Wish 107.5 Ultimate Fandom Challenge Top Contenders Gear Up for Final Round

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Wish 107.5 fm station offers a whole new kind of fm radio broadcasting that is sure to entertain and enthuse the listeners. Granting not only song requests but also the listeners’ own personal wishes, as the station intends to inspire and prove that wishes do come true.

And more excitingly nowadays, Wish 107.5 is not just your ordinary fm station. A custom-built mobile radio bus roving around the busy streets of Metro Manila, showcasing live performances of your favorite artists is also something to look forward to from Wish 107.5.

Recently, Wish 107.5 presents of what the station has prepared for the final round of the friendly fandom competition. The media conference was held at Vagabonds Artisan Comfort Food in Timog, Quezon City.

After over two weeks of intense battle, the recently named top contenders of the first Wish 107.5 Ultimate Fandom Challenge are now gearing up for the competition’s final round.

Here are the top challengers vying for the championship tilt :

Darrenatics (Darren Espanto)

Juanistas (The Juans)

Dyfenders (Jason Dy) 

Mowienatics (Morissette Amon)

Also competing to be hailed as the 4th, 5th and 6th runners-up are the Wish Fandom Survivors :

Juan Karlos United Families Club (JK Labajo)

Francisnatics (Francis Lim)

Darylnatics (Daryl Ong)

At the series of the challenge , during the elimination round, the fandoms’ final score was computed through their performances in online voting (50%) and Twitter trending battles (50%). 

The faculty of the Ateneo De Manila University’s Department of Mathematics served as the official tabulating partner. 

Darren Espanto topped the online voting and also emerged victorious during the Twitter trending battle held on May 15. The group made it to the number one and eight spots of the Philippines and worldwide trends lists, respectively.

Apart from another round of online voting and Twitter trending battles, the remaining fandoms will go through a set of more intense challenges for the competition’s final stage. This includes an adventure race and a special collaboration with their favorite artist to be judged by prominent figures in the industry.

The Juans, Daryl Ong and Francis Lim -- three of the artists of the top seven fandoms  graced the media conference.

The Juans

Francis Lim

Daryl Ong

The finals night will be held on June 20 at the SMART-Araneta Coliseum where a total of Php 2.3 million will be given away to the winning fandoms, their artists and chosen beneficiaries.

Other fandoms who participated in the Wish 107.5 Ultimate Fandom Challenge include Callalista United (Callalily), Esang’s Angels (Esang De Torres), JBKlisters (JBK), Paollowers (Paolo Onesa) and SweetBryterNatics (Bryan Termulo).

For more updates, visit Wish FM 107.5 Facebook.

A Song Of Praise Music Festival - Year 4

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A Song of Praise or ASOP Music Festival, Year 4 is here once again,  your one and only favorite praise song writing competition on the television. 

Twelve new songs, the cream of the crop, were chosen to be performed onstage by multi-talented and acclaimed Filipino singers at the grand finals night!

The event is an assortment of novice and experienced composers once again. Even first-time songwriters, who joined the competition at the drop of a hat, had reached the finals round! Some of them are professionals and others are amateurs presented at the press conference held at Elements in Centris.

Here are the songs to be watched out for onstage:

- “DINGGIN MO, OH DIOS” composed by Cris Bautista, interpreted by Reymond Sajor

- "ALABOK" composed by Jesmer Marquez, interpreted by Jeffrey Hidalgo

- "SABIK SA’YO" composed by Joseph Bolinas, interpreted by Ney Dimaculangan

- "WALANG HANGGAN" composed by Benedict Sy, interpreted by Maki Ricafort

- "JESUS, I LOVE YOU" composed by Timothy Joseph Cardona, interpreted by RJ Buena

- "MAHAL MO AKO" composed by Maria Loida Estrada, interpreted Sabrina

- "KUNG PAG-IBIG MO'Y ULAN" composed by Christian Malinias, interpreted by Leah Patricio

