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TV5 and its sports and news platforms—sports channel AKTV and 24/7 news channel Aksyon TV—join Cebuanos in celebrating one of the country’s grandest and most colorful religious events, the Sinulog Festival, happening in the whole province of Cebu simultaneously this week.

The Kapatid Network and its affiliate platforms roll out week-long activities to make the festivity even more meaningful to the Cebuanos via “Sugod mga Kapatid sa Sinulog 2012,” kicking off with the participation of United Football League (UFL) at the 2nd Cebu Sports Commission Football Championships that happened last weekend (January 7 to 8). UFL players such as Mark Hartmann, Misagh Bahadoran, Jose Paolo Pascual, Nestorio Margase and Lexton Moy were warmly received by Cebuano football fans during the event at San Roque and USC football fields. (The UFL series of games starts on Saturday, January 14, on AKTV on IBC) TV5 also holds daily open TV viewing marathon at Fuente Osmeña Circle from January 9 to 12, 1 to 5pm, featuring shows like Glamorosa, PS I Love You, Pinoy Explorer and Talentadong Pinoy.

The country’s most awarded and biggest talent show, Talentadong Pinoy, is slated to hold auditions at Fuente Osmeña Circle on Thursday (January 12) from 4 to 5pm.

TV5 also hosts “Sugod mga Kapatid sa Sinulog Show,” a gathering of the brightest Kapatid stars such as Ruffa Gutierrez, Wendell Ramos and Edu Manzano on Thursday, 5 to 7pm. TV5 princesses Alex Gonzaga, Arci Muñoz, Danita Paner, Ritz Azul and Cebu’s pride Eula Caballero with primetime prince JC de Vera, Nina Jose and also Cebu’s own Morisette Amon will charm Cebuanos with their performances there. Empoy Marquez, Andrew E., Faith Cuneta and Talentadong Pinoy champ AstroBoy are also expected to join the show.

Come Sunday, January 15, NEWS5—the news and information division of TV5—is geared up to cover the main festival’s event to be aired on Aksyon TV from 8am to 8pm. TV5’s 24/7 news channel is committed to share the colorful sights and sounds of Sinulog Festival from Cebu to the rest of the Philippines. Stay tuned for the coverage of Sinulog Festival with NEWS5 Manila and Cebu, headlined by Aksyon Bisaya anchors Atty. Ruphil Bañoc and Lanne Sino Cruz.

Aksyon TV can be viewed on Channel 41 in Mega Manila, Channel 29 in Metro Cebu and Davao, Channel 1 on Cignal Digital TV, and Channel 59 on Sky Cable.

Amazing Sports: Where Sports is a Passion is the newest upcoming show of AMAZING CEBU Channel 54! In it's commitment to bring out quality shows, Amazing Cebu Channel 54 is bringing you...AMAZING SPORTS!Amazing Sports is a sports oriented program that aims to showcase the different sports and leisure activities enjoyed by Cebuanos within the island.

Amazing Sports: Where Sports is a Passion is hosted by Anne Montecillo and Gino Galicia, Amazing Sports will surely satisfy one's crave for the outdoors and great adventure!

The launching of this new channel will be live and on the day of November 18, 2011 at the Ayala Center Cebu Active Zone Area. The Amazing Sports show is only limited to Cebu City activities and places as well. The Amazing Sports segment shall be viewed every other Saturday starting November 18th and two episodes per month with 2 sports featured every show for it's 1st season.

The pilot episode for Amazing Cebu's Amazing Sports, is Long and Skim Boarding with the two young hosts. The show is 45 minutes with 15 minutes for sponsors such as ALAXAN FR, Kartzone, JCI, Danasan Eco Adventure Park to name a few. See you on the 18th of November then!

SKYcable Launches HD in Cebu and Davao. After a long day at work, nothing beats relaxing at home and tuning-in to your favorite channels on your HDTV. But did you ever wonder how you can get the most out of your HD television? Well SKYcable, the leader in digital cable TV technology, has got you covered with its High Definition (HD) Packages, which gives you the most number of HD in the market.

