Music piracy is one of the problems the Filipino entertainment industry is dealing with. Kaya naman nakaisip ang singer na si Ogie Alcasid at ang tech partner nito na OksPinoy ng isang online store para matulungan ang tinatawag nating mga OPM Filipino artists, music lovers at musicians para kumita. Sa pamamagitan ng web site na www.OPM2Go.com, ang mga bago at lumang kanta ay puwedeng i-download at ang revenues nito ay diretsong matatangap ng mga Filipino artists at musicians. Isa sa mga pinaka-magandang nangyayari ngayon, sa tulong ng internet, nagagawa at nakai-isip tayo ng makabagong pamamaraan para maitaguyod at para na rin matulungan natin ang ating Original Pilipino Music at ang mga lumilikha ng mga katangi-tanging kanta ng musikang Pilipino. Kudos to Ogie na matatawag nating isa sa mga natatanging haligi ng ating musikang Pilipino.
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TV5, maging successful kaya ang launching sa Los Angeles? Sa May ay magkakaroon ng launching ang TV5 (“Kapatid”) network sa Los Angeles at ito’y gagawin sa Shrine Auditorium sa pamamagitan ng show ni Willie Revillame, ang “Wil Time, Big Time.” Susundan ito sa Bill Graham Civic
Auditorium sa June 2. Ang tanong, alam kaya ng mga tiga-Los Angeles na may bago nang show si Willie sa TV5, at may bago na itong show na may pamagat na “Wil Time, Big Time”? Sa pagalis ni Willie sa Channel 2 (TFC) care ba ng mga tao sa L.A. kung nasaan na si Willie? TFC at GMA lang ang mga napapanood ng mga Fil-Ams dito sa L.A. Huwag lang sana’ng sumigaw ang mga lolo’t lola ng “Wowowee, Wowowee, Wowowee!” sa Shrine at magkaka-alaman na na may hang-over pa rin ang mga tiga-L.A. sa dating show ni Willie.
Hindi pa rin nakakaungos ang GMA “Kapuso” network sa U.S. pagdating
sa scope of viewership at popularity. Maliwanag na ang ABS-CBN Kapamilya” network pa rin ang nangunguna dito sa U.S. Hindi natupad ng GMA 7 ang pangako nito’ng bigyan sila ng limang taon at mauungusan nila ang ABS-CBN sa U.S. simula nang maglunsad sila pitong taon na ang nakararaan (kung hindi ako nagkakamali, Setyembre 15, 2005 nang unang magkaroon ng GMA 7 sa Los Angeles sa pamamagitan ng Comcast). Mas popular pa rin ang mga “Kapamilya” stars kesa sa mga “Kapuso” talents ng GMA 7. At pagdating sa marketing strategy, mas maraming lugar pa rin ang walang cable service ng GMA 7. Bihira rin na makarating ang mga stars ng “Kapuso” network sa U.S. samantalang ang roster ng “Star Magic” ay nagpabalikbalik na sa U.S. at Canada. Bago matapos ang taong ito, abangan ang big event ng “Kapamilya” Network dahil nakatakdang dalhin dito ang taunang star-studded “Star Magic Ball”! Gagawin ito sa Shrine Auditorium!
Suggestion ko lang, since mayroon nang FilAmTV digital cable (KVMD Channel 31-3) dito sa Los Angeles, bilhin na lang kaya ni MVP (mayari ng Channel TV5) ang bagong free channel na ka-la-launch pa lang kamakailan.
Ang siste, napakapagpangit ng reception nito at kailangan muna’ng ayusin nito ang satellite reception nito. Natatandaan ko nuong magsimula ang TFC Channel, ganito rin ang naging initial problema nito. Huwag sana’ng maging ningas kugon ito dahil pagkakataon na nating mga Pilipino para maging daan ito para mas makilala tayo at maki-pagcollaborate sa mainstream entertainment.
Ang TV5 ay kasalukuyang napapanood sa Middle East (via OSN Channel 165), Guam (via MCV Channel 375), Europe (via OSN through IPTV), Italy, U.K., Norway, Sweden, Spain, France Germany (via TV2Moro Channel 405), at sa Japan. Pag nagkataon, tinatantya kong bubulusok ang TV5 sa U.S. at magiging daan ito para magkaroon ng mga original at bagong content sa U.S. Maraming U.S. based producers ang mae-enganyong magproduce ng mga teleserye, reality shows, at iba pa. Makikipag-sabayan na rin tayo sa mga Hollywood events at harinawang mapansin din tayo ng mga Hollywood producers and mainstream advertisers.
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Upcoming Film Festivals in April Several film festivals are rounding up in April but competitions among the most popular ones and vying for film lovers and regular attendees. The Tribeca Film Festival (www.TribecaFilm.com) in New York and the San Francisco International Film Festival (www.Festival.SFFS.org) in the west coast are both opening against each other between April 18th through the 29th.
At the Tribeca Filmfest, Universal Pictures’ comedy, The Five-Year Engagement (starring Jason Segel and Emily Blunt) will kick-off the festival while SFIFF will open the next evening with Benoit Jacquot’s Farewell My Queen (starring Diane Kruger and Virginie Ledoyen). Five-time Oscar nominee Kenneth Branagh will receive SFIFF’s prestigious Founders Directing Award on April 27 while Tribeca announced that its Closing Night film will have the World Premiere of Marvel/Disney’s The Avengers. Tribeca also announced that it will have a panel discussion with founder Robert de Niro, Meryl Streep and Judd Apatow discussing Universal’s first 100 years.
It may be hard to compete traveling to east coast or in the Bay area to attend these two festivals, but around that time in Los Angeles, we are lucky to have the 16th Annual City of Lights, City of Angels French Film Festival, also known as the ColCoa Filmfest (www.colcoa.org), a sort of Cannes on Sunset Blvd., which will run from April 16 – 23 at the Directors Guild of America. The fest opens with My Way, the story of French pop star Claude Francois from director Florent-Emilio Siri and starring Jeremie Renier (The Bourne Legacy). There are some impressive line-up of films at the ColCoa, including The Intouchables, starring Omar Sy, the film that beat Jean DuJardin for Best Actor Cesar Award. It is also interesting to note that Farewell My Queen will screen at this fest just before it screens at SFIFF and the Cannes Jury Special Prize winner Polisse, will also screen at Colcoa after its U.S. Premiere at Tribeca.
But read this out — the 3rd Annual TCM Classic Film Festival (www.TCM.com) is also happening in April at the heart of Hollywood, from April 12 - 15. From Turner Classic movies, saluting Style in The Movies, the festival will have its opening night premiere of the restoration of Cabaret (celebrating its 40th anniversary) with stars Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey attending for a Q&A with TCM host Robert Osborne. The next day Kim Novak will sit with Osborne for a career retrospective as well after getting her hand and footprints immortalized in cement at the fest’s home base, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.
Posted by PinoyWatchDog.com
on April 10, 2012. Filed under ENTERTAINMENT,HOLLYWOODFLIP.
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