Thursday, March 29, 2018

Explore Different Life Forms and Lifestyles in this Blue Planet in HD

It’s a wonderful world out there, waiting to be discovered. There’s plenty of interesting stories going on behind the scenes and inside machines; and even more magnificent views of life beyond the city limits. See them all in high definition as Discovery Channel HD, Animal Planet HD and Metro Channel HD become available on your TV screens, starting April 1!



Your favourite channel on everything lifestyle, from food to travel to style, is now getting its own makeover! Home of well-loved TV personalities in and out of the country, Lifestyle channel is changing its name to Metro Channel, with a new HD channel joining our lineup of high definition channels.




The channel was a joint venture between the Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) of Hong Kong and Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) of the Philippines and formerly known as GTV from 1974 to 1980, MBS from 1980 to 1986, TVB Lifestyle Network from 1986 to 1995, TVB Indosiar Lifestyle Network from 1995 to 2015 and TVB Indosiar Lifestyle from 2015 to March 31, 2018.


It having a new studio at DoubleDragon Plaza, DD Meridian Park corner Macapagal Avenue and EDSA Extension, Bay Area, Pasay City, that having state of the art high definition television studio facilities, a larger newsroom and administrative offices. The larger newsroom was replicating the NBC News Studio in New York, U.S.A.


Here is the inaugural schedule for April 1
  • 06:00AM 星期日香港早晨 Sunday Good Morning Hong Kong[Can]
  • 09:00AM 文化廣場[粵] Cultural Plaza[Can]
  • 09:30AM 宇宙戰隊[粵/日] Uchu Sentai Kyuranger[Can/Jap]
  • 10:00AM 妖怪手錶[粵/日] Yo-kai Watch[Can/Jap]
  • 10:30AM FAIRY TAIL魔導少年 V[粵/日][PG] FAIRY TAIL[Can/Jap][PG]
  • 11:00AM 珍情品味[粵] Tasting Life[Can]
  • 11:55AM 宣傳易[粵]  TV Easy[Can]
  • 12:00PM 講清講楚[粵]  On the Record[Can]
  • 12:30PM 你健康嗎?[粵]  Am I Healthy?[Can]
  • 01:00PM 樓計專家[粵] Property Experts[Can]
  • 01:30PM 
  • 02:00PM 野性伊比利亞[英/粵] Wild Iberia[Eng/Can]
  • 02:55PM 清心直說[英] STRAIGHT TALK[Eng]
  • 03:20PM 花生動畫[英/粵] Peanuts[Eng/Can]
  • 03:30PM 恩雨之聲[普/粵] Showers of Blessing[Man/Can]
  • 04:00PM 小小探索家[英]  Little People[Eng]
  • 04:25PM Toon Disney:魔髮奇緣[英]  Toon Disney:Tangled The Series[Eng]
  • 04:55PM Toon Disney:小公主蘇菲亞[英]  Toon Disney:Sofia the First[Eng]
  • 05:20PM 啤啤熊與吱吱鼠[英] Ernest & Celestine[Eng]
  • 05:35PM 安蒂的青春日記#3[英] Andi Mack#3[Eng]
  • 06:00PM 財經透視[粵/普] Financial Magazine[Can/Man]
  • 06:30PM 霍金天才教室[英/粵]  Genius by Stephen Hawking[Eng/Can]
  • 07:25PM 零食夢工場[英/粵] Unwrapped 2.0[Eng/Can]
  • 07:55PM 話說當年[英] Today in History[Eng]
  • 08:00PM 非常寵物[英/粵]  The Secret World of Posh Pets[Eng/Can]
  • 08:30PM 全英一叮[英]  Britain's Got Talent[Eng]
  • 09:25PM 入廚易[英] 及 話說當年[英]  Video Cookbook[Eng] and Today in History[Eng]
  • 09:30PM 周末大電影:挪亞:滅世啟示[英][PG] Weekend Blockbuster:Noah[Eng][PG]
  • 11:45AM 1+1的深情[粵] Through Thick and Thin[Can]
