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2008 In Philippine Television
The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2008. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes. Events January * January 1: ** All of Solar's channels have ceased to air on Sky Cable, the Philippines' largest cable company. An insider claims that these troubles with SkyCable started when boxing champ Manny Pacquiao, whose fights Solar Entertainment has the exclusive right to air and distribute, moved from ABS-CBN, a sister company of Sky, to rival GMA. However, Solar signed a deal with local terrestrial channels ABC, RPN, SBN and RJTV for block-time programming, ETC, 2nd Avenue and C/S programming are seen on terrestrial TV. Currently, ETC shows can be seen on SBN and 2nd Avenue on RJTV on a test broadcast basis, while C/S will be seen on RPN. ** ETC ceased to air over Sky Cable as a channel on its own righ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowne Plaza
Crowne Plaza is a British multinational chain of full service, upscale hotels headquartered in the United Kingdom. It caters to business travelers and the meetings and conventions market. It forms part of the InterContinental Hotels Group family of brands, which include InterContinental Hotels & Resorts and Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, and operates in nearly 100 countries with more than 431 hotels and 118,000 bedrooms, usually located in city centers, resorts, coastal towns or near major airports. History Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza was established in 1983 as the upscale division of Holiday Inn. The first Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza hotel opened that year in Rockville, Maryland. In 1988, Bass PLC (today InterContinental Hotels Group) purchased Holiday Corporation and in 1994 the brand was renamed Crowne Plaza Hotels. In 1999, Crowne Plaza opened its first European property, in Madeira, Portugal. Notable properties * The Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport is the former termin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast broadcast network, network that serves as the flagship property of ABS-CBN Corporation, a company under Lopez Holdings Corporation owned by the López family of Iloilo, López family. The network is headquartered at the ELJ Communications Center and ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center in Quezon City, with additional offices and production facilities in 25 major cities including Baguio, Naga, Camarines Sur, Naga, Bacolod, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Cebu City, Cebu, Davao City, Davao, and Bulacan, where ABS-CBN's production and post-production facility in ABS-CBN Soundstage, Horizon IT Park is located. ABS-CBN is colloquially referred to as the ''Kapamilya'' Network; the branding was originally introduced in 1999 and was officially introduced in 2003 during the celebration of its 50th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinoy Dream Academy Season 2
''Pinoy Dream Academy'' is a Philippine television program similar to ''Big Brother''. The second season began on June 14, 2008. Nikki Gil and Toni Gonzaga reprised their roles as hosts of the show, but Gonzaga now handled the main hosting plum while Gil appeared both on the Probation Nights and Little Dreamers Gala/Expulsion Night. Billy Crawford joined this season as the host of the late afternoon edition ''Pinoy Dream Academy Überture''. A new logo was introduced on the second season, featuring an old-fashioned microphone and the word "Dream" using a different font than the rest of the title. Also, a new version of the theme song ''Awit ng Pangarap'' sung by first season winner Yeng Constantino was used, although the original version was also used, especially during Gala Nights. Thirty-two potential scholars for the show were introduced with their backgrounds documented in a primer segment aired as part of '' Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus''. They were also interviewed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laarni Lozada
Laarni Lozada (born Laarnie Losala on June 23, 1985) is a Filipino Pop music, pop, Ballad (music), ballad, Classical music, classical, and Soul music, soul singer. She is the winner of Pinoy Dream Academy (Season 2), Philippine franchise of Endemol's ''Star Academy ''garnering more than 100,000 votes over the votes obtained by her closest contender Bugoy Drillon. Biography Early life Laarni was born in Pasig to William and Nita Losala. The family moved to Isulan, Sultan Kudarat later on. She has six siblings. Laarni was a consistent honor student from elementary to high school. When she was in Grade five, she worked at the local public market and at the family farm. When she was 15, she left Isulan for Manila. to pursue her education. An aunt from the US supported her in her studies at the School of Music of the Philippine Women's University. However, she decided to shift course from AB Music to BS Education, Major in English, when she realized that most of the music students ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinoy Idol
''Pinoy'' ( ) is a common informal self-reference used by Filipinos to refer to citizens of the Philippines and their culture as well as to overseas Filipinos in the Filipino diaspora. A Pinoy who has any non-Filipino foreign ancestry is often informally called '' Tisoy'', a shortened word for ''Mestizo''. Many Filipinos refer to themselves as ''Pinoy'', sometimes the feminine ''Pinay'' ( ), instead of the standard term ''Filipino''. ''Filipino'' is the widespread formal word used to call a citizen of the Philippines. ''Pinoy'' is formed by taking the last four letters of ''Filipino'' and adding the diminutive suffix -y in the Tagalog language (the suffix is commonly used in Filipino nicknames: e.g. "Noynoy" or "Kokoy" or "Toytoy"). ''Pinoy'' was used for self-identification by the first wave of Filipinos going to the continental United States before World War II and has been used both in a pejorative sense and as a term of endearment, similar to ''Desi''. ''Pinoy'' was created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gretchen Espina
