Overview of the Philippine Media
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Moscow 24 June 2011 In celebration of its 70th anniversary, the RIA Novosti media holding launches the International Future RIA Novosti is a leading Media Forum, which Special Russian media company with focuses on the a rich 70-year history. Today, session: the RIA Novosti media development of media holding includes the technology, the impact eponymous multimedia of new and traditional Russian and Russian Information Agency, media on society, and the Russian Agency of Legal the future of Foreign Media: and Judicial Information, the journalism. Past, Present, R-sport news agency, the Moscow News Publishing Future House, which publishes newspapers in Russian, English and Arabic, a press center, as well as more than 70 Internet resources in 14 languages. An Overview of the Philippine Media By Charmy G. Sabigan Bombo Radyo Philippines The different mass media: • Print – Newspapers – Magazines • Broadcast – Radio – Television • On Line Newspapers About 65 Newspapers in the country of national and local circulation 24 National The Rest Regional/local Circulation: About 4.7 M Newspapers • Written in English those of national circulation. • Local Newspapers are written either in English, Filipino, the national language or in the local languages Broadsheets have their own websites updated regularly Magazines Only 12 are considered on the top All in English There are others which are regional and use the national language or local dialect Magazines cater to certain groups or interests FHM – leading magazine for men, sexy but not vulgar Seventeen – leading teenage magazine The Entrepreneur- Handbook for Small-to-Medium size business owners Cosmopolitan- Deals with romance, beauty, showbiz and many others Yes Magazine- The leading entertainment magazine Television • There are less than 300 TV stations • Only three (3) are dominant – Associated Broadcasting Company or ABC 5 – ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. or TV 2 – GMA Network or TV 7 Radio • There are more than a thousand radio stations in the AM and FM bands Radio • Only three (3) Dominant Networks – Bombo Radyo Philippines – Manila Broadcasting Corporation – Radio Mindanao Network The next table is a summary of the number of licensed broadcast media in the Philippines released by the National Telecommunications Commission or (NTC) NUMBER OF BROADCAST AND CATV STATIONS BY REGION TV X' REGION AM FM TV TV RELAY DTU / DBS CATV MMDS TOTAL LATOR NCR 31 25 22 0 0 0 42 0 120 CAR 11 20 10 4 6 0 13 0 64 I 33 38 13 3 2 0 84 0 173 II 19 38 16 1 4 0 67 1 146 III 18 24 13 1 8 2 11 0 77 IV 31 76 30 4 4 1 210 0 356 V 36 68 30 3 8 0 72 0 217 VI 35 71 29 3 2 0 72 0 212 VII 27 47 21 2 6 0 67 0 170 VIII 22 30 11 7 0 0 71 0 141 IX 23 44 21 0 7 0 37 0 132 X 22 37 21 0 3 0 32 0 115 XI 34 77 31 1 0 0 18 0 161 XII 14 23 9 0 1 0 42 0 89 ARMM 9 7 5 0 0 0 1 0 22 CARAGA 18 34 15 1 5 0 34 0 107 TOTAL 383 659 297 30 56 3 873 1 2302 TOTAL = 2302 Government Controlled Networks • Three (3) Television Stations – National Broadcasting Network, Inc. (NBN-TV4) – Radio Philippine Network ( RPN TV 9) – Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC-13) Government Controlled Networks • One (1) Radio Network – –Radyo ng Bayan but has regional stations Government TV and Radio are least patronized by the people. Government TV and Radio stations did not rate in scientific surveys conducted by Nielsen Information Agencies • There are government information agencies in every region of the country but are not the principal sources of information of the people Information Agencies • Majority of the citizens are not aware that they exist The Mass Media Consumers of the Philippines Level of Censorship How does the state influence the mass media? Philippine Media are remarked the freest in Asia The Philippines adopts The United States of America’s First Amendment The Philippine Constitution provides In Article 3, Bill of Rights Sec 4 Section 4. No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances Thank You.