ABS-CBN and TFC to stage back-to-back music fest in one night with “1MX Dubai 2021” and “1MX Manila 2021” on December 3

ABS-CBN, the leading global Filipino media and entertainment network, through The Filipino Channel (TFC), recently announced its return to staging international live events with “1MX Dubai 2021” happening on December 3 at the Trade Centre Arena in Dubai World Trade Centre.

But the exciting announcement does not stop there.

TFC, ABS-CBN Music, One Music PH, and Myx together with DJMC Events, Camella Homes, and Philippine Airlines will also be staging “1MX Manila 2021” happening on December 3 (Philippine time), the same day as the “1MX Dubai 2021,” and will be streaming LIVE worldwide (except UAE) via ktx.ph.

“It’s been a quite a long pandemic intermission for our world-class Filipino talents, but it’s showtime once again,” said ABS-CBN Global Chief Operating Officer Aldrin Cerrado. “We are jumpstarting where 1MX in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Singapore left off a couple of years back. While we are still mindful of precautions and safety measures, we know how fans of Filipino artists and music around the world have been itching to see and hear them live again. Back-to-back 1MX with in-person and virtual components offer the best of both worlds to Filipino music lovers everywhere.”

TFC continues streak in June and July, remains the leader in Comscore's TV viewing engagement in multicultural Asian ​households

The summer months of June and July 2021 proved to be sizzling for TFC as it continued its dominance in viewership in multicultural Asian households in the U.S.  This was shared by Comscore, a leading and trusted source for television viewing data.

Since leading Filipino media and entertainment network ABS-CBN tapped Comscore this year for data-based national TV measurement in the U.S., TFC, ABS-CBN's global flagship channel, has consistently been shown by monthly Comscore reports as the preferred Filipino channel among subscribers.

Based on the June and July 2021 TV viewing engagement of Comscore:

Being Filipino and Other Musings on the 3rd Episode of “Crossover Conversations” This Sunday on TFC and MYX

The third episode of Crossover Conversations features a candid one-on-one between Star Music artist Miguel Odron and Filgrimage Ambassador Tyler Jacobs.

 

Watch and listen as they share their thoughts on various topics ranging from their favorite music, gratitude, what it means to be Filipino, and so much more.

The spotlight is on the new breed of Filipino music artists in the upcoming show “Fresh Take,” this June on MYX and TFC

Many would agree that music transcends languages, which is proven true by the music artists themselves by covering songs that click with them even it is written in a different language. These kinds of music and artists are what the upcoming ABS-CBN music show “Fresh Take” will be featuring, with host Edward Barber, this coming June on MYX and TFC.

“ABS-CBN has always advocated supporting new talents that have something new to offer. We are excited with the launch of ‘Fresh Take,’ which will serve as a platform for the new breed of music artists in sharing their unique sound and talent to every music lover around the world,” said ABS-CBN Global Chief Operating Officer Aldrin Cerrado, who is behind the concept of “Fresh Take.”

Award-winning at critically acclaimed film na “Quezon’s Game” ipapalabas sa UAE

Dadalhin sa unang pagkakataon sa United Arab Emirates (UAE) ng ABS-CBN at TFC ang pelikulang “Quezon’s Game,” kung saan mapapanood ang isang bahagi ng kasaysayan ng Pilipinas na tiyak na ipagmamalaki ng bawat Pilipino sa mundo. Ang pelikula na mapapanood na sa UAE simula November 12 ay nagkaroon na nang matagumpay na screening sa sa U.S. at Asia and Pacific, at kakaibang film in concert premiere at screening sa Europe.

Napapanahon ang pagpapalabas nito sa katatapos lamang na pagpirma ng Peace Treaty ng mga bansang UAE at Israel, kung saan ang parehong bansa ay “desiring to establish peace, diplomatic and friendly relations, co-operation and full normalization of ties between them and their peoples,” bukod pa sa ibang nakasaad sa treaty.

The journey to the crown begins, follow it via “Miss Universe Philippines Ring Light” on TFC IPTV

Take a look beyond the beauty and glamour of beauty pageants as ABS-CBN TFC and Miss Universe Philippines partner to bring to the overseas Filipinos the journey to the first-ever Ms. Universe Philippines crown in the reality series “Miss Universe Philippines Ring Light.” The series can already be rented per episode on TFC IPTV in countries outside the Philippines, except Hong Kong, with a new episode every week.