Gretchen Stephanie Mendiola Espina (born January 8, 1988, in Quezon City, Philippines) is a Filipino singer, actress and politician who rose to notability after winning ''Pinoy Idol'', an interactive reality-based singing competition. Although she is credited as the first Pinoy Idol, Espina is technically the second winner of a Philippine ''Idol'' franchise, after Mau Marcelo of '' Philippine Idol'' in 2006. She came from the political family of Espinas of Biliran. Her father Rogelio Espina, is a former governor and the current representative of the lone district of Biliran, while her grandfather Gerardo Espina, Sr. is a former representative and mayor of Naval, Biliran and her uncle Gerardo Espina, Jr is a former representative and current governor of Biliran. Biography Early life Espina came from a musically inclined family who is also the prominent political family in Biliran, with her father, Congressman Dr. Rogelio "Roger" J. Espina, Representative of the Lone District of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teen Edition Plus
Adolescence () is a transitional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to adulthood (typically corresponding to the age of majority). Adolescence is usually associated with the teenage years, but its physical, psychological or cultural expressions may begin earlier and end later. Puberty now typically begins during preadolescence, particularly in females. Physical growth (particularly in males) and cognitive development can extend past the teens. Age provides only a rough marker of adolescence, and scholars have not agreed upon a precise definition. Some definitions start as early as 10 and end as late as 25 or 26. The World Health Organization definition officially designates an adolescent as someone between the ages of 10 and 19. Biological development Puberty in general Puberty is a period of several years in which rapid physical growth and psychological changes occur, culminating in sexual maturity. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ejay Falcon
Ejay Lasap Falcon (born 21 November 1989) is a Filipino actor, model, endorser and politician who is the vice governor of Oriental Mindoro. As an actor, he came to prominence in 2008 after winning the reality show '' Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus''. In 2009, the soap ''Katorse'', a remake of a 1980 film, gained him prominence. In 2012, he starred in a Daytime drama ''Mundo Man Ay Magunaw'', a comics serial and 90s film adaptation as Rominick Sarmenta. In 2016, he starred in ''The Greatest Love'' which gained Outstanding Praise for all the cast members involved. In 2017, the series ''The Blood Sisters'' gained him a new following as it reunited him with his ''Katorse'' castmates. From 2019 to 2020, he led the series ''SanDugo'' on ''Daytime'' which gave him leading man status. Early life According to the '' Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus'' website, Falcon's mother left his family in Mindoro when he was little and they never heard anything from her for a long time so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cebu
Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 surrounding islands and islets. Its capital and largest city is Cebu City, nicknamed "the Queen City of the South", the oldest city and first capital of the Philippines, which is politically independent from the provincial government. The Cebu Metropolitan Area or Metro Cebu is the second largest metropolitan area in the Philippines (after Metro Manila) with Cebu City as the main center of commerce, trade, education and industry in the Visayas. Being one of the most developed provinces in the Philippines, in a decade it has transformed into a global hub for business processing services, tourism, shipping, furniture-making, and heavy industry. Mactan–Cebu International Airport, located on Mactan Island, is the second busiest airport in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karla Henry
Karla Paula Ginteroy Henry (; born May 23, 1986) is a Filipino-Canadian beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Earth 2008, becoming the first Philippine delegate and the first in the Asian region to win that title. Early life Henry was raised by her grandparents until the age of four when her family moved to Tsawwassen, Canada, where they lived for ten years but frequently visited the Philippines for Christmas and summer vacations. Upon her family's return to the Philippines, they first lived in Albay, Bicol for a year then moved to Cebu. Henry's father traveled often, and she transferred schools frequently. She graduated high school from Camp Lapulapu National High School and attended college at the University of Cebu. She holds a bachelor's degree in tourism and was working with Marco Polo Plaza Hotel when she was invited to join the Miss Earth pageant. She speaks fluent Spanish. Henry's beauty pageant career began as a student representative her school for Miss Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republika sang Filipinas * ibg, Republika nat Filipinas * ilo, Republika ti Filipinas * ivv, Republika nu Filipinas * pam, Republika ning Filipinas * krj, Republika kang Pilipinas * mdh, Republika nu Pilipinas * mrw, Republika a Pilipinas * pag, Republika na Filipinas * xsb, Republika nin Pilipinas * sgd, Republika nan Pilipinas * tgl, Republika ng Pilipinas * tsg, Republika sin Pilipinas * war, Republika han Pilipinas * yka, Republika si Pilipinas In the recognized optional languages of the Philippines: * es, República de las Filipinas * ar, جمهورية الفلبين, Jumhūriyyat al-Filibbīn is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of around 7,641 islands t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
