am
SOP: si Regine lang ang nakakapagmajor cnocert na dinudumog ng tao..Si trying hard na Jonalyn Viraray: maglilinis ng Araneta after Sarah’s Major concert this November..!
ASAP: lahat nakakapagmajor concert at dinudumog ng mga tao maski sa abroad!
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kafamily Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHA natawa ako ke jonalyn viray
sarah "joan" geronimo Reply:
November 21st, 2009 at 2:20 pm
,tama k nga jn,jejeje,joke bsta s aqen sarah geronimo ang no. 1, im looking forward for ur concert here at lagao gym, gensan!
i luv sarah!
im ur no.1 fan!
more power s u and s ASAP!
sna m2loy ang pgbbidahan mong boys over flowers phil. edition!
at si coco kabago-bago palang ng NAGSIMULA SA PUSO, MAY BAGONG COMMERCIAL AGAD….EH DI IBIG SABIHIN LANG PINAPANOOD TALAGA NG MGA TAO YUNG SOAP OPERA NYA….
dun mo makikita kung sino nagsasabi ng totoo…at alam ng mga advertisers yan…kung mali ang survey o tama….
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Nick Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 1:03 am
Oo nga, yung Aljur at Kris nila eh ginawan na ng flop movie at flop na dramang panghapon eh wala pa ring tv ad. Di na kasi naniniwala ang mga advertisers sa AGB na yan!
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susie madrigal Reply:
November 9th, 2009 at 9:07 am
bakit? flop din naman ang falling in love in kim and gerald ah. nagpatangos pa ng ilong si kim chui. fake ang ilong. si dr. jay recasata of faces and curves sa may greenhills ang gumawa. retokada! check her old pics to see.
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BASTA MEH, NANINIWALAH MEH, NAH MAS PINAPANOOD ANG KAPAMILYA NETWORK MAGING DITO SA MEGAMANILA….UN LANG PO..
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DAMI PROTESTA AH! : > pero kami din ng mga kapitbahay ko, sa dos nakatutok. At uu nga napansin ko din, halos lahat ng commercials kapamilya.hmmmm? e tama sila, di ba ang ratings nga e para sa advertisers?kung mataas ang gma, bakit abs-cbn2 talents ang kinukuha?
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BAKIT MAY ANG LALAKING NAGMAHAL SA AKIN PARIN? DIBA TAPOS NA YUN NG FRIDAY PA?
Family Feud (GMA-7) 15.5%; Ang Lalaking Nagmahal Sa Akin (ABS-CBN) 11.4%; Avatar: The Legend of Aang (TV5) 6.2%
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ganda ng pbb…sobra…
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pag talo…talo!! hehehehe
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immoral ang PBB. wala taung matutunan jan kundi ang kalandian, kalaswaan, kababuyan, pakikiapid, kasinungalingan, plastikan..
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Nick Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 1:08 am
Nyekk, I once tuned to Survivor Palau. Soooooo bad! Imagine, puro iringan at awayan yung pinapakita nila! CRAB MENTALITY YUNG PINAIIRAL NUNG MGA CONTENDERS AT HINDI MAGANDANG HALIMBAWA YUN!!! And if we’re to talk about kalaswaan, alin ang masmalaswa? yung mga nakasaplot or yung mga hubo’t hubad 24/7?
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al carl Reply:
October 28th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
natural lng nmn un n mgkroon cla ng pgkacrab-mentality, normal nman un s tao dba? lht nman cguro ng tao my ugaling crab mentality. natural nman n nka underwear ung mga survivor, bkt s ibng survivor dn nman dba? sAN K NKAKITA NG SURVIVOR SHOW N NKA-TSHIRT AT MAONG ANG CASTAWAY!
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agree ako lester..
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Nick Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 1:19 am
nag-agree ka pa, alam mo bang sinasabi mo? Kilabutan kayong dalawa!
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hi, go…. kapamilya….
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hoy alam niyo…………. wala nang naniniwala jan sa ratings ratings na ýan……. ‘tang ina…… KAPAMILYA LANG TALAGA ANG SINUSUBAYBAYAN NG BAYAN……. D2 SA SAMAR, WALANG NANONOOD NG GMA7….. kasi mga chaka ang palabas…………….dikalidad kasi ang mga programa saa ABS-CBN…….
pansin neo, kapag may pelikula ang GMA7, di nagkiclick unlike ABS……………… HEHEHEHEHEHEHEH,
ANG TANONG KOH, SINO BA NAMANG ISTASYON ANG MAGSASABI NA TALUNAN SILA…….. GUMISING NGA KAYO MGA KANGUSO….. ULOL…..
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Nick Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 1:24 am
Malaking CHECK! Also when I went to Cebu, dedma samga Cebuanos ang other network na yan…
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MERON PA DITONG PA ULOL ULOL, TALAGANG ANG MGA SOUR LOSERS, BASAG ULO NA LANG ANG HANAP. EH SAAN NAMAN KAYA PUPULUTIN ANG MGA TAGA EBS (AS IN PLURAL FORM NG EBAK)? EH NASA GMA KAPUSO ANG KAMPEON SA BOXING – SI MANNY PACQUIAO LANG NAMAN. MA RATINGS AT MA BASAG ULO TALUNAN KAYO! MAGPAKAMATAY NA LANG KAYO. GO KAPUSO!