- "DAKILA KA AMA" composed by Ella Mae Septimo, interpreted by Ruth Regine Reyno

- "IKAW NA LANG MAG-DRIVE NG BUHAY KO" composed by Rolan Delfin, interpreted by Betong Sumaya

- "PAHINTULUTAN MO" composed by Leonardo de Jesus III, interpreted by Philippe Go

- "SALAMAT PO, AMA" composed by Dennis Roxas, interpreted by Jojo Alejar

- "PAKAMAMAHALIN DIN KITA" composed by Dennis Avenido, interpreted by Nino Alejandro

Respected names in the music and entertainment industry have graciously accepted the role of giving their insights and critique for each of the song. They are Ryan Cayabyab, Celeste Legaspi, Mon del Rosario, Jungee Marcelo, Jett Pangan, and Lachmi Baviera.

The prizes at stake are:

100 thousand pesos for the 3rd runner-up song.

150 thousand pesos for the 2nd runner-up song.

250 thousand pesos for the 1st runner-up song.

and 500 thousand pesos for the "Song of the Year"!

The best interpreter will also bag a prize of 50 thousand pesos.

ASOP Music Festival Year 4 Grand Finals night is on October 13, 2015, at 6pm, at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.

Sofitel Manila’s Official Statement on the UNTV Boycott Campaign

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The UNTV boycott campaign rooted from the removal of their local tv network from the channel listings of Sofitel Manila Hotel. The #NoToSofitel and #BoycottSofitelPH trending continues.

In line with the ongoing campaign to boycott Sofitel Manila, we would like to share with you all the official statement of the management:

Sofitel Manila’s Official Statement on the UNTV Boycott Campaign

“We do not discriminate against any local or international broadcasting television channel. While we supply several television channels for our guests, the channels we air in the hotel are system-limited, and regularly changed based on several factors, including guest feedback and demand.

We are happy to hear the public’s concerns, and will consider to re-instate the UNTV Channel if this is a request from our hotel guests”.

*The official statement was posted 15th of July 2014 via the official Facebook Page of Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila https://www.facebook.com/SofitelManila/posts/10152131396431568

About Sofitel, World Class Hotels & French Elegance

Sofitel is the only French luxury hotel brand with a presence on five continents with 120 addresses, in almost 40 countries (more than 30,000 rooms). Sofitel offers contemporary hotels and resorts adapted to today’s more demanding and more versatile consumers who expect and appreciate beauty, quality and excellence. Whether situated in the heart of a major city like Paris, London, New York, Shanghai or Beijing, or nestled away in a country landscape in Morocco, Egypt, French Polynesia or Thailand, each Sofitel property offers a genuine experience of the French “art de vivre”.

Sofitel Legend and & Sofitel So are two labels that come to enrich Sofitel Luxury hotels

Sofitel Legend hotels are iconic and mythical; they are often centuries-old listed heritage buildings: Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi, Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam and Sofitel Legend Old Cataract Aswan.

Sofitel So hotels are new « boutique hotels » characterized by a stylish focus on contemporary design by famous architects and/or embellished by international celebrities from the world of fashion, design or art: Sofitel So Mauritius Bel Ombre, Sofitel So Bangkok and Sofitel So Singapore (2013).

SOFITEL LUXURY HOTELS Philippine Plaza Manila

CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard Pasay City 1300 Metro Manila, Philippines

Official Website: www.SofitelManila.com

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#NoToSofitel and #BoycottSofitelPH trending continues, UNTV37 Boycotts Sofitel Manila for Discrimination

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Now on its second week, the campaign #NoToSofitel and #BoycottSofitelPH have been enjoying the top trending in twitter worldwide, and have created a louder buzz on facebook and instagram.

UNTV has launched a campaign that challenges its supporters to take part in.

At appoximately 9:17 PM (PHT) on July 19, 2014, #NoToSofitelDay7 and #BoycottSofitelPHDay7 start to fill the 3rd and 4th spots on Twitter’s Worldwide Trends.

The campaign stemmed from the report received by UNTV37 Chief Executive Office, Kuya Daniel Razon, that Hotel Sofitel Manila dropped the station from its channel listings. 

