Wednesday, April 25, 2012 MVP: P60 BILLION TAG PRICE NG GMA NOT WORTH IT!
Posted by network war
Too expensive. That's how TV5 chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan described the P60 billion price tag sought for rival GMA Network Inc.
"Sobrang mahal yun," Pangilinan said when asked if his group would shell out double GMA Network's market value for full ownership of the broadcast company.
At the close of trading on Monday, listed GMA Network shares were priced at P9.40 each, valuing the company at P31.929 billion.
Pangilinan was supposed to have offered P45 billion for GMA Network, but the three families controlling the broadcast firm - the Duavits, Gozons, and Jimenezes - would sell for at least P60 billion.
Gilberto Duavit Jr., GMA Network president, said in a press release that they "are presently not in serious negotiations with the PLDT group as we have not yet received an offer price that is acceptable to us."
Pangilinan chairs Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., whose unit MediaQuest Holdings owns TV5. InterAksyon.com is the online news portal of TV5.
Thursday, April 26, 2012 GMA-7 BECOMING A MOVIE CHANNEL? QUALITY OF SHOWS ON A DECLINE!
Posted by network war
With press releases left and right claiming their national supremacy in the ratings game, one could wonder why an article like this is being written to portray GMA Network as declining.
Business-wise, the Kapuso network is sound. It is earning. And it is not in debt.
One is the slow and low content development. The network, amid its claim of being the top rating network, lags behind ABS-CBN in the number of shows in development, and the number of locally-produced shows currently being aired.
Although both networks utilized movie blocks to create stable, eye-ball drawing, and revenue-generating blocks with cost effeciency, GMA has in a way went overboard. In fact, one could wonder if the network executives are turning the network into a movie channel to compete not with ABS-CBN, but with Cinema One.
Apart from its 'Kapuso Movie Festival' airing in the mornings from Mondays to Sundays, GMA has also cancelled most of its shows in its Sunday block, and allowed block of 3 movies back-to-back-to-back.
I say the network is declining as most of its recent offerings were either conceptually half-baked, and unappealing to advertisers. Instead of coming up it usual fare of innovative programs, tho high-edgy new platforms which stood apart from ABS-CBN's usual formulaic shows, GMA opted for a quick relief --- the movie blocks.
How come a network boasting leadership is getting swamped with movie blocks, if not Korean imports who are not even Proudly Pinoy made?
The answer is on the business perspective. But we are not businessmen.
We are TV viewers. We only want shows that will entertain us, but not in a way annoy us on how ill-made they are.
Gone are the days that GMA Network surprises us viewers with its out-of-the-box offerings. Gone are the days of its entertaining all-original reality programs and ultra-funny sitcoms.
All the network could come up is to develop sitcoms to be top-billed by its biggest stars, not the usual comic stars we have learned to love. Where are the shows like 'Bahay Mo Ba 'To?' ? They even cancelled its one and only sitcom that is genuinely funny and watchable --- I'm looking at you 'Pepito Manaloto'.
But a Kapuso fan could could get a glimpse of hope, as new shows are now being announced. Two sitcoms are already being reported on development, the genre that is deemed a strength of GMA. Also one good note is the network strengthening its already strong daytime block, anchored by blocktimer 'Eat Bulaga' and a string of traditional soap operas which are tried and tested audience drawers.
I just hope that GMA would soon commit to develop new shows, which are groundbreaking and innovative. Refrain from following the footsteps of ABS-CBN. Why follow when you claim to be the industry leader? Right?
Friday, April 27, 2012 GMA EXECS ADMIT DESIRE TO BECOME NO.1 CAUSED THEM TO INCUR HUGE PROFIT DROPS IN 2011!
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GMA-7 is controlled by the Duavit, Gozon and Jimenez families. The Gozon group, represented by GMA chairman Felipe L. Gozon, had admitted in the past that the company could be sold for “the right price.”
The sale of GMA-7 to the PLDT group nearly happened in 2001 with the signing of a memorandum of understanding. Duavit said agreements had been reached on the price for a majority stake of the firm, but the deal fell through because of issues encountered by the buyer that were not related to price.
But conditions could be right this time around.
GMA 7 recently announced that its 2011 net income plummeted 39 % to P1.72 billion from P2.82 billion in 2010, as advertisers cut back and operating costs went up.