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star_magico Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 12:36 am
si pacquiao pang-sports! hindi pang-acting! kaya pala walang quality… yung walang talent, pilit na pina-aarte!!! hahahaha!
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Nick Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 1:27 am
FOR YOUR INFORMATION, First choice ni Manny ang ABS kasi alam nyang yung ang pinapanood ng mga kababayan nya sa Gen.San. Pero Manny Paquiao left ABS kasi di nya matake yung pang-iispoof sa kanya ng mga Kapamilya Shows esp yung pag-iengles nya! KAWAWANG NILALANG!!!
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HOY! GUMISING KA ANG WARAY UPAY – MGA PALABAS SA EBS, TALAGA KAU MGA TAGA EBS – MGA AUTISTIC! MAY SARILI KAYONG MUNDO NA KAYO ANG NUMBER 1, BWAHAHAHA! FACE THE REALITY, IT IS IN GMA KAPUSO WHERE ADVERTISERS PLACE MOST OF THEIR ADS. KITA YAN SA KITA. AND TO QOUTE UNG TULA NI TITA MIDZ, ” WAG MAKIPAGTALO SA BOBO DAHIL BAKA MAPAGKAMALANG BOBO” – SORRY, MATATALINO KASE MGA MEGA MANILANS COSMOPOLITAN AND URBANE. KAYO MGA KAPAMPAM, RUSTIC!
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star_magico Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 12:26 am
hindi rin! mas maraming iskwater at jologs sa metro manila!!!! isa ka na dun!!! bwahahahaha!
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JUDE Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 1:30 am
PAGHINAYHINAY KA SA IM PAGPOPOST KAY DIRE KA MAARAM KUN SIN-O NA IM GIPAPANTAMAAN! BASTA SAYO LA AN SIGURADO, GINTAMAY MO AN MGA WARAY, TIKANG YANA KULBAAN KA KAY DIRE KA NASABOT KUN SIN-O IM TUPAD!
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KAYA KASE PATOK ANG MGA PALABAS SA EBS SA MGA BUKID – PURO KALASWAAN, PAMPAINIT NG MGA TAGA BUKID, HAIZT! MAY MARKET PALA PARA SA XRATED DVDS- DUN SA MGA LIBLIB
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AT AYUN NGA! BANNED PA FILMS NILA SA SM, TAMA LANG NA DUN SILA SA MGA DUGYUT NA DOUBLE PIC CINEMAS SA RECTO MAGPALABAS! BWAHAHAHA!
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star_magico Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 12:27 am
kelan na-banned ang movies ng star cinema sa sm? yung kay bea at sam ba? mag-research ka nga muna bago ka magdadadakdak jan!!!!!
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AT KAPUSONG LESTER, MAY I ADD, ANG PIKON TALO! O BAKA NAMAN DI PA OBVIOUS SA INYO KUNG SINO ANG PIKON.
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PANALO TAYO MGA KAPUSO! END OF THE STORY
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kylie Reply:
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:01 pm
bobo ka talaga franken whatever sa dami bg cnabi mo walang sense pa rin and baseless… ano pinagsasabi mo ang advertisers ay mas nagplace ng ad sa gma.. bobo ka talaga like most kaputok… para sa info ng ignorante mongbutak mas mahal ng 30% ang per ten sec rate. ng abs kaysa gma for ads.. at kaya lang tambak ng commercial ang a kc hindi cla regulated ng kbp kc tumiwalag cla dahil mukha clang pera.. ang rule ng kbp member sa 60 min show u r only allowed 20 min of ads… magisip ka nga bobong kapuso ka d b lugi naman ang manunuod kung kapiranfot na lng show na mapanuod pero since mangmang kyo
mga kapuso tinatanggap nyo lng… haay naku wala nang dapat patunayan ch2 dahil
forever na cla number 1.. mangarap n lmg kyo gising n lokohin nyo sarili nyo
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kylie Reply:
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:07 pm
at talagang bobo ka …abs ang magban sa sm coz of discrepancies sa revenue not the other way around.. at sm din ang lumapit para maayos problema.. d b ignorante ka talaga kc napudpod
na yng utak mo sa kapapanuod ng mga gma programs..
at isa pa mga pelikula nyo pinupullout agad ng mga sunehan kc flop
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kokey Reply:
October 24th, 2009 at 11:00 am
@ kylie
yah totoo lahat ng sinabi mo..
pansin ko nga sa mga kanguso ay walang sense magsalita…
baseless na! non-sense pa!
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star_magico Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 12:32 am
mga ka-pamilya… wag niyo nang patulan tong taong to… pls lang?! hindi niya alam mga pinagsasasabi niya… hayaan niyo na… may freedom to choose tayo… dun gusto niya, hayaan niyo!!!