ABS-CBN TFC expands news footprint in Asia Pacific with multi-platform news show and live-stream newscast

ABS-CBN TFC, the leading Filipino news and entertainment channel for overseas Filipinos, expands its reach in delivering news about Asia and the Pacific Region through its weekly multi-platform broadcast of TFC News Asia Pacific every Sunday on cable and satellite. TFC News Asia Pacific will also be available globally on-demand via the TFC IPTV platform and online through iWantTFC.

TFC News Asia Pacific delivers the most pressing news that impacts the lives of Filipinos in the region. News features include bite-sized informative stories and full-length coverage of issues that matter to the region. These are uploaded as standalone content on TFC’s online platforms with bi-weekly roundups airing on its cable channel.

TFC & VieShow bring Filipino movies back to the big screen in Taiwan this September and October

ABS-CBN TFC and VieShow Cinemas embrace the “new normal” as they showcase Filipino films anew. Taiwan has lifted its restrictions on public gatherings which includes the removal of socially distanced seating arrangements on trains, cinemas, concert halls, and baseball stadiums while wearing of facemasks in public places remains mandatory.

The partnership between ABS-CBN TFC and VieShow Cinemas kicked off its theatrical partnership early this year with the successful run of the highest-grossing Filipino film, “Hello, Love, Goodbye,” featuring Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards. This September and October, theatergoers in Taiwan can continue to enjoy subtitled Filipino films with two Star Cinema-produced films.

Last Fool Show stars JM De Guzman and Arci Muñoz. De Guzman is an award-winning actor who gained popularity on the big screen in the film "That Thing Called Tadhana" with Angelica Panganiban, while Muñoz is a product of a reality talent search who rose to fame with her ground-breaking performance in “Always Be My Maybe” with Gerald Anderson. Last Fool Show is romantic comedy tale the story of a filmmaker who found herself creating a movie out of her own failed love story.

TFC launches ABS-CBN movies on StarHub’s TVOD in Singapore

ABS-CBN TFC, the leading Filipino media, and entertainment channel outside of the Philippines, continues to expand the audience for its top-quality Filipino content offerings by recently launching ABS-CBN movies on StarHub’s TVOD platform. 

StarHub is a leading homegrown Singapore company that delivers world-class communications, entertainment, and digital solutions. 

TFC’s latest offerings on StarHub’s TVOD feature movies starring the likes of international Filipino celebrities Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla, Bea Alonzo, Angelica Panganiban, Liza Soberano, Enrique Gil, Kim Chiu, Piolo Pascual, and Jodi Santamaria, among others. StarHub subscribers will now be able to watch Filipino blockbuster hits and new releases, including “Unbreakable”, “The House of Us”, “Finally Found Someone”, “My Ex and Whys”, “Clarita”, “Bride for Rent”, “James & Pat & Dave”, and “Love Lockdown”. 

Dive deep into the Filipino culture through the eyes of rising Filipino filmmakers via “Cinemalaya 2020” on TFC Online

Last chance to watch the groundbreaking films on August 31, 2020

Filipinos have such rich and colorful culture that is best experienced first-hand, but since this is not possible due to the Covid-19 pandemic, TFC in partnership with Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival and Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) brings them a glimpse of it through the films featured in the “Cinemalaya 2020.”

TFC delivers on promise to support Filipinos in Asia Pacific through public service amidst the pandemic

In the face of adversity, heroes come from ordinary people who choose to stand up for reasons bigger than their own. While our overseas Filipinos have always been regarded as such, the pandemic further etched their contribution not only to their families back home but also to their communities whilst abroad.

This brand of selflessness motivates TFC Asia Pacific to remain in the service of the Filipino community in the region through information, entertainment, and inspiration. Through its various public service efforts, it has also contributed to assisting Filipinos affected by the global health and economic crisis both in the region and in the Philippines.

Korean stars and idols come together in the Asianovela “Hwarang,” airing on TFC this August

The Korean drama marathon continues as TFC airs another popular Filipino-dubbed Asianovela (Asian series), “Hwarang,” that will surely capture the viewers’ hearts when it starts airing on TFC cable channel via OSN on August 10.

