Overview of the Philippine Media

Moscow 24 June 2011
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An Overview of the
Philippine Media
By
Charmy G. Sabigan
Bombo Radyo Philippines
The different mass media:
• Print
– Newspapers
– Magazines
• Broadcast
– Radio
– Television
• On Line
Newspapers
About 65 Newspapers in the country
of national and local circulation
24 National
The Rest Regional/local
Circulation: About 4.7 M
Newspapers
• Written in English those of national
circulation.
• Local Newspapers are written either in
English, Filipino, the national language or
in the local languages
Broadsheets have their own
websites updated regularly
Magazines
Only 12 are considered on the top
All in English
There are others which are regional and use
the national language or local dialect
Magazines cater to
certain groups or
interests
FHM –
leading magazine for
men, sexy but not
vulgar
Seventeen –
leading teenage magazine
The EntrepreneurHandbook for Small-to-Medium
size business owners
CosmopolitanDeals with romance,
beauty, showbiz and many
others
Yes MagazineThe leading
entertainment magazine
Television
• There are less than 300 TV stations
• Only three (3) are dominant
– Associated Broadcasting Company or ABC 5
– ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. or TV 2
– GMA Network or TV 7
Radio
• There are more than a thousand radio
stations in the AM and FM bands
Radio
• Only three (3) Dominant Networks
– Bombo Radyo Philippines
– Manila Broadcasting Corporation
– Radio Mindanao Network
The next table is a summary of
the number of licensed
broadcast media in the
Philippines released by the
National Telecommunications
Commission or (NTC)
NUMBER OF BROADCAST AND CATV STATIONS BY REGION
REGION
AM
FM
TV
TV RELAY
TV X'
LATOR
DTU / DBS
CATV
MMDS
NCR
CAR
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
ARMM
CARAGA
TOTAL
31
11
33
19
18
31
36
35
27
22
23
22
34
14
9
18
383
25
20
38
38
24
76
68
71
47
30
44
37
77
23
7
34
659
22
10
13
16
13
30
30
29
21
11
21
21
31
9
5
15
297
0
4
3
1
1
4
3
3
2
7
0
0
1
0
0
1
30
0
6
2
4
8
4
8
2
6
0
7
3
0
1
0
5
56
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
42
13
84
67
11
210
72
72
67
71
37
32
18
42
1
34
873
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
TOTAL =
TOTAL
120
64
173
146
77
356
217
212
170
141
132
115
161
89
22
107
2302
2302
Government Controlled Networks
• Three (3) Television Stations
– National Broadcasting Network, Inc.
(NBN-TV4)
– Radio Philippine Network ( RPN TV 9)
– Intercontinental Broadcasting
Corporation (IBC-13)
Government Controlled Networks
• One (1) Radio Network –
–Radyo ng Bayan but has
regional stations
Government TV and Radio
are least patronized by
the people.
Government TV and
Radio stations
did not rate in scientific
surveys conducted by
Nielsen
Information Agencies
• There are government information
agencies in every region of the
country but are not the principal
sources of information of the
people
Information Agencies
• Majority of the citizens are not
aware that they exist
The Mass Media
Consumers
of the Philippines
Level of Censorship
How does the state
influence the mass media?
Philippine Media are
remarked the freest in
Asia
The Philippines adopts
The United States of America’s
First Amendment
The Philippine
Constitution provides
In Article 3,
Bill of Rights Sec 4
Section 4.
No law shall be passed
abridging the freedom of
speech, of expression, or
of the press,
or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble and petition the government
for redress of grievances
Thank You