“Our net income took a beating,” admitted Ronaldo P. Mastrili, GMA 7 vice president of finance. “We experienced the lowest net income level of the past 5 years in the 4th quarter of 2011.”
Advertising revenue dropped 9 percent to P13.08 billion, while operating costs jumped 8 percent as GMA launched GMA News TV to blunt competitive inroads in news.
Ratings game
Duavit said competitive pressures drove costs up:
“The spending was driven by the desire to win in the national ratings last year.”
GMA 7 cited a 3.1-point lead in household audience share over rival ABS-CBN and an 18.6-point lead over newcomer TV 5, according to media ratings firm Nielsen TV Audience Measurement.
Duavit rejected suggestions to emulate TV 5 by pirating big talent to attract more advertisers. “The norm was that the stars created the program and the network was measured in terms of who its stars were,” he said.
“We prefer to see it the other way around—that it’s the programs that make the stars and the network that creates the programs and the opportunities,” he said.
Spending cuts
GMA-7 plans to reduce programming costs and trim capital expenditure from nearly P896 million in 2011 to P650 million for 2012.
Two new stations are planned in the Ilocos and Bicol regions. The rest of the funds will be to upgrade towards high definition programming.
Despite posting lower profits, rival ABS-CBN has set a higher budget for expansion this year to diversify its revenue stream and ensure future growth.
Last week, company officials reported that profits fell nearly a quarter in 2011, from a net of P3 billion in 2010 to P2.4 billion in 2011, following an industry-wide drop in earnings from massive spending cuts by big advertisers.
A one-time gain from the sale of a stake in Sky Cable Corp., coupled with the company’s more diversified revenue stream helped save ABS-CBN from a worse decline, officials said.
Friday, April 27, 2012 ANALYTS SAY ITS INEVITABLE FOR GMA NETWORK FALL!
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A formal price offer still has to be worked out to bridge a P15-billion gap to swing the deal, but all major industry indicators—dropping profits, shifting consumer markets, rising costs, expensive new technology and cut-throat competition—are conspiring to make the buyout of GMA 7 inevitable, market analysts say.
For weeks, the industry has been abuzz with reports that acquisition talks were under way. But price matters most, and one has to read the nuanced signals correctly.
Industry indicators
Major indicators foreshadow a shakedown on GMA Network and in the entire television industry,
Technology is changing to high-definition, requiring massive capital input. Industry profits are shrinking and the rules of the game are changing.
Two major players—ABS-CBN and GMA 7—are suffering double-digit percentage reductions in profits. Advertisers are cutting back on spending.
An aggressive new kid on the block, TV 5, is challenging industry rules and rewriting tried-and-tested formulas.
Channel 5 is on the prowl for an acquisition. And there is a company ready to sell for the right price.
Last week, a source in Hong Kong-based First Pacific Co. Ltd., of which Pangilinan is CEO and Managing Director, said that the “asking price” for GMA 7 was between P45 billion and P51 billion—an amount the Pangilinan group was said to be willing to pay.
But latest reports said the three families controlling GMA 7 want P60 billion for the company.
The closing price of GMA 7 at the Philippine Stock Exchange on April 25 was P9.36. A 100-percent stake in GMA 7 would cost over P31 billion, but it is customary for buyers to pay a premium for acquisitions that give them control of their targeted companies.
At P45 billion, Pangilinan is willing to pay a premium of about 48 percent to GMA Network’s present market capitalization, but the controlling shareholders seek a premium of 94 percent.
The Pangilinan group has investments in several media companies and full ownership of television network TV 5. The PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund, through its subsidiary Media Quest Holdings, also has minority interests in print media: BusinessWorld, Philippine Star and the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
‘Kaloka at pati pala ibang executives ng GMA 7 ay nalilito na rin sa naglalabasang balita na malapit nang mabili ni Mr. Manny V. Pangilinan ang Kapuso network.
Kahit kasi may denial na si Mr. Jimmy Duavit at nagsalita na ito na ‘not for sale’ ang GMA 7 ay nakakalito pa rin ang mga kumakalat na balita na ngayong Mayo ay magkakaroon na ng announcement na nabili na raw ni MVP ang share of stocks ng tatlong major stockholders ng Siyete.
Nang makasalubong ko noong isang araw ang isa sa executives ng Siyete ay nagtanong ito sa akin kung ano raw ba ang naririnig kong latest tungkol sa tsikang ‘yon dahil sila rin daw ay nalilito na sa mga naglalabasang balita.
