MARCH 2015 www.lopezlink.ph Win a family lunch for 6 at Mamou Power Plant Mall and celebrate your 2015 graduates. To join, see page 5. Run for the scholars @ StoryDZMM on page 10.Takbo 2015! http://www.facebook.com/lopezlinkonline www.twitter.com/lopezlinkph EDC greens THE race to harness the wind has been won! Thanks to an intrepid team from the Lopez Group, kapamilya who visit the changed landscape of Ilocos Norte feel a twinge of pride when faced with the rows of shiny windmills spinning in the breeze. the grid Turn to page 6 Japanese execs Echo, Paulo Farewell to …page 2 face off in new schoolbooks! visit FPIP …page 12 series…page 4 Lopezlink March 2015 Lopezlink March 2015 Biz News Biz News Mandaluyong honors OML, SKY Dispatch from Japan THAITHE FROM PHOTOEMBASSY 21st cityhood Meanwhile, SKY received anniversary. a plaque of appreciation in O M L recognition of its involvement r e c e i v e d in job fair programs in the the Ulirang city. During these job fairs, Ma nd a leño SKY’s Consumer Sales team Award for partnered with third-party Community agencies in providing job op- Service. He portunities for sales agents. was joined by The city government said Rosa Rosal SKY’s job generation efforts AMML (5th from left) and the ASEAN ambassadors present a farewell gift to Amb. Upatising ( C o m m u - have contributed in supporting nity Service), its developmental agenda, advo- Joseph Lee cacies and pro-people initiatives AMML leads ASEAN farewell to Thai envoy Lopez Group chairman emeritus Oscar M. Lopez Yam (Busi- towards sustainable progress. Japanese business execs visit FPIP First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP) hosted a ASEAN ambassadors in envoy with an engraved silver assuming his post in Tokyo in (center) with SKY Consumer Sales training officer Ariel ness), Kuh Consumer Sales training delegation of Japanese business executives who paid a recent visit to the 450-hectare economic zone in Santo Japan led by Ambassador Christofle tray, the ACT’s 2011. Montinola and JP Paglingayen Ledesma (Arts officer Ariel Montinola ac- Tomas, Batangas. Photo shows FPIP senior vice president Shigeo Fukuda (extreme right) presenting to the Manuel M. Lopez (AMML), traditional farewell gift to The reception is one of and Culture), cepted the plaque from Mayor visitors the scale model of FPIP. The business executives belonging to the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and incumbent chair of the departing colleagues. many events the Philippine ABS-CBN chairman Eugenio Lopez III, president and CEO Charo Santos-Concio and head of Access Carlo LOPEZ Group chairman Socorro Cortez (Education), Benhur Abalos. Industry included FPIP in their itinerary when they visited the Philippines early this month to explore business ASEAN Committee in To- AMML and the embassy ACT chairmanship is lining Katigbak emeritus Oscar M. Lopez Arsenio Abalos (Government The citations were given opportunities in the country. (Joel Gaborni) kyo (ACT), fêted outgoing of the Philippines in Tokyo up for the semester in coor- (OML) and SKY were feted by Service), Narciso Bernardo at the Wack Wack Golf and Thai ambassador to Japan are holding the rotating dination with other ASEAN the city government of Manda- (Posthumous-Sports) and Country Club in Mandaluyong Thanatip Upatising at a din- chairmanship of the ACT diplomatic missions. ABS-CBN TVplus transforms Filipinos’ luyong as part of the celebration Marilou Diaz-Abaya (Posthu- in February. (Dimpy Jazmines ner reception at the Imperial from January to June of 2015. Amb. Upatising is Thai- of its 70th Liberation Day and mous-Arts and Culture). and Ariel Montinola) ABS-CBN to host cable TV Hotel in Tokyo. It is AMML’s second term as land’s new ambassador the TV viewing experience with digital AMML led fellow ambas- ACT chair, having taken on Philippines. (Excerpted from SkyCable launches ‘on-demand’ service industry’s biggest gathering sadors in presenting the Thai the assignment shortly after tokyo.philembassy.net) clear picture, free channels ABS-CBN subsidiary Cre- CPI owns FILIPINOS can now experi- “ABS-CBN is the pioneer The “mahiwagang black ative Programs Inc. (CPI) will local cable Promos & offers ence the newest and biggest of the newest innovation in box” has been developed to be the platinum sponsor of the channels Cin- SKY spending P1.5B-P2 B to innovation that will transform television. As we mark a new work with all kinds of TV sets, 23rd Philippine Cable Tele- ema One, Balls, See the next sustain broadband growth their TV viewing experience milestone in the history of TV, even older ones, to get crystal vision Association (PCTA) MYX, Lifestyle as ABS-CBN launches ABS- we want to thank every Ka- clear signal. Convention, the largest an- Network, Hero Oscars live SKYcable Corporation is “Broadband is obviously CBN TVplus, which promises pamilya who has contributed According to ABS-CBN nual gathering of cable system and Jeepney spending between P1.5 bil- growing much faster in terms