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bket lumalamang pa ang ikaw sana sa katorse? smntlang ms mgnda p ang katorse kysa ikw sna! pls. patapusin niyo n lng ang rosalinda, npakaboring! agreed aqw ky lester! hnd mgnda ang pbb! it’s better n lng to wtch survivor philippines than pbb! exciting kze bwt episode!LOL
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baka feeling nyo lang abs na ang pinapanuod kapag pinaguusapan???
loyal ba yang mga frens and other people around nyo na abs lang talaga pinapanuod nila?!!!hahhahahahahhahahaha!im sure hilong talilong sila kakalipat ng channel!kasi aminin na talagang mas may kwenta show ng GMA-7.mapanirang istasyon pa ang abs-cbn.mga bitter….!!!!!kakapraning!!!!!puro flop pa rating ng dos sa mega manila!e and2 mga profesyonal na mga tao!kaya kaya naman de kalibre ang pinapanuod nila!no ader dan GMA7!!!!!!!!!!!!!woooooooooooh!!!!!!!!
malakas lang rating ng dos sa probinsya kasi andon mga banong tao….
pang bano lang sila…….ang marketing ay nasa syudadkaya gma is the true leading station!!!!
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Nick Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 1:37 am
naku, laking eskwater kasi kaya naghihimutok ang comment! Sa Kamuning mo na lang isigaw yang himutok mo at siguradong may kakampi pa sayo! Hahaha! BITTER!!!!
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ABS-CBN ang tunay na number 1!
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gma-7 panis yan sa ABS-CBN!
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A lot of people here claims they know how Philippine Television started. Magresearch kayo nang maigi para mahimasmasan yang mga utak nyo! Pero kung tinatamad kayo or wala kayong pera kasi nasa internet booth lang kayo eh ako nang gagawa ng research para sa inyo. What I found is from a reliable source.
The Birth of Philippine Television
Experimentation
October 23, 1953 marked the first official telecast in the Philippines. But even before that date, academic experiments with the novel electronic medium had been conducted by Jose O. Nicolas, an engineering student of the University of Santo Tomas in 1950; and two years later, by the FEATI Institute of Technology.
First TV Station
Even before these academic experiments were conducted, James Lindenberg, an American engineer and the future “father of Philippine television,” already saw the potential of television in the country. Armed with surplus equipment and imported spare parts, Lindenberg began assembling transmitters and established the Bolinao Electronics Corporation or BEC on June 13, 1946. It was named after the hometown of his wife, Bolinao, Pangasinan.
In 1949, Lindenberg was the first to apply for a license in Congress to establish a television station. A year later, on June 14, 1950, his request was granted.
“We were told to go ahead,” he said. “It was much more simple in those days than it is now. Mr. Canon, who was head of the Radio Control Division, told us to go ahead.”
The scarcity of raw materials and strict import controls imposed in 1948 however, compelled Lindenberg to branch into radio broadcasting instead.
He said, “The import control people and the Central Bank were quite adamantly opposed to it on the grounds that the dollars spent on television would be better spent on other items.”
The efforts of James Lindenberg did not go to waste after all. His dream gradually became a reality when Judge Antonio Quirino, brother of President Elpidio Quirino entered the picture. Judge Quirino had been trying to get a license from Congress to set up television stations but he was unable to get one for political reasons.
The Congress probably thought that he would use such stations for campaigning for his brother who was then running for a second term in the presidential election of 1953. Denied by the Congress, the only alternative left for Quirino was to buy stocks from an existing corporation; that is, BEC.
In 1952, he bought seventy percent of BEC, gaining the controlling stock, and thus, acquiring the franchise indirectly. He changed the corporate name from BEC to ABS or Alto Broadcasting System after the names of its new owners, Aleli and Judge Antonio Quirino. James Lindenberg was still part owner, however and he served as the general manager of the station.
Birthing Pains
After closing deal, however, things did not progress smoothly. Like Lindenberg, Judge Quirino also faced numerous obstacles.
“The Central Bank did not grant me dollar credit because they said the venture was too risky,” he recalled.
Other people said the same thing and added that it would take at least three months just to make an atmospheric survey before one could even start installing the station. “Obviously,” Judge Quirino thought, “it was a tactic to delay the installation of the station so that my brother could not use it during the election campaign.” (KBP, 152)
Judge Quirino asked the help of his friend Marvin Gray whose family is a friend of General Sarnoff, the president of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). Through Gray, Quirino was able to appeal the cause of ABS and get assistance from RCA.
First Broadcast
In 1953, Quirino introduced the first television station in the Philippines when he opened DZAQ (for the initials of Judge Antonio Quirino). DZAQ-TV Channel 3 began telecasting on October 23 of the same year but before that, television sets had to be imported and people had to be trained.
With the help of the Radio Corporation of America, four men underwent technical training in the United States:
* Arcadio “Cady” Carandang, who was in-charge of setting up a TV service company;
* Romualdo “Romy” Carballo, who oversaw the transmission aspect;
* Harry “Slim” Chaney, who acted as a spark plug for the whole operation, and
* Jose “Joe” Navarro, who learned filming techniques in television.
