Sharon's Kitchen Appliance and Food Collection- Official Lunch on May 21, 2011

Celebrations by Sharon Product Launch next Saturday, May 21 at the Mega Atrium of SM Megamall!

Visit the ABS-CBN Store official fanpage for more details:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/TheABSCBNStore/149332738414364

On May 21, Saturday, Sharon Cuneta launches her latest additions to the brand such as quality collections of kitchen appliances by American Heritage; baking mixes by Maya; specialty collection of bottled sauces, dips and spreads by The Merry Cooks Inc. (TMCI); and gift wrappers and scrapbook items by Filstar.

This grand launch becomes more interesting as Megastar herself visits the Mega Atrium of SM Megamall and enjoys having quality time with guests through a home fair and cooking demo.

Everyone is invited to come as early as 10a.m. and watch chefs from TMCI and Maya as they prepare various dishes using the kitchen appliances of American Heritage. People who love to cook, especially mothers, should not miss the cooking demos from 11a.m. to 3p.m. Gift wrapping demos also takes place at the same time.

There are also guest performances by Star Power grand winner Angeline Quintoand Star Power finalists Monica Sacay, Krissel Valdez, Akiko Solon and K-La Rivera.

Be inspired as Sharon prepares dishes live, using assorted products from her collection. There’s also a gift wrapping demo by the Megastar, in partnership with “Sharon at Home” magazine.

Be a Megastar to your own family and friends! Don’t miss this great chance to be more motivated and to develop your interest in meaningful hobbies, good food and fine dining. Visit the Mega Atrium of SM Megamall on May 21 and learn new things while having fun brought to you by “Celebrations by Sharon.”

EARNINGS: GMA Network posts 18% growth in Q1 revenues

GMA Network Inc. (GMA) started 2011 on the upward trend with an 18 percent growth in consolidated gross revenues from regular advertising and subscription accounts in the first quarter of the year, reaching P3.138 billion from P2.652 billion delivered in the same period last year, and after stripping off P973 million worth of political ads. 

Airtime revenues delivered by television and radio from regular advertisers grew by 21 percent to P2.865 billion from P2.367 billion in the same period last year.

Flagship business unit Channel 7, which is now the acknowledged national ratings leader from January to date, and GMA Radio hiked regular advertising revenues by 25 percent and 19 percent, respectively.

GMA International made subscription and advertising revenues worth P230 million this first quarter, higher by three percent in dollar terms, but down by two percent due to the appreciation of the peso.

Robust global brands

International channels GMA Pinoy TV (GPTV) and GMA Life TV (GLTV) hiked subscriptions by 10 percent and two percent, respectively, in the same quarter, as GMA International readies the launch of GMA News TV (GNTV) international edition in July.

On the other hand, GMA’s syndication sales and acquisition arm, GMA Worldwide, Incorporated (GWI), sold P6.6 million worth of programs with new markets in Kenya, Tanzania, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Brunei.

Newly launched GNTV, the first and only free-to-air news and public affairs channel on VHF (Very High Frequency), made P12 million from its launch in February 28 till end-March. Because it is on free TV, viewers do not need to pay a cable service provider to get the latest news and information.

Meanwhile, GMA News Online remains the leading news portal with an average of 23 million page views this first quarter 2011.

Net income for the quarter reached P534 million, a dip from P855 million recorded during the same period last year, which was mainly driven by political advocacies and advertisements in the top line.

Maintaining the lead

GMA continues to thrive amid a non-election year with a modest increase in its total operating expenses (OPEX) by three percent to P1.989 billion.

General and administrative expenses increased by 14 percent from P800 million year-on-year to P914 million due to the Company’s promotional activities in the regions to further establish its nationwide presence.

The amount invested on ads and promotions in the quarter almost doubled to P113 million during the first three months.

The quarter finished with earnings before income, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) worth P926 million, 34 percent lower than last year’s P1.413 billion.

GMA Chairman and CEO Atty. Felipe L. Gozon remains confident that GMA will deliver better financial performance in the succeeding months with the network continuously emerging a ratings winner despite stiffer competition.

“GMA maintains its lead in audience share from January 2011 to date. With majority of the country’s population now attuned to GMA, I look forward to a more solid liaison with our partners, the advertisers and the viewing public alike," Gozon said.

On television, GMA has gone beyond ABS-CBN in national television ratings since the opening of 2011 and has managed to uphold its leadership position until today, according to Nielsen TV Audience Measurement—the broadcast industry’s most trusted ratings service provider.

Captive audience

Based on household data surveyed in National Urban Philippines this April, GMA garnered 33.2 household audience share points, higher than ABS-CBN’s 31.3 and TV5’s 14.7.

