ABS-CBN Multiply Deal: Clueless

Philippine TV station ABS-CBN has no idea how to do business online. Instead of partnering with online video leader YouTube to effortlessly promote themselves and earn revenue, they’re partnering with bottom-tier social network Multiply just to sell some ad space.

Clearly, the dinosaurs in local TV land just cannot wrap their brains around simple and smart new business models. As for me, I’m just glad my blog isn’t on Multiply. If you have to tell the world you’ve cut an ad sales deal with some third-world TV station, you’re in serious trouble.

(Thanks to Lusanto for the tip.)

Alodia Wins Animax Kawaii Girl Contest

The mainstream media confirms what the social media has known all along: Filipina gamer Alodia Gosiengfiao is the queen of all Philippine otaku. Congratulations to Alodia on winning the Animax Kawaii Girl contest.

(Photo by Tricia Gosingtian through her CC-BY-NC-ND license.)