Reasserting its excellence in cable TV, SKYcable recently launched SKYcable HD in Cebu and Davao last October 7, 2011 at the Marriott Hotel, Cebu, which was attended by SKYcable officials and members of the media community.

SKYcable HD is a value-added service offered by SKYcable as a top-up to any basic package to enjoy High Definition TV viewing. It promises subscribers with breathtaking clear picture and cinematic digital sound in a panoramic widescreen format so they can watch more details and more action.

SKYcable HD offers flexible HD packages to cater to the various content needs of subscribers.  The Innovation pack offers HISTORY HD, Discovery HD World, and HBO HD at P499 per month.  The HD Revolution boasts of six (6) channels including STAR Movies HD, Nat Geo HD, FoxCrime HD, Fox Family Movies HD, Fox HD, STAR World HD for only P299 per month.  NBA fans will get to enjoy non-stop basketball action with the NBA Premium TV (HD) at P350 per month.  And if the subscriber just wants to have it all, he just needs to get the all-in-one HD Power Pack which covers all the channel offerings of the Innovation and Revolution packs plus NBA Premium TV (HD) at P899 per month.  And all these packs come with Free ESPN HD for a limited promo period.  With the SKYcable HD, only one’s imagination can limit the possibilities in digital viewing.

SKYcableHD can be topped-up to the SKYcable postpaid packages like the SKYcable Platinum, SKYcable, SKYcable Silver, SKYcable 499, SKYcable 399 and SKYcable 280.

Take your viewing experience to a whole new dimension with SKYcable HD now! Call 346-4255 to 61or text 0917-8800-SKY (759) to find out more about SKYcable HD.

Meet Poh Ling Yeow, artist ingénue and now TV personality chef with a passion for unique, experimental flavours that taste great! Join Poh and her chef friends on TLC’s brand new series POH’S KITCHEN as she whips up original recipes, and explores the culture and tradition behind some of the world's favourite dishes. Poh also embarks on a journey to discover her Malaysian roots, tracing her family ties and sharing time-honoured family cooking secrets. POH’S KITCHEN premieres every Monday at 1900 hrs (7:00 pm SIN/HK). Encores the following Mondays at 1300 hrs (1:00 pm SIN/HK).

Poh Ling Yeow was born in Malaysia and she spent much of her childhood in Kuala Lumpur. Her family then migrated to South Australia, where she now lives and works.

For Poh, cooking is all about nurturing and sharing, and she loves inviting friends into her kitchen to play, experiment, and help her refine her unique cooking style. Catch the enigmatic Poh as she injects a personal twist into some of the world’s most popular dishes, and exchanges recipes and tips with famous chefs such as Neil Perry, David Thompson, and Emmanuel Mollois.

Poh has always sought to explore notions of belonging and origin, and her interest in cooking sparked her desire to reconcile her heritage with her Western identity. Later in the series, Poh heads off overseas - to Malaysia on a three week trip to find out more about her lineage and the traditional dishes that come from Malaysia.

With a pinch of curiosity, a splash of audacity, and a whole lot of laughter on the side, step into POH’S KITCHEN and awaken your tastebuds to a plethora of flavours and ideas.

About POH LING YEOW:

Poh Ling Yeow was born in Malaysia in 1973, spending the first nine years of her life in Kuala Lumpur. Her family then migrated to South Australia where she now lives and works. After completing a Bachelor of Design specialising in illustration at the University of South Australia, Poh freelanced as a graphic designer and illustrator and then began painting full-time in 2002. She now has over 20 highly successful exhibitions under her belt including nine solos, and a client list that boasts major corporate collectors.

Just as Poh's art explores notions of belonging and origin, so do her intentions with food. As a fifth-generation Chinese Malaysian, Poh's interest in cooking began as an attempt at reconciling this heritage with her Western identity.

“Desperately wanting to assimilate as a child migrant, I shed everything that made me feel different in my new country. In my 30s I suddenly realised that food is the vehicle that can help me keep in touch with my past, the history of my ancestors. It is a way I can still bond with the generations before me, even with the loss of traditional values and language.”

