GMA NETWORK HOLDS TOP SPOT IN URBAN LUZON, MEGA MANILA

GMA Network continued its stronghold in the key areas of Urban Luzon and Mega Manila in June, according to the latest data from ratings service provider Nielsen TV Audience Measurement.

From June 1 to 29 (with June 23 to 29 based on overnight data), GMA posted an average total day people audience share of 35.3 percent, which outscored ABS-CBN’s 30.7 percent in Urban Luzon. The viewer-rich area accounts for 72 percent of all urban TV viewers in the country.

The Kapuso Network led in the afternoon block with 36.3 percent audience share, versus rival network’s 32.9 percent.

GMA Network also posted winning numbers in the evening block with 38.1 percent as against ABS-CBN’s 30 percent.

Kapuso shows again dominated Urban Luzon’s list of top-rating programs in June with Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (KMJS) remaining unbeatable in the number one spot. KMJS was likewise the most watched program in National Urban Philippines.

Included in the list as well were Sahaya, KaraMia, 24 Oras, Daddy's Gurl, Magpakailanman, StarStruck, Pepito Manaloto, Love You Two, and Daig Kayo Ng Lola Ko.

Eat Bulaga, Studio 7, Kapuso Movie Night, Imbestigador, Amazing Earth, Bihag, Dahil sa Pag-ibig, Wowowin, Bubble Gang and Saksi also made it to the top programs list.

Similarly, GMA Network ruled in Mega Manila, which accounts for 60 percent of all urban viewers in the country.

Based on official data from June 1 to 22, GMA recorded 36.3 percent average total day people audience share, beating the 28.8 percent of ABS-CBN. In Mega Manila’s list of top-rating programs, 21 out of the top 30 shows were from GMA.

Nielsen TV Audience Measurement's client pool covers a total of 32 clients/subscribers consisting of 6 local TV networks including ABS-CBN, TV5, Aksyon TV, and CNN Philippines, among others; 3 regional clients; 2 blocktimers; and 21 agencies (17 media agencies, 3 consulting agencies, and 1 digital agency).

ABS-CBN tops nationwide ratings in June

ABS-CBN remained at the top of national TV ratings as it attracted more viewers in June, registering an average audience share of 44 percent, data from Kantar Media showed.

This was more than 10 points higher than GMA’s 32 percent, its closest competitor.

Global audience measurement provider Kantar Media uses a nationwide panel size of 2,610 urban and rural homes that represent 100% of the total Philippine TV viewing population.

ABS-CBN kept its firm hold of urban and rural areas, as it won in Metro Manila with 42 percent compared to GMA’s 26 percent.

It also won in Mega Manila, with 36 percent over GMA’s 32 percent; in Total Luzon, with 40 percent versus GMA’s 35 percent; while claiming dominance in Total Visayas with 53 percent, more than twice GMA’s 24 percent; and in Total Mindanao with 52 percent versus GMA’s 28 percent.

ABS-CBN also led in all time blocks, claiming victory during primetime with an average audience share of 45 percent versus GMA’s 33 percent.

It topped the morning block (6 a.m.-12 noon) with 39 percent, compared to GMA’s 28 percent; the noontime block (12 p.m. -3 p.m.) with 44 percent versus GMA’s 33 percent; and the afternoon block (3 p.m -6 p.m.) with 48 percent versus GMA’s 31 percent.

The list of top ten shows continued to be occupied by ABS-CBN in June with “FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano” continuing its streak as the country’s number one show, with 37.3 percent and “It’s Showtime” with 35.8 percent.

“The General’s Daughter” follows with 30.8 percent; “Sino ang May Sala?” with 29.5 percent, “Pinoy Big Brother: Otso” and “Tonight with Boy Abunda” with 28.9 percent, “Bandila” with 28.5 percent, “Search for Idol Philippines,” with 28.3 percent; “TV Patrol,” with 27.7 percent; “Maalaala Mo Kaya,” with 26.8 percent; “Kadenang Ginto,” with 23.7 percent; “Hiwaga ng Kambat,” with 22.2%; “Home Sweetie Home,” with 21.8 percent, and “Rated K,” with 19.6 percent.

Sales of the company's digital TV set top box, ABS-CBN TVplus, meanwhile had already reached 7 million as of February this year.

ABS-CBN TVplus has also added five new channels to its current line-up, namely the Asianovela Channel, Movie Central, MYX, Jeepney TV, and O Shopping in Metro Manila, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, and Metro Cebu.

In June, the company launched the mobile version of ABS-CBN TVplus in the form of a dongle, the ABS-CBN TVplus Go, giving mobile Filipinos the chance to watch shows available on networks broadcasting in digital anytime, anywhere.

The company launched its new streaming service, iWant, which immediately became the most in-demand app for Filipino iOS and Android users.

iWant had more than one million mobile app downloads on the first day of its official release on November 17, 2018.

The network also had successful narrative format buys this 2019, including “The Blood Sisters” in Kazakhstan and “Ngayon and Kailanman” in Myanmar.

ABS-CBN is also transitioning into digital with the biggest online presence among all Filipino media companies, and a growing list of digital properties.

It recently received the Diamond Creator Award from YouTube as its entertainment channel surpassed ten million subscribers, becoming the first ever channel in the country and the third in Southeast Asia to do so.

News.abs-cbn.com is the official news website of ABS-CBN Corp.

https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/07/02/19/abs-cbn-tops-nationwide-ratings-in-june

Over 200 bills filed in House on first day of 18th Congress

By Ben Rosario

Over 200 bills swiftly clogged the House of Representatives docket of legislative measures on the first working day of congressmen belonging to the 18th Congress.