The month prior to the first telecast was a very busy one for the young broadcasting station. Efforts were pooled to overcome what Lindenberg called a “chicken or egg” dilemma. There was no time to wait for a TV set industry to develop if the station was to operate on a commercial basis right away. Thus, setting up the station and bringing in the receiving sets were done almost at the same time. (KBP, 153)
Judge Quirino initiated the importation of television sets but he did not have the money to buy the desired 120 sets. To solve this problem, he approached the owner of Joe’s Electric and proposed to him that in return for the P60,000 loan, he will be the first to have the right to sell television sets.
“With the telecast date approaching, Judge Quirino distributed the 120 television sets to prominent men, hotels, restaurants, [hospitals,] advertising agencies, and public plazas in order to reach as many viewers as possible.” (KBP, 153) He practically gave them away so that people could watch his political broadcasts.
Finally, by October 23, 1953, everything was ready, and the first telecast went on the air. The event was a garden party at the Quirino residence.
Carandang recalls, “A coaxial cable was extended from the transmitter site just across Sitio Alto and the switchers and camera controls were set up on a table.”
“Not to be missed by the camera was the President of the Philippines, whose presence on television that night convinced many that the establishment of TV was purely for political purposes.” (KBP, 153)
“Politics did eventually emerge as TV’s own godfather, as DZAQ was inevitably used as an information medium for the reelection bid of President Quirino.” (Pinoy, 65)
Despite the efforts of Judge Quirino in helping his sickly brother, Elpidio Quirino lost his reelection bid. The television station built by BEC and later used by ABS was equipped with nothing more than the basic necessities for operation. The studio was just a makeshift barn along Florentino Torres Street in Manila. With the transmitter acquired from RCA, the telecasts were received clearly not only in Manila but also in the neighboring provinces probably because there was not much interference for there was no other channel but DZAQ-TV3.
Aside from the transmitter, there were three cameras but one of these arrived “out of order” from RCA. Except for the engineers who were sent to the United States for training, most of the personnel of ABS learned television operation on the job. The lack of competent personnel required versatility from those who chose to work in television.
The Early Days
DZAQ-TV3 started out on a four-hour a day schedule, from six to ten in the evening. Although ABS was able to round up fifty-two advertisers for the premier telecast, selling spots for regular programming became difficult. This was because advertisers still felt that it was more cost efficient to buy radio ad spots, since radio reaches more homes than television did at that time.
At that time, television sets were expensive and television reception depended on electrical power that was not always available. “The high prices of sets were due partly to government taxation. Whereas radios and phonographs were taxed 7 per cent at the plants, television sets were taxed as high as 30 per cent.” (P-Lent, 96)
The cost of television sets was a major drawback for the newborn industry. “In the late 1950s, a TV set sold for around $600 or P1,200, a princely sum and the equivalent of a few month’s salary when the minimum wage was P4 a day and the exchange rate P2:$1. It cost less to buy an automobile.” (Pinoy, 65)
Programming
The programs being telecast at that time were mostly borrowed films from the foreign embassies, imported old cowboy movies, and actual coverage of a variety of events. These ran out so fast so stage plays from theater were transported to television. This paved the way for Father James Reuter, a Jesuit who was not only active in the academe as a drama coach but also had radio and television training in the United States. He produced the first play on television in 1953, less than a month after the first telecast. It was “Cyrano de Bergerac,” a full-length play that was three hours long.
Father Reuter recalls: “Nobody paid anybody. We didn’t pay them and they didn’t pay us…. I had enough entry into the schools so that all my talents were students.”
Father Reuter produced literary classics on television, which gave birth to a generation of performers known as “Reuter babies.”
Since everything was done live in the early days of studio production, performers were under tremendous pressure. The studio was a hothouse of bloopers and accidents waiting to happen; cameras entangled in wires were unable to track, and viewers’ imaginations were unnecessarily taxed as actors who had been previously murdered would forget they were on camera, get up, and stroll out of a scene. (Pinoy, 74)
In the beginning, locally produced shows were at a premium because of high production costs. American syndicates took advantage of the situation and sold mediocre serials to Philippine networks for as much as $125-$150 a show. On the other hand, “[a] locally produced, half-hour program cost $500 in 1959 — a huge sum of money for any advertiser.” (P-Lent, 97)
To entice advertisers, “simulcasts” — or simultaneous airing of a program over the radio and the television station — were offered as a promotional gimmick. Many popular radio shows like “Tawag ng Tanghalan”; Kuwentong Kutsero” and “Student Canteen” started their life on TV this way. Their popularity grew as TV shows later on because their listeners had the added pleasure of seeing their favorite personalities in their own living rooms. (KBP, 155)
Forward Steps
Finally, the problem of prohibitive television set cost was solved with the establishment of such local outfits as Radiowealth, Carlsound and Rehco. These set up assembly plants which cut the prices of television sets by as much as one-half or two-thirds.
