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The Amazing Radio Frequency Race: 4 Rising Networks Eye for the Big Prize

The Amazing Radio Frequency Race: 4 Rising Networks Eye for the Big Prize

[Requested by Stephen Mark Davether Perez]

RACE YOU TO EAST TRIANGLE. The National Telecommunications Commission (headquarters pictured) has opened up the part of the frequency spectrum that ABS-CBN once held as the now-fallen media giant lost its franchise renewal nod from Congress and any possible legal remedies. Everyone’s speculating who will succeed in owning a part of the biggest prize.

LAS…

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The Innovation of Teleradyo to Various Stations

The Innovation of Teleradyo to Various Stations

[Requested by MJH]

IT WAS on Sunday, April 15, 2007.

DZMM 630 made an innovative power move that would change the Philippine mass media forever. The radio station don’t just provide the sounds but also the sights within their radio booth with boxes of salient information like exchange rates and temperatures in key cities all over the country.

That was the birth of DZMM TeleRadyo.

Initially, it…

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The State and the Future of Regional Newscasts

The State and the Future of Regional Newscasts

Yesterday (August 31), GMA Regional TV launched their Early Edition for Western Visayas viewers. Alas, GMA is the only national network that has a dedicated and functional regional network group.

[Requested by Zyle Asajar, with helpful insights from Angelo Hapin Santos]

IT’S THE BER MONTHS.

You know what that means.

Jose Mari Chan is out of his cave (figuratively speaking, not literally because…

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[AUTHOR’S WARNING: This post can provoke insult to certain fans of the following programs. Read at your own risk.]

THE PANDEMIC-INDUCED “eternal” lockdown makes us stir-crazy and misses the things we enjoy.

Even if you are Team Bahay (home person) pre-COVID, you would miss watching your favorite TV shows as its production (save the news) were suspended until further notice (but gradually regaining).

Hence, the spiraling effects that programs offered at the moment are significantly different than normally scheduled with some of the scheduled shows delayed by a few months to a few years or scrapped altogether.

Speaking of lockdown, I spent few months titillate and wrestle at the same time a long topic before the eternal lockdown happened: reality television. Personally speaking, I’m not into that genre as for the past decade, they put game shows to irrelevance since typical Filipino viewers are prone to emotions than to the intellect. (Well, that “dead” genre is reviving, thanks to TV5’s radical programming strategy this month in the post-ABS era of Philippine television.)

Since the start of the year, I tinkered upon the Google Docs spreadsheet of different reality TV franchises that happened into our shores and it manifested upon me that isolation-based reality shows (e.g. Survivor and Big Brother) will last longer than others internationally.

Paano mo nasabi? (How would you say that?)

  The Data-Driven Plan

Scope, Limitation and Treatment of Data

  The five (5) international reality TV shows that currently airs or formerly aired on our shores.

  I decided to delve into five (5) international reality TV program franchises that currently airs or had a Philippine version:

The Amazing Race (adventure, since 2001, PH version began in 2012 but ended in 2014),

Big Brother (isolation, since 1999, PH version began in 2005),

Idol (talent, since 2001, PH version began in 2006),

Survivor (isolation, since 1997, PH version began in 2009 but ended in 2012), and

The Voice (talent, since 2010, PH version began in 2013).

From them, we will get how many geographical franchises (y-axis) were broadcast in every calendar year of each franchise’s existence until 2019 (x-axis). It doesn’t matter if there are two seasons of the show in one calendar year and/or it has a spin-off; they are counted as one.

For the spreadsheet-loving nerds, click here for the Google Sheets of all five program franchises. (Sorry, it’s still in progress because I’m too busy.)

Finding the fitting model and when to stop

Since we will determine when these program franchises peak and flatten, the regression model to be used will be the bell curve model. It’s just like the epidemic curve for the goal of flattening from overloading the maximum healthcare capacity.

The specific bell curve formula will come from the first derivative of the basic sigmoid function:

When to Istahp? (The Cut-off Point)

Determining the effective end of an international program franchise is very subjective but an important matter. The best answer I could give logically is when the curve flattens as the predicted y (the number of geographical franchises ran in a particular calendar year) reaches 1.

