President Benigno Simeon Aquino III last November 9 opened the 37th Top Level Management Conference of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), the industry association of the broadcast media in the Philippines. The president praised the broadcast media for its role in exposing wrongdoings in the government but at the same time urged the media to exercise more responsibility.
The conference was attended by owners, operators, and executives of the 683 radio stations and 155 television stations that belong to the national broadcasters’ association. The theme of this year’s conference, On Air, On Target for Social Relevance in the Digital Age, reflects the twin challenges of the broadcast industry: how to play a more meaningful role in the lives of citizens and how to maintain competitiveness in amid the proliferation of new media spawned by the internet and new digital technologies.
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ABS-CBN news anchor and former vice-president Noli De Castro headed the list of winners at the 20th KBP Golden Dove Awards awarding ceremonies held last night (October 26) at the Star Theatre, Star City Complex, Pasay City. De Castro was awarded the Ka Doroy Broadcaster of the Year Award. TV Patrol, where De Castro is an anchor, also won as the Golden Dove Award for Best TV Newscast for Metro Manila.
Although ABS-CBN-Channel 2 won the award for Best TV station, ABC-TV 5 also went home with major awards this year, among them: Best TV Documentary, Best TV Children’s Program, Best Variety Program, Best TV Magazine Program, Best TV Public Affairs Program Host, Best TV Actor. (See complete list of 20th Golden Dove Winners below).
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Unidentified men burned early morning yesterday (October, 26, 2011) the transmitters and other equipment of radio station DZVT-AM and DZVT-FM operated by the Catholic Media Network in San Jose, Mindoro Occidental. KBP president Ruperto S. Nicdao, Jr. condemned the burning as a barbaric crime. The full statement follows.
“The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Piliipinas (KBP) strongly condemns the burning of radio stations DZVT-AM and DZVT-FM of the Catholic Media Network in San Jose, Mindoro Occidental this morning. This is a barbaric crime committed by persons who have complete disregard for the law and utter disrespect for the norm of civilized conduct.
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The KBP has expanded its rules on broadcasts that affecting the interests of children. The new rules, which form part of the media industry association’s Broadcast Code which defines professional and ethical standards for its members, were approved in a general membership meeting held last June 15, 2011.
Formulation of the new guidelines was the KBP’s response to the clamor of audiences and child-rights advocates for stricter rules governing the treatment of children in television programs following the broadcast of a program last March featuring a boy in a dance sequence they found to be inappropriate for his age.
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The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), the industry association of the broadcast media, is set to approve new provisions of its broadcast code to reinforce current standards on programming related to children. The new guidelines have been submitted to the KBP Board of Trustees by the Standards Authority, the industry associations’ code enforcement body. The KBP initiated the formulation of the new guidelines last March following the controversial episode of a TV program which featured a dance number by a boy contestant considered objectionable by a number of viewers.
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The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) celebrated its 38th Founding Anniversary at the Crown Regency Hotel in Makati last April 27, 2011. The KBP is the industry association of the broadcast media composed of owners and operators of broadcasting stations as regular members and radio and television stations as associate members.
The highlight of the evening was the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between KBP and the Department of Interior and Local Government to undertake a tree-planting program in areas of the country most affected by deforestation. The agreement bolsters Oplan Broadcast-treeing, the tree-planting program initiated by KBP several years ago. Secretary Jesse M. Robredo signed the agreement in behalf of the DILG.
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