Article of Mario Bautista, Oct. 25, 2006, Entertainment Section, People's Journal
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?page=news&id=15417&sid=6&urldate=2006-10-25
‘PBO DIGITALES’
PINOY
Box Office (PBO), Viva Entertainment’s 24-hour movie cable channel, and
Viva Foundation for the Arts (VFA) announce the finalists of its first
digital filmmaking contest, “PBO Digitales,” that shows the works of
budding filmmakers on a major cable network. The six finalists are
“Yayay” by Jaypee Zuniga, “Hinagap” by Jose Luis Burgos, “Misteryo ng
Hapis” by Mark de la Cruz, “Sa Kabilang Dako ng Talahib” by Adrian
Abanilla, Rianne Soriano’s “Aninag” and “Lababo” by Seymour Sanchez.
They’re now being shown on PBO on different time slots until the end of
October. Winners will be announced in November.
The jurors for
the grand winners are Baby Gil (chairperson of VFA), Marketing Mgr.
Pearlie del Rosario, Creative Research Head Cel Santiago, Paolo
Villaluna and Ellen Ramos (of “Ilusyon”), and VFA scriptwriting
contest winner (for “Tuli”) Jim Flores. PBO viewers can help choose the
winners through text votes via PBO DIGI
are P50,000 for the 1st prize, P30,000 for 2nd prize, P20,000 for 3rd
prize, and P20,000 for the Texter’s Choice Award.
PBO is
seen in over 300 cable systems nationwide and in 22 countries in the
Middle East and Europe. In Metro Manila, it’s with Destiny on Channel
36, Cable Link on Channel 38 and on Dream DTH. It’s Viva’s first cable
offering, the second is Viva-TV, launched last April and airs 24/7 in
Echostar Communications’ Dish Network throughout the U.S. Viva launches
its third cable channel in November, Viva Prime, geared towards Pinoy
sports and general entertainment, to be available on Destiny’s Channel
64, Cable Link’s Channel 33, and in almost all cable networks in the
Philippines. With the success of PBO Digitales this year, a much bigger
competition is in store for 2007.
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