clear picture and sound and to the transformation of digital DTT head Chinky Alcedo, owners and representatives at TV. It also in SKY and lion and P2B for its capital of rate. Right now we are about will offer free exclusive chan- TV from a dream to a reality,” ABS-CBN TVplus will be the SMX Convention Center, represents ABS- expenditures this year to help 100,000 and we are growing nels on top of all the free-to-air said Katigbak. available where digital signal Pasay City on March 24-27. CBN channels HBO promo! sustain the strong growth in its roughly at 20% to 25% year- channels available via digital ABS-CBN TVplus offers a transmission is currently avail- PCTA is the umbrella ANC, DZMM Win a trip to the US for broadband service. on-year and we expect that tra- transmission. more enjoyable TV watching able, such as Metro Manila, organization of the cable TeleRadyo and an exclusive red-carpet SKYcable chief operating jectory to continue,” he said. ABS-CBN TVplus, a experience for the whole fam- Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, Bula- SKY COO Rodrigo Montinola (6th from left) with the VOD team industry with over 600 cable A B S - C B N Oscar experience in SKY officer Rodrigo Montinola said According to Montinola, digital box more popularly ily. On top of ABS-CBN and can, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, system members nationwide, Sports+Action and HBO’s HBO Ultimate the amount would be used to only 15% of the TV population known as the “mahiwagang ABS-CBN Sports+Action, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Benguet SkyCable Corp. has launched Subcribers will be given Montinola said the service majority of which are clients as well as foreign ABS-CBN head of Narrowcast and DTT Channels Oscars Experience contest! expand its pay TV business in the Philippines are pay TV black box,” brings dramatically viewers will be able to access and Metro Cebu. a video on-demand service access to stream episodes of will be rolled out nationwide of CPI. channels such March Ventosa (left) with PCTA convention chair Dr. The prize includes two 2016 nationwide as it sees subscrib- subscribers. This is expected clear picture and sound that is four more exclusive free-to-air “ABS-CBN TVplus will that will allow subscribers to selected programs from RTL- wherever there is SkyCable From March 25 to 27, CPI as Fox Family Venancio Lo Oscars seat tickets, airfare, ers hitting one million over the to increase with the continued comparable to seeing a movie channels upon purchase of a soon be widely available stream cable and local shows as CBS, History, Asian Food service. (Excerpted from www. will showcase all the local and Movies, Fox Ac- accommodations, limousine next 24 months from the cur- improvement in the country’s on DVD, a far cry from the “mahiwagang black box” to be in more areas as we aim to well as movies on their TVs. Channel, Food Network Asia, abs-cbnnews.com) foreign channels that it distrib- tion Movies, ChM, Kix, Thrill, Now on its 23rd year, the service, wardrobe arrange- rent level of 800,000. gross domestic product growth prevailing analog system. connected to a television set. bring more digitally clear SkyCable’s Sky On-Demand E!, Lifetime, Cartoon Net- utes through a booth display at Celestial Classic Movies, Uni- nationwide convention is themed ments, local tour arrange- “…Our objective is to basi- rate. “Digital terrestrial televi- “Our channels cater to all signal and a more enjoyable offers select programs from 12 work, Nickelodeon, ANC, and At a glance: SKY the center and copresent the versal Channel and Syfy, among “Content, Connectivity and ments and a celebrity chef cally cover the entire country “Currently the penetration sion (DTT) is a major invest- members of the family—young TV viewing experience for channels that are also available ABS-CBN using the iWanTV PCTA fellowship night. others. Consumer.” (Kane Choa) dining experience. To join, as well so we can also provide rate for pay TV is just 15%. ment for ABS-CBN, but it is and old, male or female. Those all Filipinos nationwide,” on the iWanTV portal. library. On-Demand viewers have to answer two the content in cable to other As the economy grows, people actually investing in our fellow who are not able to afford cable she said. SkyCable chief operating Movies from Paramount Who can avail of SKY questions that appeared customers,” Montinola said. who cannot afford to do the Filipinos. We believe that the TV are offered more choices so The term “mahiwagang officer Rodrigo Montinola said Pictures, NBC-Universal, Star On-Demand? ABS-CBN Publishing Inc., Ensign Media during the February 23 Montinola pointed out that monthly payments would be fi- inspiration and the informa- they can enjoy watching TV black box” was coined and the service caters to those who Cinema, Regal Films and Viva Any new or existing SKY- celebrate the best in PH real estate broadcast of this year’s half of the budget would be al- nally able to do that.