  The Results

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Big Brother

Idol

Survivor

The Amazing Race

The Voice

The solid blue vertical line is the current year while the dashed blue horizontal line is the cut-off point.

Jotting down the data using Desmos graphing calculator, all five program franchises are past the calculated peak and thus, on the downward trend.

However, among the five, Survivor and Big Brother would last longer until the late 2030s; the two talent competitions (The Voice and Idol) will live up until within the turn of the next decade but The Amazing Race will be effective until two years.

Why?

In 2001, TAR and Idol began their journey in the United States and in the United Kingdom, respectively. The big, salient difference is TAR was too slow to go international; Idol boosted and reach its peak two years later.

The adventure show premiered on CBS on September 5, 2001 (six days before 9/11 struck) and in several instances, some of the featured places throughout its nearly two-decade run became the focal point of disasters and tragedies after that particular episode premieres (I read that from TV Tropes wherein the show is a “doom magnet”).

Their first international franchise did not take off until 2006 on AXN Asia; it didn’t reach its peak until 2012 with nine international iterations (which is the lowest of all-time among the five).

With this ongoing pandemic, this would add more insult to injury since the global aviation industry is struggling (which is a necessary component) to adapt to the new normal procedures. Psychologically speaking, potential contestants are scared to fly out.

  Afterthought

The quantity of international franchises doesn’t always mean it’s of good quality. Other than TV ratings, there are factors that make or break the fate of a program franchise like financial sustainability (within the franchise holding network’s accounting and budgeting departments), audience criticisms (ranging from the well-reasoned and seasoned TV critics to one-sided pressure groups) and other external factors (no need to explain which one).

To the die-hard fan of The Amazing Race and admitted yourself to be delusional having the third season to happen here. Well, you are definitely right.

However, this QuOP doesn’t end here yet as there will be a follow-up on September 6 about the future of franchised programs now that the dominant, acquiring network is forced to be called — by those who wished for it — as a “has-been.”

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Timow’s QuOP No. 13: Wrestling with Franchised Reality Shows [AUTHOR'S WARNING: This post can provoke insult to certain fans of the following programs. Read at your own risk.]

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Taking Some of Asia's Best Broadcasting Practices

Taking Some of Asia’s Best Broadcasting Practices

  The map of Asia

  LAST JANUARY, the 24th Asian Television Awards was hosted in the Philippines for the very first time since its founding in 1996. Dubbed as the “Emmys of Asia,” they awarded the best and the finest broadcasting achievements throughout the continent over the preceding year.

Because of such an inspiring moment, we decided to travel (virtually) around Asia to get their country’s…

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State of the Philippine Television Address 2020

State of the Philippine Television Address 2020

[Requested by Zyle]

[AUTHOR’S NOTE: This post is intended for the effects of the events in this year to date.]

MY DEAR READERS OF TIMOW’S TURF:

This new decade is supposed to mark the optimism of waves of the future but instead, we enter waves of the pandemic.

Noong nagsimula ang taon at ang dekada nito, ang outlook natin ay naka-focus sa uncertainty sa pagkawala ng isang malaking media…

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Philippine National Holidays for 2021

Philippine National Holidays for 2021

A COMMEMORATIVE YEAR AHEAD. The year 2021 will mark the commemoration of two (or three) angles of Philippine history. The first two will mark the Quincentenary of Christianization of the country and the bravery of Lapu-Lapu in resistance to foreign rule (his statue in Cebu, pictured above); the last one is the 450th anniversary of the modern founding of the City of Manila.

IT IS TRADITIONhere for

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The Many Names of Channel 5, What Would Have Been Their New Name and What's Next for Them?

The Many Names of Channel 5, What Would Have Been Their New Name and What’s Next for Them?

[AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is originally requested by Miggy Tapuyao before the country went into the ongoing, persistent lockdown arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. This post was initially scheduled for June 19, the 60th anniversary of Channel 5’s inaugural broadcast, but we decided to postpone it for the urgent event.]

