Philippines
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 It’s about time Filipinos connected with each other and the rest of the world, instead of the cheap outdated shit local networks try to shovel down the throats of the masses.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.)
Filipino World Pool Champion
A generation ago, Filipino parents discouraged their kids from hanging out in the Philippines’ many pool halls. With the rise of Efren “Bata” Reyes and this guy, that’s all changed.
Alcano is the new king of pool
Ronnie Alcano became the newest toast of Philippine sports last night.
Playing with class, Alcano overwhelmed Germany’s Ralf Souquet, 17-11, in a marathon match he dominated from the start to win the World Pool Championship at the PICC in Pasay City.
“The way he played, he deserves to win this year,� Souquet, the 1996 champion, said as he congratulated the new Filipino hero who beat the best on the way to the title, including Efren “Bata� Reyes and prodigious defending champion Wu Chia-ching of Taiwan.
When our own government stops seeing Internet cafés as dens of sin, we might have more tech champions instead of tech sweatshops. Unfortunately, the former create less photo ops, and the latter pay more bribes.