In 1955, Radiowealth, Inc. began manufacturing television sets. Radiowealth founder, Domingo M. Guevarra, made television sets available to as many families as possible. He began by distributing television sets on the market when he got exclusive distributorship for Motorola radio and television sets in 1946. Soon, he imported TV parts, assembled them in the Philippines and sold the branded product as Radiowealth-Motorola. He even sent his eldest son, Petronilo, abroad to study the manufacture of electronic components.
A New Lifestyle
Ownership of a television set became a status symbol. In those days, it was a spectacle to have a TV set delivered to one’s home. As the entire neighborhood watched, it took at least three men to carry the huge cabinet with the heavy tube that would bring magic into the household. Newly recovered from the trauma of World War II, the Filipino consumers were eager to treat themselves to something new and exciting. (Pinoy, 66)
The number of TV receivers per 1,000 Filipinos jumped from 3.5 in 1953 to 38 in 1960. In 1962, the television set was the most sellable appliance in urban areas, with the electric iron a far second…. By 1969, Radiowealth was making color tubes; by 1971, the Philippines, through Radiowealth, had become the third country in the world to manufacture color TV sets. (Pinoy, 79)
Television was called the new obsession of Filipinos and was blamed for making Filipinos lose much needed sleep and for putting them shamefully behind their electric bills. “It was also accused of breeding envy and discontent since most people could not afford a set.” (B-Lent, 178) It was blamed for everything, from the deterioration of family conversations to epileptic seizures in children.
In July 1967, the hysteria peaked. The United States Public Health Service reported that some 90,000 TV sets sold between September 1, 1966 and May 27, 1967 were actually leaking radiation and thus might pose a national health hazard. The appliances, identified as 18-, 20-, 22-, and 23-inch color sets with tube serial numbers 6EF4 and 6LO6, had been manufactured by the General Electric (GE) Company. (Pinoy, 86)
There was no doubt that television had changed the lifestyle of Filipinos. In its early days, televiewing was a community affair. “Entire barrios gathered around the set, enshrined in the home of some lucky native who benevolently kept doors and windows open.” (Pinoy, 86)
Filipinos had become so attached to their television sets that the only time one could expect reactions from televiewers was during commercials. Television now competes with the school, the home, and the church in influencing the Filipino people.
Developments
In 1958, two developments indicated that television could survive in spite of its problems. First of all, the high taxes previously imposed on canned television shows were removed. This made U.S. shows less expensive than live shows. Second, another network was set up in April of that year. This was the Chronicle Broadcasting Network, established as a radio medium in 1956 by businessmen Eugenio and Fernando Lopez. (P-Lent, 96)
In the same year, the Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN), owned by Lopez brothers, Eugenio Sr. and Fernando, bought ABS from Judge Antonio Quirino. Quirino was caught by surprise by the Lopezes’ interest. The price paid was reportedly many times more than what Quirino thought the channel was worth — and more than what he thought the station would ever earn. (Pinoy, 66)
Eugenio “Eñing” Lopez Sr. called Judge Quirino to his house for breakfast and ABS was bought under a contract written on a table napkin. The Lopes brothers merged these two companies under the name Bolinao Electronics Corporation, the former name of ABS. Meanwhile, Eugenio “Geny” Lopez Jr., the eldest son of Lopez Sr. had hands-on-education under two pioneers who were running ABS for Quirino: Slim Chaney and James Lindenberg.
With the establishment of DZXL-TV Channel 9 on April 19, 1958, the Lopez brothers controlled both television channels in the archipelago.
In those days, there was not that much money in TV, and not a lot of equipment which the company could initially afford. “Slim would tie together a transmitter with bamboo strips and rags,” recalled Lopez Jr. “It worked, and you didn’t argue.” (Pinoy, 54)
As ABS continued operating, Philippine television started to improve. “Evidence that the television audience was growing were the groups of people who crowded around the appliance shops whenever the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball games were aired.” (KPB, 155)
New Stations
Rapidly, other television stations jumped in. By the early 60s, these new [VHF] television stations opened:
* DZBB-TV Channel 7, established on October 29, 1961 by the Republic Broadcasting System (RBS), owned by Robert “Uncle Bob” Stewart;
* DZTM-TV Channel 5, established in 1962 by the Associated Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), owned by the Roces family, the publisher of The Manila Times;
* DZTV Channel 13 in 1977, run by Inter-Island Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), owned by Andres Soriano; and
* DZRH-TV Channel 11 of Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC), owned by Manuel Elizalde.
* Even the government-owned Philippine Broadcast Service launched its television station, Channel 10 in 1961. It was financed by government subsidy but had a short life because of channel frequency allocation.
When the other channels were established, competition became intense. The early stations cornered the American television film market. DZAQ-TV Channel 3 received National Broadcasting Company; DZBB-TV Channel 7 obtained American Broadcasting Company; and DZTV Channel 13, Columbia Broadcasting System.
