February 2007 Happy Valentine’s Day and Kung Hei Fat Choi! ‘Regalo’ tips on pp. 9 & 12 Have you had some CPI today? OML’s 2007 message: IF you had tuned in to “Good Finds” on channels in the country today,today, and might very fi rst channel is also the highest rating ‘We must all continually the Lifestyle Channel, Backtrax on Myx, well be considered the Davids that chal- cable channel in the country, proving that the newest “in” Japanese animation on lenged—and beat—foreign powerhous- when it comes to fi lms, local beats Holly- improve ourselves...’ Hero TV or a Cinema One classic movie, es such as MTV, HBO and Cartoon Net- wood when it comes to mirroring viewers’ ... p.2 then yes, you have had your CPI fi x. work. values and situations, and capturing their “CPI” is Creative Programs Inc., the Consider these numbers from AGB imagination. ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. subsidiary Nielsen Media Research: Cinema One The hip champion of Original Pilipi- that develops and acquires the programs reaches around 660,000 cabled homes— no Music (OPM), Myx, is available on that have most of us glued in front of our more than 80% of total cabled house- cable and on Studio 23 and is watched in TV sets. The company’s four entertain- holds—in mega Manila as of 2006. View- ment brands are among the most popular ers will also be surprised to learn that CPI’s Turn to page 6 Meralco’s customer- friendly bill format ... p.3 The fourth generation Lopezes in Jaro ... p.8 Beyond the box: Creative Programs Inc.’s four entertainment brands—Cinema One, Hero TV, Lifestyle Network and Myx—provide Filipino viewers with unique content suited to their taste, needs and wants. 2 LOPEZLINK February 2007 LOPEZLINK February 2007 3 Patungo sa tuktok ngayong 2007 BayanTel network boosts By CARLA PARAS-SISON naging mahirap maabot ang all of these, we have to rid our- ang First Philippine Electric turing base of our operation,” tuktok ng ‘Mt. Pulag’ para sa selves of the shackles and un- Corporation hanggang mag- dagdag ni OML. bandwidth to support BPOs SA taas na 10,000 talam- grupo nitong mga nakaraang certainty currently represented ing huwaran sa pag-export ng Business excellence year round BAYANTEL, in cooperation business process outsourcing Cagayan de Oro-Davao seg- be completed for commercial pakan, ang Mount Pulag ang taon. by that debt,” wika ni OML. mataas na kalidad na gawang- Pinaalala ni OML sa ex- with the Telecoms Infrastruc- (BPO) investors. ment of the NDTN with an ad- operation by April 15, 2007. pinakamataas na bundok sa Subali’t dahil sa magan- Bagong direksiyon Pinoy sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng ecutives na ipagpapatuloy ture Corporation of the Philip- “The enhanced network will ditional 2x10Gbps (gigabyte per BayanTel owns majority Luzon. Noong isang taon pa dang performance ng lahat ng Binigyang din ni OML ang mundo. ang mga corporate excellence pines (TelicPhil), is pouring provide a more reliable infra- second) capacity, empowering it of the NDTN, which links the ito gustong akyatin ni Lopez operating units noong 2006 at bagong assignment ang First “In the past 37 years we initiatives ng grupo ngayong some $1.8 million into the structure to support the delivery with additional strength to haul, country to deliver transmis- Group chairman Oscar M. Lo- sa desisyon ng Korte Suprema Philippine Holdings Corpora- have proven that we have mas- 2007 gamit ang Malcolm Bal- improvement of the National of technologies that would en- voice, data and Internet traffi c to sion of telephone long-dis- pez (OML) subali’t hindi siya na pumabor sa Meralco noong tion: ang pagpapalago ng man- tered the intricacies of trans- drige National Quality Award Digital Transmission Network able BPOs and other businesses and from major points in Mind- tance services, cellular traffi c, pinayagan ng kanyang duktor. Disyembre, hitik ang kanyang ufacturing portfolio nito upang former manufacturing and framework ng U.S. na sisikap- (NDTN) under the Expansion- with higher monetary and op- anao to the rest of the country. high-speed data, video, Inter- Gayunpaman, matapos ni- pag-asa na makakausad na ang maging ikatlong sandigan ng that we will soon be exporting ing ibagay sa kakaibang sit- 3 project. erational returns,” Tunde Fafun- ECI Telecoms Ltd. of Israel net, broadcast signals and oth- yang matagumpay na akyatin grupo upang lalong tumibay at negosyo ng First Holdings na Philippine made transform- wasyon at tipo ng negosyo ng The expanded network is wa, BayanTel chief executive has again been tapped to carry er communications services. ang Mt. Santo Tomas (na may magbigay ng natatanging hal- ngayo’y merong malalaking ers, although under different mga kumpanya sa grupo. seen to meet the demand for consultant, said. “This would out the expansion using its ex- Combined with its microwave taas na 