  • 12:15AM 深夜美食團[粵] Midnight Banquets[Can]
  • 12:45AM 晚間新聞[英]  NEWS ROUNDUP (PEARL)[Eng]
  • 01:00AM 天氣報告[英] WEATHER REPORT[Eng]
  • 01:05AM 瞬間看地球[英]  Earth Live[Eng]
  • 01:10AM 港生活.港享受[英]  Dolce Vita[Eng]
  • 01:40AM 賽馬預測[英][馬會]  Racing To Win[Eng][HKJC]
  • 03:10AM 絕境求生指南[英/粵][PG]  So You Think You'd Survive?[Eng/Can][PG]
  • 04:00AM 十大毒蛇[英/粵]  Ten Deadliest Snakes with Nigel Marven[Eng/Can]
  • 05:00AM 非常寵物[英/粵] The Secret World of Posh Pets[Eng/Can]
Monday, April 2:
  • 05:55AM Kape't Pandasal[Fil]
  • 06:00AM 香港早晨[粵]  Good Morning Hong Kong[Can]
  • 07:30AM 穿越聖地[粵/英]  Drive-thru History with Dave Stotts: The Gospels[Can/Eng]
  • 08:00AM 樓計專家[粵]  Property Experts[Can]
  • 08:30AM 瑜亮對談[英]  Peer to Peer[Can]
  • 09:00AM 快樂長門人[粵]  Happy Old Buddies[Can]
  • 09:10AM 回鄉[粵]  Homecoming[Can]
  • 09:35AM 誇極限大挑戰[粵]  The Race[Can]
  • 10:35AM 多啦A夢: 新.大雄之日本誕生[粵]  Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016[Can]
  • 12:45PM 宣傳易[粵]  TV Easy[Can]
  • 01:00PM 午間新聞[粵]  Noon News[Can]
  • 01:20PM 時事通識[粵] 及 天氣報告[粵] 及 瞬間看地球[粵]   Behind The Headlines[Can] and Weather Report[Can] and Earth Live[Can]
  • 01:25PM 都市閒情[粵]  Pleasure & Leisure[Can]
  • 02:10PM 宣傳易[粵]  TV Easy[Can]
  • 02:15PM 今日VIP[粵]  The Green Room[Can]
  • 02:45PM 東西宮略[粵]  Queens of Diamonds and Hearts[Can]
  • 03:45PM 星夢學園III[粵/日]  Aikatsu! Idol Activity[Can/Jap]
  • 04:15PM 每日媽媽[粵/日]  Mainichi Kaasan[Can/Jap]
  • 04:50PM Think Big天地[粵]  Kids, Think Big[Can]
  • 05:20PM 忍者亂太郎[粵/日]  Nintama Rantarō[Can/Jap]
  • 05:50PM 財經新聞[粵] Financial News[Can]
  • 06:00PM 鏗鏘集[粵][港台] 及 新聞檔案[粵] Hong Kong Connection[Can][RTHK] and News Files[Can]
  • 06:30PM 六點半新聞報道[粵]  News At Six-Thirty[Can]
  • 06:55PM 天氣報告[粵] Weather Report[Can]
  • 07:00PM 那年花開月正圓[粵/普]  Nothing Gold Can Stay[Can]
  • 07:30PM 東張西望[粵]  Scoop[Can]
  • 08:00PM 明珠檔案[英]  The Pearl Report[Eng]
  • 08:30PM 美國小廚神[英/粵]  MasterChef Junior[Eng/Can]
  • 09:25PM 入廚易[英]  Video Cookbook[Eng]
  • 09:30PM 話說當年[英]  Today in History[Eng]
  • 09:35PM 崇山峻嶺極地行[英/粵]  Extreme Treks Sacred Mountains[Eng/Can]
  • 10:35PM 環球金融速遞[英]  Marketplace[Eng]
  • 10:40PM 魔鬼神探[英/粵][PG]  Lucifer[Eng/Can][PG]
  • 11:40PM 財經速遞[英]  WORLD MARKET UPDATE[Eng]
  • 11:45PM Do姐有問題[粵] 及 環球新聞檔案[粵]  Do Did Eat[Can] and International News File[Can]
  • 12:15AM 晚間新聞[英]  NEWS ROUNDUP (PEARL)[Eng]
  • 12:45AM 新聞檔案[粵]  News Files[Can]
  • 12:50AM 天氣報告[英]  WEATHER REPORT[Eng]
  • 12:55AM 瞬間看地球[英]  Earth Live[Eng]
  • 01:00AM 法網危情[英/粵][PG]  How to Get Away with Murder[Eng/Can][PG]
  • 01:55AM 神盾局特工#11[英][PG]  Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.#11[Eng][PG]
  • 02:45AM 入廚易[英]  Video Cookbook[Eng]
  • 02:55AM 崇山峻嶺極地行[英/粵]  Extreme Treks Sacred Mountains[Eng/Can]
  • 03:50AM 美國小廚神[英/粵]  MasterChef Junior[Eng/Can]
  • 04:50AM 明珠檔案[英]  The Pearl Report[Eng]
  • 05:20AM 乖孫廚神[英/粵]  Grandma's Boy[Eng/Can]
A brand new TV Patrol with Henry Omaga-Diaz, Gretchen Ho and Paolo Abrera comes to you at 6:30 PM!