“Hwarang” stars some of the most sought after stars and idols in South Korea: Park Seo-Joon, Go Ara, Do Ji-Han, Jo Yoon Woo, Choi Min Ho of Shinee, Kim Taehyung of BTS, and Park Hyung-Sik of ZE:A.

Filipino movies anytime, anywhere with Kapamilya Box Office (KBO) Unlimited

TFC is offering one blockbuster after another for subscribers in Japan to enjoy from August 1, 2020 onwards. For just an additional ¥‎550 on your TFC IPTV Video-On-Demand Monthly Subscription, you can enjoy unlimited hours of films from classics to latest releases, comedy to drama, action to horror, romance to family entertainment.

Leading the Kapamilya Box Office Unlimited are films featuring ABS-CBN’s hottest names in comedy, drama, and romance genre. Laugh out loud with last year’s comedy hit “The Mall, The Merrier” starring “It’s Showtime” hosts Anne Curtis and Vice Ganda, and Coco Martin’s break from TV drama in the film “3pol Trobol.”

Cry your hearts out with The Hows of Us showcasing one of our favorite Kapamilya couples Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla, as well as the Unbreakable featuring Bea Alonzo and Angelica Panganiban’s emotionally gutting performances. Feel giddy with young love served by Maymay Entrata and Edward Barber on Loving in Tandem. And get ready for some adrenaline rush in the Julia Barreto-Joshua Garcia starrer zombie movie Block Z.

All these films and more come to your screens on Kapamilya Box Office Unlimited via TFC IPTV. To activate, call the Japan telesales hotline at 0120-832-863 or 03-6868-2024 or send us a message on Facebook (TFC Asia) or LINE App.

Be a voice of hope and get the chance to be part of TFC Middle East and Europe’s “Ililigtas Ka Niya” music video

Many of us have heard of the adage from American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that states: “music is the universal language of mankind.” In these trying times, it is hope, faith, unity, and love that we want to resound everywhere in the world, which TFC hopes to spread by creating a music video of the song “Ililigtas Ka Niya” featuring residents from the Middle East and Europe.

The “Ililigtas Ka Niya” song was an initiative by Star Music, with music and lyrics written by Jonathan Manalo and was performed by Kapamilya artists Angeline Quinto, Ebe Dancel, Erik Santos, Gary Valenciano, Inigo Pascual, Janella Salvador, Jason Dy, Jaya, Jayda Avanzado, Jay-R, Jed Madela, Jessa Zaragoza, Jeremy G, Jona, Juris, KZ, Kyla, Lani Misalucha, Lea Salonga, Marlo Mortel, Martin Nievera, Moira dela Torre, Morissette Amon, Ogie Alcasid, Piolo Pascual, Regine Velasquez, Toni Gonzaga, Yeng Constantino, Zephanie, and Zsazsa Padilla.

TFC Combo offers Filipinos in Australia & New Zealand access to a bouquet of Pinoy news and entertainment on any device

TFC IPTV Premium users in Australia and New Zealand are now able to connect to ‘home’ wherever they may be with the TFC Combo. For as low as $25.99 per month, they can now get a TFC IPTV Video on Demand Premium Plan PLUS a complimentary access to TFC Online.

TFC Combo makes the best in Kapamilya home entertainment even more accessible and affordable – from drama classics like Walang Hanggan and The Legal Wife to all-time primetime favorites such as On The Wings of Love and Got To Believe, from throwing back to feel-good 100 Days To Heaven and May Bukas Pa to viewing current livestreams of It’s Showtime and ASAP Natin ‘to.

Filipinos who need their daily news from their country will never miss a breaking story with TV Patrol, DZMM and ANC. The offer also brings the viewers hundreds of Pinoy movies to watch.  They also have the option to rent latest Kapamilya Box Office (KBO) movies like Unbreakable (starring Bea Alonso and Angelica Panganiban), James, Pat and Dave (Loisa Andalio, Ronnie Alonte and Donny Pangilinan), The Heiress (Maricel Soriano and Janella Salvador) and Block Z (Joshua Garcia and Julia Barreto) on Kapamilya Box Office Movies for rent.