7,500 talampakan) no- aga para sa mga stakeholders investments sa power at sa toll brands, to the US and parts of “To perform at a consistently Rock and roll dreams come high-bandwidth connectivity also address the ramped-up de- pertise in DWDM (dense wave- backbone on the eastern side ong Mahal na Araw ng 2006, nito. road industries. Asia and the Pacifi c,” balita ni high and globally competitive in the country, especially in mand for broadband Internet in length division multiplexing) of the country, BayanTel main- pinayagan na rin siya ng duk- Sinabi niyang napaka- “Why are we doing this? OML ukol sa Philippine Elec- level requires more than just be- true for SkyCable subscribers! Mindanao. At the same time, the provinces.” and SDH (synchronous digital tains one of the most compre- tor na tumungo sa tuktok ng halagang ma-resolba ang in the longer term and how Basically it is because I refuse tric Corporation na ngayo’y ing fi t. It requires excellence and SkyCable and Star World recently awarded Fender electric guitar packages to subscribers Epher May Policarpio and Mary Santos it will maximize the country’s The Expansion-3 Project hierarchy) technology. The Ex- hensive backbones in the Phil- Mt. Pulag ngayong Pebrero. US$400 milyong-debt burden we intend to get there—with to agree that the Philippines is nasa ilalim ng First Philec. a commitment to the unrelenting (2nd and 3rd from left), grand prize winners in the “RockStar: prospects for attracting more will upgrade and expand the pansion-3 Project is expected to ippines today. (John Rojo) Ayon kay OML, ang 2007 ng publicly listed na Benpres what present and future core doomed to remain a service “We are shopping for an pursuit of excellence. I do not Supernova” Tune-in contest. Seventy-fi ve other subscribers won na marahil ang taon para Holdings Corporation upang businesses; in what geography economy. Furthermore, there EMS or electronic manufac- ask that all of you win the Oscar limited-edition “RockStar” premium items. So tune in to Star maakyat ng grupo ang tuktok makapag-plano ng maayos and technologies; with what is a defi nite evolution between turing service company in the today or even next year. But I re- World on SkyCable Channel 48 for the best shows and the chance ng maituturing na Mt. Pulag o ang grupo para sa hinaharap. organizational and ownership increase in manufacturing region which we can acquire quire that all of us must continu- to win incredible prizes! Also in photo are Adel Chik, Star World napakatinding hamon para sa “We cannot properly set structure. translating into an increase in which would facilitate our ally improve ourselves and our marketing manager, and Jojo Bantayan, SkyCable brand man- ager. To subscribe to SkyCable, call 631-0000. (Arlene Torres) Meralco adopts ng mga negosyo nito. our vision and strategy for the “And we must communi- power generation as well as growth and expansion in this competitiveness, and that we Sa kanyang taunang pam- future with that debt hanging cate these clearly, cohesively an increase in profi tability of business. We may also get demonstrate that improvement bungad na pananalita sa mga like a Damocles sword over and convincingly, in a way that an electricity distributor like into the consumer appliance by subjecting ourselves to peri- executives ng Lopez Group, our necks. We must set a clear enables us to be valued favor- Meralco,” paliwanag ni OML. business as a way of round- odic measurement,” pagtatapos inihayag ni OML na totoong vision of what we want to be ably by the market. But to do Gusto ni OML na mapalaki ing out the entire manufac- ni OML. Winners of Meralco’s new bill format DOES looking at the graphs and It is shorter, uses larger fonts and the ‘Maliwanag ang Pasko’ numbers on your monthly electric print quality has been improved. The Meralco bill make you feel like Robert Lang- service and current billing informa- campaign known don receiving the fi rst clue from the tion are now summarized in tables. Panalo ang stock mart sa Lopez Group shares stockholders dead curator of the Louvre? Graphics and customer-oriented tips Meralco has announced the stallation of Christmas lights. Thankfully, Meralco has come and information are also included, as Kung bumili ka ng shares o Korte Suprema sa kaso ukol sa ang stock price ng First Philip- to receive winners of its “Maliwanag The campaign, which was up with a new, simpler bill format well as the contact information for bahagi ng mga kumpanya ng unbundling ng electricity rates. pine Holdings Corp. (FPHC) na cash dividends ang Pasko” campaign, which open to all Meralco customers, that makes it easy for customers to the ERC Consumer Affairs Service Lopez Group na listed sa Phil- Nakabawi rin ang ABS-CBN tunay namang umaarangkada aimed to recognize custom- had three categories: “Mali- immediately see and understand (CAS) offi ce.