This, for no apparent reason.

This prompted Razon to call on UNTV37 supporters to launch a boycott against the hotel for clear discrimination of the station – a free channel that should be enjoying any and all channel listings in local and cable TV providers.

Soon after the launching of the campaign, issues after issues against said hotel were brought to the public’s attention. 

Age discrimination

Earlier in June, distinguished Election lawyer, Atty. Romulo Macalintal, filed a case against Sofitel when it refused to grant him 20% senior citizens discount on February 8, 2014, while he was dining with a friend at the Sofitel Le Bar Restaurant.

Macalintal claims that this is a violation of his rights as a senior citizen and that such move by said hotel is a clear case of age discrimination.

Social Status discrimination

Another issue that was brought to public attention is about the two nannies who were denied entry to the hotel’s buffet area just because they were wearing “scrub suits.” 

This apparently happened in December 2012, when said nannies of one of the guests in a wedding reception held in Sofitel were not allowed to enter the buffet area where they were about to dine because they were in their nanny uniforms. 

Said guest, who is also an Accor Advantage Plus member, cried social status discrimination pertaining to the incident.

Accor Advantage Plus is a program that offers Accor hotel customers advantages and rewards, wherein one of its member-hotels is Sofitel. 

Racial discrimination

Another incident was the refusal of Sofitel for a Filipino teenager, who was a hotel guest, to enter because the security said that “food bought from outside is not allowed.”

This happened in November 2013. The young man who didn’t really enjoy the food in the hotel bought food from a fastfood chain; but upon entering the hotel, the security guard didn’t allow him entry and told him to just eat the food in his car.

The following day, one of the young man’s companion saw a number of foreigners entering the hotel with “food bought from outside” right in front of the hotel security. 

Good thing this companion brought his smart phone and was able to video the whole thing. But when he showed the video to the Duty Manager, all that was said was “pagsasabihan ko na lang po ang guard” [I will just tell about this to the guard].

No sooner than he said it, another group of foreigners came in with “food bought from outside”. A glaring case of racial discrimination.

Media discrimination

And just recently, this action by Sofitel against UNTV37 happened. Razon and UNTV supporters cried media discrimination.

In its official statement, Sofitel reasoned “system-limited” facility as the basis of them removing the station in its channel listing.

Netizens who support UNTV37, on the other hand, stressed that a 5-star hotel with a limited system to carry a local free-tv channel is beyond any sane man’s comprehension.

They claimed that a small eatery with a rundown TV set is able to receive transmission of UNTV37, so why can’t a 5-star hotel, with supposed high technology and state-of-the-art facilities?

For them, this is simply absurd. And very unacceptable.

Sofitel also stated that it will consider re-instating the UNTV Channel if this is a request from their guests.

From UNTV37 side, however, the fact that the station formally requested Sofitel to include it in the channel list is already a guest request and feedback. 

The event conducted by the station in Sofitel costs more than a hundred guests. Therefore, Sofitel’s lack of action to reinstate UNTV37 is evidently unjustified.

For UNTV, this is what the campaign is all about. It is about the station’s indignation of the absurd, its refusal to accept the unacceptable, and its rejection to excuse such unjustifiable act.

The station maintained that discrimination in any shape or form does not, and should not, have room in a society that upholds democracy.

And the #NoToSofitel and #BoycottSofitelPH trending continues.

Within just 30 minutes of its first mention, #NoToSofitelDay12 and #BoycottSofitelPHDay12 climb up the 4th and 5th spots of Twitter's Philippines Trends.

The UNTV Cup Season 2

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The UNTV Cup Season 2 will officially commence on February 11, 2014 at Smart Araneta.

Here's UNTV's advocacy that was able to unite different government agencies and local celebrities to play the game of basketball to support a cause.

On this season’s league, the teams were given the privilege to get a maximum of two professional basketball (PBA) players for reinforcement, subject to certain qualifications.  For the second season, ten (10) teams are set to take part in this charity ball game. They are the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP Cavaliers), Congress (Congress Legislators), Department of Justice (DOJ Hunters), Local Government Unit (LGU), Malacañang Palace, Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA Equalizers), Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth Advocates), Philippine Judiciary, Philippine National Police (PNP Responders) and Senate. In addition to the participating teams of last season, the success of the advocacy inspired both Malacañan and Senate to join this upcoming season.

