The Fall of Philippine TV
The profits of the Philippines’ top two TV networks are falling like rocks. No surprise here: YouTube is huge in the Philippines.
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp.’s third-quarter net profit declined by eight percent to P178.9 million from P194.5 million a year before, the company said.
GMA Network 9-month profit down 11%
GMA Network Inc. said its net profit for the nine months to September fell 11 percent from a year earlier to 1.55 billion due to higher operating expenses.
Go Filipino YouTube Directors. This is exactly what happened in the US. It’s about time Filipinos connected with each other and the rest of the world, instead of the cheap outdated shit local networks try to shovel down the throats of the masses. Philippine TV networks should either get on YouTube, or go off the air.
(Via Rickey Yaneza.)
man, not everyone has easy and immediate access to the internet in this country —
…. only about six percent of Philippine public high schools have facilities that give students …. access to the Internet.
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Screw the public high schools. Twenty million Filipinos — nearly a quarter of the population — will be online next year.
ye — but tv’s still a lot cheaper — (hopefully not literally)
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You’re quite right!
@bang
Internet is much cheaper you could do lot of things!
Sang-ayon ako kay Bang.
Hanap muna siguro tayo ng Internet access stats for US and Pilipinas before tayo mag-conclude ng ganito.
YouTube isn’t exactly dial-up friendly. What percentage of Filipinos access the internet on a decent broadband (512 kbps minimum) connection?
Dan: Most Filipinos access the Internet not from dialup, but from cafes. Those all use broadband.
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20 Million Internet users as defined by Philippine research groups because they have factored in internet cafes and all the sub branches that these ISPs have.. how many of these will actually get to enjoy youtube content? how many people will go to an internet cafe to watch youtube? I think, eventually sites like youtube will affect Filipino TV like it has affected US TV. it will stop the growth of TV programming, and take good programs off the air.
Go to any Internet cafe in Manila after school, even the dinkiest ones. Odds are at least one patron is watching something on YouTube.
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many have been crazy about the internet craze board… maybe im one of them but by adopting the technology of our society, we can asure that philippine television can acces a nice and bad influence of our fellowmen.. and besides, who cares if they can demolish the priority of the living in every mankind. they should face it…its life…im a pro-kapamilya.
And all your base are belong to us.
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i agree with your sentiments about the philippine TV industry & the entertainment industry as a whole. it is very sad to see that despite all of the best audio visual technology in our hands our creativity has fallen down so much that the networks have gone to copying established entertainment franchises & rehashing as their own creations. it is an insult to the amount of education your parents have given you to watch them.
I have always say my opinions of the programs my mother watches during primetime & she tells me to stop watching them. I told her I’m not watching them, I’m seeing them. there is a distinction. i watch because i like them. i see it when it’s there whether i like it or not.
the state of the entertainment industry is just so bloody awful. nothing is original anymore. at the turn of the century there was an award by the television industry for the best balanced programming. today there is never any balance at all. the network with their stupid idiotic netwrok wars has leaned towards dramas taken from established movie & television classics & has compressed what it took years to reach iconic status & compress them to just a few weeks of release on-air. they are ransacking everything & pulverizing everything to a bloody pulp. such a shame.
it’s the very reason why i only watch cable TV & the internet for my entertainment.
they say competition makes products better. In the philippines you really can’t say its at its best really. I mean I see people here bragging about their #1 ratings, but who the hell are they fighting over? Technically theres only 2 channels that deal in overall entertainment. The rest don’t really do so.
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It ain’t happening anytime soon.. TV is just too accessible and is practically “free”.. We can’t, in our wildest dreams, disregard the masses because all media entities are business entities.. Ergo, they need the masses to survive.. Internet won’t suffice the need… Though I agree that local TV is just too crappy and slapstick.. Tsk tsk..
Missy, duda ako sa ganyang rason eh. Sa dami na ng internet cafe dito sa Pinas, imposible kung sabihin na walang magagawa ang masa (class C ang estado ng pamilya ko). Nasa tao yun kung gugustuhin nyang maghanap ng alternatibo (kung nakakapag-set ng budget ang tao para sa isang cellphone, what more pa kaya sa pagpakabit ng cable or pag-access sa internet?) at hindi sa estado na kanyang kinabibilangan.
TV is way cheaper than PC. And after you’ve bought one, you already have access to free TV . Eh yung PC? Kailangan mo pang magpakabit ng internet, and pay for it every month. And if you will set aside money para makapag-internet, how much do cafes charge per hr?15-20?Multiply it by the # of hours that will suffice your needs (for entertainment, information, etc). Then, multiply it again by the # of days in a month. I think the solution is to create “people-friendly” and at the same time quality shows. Hirap lang nga pagsabayin, pero I don’t think TV is gonna be obsolete anytime soon. Lalo na Pinas.
Hindi yun sa kung ano ang cheaper Missy, kung gusto ng tao, gagawa sya ng paraan. Isipin mo na lang ang isang tao na naninigarilyo. Kung susumahin mo ang presyo ng stick ng sigarilyo na kinukunsumo nya sa isang buwan, malalaman mong malaki ang nagagastos para lang sustentuhan ang bisyo. Ganun din sa internet at sa iba pang forms of “luxury” at vice. Siguro, hindi nga magiging obsolete ang TV pero sana, hindi mag-deteriorate ang quality.
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Television and radio stations must be creative enough to innovate. Years ago, it was unimaginable to have a household telephone. People fall in line just to have a chance to call for 3 minutes. Now, while the Philippines is still considered poor, a street sweeper or a man living under a bridge owns a cell phone. One cannot underestimate the twist and turns of this country. No sooner, even people like them or the public schools could have access to the internet just like the unprecedented influx of the cellphones to the Philippine masa.