MYX, Kollective Hustle, TFC and Cache Creek Present Sold-out Sacramento Kings’ “Filipino Roots Night”

NBA’s Sacramento Kings held their biggest Filipino Roots Night yet featuring elite Northern California talents tapped by the myx team that included P-Lo, SACBxY (Phil Tayag), Ruby Ibarra, MBNel & One Vo1ce. The sold-out event was co-hosted with Kollective Hustle, an ABS-CBN group created to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs and creatives in turning their passion into a profession. 

Over 17,000+ people in attendance got to enjoy a myx x Kollective Hustle pre-game show featuring rapper MBNel from Stockton, and Ruby Ibarra, a UC Davis graduate who is not only a rapper/lyricist but also a scientist. The first 150 people to arrive with ticket purchase received a complimentary Filipino Roots Night x Kollective Hustle collab T-Shirt in Sacramento Kings colors that was printed by Filipino-owned printing company, Imadri Company. There was also an official Kings Roots Night hat in red, blue and yellow bucket hat, designed by the Kings teams.

ABS-CBN Global/TFC, El Pueblo Park Association Present “Sangkap: a Filipino Food History Experience”

First-of-a-kind foodie event this Saturday, February 29, to celebrate Philippine cuisine at the birthplace of Los Angeles

This Saturday, February 29, from 11am-5pm, the Philippines will represent at the El Pueblo Historical Monument – the birthplace of Los Angeles – with a first-of-its-kind event via SANGKAP Filipino Food History.

SANGKAP (which means “ingredient” in Tagalog) presents and celebrates the confluence of Spanish, Mexican, Chinese and other historic and cultural influences in a gastronomic experience of Filipino ingenuity.  The main offering of the event are food tastings from four prominent figures in the LA food scene: Discovery Channel’s “Prison Food” host Chef Johneric Concordia, Downtown LA’s rising star Chef Isa Fabro, restaurateur Gregory Berber of La Luz de Dia, a landmark restaurant that just celebrated 60 years on Olvera Street, and multi-awarded chef and owner of MAX and The Oinkster Andre Guerrero.

Christmas comes early for Filipinos in Malaysia as TFC and DZMM Teleradyo bring signature Kapamilya public service and entertainment

Filipinos in Malaysia packed the iconic Kompleks Kraf recently to join the Christmas festivities especially mounted for the community. The Philippine Embassy and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration brings anew the Pamaskong Kat-OWWA-an (Christmas Merriment) to enliven the spirits of those who are not able to come home and be with their families during the holidays. 

A notable addition for this year’s celebrations is the “Kapamilya Love Weekend Goes to Asia” – a campaign that goes around the continent offering free services and entertainment to overseas Filipinos. TFC in partnership with DZMM Teleradyo gifted nearly 1,200 hardworking Pinoys – who are usually on the other end of offering their services – with a free massage, haircut, Zumba session, as well as medical and skincare advice from Dra. Bles Salvador of the DZMM program “Dra. Bles @ Ur Serbis” and Dra. Luisa Ticzon-Puyat of the DZMM program “Good Vibes”.

International Filipino company ABS-CBN Global launches three Filipino channels on Ninmedia Indonesia

After conquering the Indonesian free-TV with Filipino shows “Pangako Sa’Yo” (Janjiku) and “On the Wings of Love”, ABS-CBN Global is about to bring more Filipino shows to the country with its partnership with Ninmedia Indonesia.

ABS-CBN Global, the international subsidiary of the largest Filipino media and entertainment company ABS-CBN, is bringing to Indonesia—one of the Southeast Asian countries with the largest economy today—three of its channels: The Filipino Channel (TFC), ABS-CBN Sports + Action, and Lifestyle Network.

TFC ME kicks off 2019 movie offerings with Enrique Gil, Liza Soberano, and Antoinette Jadaone via film "Alone/Together"

The film will have a two-day premiere that will happen on February 22 in Dubai and February 23 in Abu Dhabi

TFC Middle East prepared not just one, but two premieres this 2019 for no other than ABS-CBN Black Sheep’s latest movie offering “Alone/Together”.

The premiere which will happen on February 22 at the Reel Cinemas, The Dubai Mall in Dubai and on February 23 at the Oscar Cinema, Al Wahda Mall, in Abu Dhabi will be attended by the film’s stars Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil. For the first time in a TFC Middle East premiere, film’s writer and director Antoinette Jadaone will also grace the event.