Hindi kaya ng GMA makipagsabayan pag napatupad na ang paglipat sa Digital Signal. Alam nila na malulugi sila kasi marami ng pagpipilian ang mga tao na channels. Bababa na ang Ads sa channel nila kaya nag-iisip na silang ibenta na lang ang istasyon nila.
9:15 am -- AHA 10:15 am -- Kapuso Movie Festival: Desperadas Starring Marian Rivera, Ruffa Gutierrez, Iza Calzado and Rufa Mae Quinto 12:15 nn -- Party Pilipinas Yum Yum Yum
3 pm -- Reel Love Presents Tweenhearts
4 pm -- Showbiz Central
6 pm -- 24 Oras Weekend
6:45 pm -- Kap's Amazing Stories
7:30 pm -- I Bilib Wonders of Horus 8 pm -- Kapuso Movie Night: Si Agimat at si Enteng Kabisote Starring Vic Sotto and Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. Introducing Sam Pinto and Gwen Zamora as Faye 10 pm -- SNBO: Once Upon a Time in China (Tagalized) Starring Jet Li
12 mn -- Diyos at Bayan
GMA News TV Sked for April 29
6:20 pm -- Ang Pinaka (Patok na Pasyalang Pampamilya)
7 pm -- Idol sa Kusina (Guest: Sam Oh)
8 pm -- Good News: Biyaheng Bulacan
8:40 pm -- Reel Time: Alitaptap sa Dagat
9:55 pm -- Biography: Kate Middleton (Replay)
11 pm -- I Witness
12 mn -- Jesus the Healer
Kristoffer Martin, Pinababayaan ng Siyete?!
Friday, May 4, 2012
WHAT’S NEXT?! Ito ang katanungan ng libo-libong tagahanga ng future matinee idol na si Kristoffer Martin, dahil ilang buwan na ang nakalilipas nang matapos sa ere ang Ikaw Lamang ang Mamahalin ay wala pa ring malinaw na proyektong nakalaan para sa young actor.
Marami tuloy ang nanghihinayang sa galing umarte ni Kristoffer na mukhang napo-frozen delight ng GMA-7. Tsika nga ng mga tagahanga ng Olongapo Boy na mukhang mali ang desisyon nitong mag-stay sa GMA-7 after mag-hit ang tambalan nila ni Kathryn Bernardo sa Endless Love, Autumn In My Heart, sana raw ay sumama na rin itong bumalik ng ABS-CBN ng pinababalik silang dalawa.
Sana raw ay meron na siyang solo project kasama si Kathryn na sobra-sobra ang kasikatang tinatamasa ngayon sa Kapamilya Network, kung saan isa ito sa itinuturing na Primetime Princess ng nasabing big TV network.
Kung bumalik nga raw si Kristoffer sa Dos ay baka ito ang Primetime Prince ng ABS-CBN, kung saan magpapatuloy ang loveteam nila ni Kathryn. At kahit nga magkaiba na ang kanilang TV network na pinaglilingkuran ay marami pa ring mga tagahanga ng mga ito ang umaasang mapapanood muli ang dalawa na magkasama kahit sa pelikula.
Alden Richards, gustong tularan ang idolong si John Lloyd Cruz
Friday, May 4, 2012
ISA SI Alden Richards sa mga teen stars ng GMA na mabilis na-kilala ng publiko. Bukod sa angkin nitong kaguwapuhan, mabait pa ito sa mga press. Nang minsan namin siyang nakasalubong sa isang event, palaging naka-smile itong si Alden at hindi mo makitaan nang pagiging snub.
Nang humingi kami ng isang panayam, wala itong kagatul-gatol na nagpaunlak. Hindi katulad ng isang produkto ng Starstruck na natiyempuhan din namin sa event at nang magtangka kaming mag-interview, tinawag nito ang handler upang alamin sa amin ang mga katanungan. Bigla naming sinabi sa handler na hindi na kami mag-interview sa kanyang alaga, kasi baka hindi rin namin mailabas dahil wala namang dapat pag-usapan sa kanya. Ayun, presto at magpapa-interview na raw. Hay naku, ‘di rin naman siya sumikat, ‘noh.