In a struggle to get the best shows from abroad, these channels became victims of the American networks. Philippine channels were asked to pay $125-$150 for each half-hour U.S. show, and were allowed to show them once. (P-Lent, 97)
Economics of Television
If politics jumpstarted the Philippine television, soap kept the medium running. Procter and Gamble, the American manufacturing company that produced Ivory soap and Tide laundry detergent, nurtured broadcasting by introducing a revolutionary genre frothing with melodrama: the appropriately-named soap opera. (Pinoy, 66)
Sponsorship on television, at first, came only in the form of block timing, with companies buying chunks of time slots from the networks. Depending on their budget and their target audience, they dictated what time slot they wanted to bring in. Thus, programming and production were largely in the hands of advertisers; networks were merely the custodians of airtime. (Pinoy, 71)
Robert “Uncle Bob” Stewart was the first to sell “coop spots.” Sponsors or small businessmen could now buy portions of a program in the form of 60-second commercials. “He approached companies without the resources to buy block time and sponsor entire shows and offered them smaller, more affordable packages within programs. Thus he pioneered the concept of segment and portion buys that are so popular today.” (Pinoy, 57) “In the ultimate promotion, Stewart even threw himself in as a commercial talent for free, and his live endorsements became gems of spontaneous entertainment in themselves.” (Pinoy, 71)
Bob Stewart, the man behind RBS Channel 7 had a special place in the hearts of a generation of kids. “For children growing up in the ‘50s and ‘60s, Uncle Bob’s Lucky Seven Club was the club to join in.” (Pinoy, 57)
In the beginning, the people who were creating Philippine TV had to make do with very little — minuscule budgets, tiny studios, weak signals, and complicated cameras which technicians couldn’t even begin to operate. After all, the first TV production crews had been transplanted from radio. (Pinoy, 74)
“Mistakes were definitely the order of the day,” recalls Stewart. “We had two cameras, both of them second-hand. And since we had almost no experience in TV, we often had no idea which one was on the air!” The only way to learn television then was by trial and error. In fact, the best cameraman in ABS started out as the driver of Eugenio “Geny” Lopez Jr.
Lack of finances was largely responsible for the poor quality of live television. There was not enough money to pay talent fees, to buy equipment and to train studio personnel. Another reason why live shows matured slowly was the prevalence of unqualified producers.
In 1960, the Philippine Association of National Advertisers acknowledged television as one of the most effective and potent media for advertising. In fact, it was only in the 60s that television commercials came into use. The first television advertising contract in the country was signed for Tawag ng Tanghalan, handled by J. Walter Thompson for Procter and Gamble.
As the television industry matured, lines were more firmly drawn between advertisers and network owners. Programmers now had to prove to advertisers that the station-produced programs were being watched. Thus was the ratings game born. (Pinoy, 74)
More Innovations
In 1961, instructional TV was first attempted by the National Science Development Board through a weekly course in physics, Continental Classroom. In the same year, Fr. James Reuter produced his three-times-a-week show, Education on TV over Channel 9. It featured Fr. Horacio de la Costa, S.J., lecturing on history and Fernando Zobel, discussing art.
Interest generated by public organizations, business firms, and educational institutions developed the National Science Development Board’s televised college course, “Physics in the Atomic Age,” in 1961.
Three years later, on July 1964, the Ateneo Center for Educational Television (ETV) began operation. It was a closed-circuit television project for elementary and high school students of six receiving schools including Ateneo de Manila University and Maryknoll College (now called Miriam College). The now defunct Center for ETV had its own studio and first-rate equipment. It was so advanced that even commercial stations like ABS-CBN occasionally borrowed cameras.
Changes, firsts, and favorites
On February 1, 1967, the corporate name of BEC was changed to ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation. This was the formal merger of ABS and CBN. Also, during this year, Radiowealth pioneered in the production of 19-, 21- and 25-inch models of color TV sets, which cost about two thousand five hundred pesos. Television was well on its way to becoming a mass communication tool. Moreover, it was favored by advertisers like Procter and Gamble, Philippine Refining Company, Colgate-Palmolive, Del Rosario Brothers and Caltex Philippines.
In 1969, Filipinos got to watch live the television coverage of the Apollo 11 historic landing. It was the first telecast via satellite in the country and the first in color. “Telecasts from the moon relayed back to earth were captured on Philippine TV sets by the satellite network. Three networks tied up for the project: Channels 5, 7, and 13.” (P-Lent, 106)
It was also in 1969 when Radio Philippines Network branched out into television with Channel 9 in Manila. It was RPN-9 who introduced the longest running and consistently rating sitcom, John en Marsha, which introduced the First Family of Philippine television, the Puruntongs. It was created by Ading Fernando and it starred Dolphy and Nida Blanca. John en Marsha is nationally recognized as one of the greatest Filipino sitcoms of all time. It had millions of loyal fans.
Among the top rated programs in 1966 were: The Nida-Nestor Show, Buhay Artista, and Pancho Loves Tita. Another local show that has had a prevailing top rating is Tawag ng Tanghalan, the amateur singing contest hosted by Lopito and Patsy. During the early years of television, it was a medium for the actor and the performer.
“By the late 60s, Filipinos were craving for steady doses of reality in the form of news and public affairs programs.” (Pinoy, 92) The news pioneers were The Big News on ABC Channel 5 and The World Tonight on ABS-CBN Channel 2. Jose Mari Velez of The Big News brought news broadcasting to new heights.