In Urban Luzon, which comprises 77 percent of total television households nationwide, GMA’s lead over competing networks remained at double digit levels. The Kapuso Network sustained its strong ratings performance in the said area with 36.8 share points, 10.4 points ahead of ABS-CBN’s 26.4 and 20.6 points ahead of TV5’s 16.2.

In viewer-rich Mega Manila, which covers 58 percent of total television households nationwide, GMA garnered 37.6 share points, 12.8 points up from ABS-CBN’s 24.8 and 20.5 points higher than TV5’s 17.1.

Furthermore, nationwide ratings data from January 1 to April 30 showed that GMA delivered superior performance in audience shares with 33.6 points, higher than ABS-CBN’s 31.7 points and from TV5’s 15.1 points.

For the same period in Urban Luzon, GMA registered an imposing 37.1 share points, higher than ABS-CBN’s 26.7 and TV5’s 16.9 share points.

Year to date figures for Mega Manila show that GMA-7 posted 38.2 audience share points versus ABS-CBN’s 25.1 and TV5’s 17.7 for a lead of 13.1 and 20.5 points respectively.

Meanwhile, GNTV made a historic high ratings record during its coverage of the Royal Wedding last April 29. During the wedding ceremony with live footage straight from Westminster Abbey from 5:00 to 8:00 pm, GNTV hit a 13.3 household rating—next to Channel 7’s 18.6 rating for the same coverage. GNTV and Channel 7 delivered the highest ratings during that day.

The Nielsen TV Audience Measurement used by GMA is used by 21 companies including two other local TV networks, namely, TV5 and Solar Entertainment; Faulkner Media; CBN Asia; 13 advertising agencies and three regional clients. On the other hand, ABS-CBN is the only local network reportedly subscribing to Kantar Media, formerly known as TNS.

GMA Engineering Group, meanwhile, recently completed the TV-12 Ormoc Project and established a TV transmitting station site in Mt. Kanlandog, Murcia, Negros Occidental for the approved Ultra High Frequency (UHF) TV relay station project.

The Group’s Content Management and On-Air Systems department administers the testing and bug fixing of the media asset management system (MAMS) – by far the most sophisticated filing system in local broadcast bought at US$4 million. — JMT/VS, GMA News

PCSO- Philippine Grand Lotto Jackpot- May 16, 2011- Php221,558,353.20

Grand Lotto Jackpot- Winner will be very happy with current jackpot of Php221,558,353.20 as of May 16, 2011. Just in case there will be no winner for tonights draw the jackpot price may reached a whooping Php235 million peso.

Grand Lotto 6/55 is the most recent draw introduced in April 2010. Draw mechanics are the same as the previous three, but this time, the number lot is from 1 to 55. The Grand Lotto draw is held every Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays and currently uses the larger of the two-chamber Power Lotto Mega Gem. While its minimum jackpot is pegged at ?30,000,000, it had the Power Lotto's ?108,000,000 final jackpot as its jackpot prize on its first draw. The odds are at their largest at 1 in 28,989,675. It also produced the largest jackpot won: ?741,176,323 (US$16,721,406) by a single bettor from Luzon on November 29, 2010.

How To Earn Money Online while enjoying facebook and tweeter?

Did you know that you can earn money while enjoying your stay on social medias like facebook and tweeter? Filipinos love social networks such as facebook and tweeter but fewer knows the big oppurtunity to earn money from this social networks via Churp Churp Philippines. Anyway, ChupChurp Philippines has found a way for twitters and facebook users to take advantage of these sites and not just to be another social routine. You get paid by sharing a message on your twitter or facebook. They quoute “You have influence. Get rewarded for it”.

They started up with a PHP 15.00 referral on every successful sign up. Now imagine this. If you were able to sign in 500 of your friends, that’s an instant PHP 7,500. What more can a 1,000 friends account can possibly earn? A whooping PHP 15,000. It’s totally free and easy to join so there’s nothing to lose in trying.

Here’s your chance to take advantage of that! Get rewarded for sharing the message of different brands on different social networks! Churpchurp has arrived. Churpchurp aims to reward social media influencers who spread the word from our friendly neighborhood advertisers! Interested? Come out the site, ph.churpchurp.com.to register.

Here’s are 3 simple step on how to join:
1. Go to ChurpChurp Philippines.
2. Complete the Churper Registration
3. Allow allow ChurpChurp application to access your facebook and twitter. Start sharing the message on your facebook wall and tweets.

Recently they got this 'Mother's Day Program- Just by posting links of PLDT Mother's Day Youtube Greetings they have paid churp churpers Php. 6.00 for each friends click for the link that you posted on your facebook wall. But I believe they limit it to P2k per person which means only 334 of your friends need to click for you to earn a maximum Php2k otherwise I could have earn more since I have more than 2k friends on my network. Therefore I'm looking forward for their next Churp Churp campaign. However for inviting friends to Churp Churp where they pay Php15 pesos per registrants- the earning is unlimited.