Majority of the bills are re-filed measures that either did not pass committee approval or on second or third reading stages of approval during the 17th Congress. Others were passed on final reading but failed to get the Senate’s nod.

Cebu Rep. Raul Del Mar filed the first four bills but were officially listed in the legislative docket as House Bills (HB) Nos. 11, 12, 13 and 14.

The first 10 in the list of bills filed are reserved for the speaker, who will be elected by his colleagues when the 18th Congress officially opens on July 22.

Other early birds include Reps. Edcel Lagman (LP, Albay), Michael Romero (1Pacman Partylist), and Ruffy Biazon (PDP-Laban, Muntinlupa City).

Biazon filed at least 100 bills on the first day of the 18th Congress, majority of which were re-filed measures from the 17th Congress. A number of the bills were legislative proposals that he had co-authored with his father, former Senator Rodolfo Biazon.

Filed by Del Mar was HB 11 or the “Mega Cebu Development Authority (MCDA) Act.” It seeks to create a special body to coordinate and promote socio-economic growth and sustainable development within Metro Cebu and the Cebu province.

Del Mar’s HB 12, “Freedom of Information Act,” seeks to provide citizens access to official records, documents, and papers pertaining to official acts, transactions or decisions, and government research data used as basis for policy development.

A consolidated version of the measure hurdled third and final reading by the House and Senate during the 14th Congress and was further approved by the bicameral conference committee during that time, according to him. But the bicameral report was only ratified by the Senate as the House failed to have a quorum on the last session day of the 14th Congress.

Romero filed the Actors Occupational Safety and Health Standard Law providing for stricter measures for the prevention of accidents and other occupational hazards on the movie or television set and the imposition of stiff penalties for violations.

Romero, president of the Party-list Coalition Foundation, Inc., said he expects more than 100 of his colleagues in the House of Representatives to co-author the measure that will be known “The Eddie Garcia Law.”

On the other hand, Lagman re-filed three major legislative proposals that were passed on third and final reading during the 17th Congress but failed Senate approval due to lack of time.

These bills are: (1) the Human Rights Defenders Protection Bill, which is now HB 015; (2) the Absolute Divorce Bill (HB 100); and (3) HB 101, staying the execution pending appeal of the orders of dismissal/suspension by quasi-judicial bodies like the Office of the Ombudsman and the Civil Service Commission.

Lagman said HB 015 proposes guarantees for the protection from harassment and assault of human rights advocates and defenders.

HB 100 or the granting of absolute divorce is a sequel of the Reproductive Health Act that Lagman authored.

HB 101, whose precursor was co-authored by 153 members in the 17th Congress, seeks to stop the practice of execution pending appeal of decisions or orders of quasi-judicial bodies suspending or dismissing public officials.

Meanwhile, at least 60 neophyte district and party-list representatives on Monday attended the first day of the House of Representatives Executive Course on Legislation that will orient them on their role and functions as House Members of the 18th Congress and help them fulfill their constitutional mandate as legislators.

The attendees comprise the third and last batch of lawmakers to undergo the legislative course. Most of them either come from political families or were former local chief executives in their districts. Based on their self-introduction, the lawmakers have a common advocacy which is to help uplift the lives of the Filipino people.

https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/07/01/over-200-bills-filed-in-house-on-first-day-of-18th-congress/

ABS-CBN SHUTDOWN IMPOSSIBLE DESPITE FRANCHISE EXPIRATION? KBP SEC. LITO YABUT EXPLAINS

• In 2018, President Rodrigo Duterte strongly disapproved of the renewal of ABS-CBN’s franchise that will expire by 2020
• Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) Secretary Lito Yabut cleared that it’s impossible for ABS-CBN to shut down just because its franchise expired
• For the record, there hasn’t been any broadcast station that was shut down because of an expired franchise

The issue regarding the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN has been in the headlines of newspapers and news sites for weeks now.

President Rodrigo Duterte had earlier issued a statement highly disapproving the renewal of the ABS-CBN franchise that is about to terminate in the year 2020.

His reason? Instead of airing his political advertisements during the 2016 Presidential Election, the network aired an advertisement critical of Duterte which was paid by former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV.

“Hindi ko palusutin. Iyong franchise niyo matatapos. But let me ask you questions first. Kasi ako talaga mag-object na ma-renew kayo. Alam mo bakit? Magnanakaw kayo, estapador,” the President stated.

Because of this, many celebrities who will be affected raised their sentiments on social media. Some of them even signed a petition urging the House of Representatives to renew the franchise of the network. Coco Martin, Lea Salonga, Piolo Pascual, Jaime Fabregas, John Arcilla, Angel Aquino, Ricky Lee, and Joel Lamangan- to name a few.

However, Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) Secretary Lito Yabut clarified that it’s impossible for the network to shut down just because its franchise has expired. And to date, there has not been any broadcast station that was shut down because the franchise expired.

In an interview with One News, the KBP Secretary said, “There never was a broadcast station that was shut down because the franchise expired — never in the history of the Philippines. My father knows that, Gabby Lopez’s father knows that. Wala, wala. No such thing.”

(Wala pang istasyong naipasara dahil lamang sa isang expired na prangkisa, wala pa sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas. Alam ‘yan ng tatay ko, alam ‘yan ng tatay ni Gabby Lopez. Wala, wala. Walang ganyan.)

Eugenio Gabriel “Gabby” L. López III is the former chairman of ABS-CBN whom Duterte called a “swindler” after Duterte falsely accused him of stealing billions from people.

https://www.lionheartv.net/2019/07/abs-cbn-shutdown-impossible-despite-franchise-expiration-kbp-sec-lito-yabut-explains/