Back to Alden, Masaya siyang kahit papa’no ay nagkaroon na siya ng fan base. Sobrang masaya raw siya sa ngayon dahil kahit papa’no ay nakatulong na rin siya sa kanyang pamilya, lalo na pagdating sa pinansiyal na bagay.
Dagdag pa niya, “Sana maging magaling na actor po at sa mga iniidolo kong artista, sana masundan ko po ang yapak nila.”
Dalawa raw sa mga iniidolo niya ay sina Christopher de Leon at John Lloyd Cruz. Aniya, “Sana, maabot ko ‘yung naabot nila. Para magawa ko ‘yun, pagbubutihan ko talaga ang aking trabaho.”
How nice of Alden naman, di katulad ng iba riyan. Naku, ha?! chubbyness na siya ngayon at laging pawisan. ‘Yun ang clue ko!!!
Bakit ganito dito sa thread, puro negative news about kapuso network grabe, sobrang bitter sa success ng GMA, non-stop ang mga smear campaigns. Masipag mag-post ng tungkol sa "buy-out" plan ni MVP dahil gustong nilang mawala ang tinik (meaning GMA) sa hangad nilang maging 'leading broadcast network in the Philippines.
Feeling ko, super excited sa "merger" ay ang kapamilyaks channel and their loyalists , mababawasan ang mahigpit na ka-kumpitensiya. Most likely, may kinalaman din sila sa mga paninira againts GMA 7.
Parang may mind-conditioning campaign huh! para maging katangap-tangap ang "merger". Personally, I do not want the merger to happen. I really admire the success story of the GMA 7, from being far second, they become the biggest network (kahit kumontra pa kayo ) in the Philippines.
9:15 am -- AHA 10:15 am -- Kapuso Movie Festival: Jurassic Park 3 (Dubbed in Tagalog)
12:15 nn -- Party Pilipinas Promdi
3 pm -- Reel Love Presents Tweenhearts
4 pm -- Showbiz Central
6 pm -- 24 Oras Weekend 6:45 pm -- Tweets for my Sweet (Premiere) Starring Marian Rivera 7:45 pm -- Kap's Amazing Stories
8:30 pm -- I Bilib (Final Episode)
9 pm -- Kapuso Movie Night: Super Inday and the Golden Bibe Starring Marian Rivera and Jake Cuenca 11 pm -- SNBO: Power of Death Starring Bruce Lee
12:30 am -- Diyos at Bayan
Gosh! di ko ma-imagine na pag natuloy ang merger, ang mga taong dinemanda ng GMA 7 kagaya ni Luchi Cruz and Erwin Tulfo will work side by side with the likes of Ms. Marissa Flores and Jessica Soho
DJ Sta Ana, used to work at GMA before he moved to ABSCBN, now he is the news director of TV 5. Sorry, but may credibility issue sya sa ABS before he resigned (though, it was not proven ).
Si Willie Revillame and Cristy Fermin , grabe rin ang mga panlalait sa kapuso network.
3 pm -- Reel Love Presents Tweenhearts
4 pm -- Showbiz Central
6 pm -- 24 Oras Weekend 6:45 pm -- Tweets for my Sweet (Premiere) Starring Marian Rivera 7:45 pm -- Kap's Amazing Stories
8:30 pm -- I Bilib (Final Episode)
9 pm -- Kapuso Movie Night: Super Inday and the Golden Bibe Starring Marian Rivera and Jake Cuenca 11 pm -- SNBO: Power of Death Starring Bruce Lee
12:30 am -- Diyos at Bayan
GMA News TV Sked for May 6
6:20 pm -- Ang Pinaka: Top 10 Animal Abuses
7 pm -- Idol sa Kusina
8 pm -- Good News 8:45 pm -- Reel Time: Gatas ng Ina (Documentary about breastfeeding)
9:55 pm -- Biography: Tom Cruise
11 pm -- I Witness
12 mn -- Jesus the Healer
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John’s Point
by John Fontanilla
Monday, May 7, 2012
SA PAGTATAPOS ngayong buwan ng teen show na nagpataob ng ilang beses sa mga teens show ng iba’t ibang network, ang Real Love Presents: Tween Hearts, balitang ilang miyembro nito ang nakatakdang mag-ober da bakod sa ABS-CBN at TV5.