The Martial Law Years
The Marcos administration was continually attacked in news programs but the late dictator did not take it sitting down. He realized that only absolute control of this medium would stop it.
On September 21, 1972, Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law. It was probably the worst time for Philippine television and the scariest moment on TV. Media were cited as a prime enemy of the administration and the target of Marcos forces.
The first letter of instruction issued by Marcos ordered the take over of all media firms to prevent “communist” propaganda. Troops entered radio and television stations, sealed them, and placed under military control. All media outlets that were critical of the Marcos regime were shut down.
“Within a few hours, the government had wiped out the entire news media of the Philippines, except for [those that are pro-Marcos].” (B-Lent, 179)
GTV Channel 4, the government channel, was taken over by the Office of Press Secretary Francisco Tatad and the National Media Production Center of Gregorio Cendaña.
Shutdown and takeovers
The Filipinos’ first experience of television under martial law began with a blank screen, punctuated only by appearances of President Marcos and Press Secretary Francisco Tatad reading edict after edict. It was a portent of much more chilling realities to come. (Pinoy, 93)
Of the seven Manila-based stations existing in 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos closed all but three; channels 9 and 13 were eventually controlled by [then Ambassador] Roberto Benedicto, and Bob Stewart’s Channel 7 was later allowed to operate with limited three-month permits. (Pinoy, 95)
ABS-CBN was seized from the Lopez family, and Eugenio Lopez Jr., then president of ABS-CBN, was imprisoned.
By the latter part of 1973, Channel 7 was in the red and was forced to sell 70% of the business to a group of investors, who changed the name from RBS to Greater Manila Area (GMA) Radio Television Arts.
Stewart was forced to cede majority control to Gilberto Duavit, a Malacañang official, and RBS reopened under new ownership, with a new format as GMA-7.
When the smoke cleared, the viewer had channels 2, 9, 13, run by Benedicto; Duavit’s 7; and 4, which belonged to the Ministry of Information. (Pinoy, 97)
When DZXL-TV Channel 9 of CBN was sold to Roberto Benedicto, he changed the name from CBN to KBS, Kanlaon Broadcasting System. So when a fire destroyed the KBS television studios in Pasay, Benedicto’s people took over the ABS-CBN studios in Bohol Avenue, Quezon City. His employees moved in; and by August 1973, KBS was broadcasting on all ABS-CBN channels. A year later, Salvador “Buddy” Tan, general manager of KBS, reopened Channel 2 as the Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
The two Benedicto stations: KBS Channel 9 and BBC Channel 2 aired government propaganda. In 1980, Channels 2, 9 and 13 moved to the newly-built Broadcast City in Diliman, Quezon City. According to Buddy Tan, the move was based on economy of scale. These stations shared everything from security guards to water to studios.
In 1980, Gregorio Cendaña was named Minister of Information. GTV Channel 4 became known as Maharlika Broadcasting System.
Initially, everything that was to be aired on radio and TV had to be reviewed by the Department of Public Information, which set up the rules and regulations. Through other government agencies, policies on ownership, allocation of frequencies, station distribution, and program standards were promulgated. It allowed self-regulation when broadcast owners formed the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas in 1973 and when a presidential decree created the Broadcast Media Council in 1974. (National, 30)
Before martial law, broadcasting in the Philippines was probably the freest from government control in the world. “Freedom of expression was virtually unrestricted, to the extent that no politician or public figure could hope to escape permanently from mass-media revelations.” (B-Lent, 179)
On paper, monopolies were banned. In practice, however, Marcos allowed them to exist for friends and relatives. Broadcast media was so vulnerable to government dictation and control since its existence depended upon the government’s granting them the Certificates of Public Convenience.
The continued existence of the broadcast companies were put to doubt and this made them high-risk borrowers of banks. Thus, managers were unable to upgrade and update their steadily depreciating equipment. Only the more profitable and perhaps those with more access to the powers-that-be were able to import spare parts and state-of-the-art technology. (National, 30)
All is Well?
One TV spectacular after another proclaimed that all was well in the Philippines — the 1974 Miss Universe Pageant, the 1975 Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier heavy-weight fight, the 1981 visit of Pope John Paul II. (Pinoy, 109)
When Benigno Aquino was assassinated in 1983, it was a small item on television news. During his historic funeral procession, GMA Channel 7 gave ten seconds of airtime for this event. With the assassination of Aquino, the iron grip that the Marcos administration had on television began to slip.
In 1984, Imee Marcos, daughter of Ferdinand Marcos, attempted to takeover GMA Channel 7, just as she did with the Benedictos. However, she was foiled by GMA executives, Menardo Jimenez and Felipe Gozon. Stewart left the Philippines for good as he was utterly disappointed with the Marcos move.
Free Again
On February 24, 1986, MBS Channel 4 went off the air during a live news conference in Malacañang and during an exchange between Marcos and then Chief of Staff General Fabian Ver. The network was eventually taken over by rebel forces and started broadcasting for the Filipino people.