                                                                                    Talented young stars in ‘Squad Goals’

                                                                                    Julian Trono (left) and Vitto Marquez
                                                                                    Young and talented actors are featured in the Viva Films offering “Squad Goals.” Two of them are Julian Trono and Vitto Marquez.

                                                                                    Julian broke into showbiz in 2009 as a host on the values-oriented children’s show “Tropang Potchi.” In 2010, he joined “Party Pilipinas” where he wowed audiences with his dance moves, earning him the title Prince of the Dance Floor. As actor, he has appeared on such shows as “Amaya” “Anna Karenina,” “Niño,” “Buena Familia,” and “Dear Uge.”

                                                                                    In 2017, Julian played a marked role in horror movie “Ang Pagsanib Kay Leah Dela Cruz.” Not long after, he got his first leading role in the romantic comedy “Fangirl, Fanboy” opposite Ella Cruz.

                                                                                    Later, Julian also became a recording artist under Viva Records. His original songs include “Balang Araw,” “Isang Tingin” and “Tumalon.”

                                                                                    In “Squad Goals,” he plays Benj, an Engineering student who moonlights as dance guru Young D. He wears a mask in his dance videos on YouTube to hide from his father who frowns upon this passion of his.

                                                                                    As for Vitto, he surprised his mother Alma Moreno when he told her of his desire to join showbiz. The actress described her son with Joey Marquez as “shy,” but she knew he’d build his confidence under the management of Viva.

                                                                                    In 2016, Vitto auditioned for ABS-CBN’s boy group “Hashtags,” and a year later, he was officially launched as one of its members. To this day, Vitto is seen regularly on “It’s Showtime.”

                                                                                    In the movie, Vitto plays Tom, son of a retired basketball player and a model/actress. He is an HRM student and a varsity team captain.

                                                                                    The others in the cast of “Squad Goals” are Jack Reid, Dan  Huschka and Andrew Muhlach.

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                                                                                    Proud of the kids

                                                                                    Marvin Agustin
                                                                                    In a recent Instagram post, Marvin Agustin said he’s proud of his “babies” on the series “Kambal, Karibal.” He means Bianca Umali, Kyline Alcantara, and Pauline Mendoza.

                                                                                    Marvin shared “I’m so proud of our babies on the set. They are not just another pretty face, they are very talented, hard working and very dedicated. Ganyan ang mga nagtatagal sa industriya. Ang mga taong nagmamahal ng trabaho nila. Great job beauties! (Sayang wala si Pau sa shot) And congrats to our show!”

                                                                                    “It’s nice to know that despite the heaviness of their scenes, they have a good relationship off-cam. It’s really worth it, the effort exerted by the whole cast because netizens are talking about the series and making it trending every night.”

                                                                                    Marvin plays Raymond, a doctor and the husband of Geraldine (Carmina Villaroel) who caused the death of his own father, another doctor played by multi-awarded Christopher de Leon. He placed the blame on his daughter Cheska (Kyline).

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                                                                                    Tidbits: Happy b-day greetings today, March 29, go to broadcasters Tina Monson-Palma and Ted Failon, Miguel Cerqueda, Dr. Pepito Oreta, Fely Ley, Laila Marquez, Mila de Jesus, Bambi Babiera, Jonahmar Salvosa, Mico Rafanan, Domer Rubiano, and Aaron AgassiMarch 30: Jennifer Pena, Al Perez, Viana Fores, Pros Antonio, Marilou Custodio, Luz de Guzman, Capt. Juan Santos Ruiz, Clenia Dumanche, Antonio dela Luna, Ma. Alice Labaon, Jean Gonzalez, Dinyo Mateo, NJ Torres-Jacobson, and Enrique Gil… In observance of the Holy Week, Star City will be closed from Holy Wednesday, March 28 to Black Saturday, March 31. Operations will resume on Easter Sunday, April 1 at 2 p.m.