Balita kasing walang mga shows na naka-line-up sa ibang tween stars, kaya naman kesa matengga ay lilipat na lang ang mga ito ng ibang TV network, kung saan may nakalaan nang mga shows sa mga ito.
Kaya naman ‘wag magulat kung one of this day ay makita ang ilang tweens na naggi-guest na sa mga shows ng ABS-CBN at TV5, dahil ‘yun na raw ang hudyat ng pag lipat ng mga ito. Kung sa bagay, karapatan naman ng mga ito ang maghanap ng trabaho lalo na’t kung wala namang plano sa kanila ang GMA-7 at walang trabahong maibibigay sa kanila ang Kapuso Network. ‘Yun na!
ABOUT SHOWBIZ Ni Nitz Miralles (Pilipino Star Ngayon) Updated May 08, 2012
Derek at Dingdong pagsasamahin sa pelikula
Kausap namin si Jojie Dingcong (manager ni Derek Ramsay) the other day at nabanggit nitong sa minsan nilang pag-uusap ni Dingdong Dantes, nabanggit niyang maganda kung magkakasama sila ni Derek sa movie.
Binanggit ni Jojie ang Karibal o Magkaribal project na bagay sa dalawa at open si Dingdong na gawin ito. Wala ring problema kay Derek dahil gusto rin nitong makatrabaho ang mga hindi pa nakakasama.
Sabi ni Jojie, ipi-pitch niya sa Viva Films ang project para matupad. Ang problema na lang ay ang schedule nina Dingdong at Derek na parehong busy. Sabi namin kay Jojie, mas maganda pa kung sina Marian Rivera at Angelica Panganiban ang magiging leading leadies nina Dingdong at Derek.
Cool off sina Derek at Angelica ngayon, hopefully, maayos din nila ang problema nila para sakaling matuloy ang Dingdong at Derek project, sila ni Ma*rian ang kapareha ng dalawang aktor.
Pelikula nina Julie Anne at Elmo inurong
Naurong sa August ang playdate ng Just One Summer, ang launching movie nina Julie Anne San Jose at Elmo Magalona sa GMA Films.
Dapat ay June 6 ang showing ng Just One Summer, pero ang Boy Pick-Up na ang ipalalabas sa nasabing petsa.
May aabangan pa rin ang mga fans ni Julie Anne, ang 18th birthday concert niya sa May 16, sa Hard Rock Café. To be directed by Mark Reyes, sina Jay-R at Kris Lawrence ang guest.
The Road (2012)
Domestic Total as of May. 13, 2012: $61,200 (Estimate)
Distributor: Freestyle Releasing
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Genre: Foreign / Horror
Runtime: 1 hrs. 50 min.
MPAA Rating: R
Maxene Magalona nagdodroga?
by Tzizzmoza May 16, 2012 Remate
UMUUGONG ngayon ang tsizmax na gumagamit diumano ng droga ang aktres na si Maxene Magalona.
Ayon sa balita, last week nasa Boracay ang aktres at mayroong isang insidente doon na nagwala at sinugod umano ni Maxene ang kanyang ex-boyfriend. Sumunod na araw naman ay nag-a-apologize na ito dati niyang papa.
Mayroon pang nakalap na tsizmax na bigla na lamang umanong nakipag-lips-to-lips ang aktres sa isang babae? True kaya?
Kung trulala itetch ay bakit kaya ito ginagawa ng aktres. Hula tuloy ng ilan na gumagamit ng illegal drugs si Maxene.
Sana naman ay hindi ito totoo dahil sayang at mahusay pa naman sa pag-arte ang anak ng yumaong si Francis Magalona. Isa pa gandara rin ang batang aktres.
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grabe, sobrang bitter sa success ng GMA, non-stop ang mga smear campaigns. Masipag mag-post ng tungkol sa "buy-out" plan ni MVP dahil gustong nilang mawala ang tinik (meaning GMA) sa hangad nilang maging 'leading broadcast network in the Philippines.
, mababawasan ang mahigpit na ka-kumpitensiya. Most likely, may kinalaman din sila sa mga paninira againts GMA 7.
) in the Philippines. 
will work side by side with the likes of Ms. Marissa Flores and Jessica Soho 
Originally Posted by Esther Liu
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) the other day at nabanggit nitong sa minsan nilang pag-uusap ni Dingdong Dantes, nabanggit niyang maganda kung magkakasama sila ni Derek sa movie.