TV5 Media Center

IN SIX DAYS, one of the VHF channels is making a change after…

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The Possible Next Steps for ABS-CBN

The Possible Next Steps for ABS-CBN

[REQUESTED BY Zyle]

The transmitting tower (right) of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Centre in Mother Ignacia has been off for 65 days, as of this publication. The main question is: When will it be back on?

TWO MONTHS ON (and four days) since Channel 2 — and 23 — was off the air has triggered the consequential domino effect.

While losing a major player may not be affected by those who have no love lost due…

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Timow's Turf Midyear Report 2020

Timow’s Turf Midyear Report 2020

[AUTHOR’S WARNING: Some of the content include indirect and/or inflammatory opinions that can hurt significant sectors. Please understand and read at your own risk.]

THE FIRST HALF of this first year of the 2020s is overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic — giving a big timeout from regular programming.

Viewers are stir-crazy without live sports, new teleseryes and finding out the winners in the…

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GMA Has a Response To TV Plus and What Might Have Been Their Marketing Gig?

GMA Has a Response To TV Plus and What Might Have Been Their Marketing Gig?

[AUTHOR’S NOTE: The following post contains a mix of confirmed and speculative content.]

ANG ABOT-KAYANG (AT KATUNGGALI NA) BLACK BOX. The prototype of GMA’s Affordabox has been released last week. While it has not yet been released commercially, this will cost less than a thousand pesos for a one-time payment.

WHEN the cat’s away, the mice will play… or another breed of cat, rather.

While…

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Kapamilya Channel: Mother Ignacia's Interim Replacement

Kapamilya Channel: Mother Ignacia’s Interim Replacement

OH, YOU SNEAK. The Kapamilya Channel will launch this Saturday (June 13) where the terrestrial broadcast of main channel, ABS-CBN, left off prior to broadcast stoppage upon receiving the cease-and-desist order by the National Telecommunications Commission after their legislative franchise expired on May 5, 2020

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FIVE WEEKS has passed since Channel 2 went off the air.

The Congress — who was…

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Turning IBC-13 Into an Educational TV Channel: Is It Worth It?

Turning IBC-13 Into an Educational TV Channel: Is It Worth It?

[AUTHOR’S WARNING: The following post may hurt the sentiments of the TV network in concern, along with its employees and its loyal viewers. Please, read at your own risk.]

IBC 13’s new headquarters and studios since 2019

PUBLIC INSTRUCTION should have started this week but for this year, it is deferred until August 24.

Until that day, teachers across the nation are currently required to report and…

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LTFRB for Commercial Broadcasters?

LTFRB for Commercial Broadcasters?

LAST TUESDAY night’s fiasco on the small screens reflected how the politicization of pettiness has concretized into public policy that will shape in the years to come in our history textbooks.

Indeed, other telecommunication franchises lapsed but they were neither signed off nor discontinued any services. Alas, this incident was the byproduct of the people’s decision they have made four years…

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Timow's QuOP No. 12: The ECQ Survey Results

The ECQ Survey Results are in... earlier than scheduled. But wait, there's more.

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WE are supposed to close this by June 1 but because of yesterday’s event, we closed the survey. The opinion post regarding that matter will be discussed in a separate article.

Since March 26, Timow’s Turfconducted the survey (powered by SurveyMonkey) to cut the boredom from the enhanced community quarantine. The survey contained six questions — splitting into two…

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Timow's QuOP No. 12: The ECQ Survey Results

The ECQ Survey Results are in... earlier than scheduled. But wait, there's more.

Photo by Lukas on Pexels.com

WE are supposed to close this by June 1 but because of yesterday’s event, we closed the survey. The opinion post regarding that matter will be discussed in a separate article.

Since March 26, Timow’s Turfconducted the survey (powered by SurveyMonkey) to cut the boredom from the enhanced community quarantine. The survey contained six questions — splitting into two…

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Holy Week Programming in the Time of Lockdown

Carvaggio’s The Crowning with Thorns (1607)

[In memory of Joseph Emmanuel “Jake” Jacinto]

EVERY YEAR since our existence, the Turf publishes the programming insights that chronicled the subdued programming and advertising for the very important time that unraveled the mystery of the Christian faith. This has become the most viewed annual tradition.

This year’s commemoration, however, will not be…