“UNTV Cup is one of the projects we came up with since we know a lot of people in the government agencies as well as celebrities who are fond of playing basketball. But this time, they’ll be playing for a better cause,” the veteran broadcaster UNTV Cup’s progenitor Kuya Daniel Razon said.

To further enhance the public service aspect of the league, each game day every Sunday will also be a public service” day for the participating agencies.

Prior to the game, each agency will be given a booth at the game venue, where our game audience may seek for the services of each organization.

During the first season, seven teams played to win the top prize of P1-million for their chosen charity.

Players included high-ranking officials from the Supreme Court (Team Judiciary), Armed Forces of the Philippines (Team AFP), Philippine National Police (Team PNP) and Philhealth. Officials from the Department of Justice (DOJ), Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Congress and some local government units (Congress-LGU), also took part in Season 1 of UNTV Cup.

UNTV CUP Season 1 Champion Team Judiciary selected the Bohol earthquake and Mindanao war victims to receive their million-peso cash prize. Team PNP, meanwhile, donated its second-place cash prize of P500,000 to the Masonic Charities for Crippled Children.

All games will be held every Sunday at Ynares Sports Arena, and broadcasted live 2:30pm at UNTV.

UNTV's vision is be a prime catalyst of a public service advocacy that will inspire and encourage public servants to join hands in helping the underprivileged members of our society through sports. 

The UNTV Cup will provide an opportunity for public servants to play an active part for a good cause that will help the underprivileged of the society while promoting unity, camaraderie, and physical fitness among public servants. 

UNTV Cup is a basketball competition among various branches of the government culminating in a final game to determine the champion. This will not only promote camaraderie, sportsmanship and healthy competition among the various branches of the government but will also be able to bring to their attention the plight of the underprivileged. 

Each team will submit their chosen charitable institution as their beneficiary for this basketball tournament. The champion will be given the privilege to have a One Million Peso (Php1,000,000) grant to their beneficiary. While the runner-up will receive Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php500,000), the third placer Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php250,000) and the fourth placer One Hundred Fifty Thousand Pesos (Php150,000) for their chosen beneficiaries. 

The entire league is broadcasted LIVE every Sunday 2:30PM at UNTV, and simulcast via live streaming at www.untvweb.com. 

During the Season 1 completed last November 2013, UNTV's four-month tournament was successfully began and ended at the jam-packed Smart Araneta Coliseum. 

The participating teams of Season 1 were the following: 

a. Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) 

b. Philippine National Police (PNP) 

c. Judiciary/Supreme Court 

d. Congress-LGU 

e. PhilHealth 

f. Department of Justice (DOJ) 

g. MMDA 

The winners of the first season are as follows: 

· 4th Place – Philhealth (Philhealth Advocates) / Beneficiary: Cancer Warriors Foundation 

· 3rd Place – AFP (AFP Cavaliers) / Beneficiary: AFP Educational Benefit System Office 

· 2nd Place – PNP (PNP Hinirangs) / Beneficiary: Masonic Charities for Crippled Children 

· Champion – Judiciary (Team Judiciary) / Beneficiary: Earthquake Victims of Cebu and Bohol, and Standoff Victims of Zamboanga

Bread N’ Butter Earns Its 5th Anak TV Seal Award

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Rodel Flordeliz host of Bread n' Butter receiving the award

Bread N’ Butter, UNTV’s business and travel program receives the Anak TV Seal Award for 2013 along with sixteen UNTV shows. The Anak TV Seal Award is annually given to television programs with wholesome and child-friendly content by the Southeast Asian Foundation for Children and Television (SEAFCTV) Recipients of the Anak TV Seal Award are privileged to display the Anak TV Seal during broadcast.

Since 2009, Bread N’ Butter bears the Anak TV Seal which indicates that the program’s content is deemed family-friendly by the SEAFCTV.