In the last two years, Poh found her interest in food intensifying to a point where she could no longer deny she wanted to pursue it as a career. So when a friend suggested she enter MasterChef, she saw a rare window of opportunity. Always thinking outside the square with her artistic sensibilities and paying homage to the traditional cooking she grew up with, Poh secured herself a position in the finale, placing as runner-up.

It was during the final weeks of MasterChef on air that she was approached with an offer to present her own show, now known as POH’S KITCHEN.

Batibot makes grand TV comeback on TV5 this November 27!! Today’s young viewers will finally get to watch the most popular and well-loved Pinoy children’s show as TV5 and Philippine Children’s Television Foundation, Inc. (PCTVF) reintroduce Batibot to the new generation beginning this Saturday, November 27, 8:30-9:00am.

Almost a decade after 18 years of providing smart teaching tools to generations of kids, Batibot returns on TV in its new home, TV5. “Batibot is our response to the growing need for an intelligent educational show on TV. While TV5 continues to deliver child-friendly programs, it’s high time that we supplement child’s growth with a children’s program generations of Filipinos have grown up with,” expressed Roberto Barreiro, TV5 Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

Batibot welcomes the new generation of Filipino kids, the Batang Batibot, into the world full of fun and learning. Anchored on research-based developmentally-appropriate curricula, the show teaches the ABCs of life and essential skills they need to learn in their early years. The kids’ new play buddies, Kuya Fidel (Abner Delina) and Ate Maya (Kakki Teodoro), will help children explore the world fuelled by their inquisitive minds.

The most-awarded children’s show also brings back some of its iconic characters well-loved by millions of kids. Meet Ningning and Gingging, the sister muppets who set admirable traits that value relationships and emotions. Another character, Manang Bola, peeks into her “perlas na bilog” to respond to kids’ interests. Meanwhile, Kapitan Basa guides beginning readers to an exciting journey in the world of words and meanings, equipped by his powers derived from curiosity and desire to learn.

The all-new episodes of Batibot introduce modern-day kids to a various range of art styles. It also introduces the latest approach in storytelling that is sensitive to the changing landscape, while weaving excellent stories and contents visualized in a virtual set provided by leading media production outfit Unitel Productions.

Feny de los Angeles-Bautista, Executive Producer, affirms that Batibot’s comeback is attuned to the needs, interests and learning styles of the present generation. “We’re making sure that every show’s episode is relevant to what the kids need today. The show focuses on essential life skills that children need to learn as they grow in an increasingly complex and fast-changing world,” Teacher Feny shared.

Viewers will wake up to the tune of the Batibot’s original theme song, with music by Louie Ocampo, lyrics by Rene O. Villanueva and arrangements by Mel Villena. Batibot veterans like Director Kokoy Jimenez, Producer/Director Lem Garcellano, Chuck Escasa, Andy Cawagas and Production Designer Dwight Gaston are part of the Creative Team. But this time children and teens and many young artists are also part of creating Batibot. This “for kids, by kids” is one of the exciting features of Batibot 2010.

The Batibot Animation Team is composed of old-timers like Wayie Canoy and artists-teachers Andrew Villar and Upper School and High School students of Community of Learners. Artists like Nono Ignacio, Keni Ken and Rommel Estanislao who grew up with Batibot are also among the contributing artists and animators.

Bring child-oriented fun and learning to your home with Batibot every Saturday, 8:30-9:00am, with 5-minute daily educational shorts on the family-friendly station, TV5.
Batibot magbabalik-telebisyon na sa Nobyembre 27 sa TV5.

Mapapanood na ng makabagong kabataan ang pinaka-popular at natatanging programang tumanim sa isipan ng ilang henerasyon ng batang Pilipino, ang Batibot. Ihahatid ng TV5 at Philippine Children’s Television Foundation, Inc. (PCTVF) ang programa simula Sabado, Nobyembre 27, 8:30-9:00 ng umaga.

