'TIL MY HEARTACHES END GROSSED P33M IN 5 DAYS! PETRANG KABAYO SURPASSED THE P100-M MARK!

Till My Heartaches End opened its first week with P33 million based from the latest figures of third party tabulator Box Office Mojo. This is based on the box office receipts taken from 76 major cinemas in the country from  October 27 to 31. On the other hand the Viva Films produced Petrang Kabayo, became the 4th local movie this year to cross the P100 million mark! The Vice Ganda starrer earned P14.06 million on its third week run for a 3-weeks total of P100.92 million. Regal's horror film  White House rested P17.75M while the En-rich starer I Do settled with P42.44M. Star Cinema's Miss you Like Crazy still rules in total sales with P143.25 million.

IYA VILLANIA TO FINALLY TRANSFER TO PARTY PILIPINAS?!

With Viva's worsening relationship with ABS-CBN, fomer Kapuso talent and ASAP mainstay Iya Villana is rumored again to transfer in the kapuso network. First identified in GMA-7's youth oriented show, "CLICK", Iya Villana transfered to ABS-CBN years ago and joined the country's leading Sunday Musical Variety program. Iya also became a popular MYX host and lead a Sunday dance program opposite Derick Ramsy.

But with lesser exposure and increasing pressure from Viva Artist Center, Iya is once again speculated to transfer in the Kapuso Network joining Rachele Ann Go and Mark Bautista in Party Pilipinas. As of press time Iya has yet to comment on this matter. Is this silence a sign of running deal?

ABS-CBN TOTAL AD MINUTES UP BY 54%! GMA-7 DOWN BY 15%!

The Lopez lead local channel ABS-CBN had enjoyed a total ad minutes upswing of 54% in the third quarter of the year! The Kapamilya channel accumulated a sum of  28,054 ad minutes from July to September  up by more than 9,000 year-on-year from 18,214 of 2009. The increased sales, at the back of higher ad rates implemented early this year, will surely boost the bottom line of the company making  it on track of its year end target of P3B Net Income. 

ABS-CBN CONFIRMS NOLI & KORINA'S COME BACK ON TV PATROL! JULUIS & KAREN DAVILA TO JOIN DRILON ON BANDILA!

MANILA, Philippines - ABS-CBN announced on Wednesday that veteran broadcast journalists Noli de Castro and Korina Sanchez will be returning to TV Patrol on November 8, Monday.

"For the first time, three respected news icons in Philippine broadcast journalism are joining forces to strengthen “TV Patrol,” ABS-CBN’s flagship newscast and the leading news program in the country for the past 23 years," the country's largest broadcast network said in a statement.

AGB MM PEOPLE RATINGS ( OCT.29-NOV.1): GMA-7 REGAINED AFTERNOON DOMINANCE! MAGKARIBAL ZOOMS TO NO.2 OVERALL!

Highlights

1.GMA afternoon programs slowly regains dominance with Koreana, Yaman ni Lola, Temptation of Wife and Little Star winning the Monday battle;

2. Imortal remains a strong leader with 13.3% and 14.1%; while Magkaribal climbs to no.2 with 12.7% and 13.6% respectively;

3. Willing Willie pulled down the numbers of evening News Cast 24 Oras and TV Patrol, even weakening NOAH and Survivor Phils III;

4. Kristine 10.7% and SNN 6.2% wins over Beauty Queen 9% and East of Eden 6%;

5. Unang Hirit widens lead over Umagang Kay Ganda with 2.1% and  2.4% on Firday and Monday morning versus rival with 1.7% and 1.8% respectively;

CAPTAIN BARBEL AT AMAYA MINAMADALI NA NG SIETE! HULING PASABOG NG GMA-7 SA 2010 PARATING NA!

This early, Galvante can tick off what the early 2011 program mix looks like:

“Captain Barbell (with Richard Gutierrez) in the title role will introduce special effects and a league of superheroes. Our primetime queen, Marian Rivera, headlines the epic fiction soap Amaya. The drama series is set in the 1500s and backed up data furnished by the UP research department. A team of consultants check on details, read the script and comment on it to make sure everything is correct.”

KAPUSO MO JESSICA SOHO, HIGHEST EARNING WEEKEND PRIMETIME PROGRAM!

GMA-7's top rating weekend program, Kapuso Mo Jesica Soho out ranked competitors in total ads sales for the month of September, 2010! 

Neilsen Media cited that the Kapuso Magazine Program remains to be unbeatable in its time slot with at least  30% audience share in Mega Manila, this contrary to TV5's claim of winning the Saturday prime time battle in the said survey area. According to the firm, Kapuso Mo Jessica Sojo averaged a whooping 18 TV advertisements per gap, this is the highest  number advertisements per gap in any prime time program for both GMA and ABS-CBN. It is estimated that an episode  grossed about P25M, making it one of the best loaded and successful program in the Philippines today. GMA president Gilberto Duavit Jr. expressed his gratitude for the unrelenting support of  its viewers, and promises to exhaust their News and Current events department in the name of service and serbisyong totoo. 

ABS-CBN SEES WILLIE & TV5 A BIG THREAT! MAJOR CHANGE IN THE EARLY PRIMETIME ON THE MOVE!

Speculation about ABS-CBN's major reformatting in the early prime time strengthens as TV5's Willing Willie  continue to eat a significant share in the audience pie.Just this evening former Kapamilya Royalty, Willie Revillame announced that his new program has breached the top spot a new last Saturday October 30, 2010, with an average audience share of 32% beating ABS-CBN and GMA Network. The effect of Willie's strength is also seen in the National Urban Ratings as none of the Primetime shows from the Kapamilya Network now maintains a 30% mark, while kapuso programs can hardly reach the 20s level since Willing Willie debuted a week ago.

GMA NETWORK TO PAY FINE FOR VIOLATION! COURT UPHOLDS SANCTION AGAINST GMA'S AM RADIO STATION!

MANILA, Philippines - The Court of Appeals 10th Division has affirmed 2 orders by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) imposing a fine to GMA Network, Inc. for operating its DYSP-AM radio station in Puerto Princesa, Palawan with an expired Provisional Authority.

The NTC order dated May 25, 2009 renewed GMA's Provisional Authority to install, operate and maintain the radio station but imposed upon it a fine of P152,100; NTC order dated January 8, 2010 modified the earlier order by reducing the fine to P76,050.