Earlier this year, Bread N’ Butter earned awards such as the Best Livelihood-Oriented Program Gandingan ng Kabuhayan Award at the Gandingan 2013: The 7th UPLB Isko’t Iska’s Broadcast Choice; the Outstanding Family-Inspired Television Program at the 33rd Dangal ng Bayan Awards 2013; and the Franchise Enabler Award for Media Category from the Association of Filipino Franchisers Inc.

Other UNTV program host and producers who receive the Anak TV Seal

Bread N’ Butter is aired over UNTV every Friday at 5pm and hosted by the power tri-kada Arlene Razon, Kitt Meily and Rodel Flordeliz. 

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Other Makabata Star

Other Anak TV Seal Awardees from the UNTV family are A Song of Praise – TV Special, A Song of Praise, Ating Alamin, Cook Eat Right, Campus Challenge, Doctors on TV, Easy Lang ‘Yan, How Authentic the Bible Is, Istorya, KNC Show, Mapalad ang Bumabasa, Munting Pangarap, Rise and Shine, Serbisyo Publiko, Sports 37 and Truth in Focus. To know more about UNTV programs, visit www.untvweb.com

Bread N' Butter Welcomes October with Third Award for 2013

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October starts with a hurrah for UNTV's Bread N' Butter as the business and travel show earns its third award for this year from the Association of Filipino Franchisers, Inc. (AFFI). The multi-awarded program received the Franchise Enabler Award for Media category at the 12th Filipino Franchise Show at the World Trade Center last October 4.

Bread N' Butter was acknowledged for its support and promotional efforts for Filipino franchise brands as well as for Small and Medium Enterprises. The show is known for featuring homegrown brands and inspiring stories of hard-working Filipino entrepreneurs.

Rodel Flordeliz, one of the tri-kada hosts of the program, received the award in behalf of Arlene Razon and Kitt Meilly.

In the first and third quarter of this year, Bread N' Butter garnered awards at the Gandingan 2013: The 7th UPLB Isko’t Iska’s Broadcast Choice Awards as the  Best Livelihood-Oriented Program Gandingan ng Kabuhayan Award and at the 33rd Dangal ng Bayan Awards 2013 as the Outstanding Family-Inspired Television Program.

Bread N' Butter is aired over UNTV every Friday at 5pm to 5:45pm. Get updates on the program and promo alerts by Liking Bread N' Butter on Facebook. Follow @bnbtv on Twitter and Instagram.

Bread N' Butter Acquires Second Award for 2013

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UNTV's business-oriented television program Bread N' Butter received the Outstanding Family-Inspired Television Program Award at the 33rd Dangal ng Bayan Awards 2013 last July 30, 2013 at the Philippine International Convention Center, Pasay City.

Rodel Flordeliz, one of Bread N' Butter's tri-kada hosts, received the award in behalf of Arlene Razon and Kitt Meily. The award was conferred to Bread N' Butter for inspiring and encouraging viewers to become creative and productive individuals as well as for supporting events that promote nation-building causes.

The annual Dangal ng Bayan Awards is jointly organized by the Dangal ng Bayan Awards Committee, BIOCARE Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Citizens Information and Assistance and the ASK ME Foundation in cooperation with the National Consumers Affairs Foundation.

UNTV host and premiere broadcast journalist Kuya Daniel S. Razon was also a recipient of the Dangal ng Bayan Award as the Outstanding Journalist and Public Servant because of his advocacies and contributions to the broadcast industry.

Earlier this year, Bread N' Butter received the Best Livelihood-Oriented Program Gandingan ng Kabuhayan Award for the second time at the prestigious Gandingan 2013: The 7th UPLB Isko't Iska's Broadcast Choice Awards last January 26 at the D. L. Umali Auditorium. Gandingan Awards is organized by the UPLB Community Broadcasters Society.

Bread N' Butter features different types of careers, businesses and other profit-generating activities as well as tourism. 

The program airs every Friday at 5:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. at UNTV, Your Public Service Channel.