Mahigit isang dekada matapos ang labing-walong taon ng pamamayagpag sa ere, ipagpapatuloy ng Batibot ang naiibang paraan ng pagtuturo sa mga bata sa bago nitong tahanan sa telebisyon, ang TV5. “Ang Batibot ang tugon natin sa panawagan para sa matalinong programang pambata sa telebisyon. Habang patuloy ang paghahatid ng TV5 ng mga palabas na akma sa mga bata, kailangan din ng programang tutulong sa paghubog sa kanila. Ibinabalik natin ang Batibot para ituloy ang paglinang sa mga bata ng bagong henerasyon,” ayon kay Roberto Barreiro, Executive Vice President at Chief Operating Officer ng TV5.

Dadalhin ng programa ang mga bagong Batang Batibot sa mundo ng kwela at eskwela. Gagabayan din nito ang mga bata sa pamamagitan ng research-based developmentally-appropriate curricula na siyang huhubog sa kanilang paglaki. Sina Kuya Fidel (Abner Delina) at Ate Maya (Kakki Teodoro) ang bagong makakasama ng mga bata sa pagtuklas ng mga mahahalagang konsepto at ideya.

Ibinabalik din ng most-awarded children’s show ang mga karakter na tumatak sa puso ng ilang henerasyon ng mga kabataan. Tiyak na mapapamahal ang mga chikiting kina Ningning at Gingging, ang magkapatid na muppet na mabuting ehemplo ng pagpapahalaga sa emosyon at relasyon sa kapwa. Gamit ang kanyang “perlas na bilog,” susubukan sagutin ni Manang Bola ang mahahalagang tanong ng mga bata. Samantala, gagabayan ni Kapitan Basa ang mga nagsisimula pa lang bumasa sa makulay na mundo ng salita at kahulugan.

Ipakikilala rin sa modern-day kids ang iba’t ibang sining at makabagong paraan ng storytelling. Mas magiging kapana-panabik ang mga kwento gamit ang virtual set na ihahatid ng leading media production outfit na Unitel Productions.

Samantala, asahan ang makabagong Batibot na magtuturo ng mga kaalamang kailangan ng makabagong henerasyon. “We’re making sure that every show’s episode is relevant to what the kids need today. The show focuses on essential life skills that children need to learn as they grow in an increasingly complex and fast-changing world,” ayon pa kay Feny de los Angeles-Bautista, executive producer ng programa.

Magigising ang mga manunuod sa himig ng original theme song ng Batibot (musika ni Louie Ocampo, lyrics ni Rene O. Villanueva at arrangements ni Mel Villena). Bahagi rin ng Creative Team ng programa ang mga laking-Batibot na sina Director Kokoy Jimenez, Producer/Director Lem Garcellano, Chuck Escasa, Andy Cawagas at Production Designer Dwight Gaston. Mas kaabang-abang din ang Batibot 2010 dahil kasama sa pagbuo rito ang mga grupo ng mga kabataan mula sa iba’t ibang larangan. Parte naman ng Animation Team ang mga nagbabalik na sina Wayie Canoy at Andrew Villar, at mga Upper School at High School students ng Community of Learners. Magbabahagi naman ng husay sa sining at animation ang mga artistang lumaki sa impluwensya ng Batibot; sina Nono Ignacio, Keni Ken at Rommel Estanislao.

Maghahatid ng saya at karunungan ang Batibot tuwing Sabado, 8:30-9:00 ng umaga. Abangan din araw-araw ang 5-minute daily educational shorts sa istasyong nagpapahalaga sa bawat bata, TV5.

The most baffling magic illusions will finally be revealed in Philippine TV’s most daring abracadabra-spoiler reality show yet, Magic Gimik! Based on the all-time hit and historic US top-rating reality series "Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed," Magic Gimik! lets all marvelous magical feats exposed. The deepest and darkest trade secrets of magic tricks are shattered starting this Wednesday (October 13), 8pm on TV5’s Primetimes5.