When the time came, it was television that first broke the news to the Filipino nation: It was all over. Freedom was back.
Jake Almeda Lopez, former general manager of ABS-CBN, took over the station and cajoled the MBS engineers to put it back on the air.
Director Johnny Manahan assembled a panel composed of June Keithley, Orly Punzalan, Noel Trinidad, and Subas Herrero, and one by one, political figures trooped to the station to say a few words on cam…. The news took a circuitous route, but it arrived. For visual support, director Mitos Villareal hired a helicopter and took shots of the million-strong crowd at Edsa. (Pinoy, 120)
The military revolt backed by civilians ended the twenty-year reign of dictatorship. It led to the restoration of the democratic institutions in the country, including the television stations that were seized when Martial Law was declared. Truly, “some of the most dramatic events that surrounded Edsa Revolution happened in and around TV studios…” (Pinoy, 123)
After the Edsa Revolution, Eugenio Lopez Jr. returned from exile in the United States.
Comeback stories
On September 14, 1986, amid difficulties with the Presidential Commission on Good Government, which initially refused to return the franchise of Channel 2 to its original owners, and problems of mortgaged equipment, ABS-CBN Channel 2 made a comeback and resumed broadcasting, after fourteen years of forced leave.
In 1988, PTV Channel 4, then MBS, was launched as “The People’s Station.” Today, it is now known as the NBN.
The Edsa Revolution paved the way for the reopening of ABC. On February 21, 1992, ABC Channel 5 reopened with a new multi-million-peso studio complex in Novaliches.
After the historic EDSA revolution, IBC-13 became one of the media houses that were sequestered by the government. Executive Order No. 11 was signed by former President Corazon Aquino and created the Board of Administration that governed the affairs of the Channel. To this date, there had been seven Board of Administrators that changed hands, until the Supreme Court finally ruled on the compromise agreement between the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) and Mr. Roberto S. Benedicto, the latter ceding Broadcast City which houses IBC-13 and RPN-9 to the government. Today, IBC-13 operates like all other private corporations with a board of directors of its own. (KBP, 165)
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Nick Reply:
October 26th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
sino ngayon ang tunay na orig?
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Grabe haba, inubos mo ang space!
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Alam nio kaya maraming nanonood n ABS sa probinsya. KASI wala namang GMA sa probinsya halos.. Kasi ayaw pumayag ng LOPEZ n masagap ng mga taga probinsya ung GMA..
SO, malakas tlga ang ABS sa probinsya. pero kung Mega Manila GMA at kung makakasagap ang tga probinsya ng GMA, eh GMA ang mangunguna dun…
totoo to.
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jamz Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
agree ako..
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napansin ko puro kapamilya ang nag kokoments dito, alam nyo guys, bakit nyo hindi matangap na talo kayo, ang mga guilty nyo dahil bagsak kayo, dito sa lugar namin puro kapuso ang pinapannod. dito sa usa mostly kapuso din, so ano bang binatbat nyo
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PssssTtt…. ang ingay nyo! putak kayo ng putak.. just compare the commercial load of Bandila, eh buti nlang kung aabot ng tatlo, tingnan mo ang Saksi, ang daming commercials, so if u’r not bobo, just analize this scenario!! pati Kuya Germs my commercial p!…
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kh8 anong gwn nyo kapuso ang magwawagi hnd kapamilya mandaraya yan mga ratings ang papanget]
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this is not true.. masyado naman favor sa gma yung nag rate nito….
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ANG NAPAKALAKI AT KAGIMBAL-GIMBAL NA TAKIP-CONSPIRACY NG ABS-CBN TUNGKOL SA HIWALAYANG MARIEL-ZANJOE
Ito ay siryosong resulta ng isang private investigation na ipina-conduct ng isang matandang lalaking part-owner ng ABS-CBN tungkol sa kanyang asawa. Ayon sa investigation report, isa lamang clever inversion ang pagka fall-guy ni Robin Padilla sa hiwalayang Mariel-Zanjoe. Ang totoong istorya ay si Mariel ang fall-girl. Ang talagang ka-relasyon ni Zanjoe ay hindi si Mariel kung hindi ang asawa ng matandang lalaking part-owner ng ABS-CBN.
Naghiwalay si Mariel at Zanjoe hindi dahil kay Robin. Naghiwalay ang dalawa dahil alaga si Zanjoe ng asawang babae ng naturang matandang lalaking part-owner ng ABS-CBN. Ang babaeng may alaga kay Zanjoe ay isa namang bigwig ng ABS-CBN at host-narrator ng teleseryeng tungkol sa mga pagpapaalaala ng mga nakaraan.
Ang istoryang ito ay isa nang open-secret sa mga senior executives ng naturang TV Network.
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I think one of your commercials caused my internet browser to resize, you might want to put that on your blacklist. GMA7 Still Dominates Weekend Ratings | October 16-19 AGB-Nielsen Mega Manila Ratings – Philippines Showbiz Ratings Central is a cool name for a blog BTW
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