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Solon seeks strict regulations for new ABS-CBN franchise

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 08:05 AM

An administration congressman on Wednesday pushed for a new 25-year operating franchise for ABS-CBN but with a strong set of regulations, which were seen as the government's way to control the shuttered news network repeatedly criticized by President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Now off air, ABS-CBN once lauded in PH’s digital broadcast shift plan

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 06:11 PM

The Philippine government once touted shuttered broadcast network ABS-CBN for keeping pace with “rapidly evolving technologies” in an October 2017 document that outlined the country’s shift to digital TV technology. Read more »

Briones: DepEd to tap TV, radio for education amid pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 11:52 PM

The Department of Education will implement 3 alternative ways of learning, such as the utilization of lessons through television and radio, amid the coronavirus crisis in the Philippines. Read more »

FDCP working on ‘final’ guidelines on how to film in post-pandemic world

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 11:06 PM

Everyone in showbiz knows that the way things are done in the industry must change. What they now have to agree on is the "how" part. Read more »

DepEd asks critics of remote learning: Got alternatives?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 22 02:23 PM

Critics of government plans for remote learning to protect students from the coronavirus pandemic should provide alternative teaching methods, the Department of Education said Friday. Read more »

Kissing scenes inirerekomendang payagan sa pagbabalik ng mga shooting

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 08:53 PM

Inirerekomendang payagan pa rin ang mga kissing scene sa pagbabalik ng mga shooting at taping pero may mahigpit na kondisyon na kailangang sundin. Read more »

'Community' stars, fans support Filipino-designed LEGO set in bid to reach 10,000 votes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 12 12:45 PM

A potential movie and a possible LEGO set? Things are definitely looking up for the TV series Community, which has garnered an even bigger cult following with many people bingeing on videos amid the lockdown.   Read more »

In Japan, world's longest-running TV cartoon show switches to re-runs as coronavirus halts production

Reuters
Posted at May 11 06:32 AM

TOKYO (Reuters) - Millions of Japanese viewers of the world’s longest-running animated cartoon TV show will have to make do with re-runs from next week after the coronavirus pandemic disrupted production, Fuji Television Network said on Sunday.   Read more »

'New era': Pagbabalik-ere ng TV Patrol, Teleradyo online pinapurihan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 08 10:17 PM

Namayani ang pagbubunyi nang magbalik sa ere ang TV Patrol at Teleradyo online - bagay na itinuring ng ilan na "dawn of a new era."  Read more »

More ABS-CBN films to premier on China cable TV

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 11:50 AM

More Filipino movies produced by ABS-CBN are coming to Chinese television as part of the milestone deal inked by the Kapamilya network and Phoenix Satellite Television last year. Read more »

Female-centric 'Star Wars' series in works: reports

Agence France Presse
Posted at Apr 23 09:07 AM

A new female-centric "Star Wars" television series is being developed for the Disney+ streaming platform, according to Hollywood trade reports Wednesday. Read more »

Television audiences surge to 12-month highs as coronavirus keeps Americans home

Jill Serjeant, Reuters
Posted at Mar 26 07:43 AM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - From family drama “This Is Us” to crime series “NCIS,” audiences are flocking to television shows in numbers unseen for up to a year as coronavirus shutdowns and social distancing keeps millions of Americans at home. Read more »

Bob Iger steps aside as Disney CEO, hands off to company insider

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 26 07:04 AM

Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday chief Bob Iger was handing off the top executive post after building the media-entertainment powerhouse into the undisputed Hollywood leader.  Read more »

Grupo ng cable TV operators planong harangin ang ABS-CBN franchise

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 09:42 PM

Haharangin ng isang grupo ng cable television operators ang prangkisa ng ABS-CBN sakaling dinggin ito sa Kongreso. Read more »

‘Simpsons’ actor says he’ll no longer voice Apu after controversy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 08:19 PM

Hank Azaria will no longer voice the Indian character Apu, more than two years after accusations of racism marred the long-running animated series. Read more »

Peacock, NBC’s streaming service, will have free option, ‘The Office’

Tiffany Hsu and Edmund Lee, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 17 12:06 PM

Despite taking its name from one of the flashiest animals on the planet, NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service is at risk of blending in with the flock. Read more »

ANC’s Cathy Yang named best news presenter at Asian Television Awards

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 04:08 PM

As host of business news program "Market Edge," Yang beat countryman Cito Beltran of Cignal TV, and journalists from China, India, Japan and Taiwan. Read more »

HBO to produce 'Parasite' miniseries

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 08:40 AM

HBO has secured the rights to adapt South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho's critical smash hit "Parasite" into a miniseries, the US cable channel said Thursday. Read more »

Oscars to go host-less for second year, ABC says

Jill Serjeant, Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 06:59 AM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 2020 Oscars ceremony in February will again have no host, the head of ABC Television Entertainment said on Wednesday.   Read more »

TV makers woo internet generation with super-high-def models

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 08 08:23 AM

Bigger, more beautiful and better connected: At the Consumer Electronics Show, which kicked off Tuesday in Las Vegas, TV makers flaunted top-notch models meant to lure a generation weaned on the internet. Read more »