Each episode promises no less than the most revealing truth about trickers’ age-old illusion practices. Every Wednesday night, Magic Trick! offers the viewers everything our bare eyes could hardly see—how a thing or a human body is lifted from the surface, how a magician escapes a death-defying stunt, how sleights of hand carry out card tricks, and more.

Join the quirky tandem of Kean Cipriano and Empoy Marquez as they detail the mystery behind the magic tricks that have eluded the public for years now. “This is the kind of show all the magicians the world over don't want you to watch,”said Kean Cipriano, the host of the new reality show who’s ready to learn the trick with comedian Empoy. “But don’t get us wrong here. We don’t want magicians gone jobless; this could even inspire them to do more,” he continued.

Equipped with their enthusiasm to get the magic’s drill, the two are ready to spill their exciting discovery on how the magic is being performed. Lift the confusion from illusion as Kean and Empoy learn from “Master M,” the undercover expert from the magic industry who took the challenge to disclose the unknown. He will guide the two aspiring magic students Kean and Empoy from the secrets his colleagues wouldn’t dare divulge.

The oath of secrecy among magicians is busted as we learn the mystery behind the magic tricks in Magic Gimik!, starting October 13, 8pm on TV5.

TV5’s Star Factor scout for future teen idols together with a team of Star Makers. The hunt for teens with exceptional star potential is tasked to the country’s biggest names in the entertainment industry as TV5’s first and biggest talent search yet, Star Factor: Audie Gemora chairs the panel of judges to “go-see” potential talents, with Joey Reyes, Raymund Isaac and Prof. Ryan Cayabyab, and Cebu’s pride Ms. Annabelle Rama completing the show’s panel of judges, the Star Makers.

Star Factor will circle key cities of Manila, Davao and Cebu to discover the next big stars of this generation. The Star Makers will screen only the best in the crop of this year’s showbiz aspirants to introduce them to rigorous trainings, workshops and performances during the course of the show. And because the Star Makers play a crucial role in choosing the network’s future stars, TV5 has tapped high-caliber personalities who are not just well-respected masters of their craft but also hold celebrity status due to their industry expertise.

Star Factor will be hosted by popular host-actress-model Ruffa Gutierrez, Star Factor will be airing in September to introduce a new batch of teens who will be groomed as the country’s fastest rising stars.


The auditions were done in SM City Cebu, but due to an incredible showing of cebu applicants, they had to continue some and cut more applicants in the follow-up audition held in Mariott Hotel in Cebu. Aside from that, before the auditions, we had a quick talk and had a chance to ask questions to the Star Makers which was a great experience!

TV5, the country’s fastest growing network, will be looking for good-looking and talented Cebuanos who have the potential to be the country’s next teen celebrities in the day-long auditions to be held at SM Cebu’s Event Center on August 7 (Saturday) from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

The auditions will be for TV5’s upcoming reality-based talent search Star Factor, which will screen showbiz hopefuls aged 13-18 years old for the total package of good looks, exceptional talent and charm, and the all-important star quality. Applicants are required to bring a copy of their birth certificate, two passport size and two full body pictures and fill up the Star Factor registration form at the audition venue.

Airing in September, Star Factor will be hosted by actress-host-model Ruffa Gutierrez, who herself is the epitome of what stardom is all about. Not only will she serve as a role model for the show’s would-be contestants, she will be a big sister, mentor and friend to them as well.

Aside from the young showbiz aspirants who will be undergoing various challenges to prove their rightful claim to stardom, Star Factor also showcases a panel of judges who are experts in the field of show business and who all have the eye for true star potential.

Be part of this Cebu Event or Just join the Auditions make this an event of a lifetime if you get through! This special Event in Cebu will probably change your life.


The Star Makers (Star Factor’s panel of judges) are composed of acclaimed stage actor and director and Talent 5 head Audie Gemora as the chairman, with multi-awarded writer and director Joey Reyes, photographer of the stars Raymond Isaac, maestro of Philippine music Mr. Ryan Cayabyab, and popular talent manager Ms. Annabelle Rama.