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Fantasy
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Fantasy is a fiction genre set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Most fantasy uses magic or other elements as a main plot element, theme. Magic and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds, in popular culture, the fantasy genre is predominantly of the medievalist form. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy works by many writers, artists, filmmakers. Fantasy is studied in a number of disciplines including English and other studies, cultural studies, comparative literature, history. The identifying trait of fantasy is the reliance on imagination to create narrative elements that do not have to rely on history or nature to be coherent. This differs from realistic fiction in that whereas realistic fiction has to attend to the history and natural laws of reality, an author applies his or her imagination to come up with characters, plots, and settings that are impossible in reality. Fantasy has often compared with science fiction and horror because they are the major categories of speculative fiction. Fantasy is distinguished from science fiction by the plausibility of the narrative elements, a science fiction narrative is unlikely, though seeming possible through logical scientific and/or technological extrapolation, whereas fantasy narratives do not need to be scientifically possible. The imagined elements of fantasy do not need an explanation to be narratively functional. Authors have to rely on the suspension of disbelief, an acceptance of the unbelievable or impossible for the sake of enjoyment. Despite both genres heavy reliance on the supernatural, fantasy and horror are distinguishable, horror primarily evokes fear through the protagonists weaknesses or inability to deal with the antagonists. Beginning perhaps with the earliest written documents, mythic and other elements that would come to define fantasy. MacDonald was an influence on both J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. The other major fantasy author of this era was William Morris, lord Dunsany established the genres popularity in both the novel and the short story form. Many popular mainstream authors also began to write fantasy at this time, including H. Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Indeed, juvenile fantasy was considered more acceptable than fantasy intended for adults, nathaniel Hawthorne wrote fantasy in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, intended for children, though works for adults only verged on fantasy. Political and social trends can affect a societys reception towards fantasy, in the early 20th century, the New Culture Movements enthusiasm for Westernization and science in China compelled them to condemn the fantastical shenmo genre of traditional Chinese literature
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Horror film
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Horror film is a film genre that seeks to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on their fears. Inspired by literature from authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Horror may also overlap with the fantasy, supernatural fiction and thriller genres, Horror films often deal with viewers nightmares, fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event. Another of his projects was 1898s La Caverne maudite. Japan made early forays into the genre with Bake Jizo and Shinin no Sosei. The era featured a slew of literary adaptations, with the works of Poe and Dante, in 1908, Selig Polyscope Company produced Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In 1910, Edison Studios produced the first filmed version of Frankenstein, the macabre nature of the source materials used made the films synonymous with the horror film genre. Before and during the Weimar Republic era, German Expressionist filmmakers would significantly influence later productions, the first vampire-themed movie, Nosferatu, was made during this period, though it was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stokers Dracula. Other European countries also, contributed to the genre during this period, though the word horror to describe the film genre would not be used until the 1930s, earlier American productions often relied on horror themes. Some notable examples include The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Phantom of the Opera, The Cat and the Canary, The Unknown, and The Man Who Laughs. Many of these films were considered dark melodramas because of their stock characters and emotion-heavy plots that focused on romance, violence, suspense. The trend of inserting an element of macabre into American pre-horror melodramas continued into the 1920s, directors known for relying on macabre in their films during the 1920s were Maurice Tourneur, Rex Ingram, and Tod Browning. Ingrams The Magician contains one of the first examples of a mad doctor and is said to have had a influence on James Whales version of Frankenstein. The Unholy Three is an example of Brownings use of macabre and unique style of morbidity, he remade the film in 1930 as a talkie, during the early period of talking pictures, Universal Pictures began a successful Gothic horror film series. Tod Brownings Dracula was quickly followed by James Whales Frankenstein and The Old Dark House, some of these films blended science fiction with Gothic horror, such as Whales The Invisible Man and featured a mad scientist, mirroring earlier German films. Frankenstein was the first in a series of remakes which lasted for years, the Mummy introduced Egyptology as a theme, Make-up artist Jack Pierce was responsible for the iconic image of the monster, and others in the series. Universals horror cycle continued into the 1940s with B-movies including The Wolf Man, the once controversial Freaks, based on the short story Spurs, was made by MGM, though the studio disowned the completed film, and it remained banned, in the UK, for thirty years
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Romance film
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Romance films make the romantic love story or the search for strong and pure love and romance the main plot focus. Occasionally, romance lovers face obstacles such as finances, physical illness, various forms of discrimination, as in all quite strong, deep, and close romantic relationships, tensions of day-to-day life, temptations, and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films. In romantic television series, the development of romantic relationships may play out over many episodes. Historical romance - A romantic story with a period setting and this includes films such as Gone with the Wind, Doctor Zhivago and Titanic. Romantic drama usually revolves around an obstacle which prevents deep and true love between two people. Music is often employed to indicate the mood, creating an atmosphere of greater insulation for the couple. The conclusion of a romantic drama typically does not indicate whether a final union between the two main characters will occur. Chick flick is a term associated with romance films as many are targeted to a female audience. As such, the terms cannot be used interchangeably, films of this genre include Dirty Dancing, The Notebook, Dear John, A Walk to Remember, and Romeo + Juliet. Romantic comedies are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as true love is able to surmount most obstacles. Humour in such films tends to be of a verbal, low-key variety or situational, films within this genre include Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually, Moonstruck, As Good as It Gets, Somethings Gotta Give, It Happened One Night, When Harry Met Sally. Romantic fantasies describe fantasy stories using many of the elements and conventions of the romance genre, romantic action comedies are films that blend romantic comedy and action. Examples include Killers, Knight and Day, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, This Means War, romantic thriller is a genre of film which has a storyline combining elements of the romance film and the thriller genre. Some examples of romantic thriller films are The Adjustment Bureau, The Phantom of the Opera, The Tourist, The Bodyguard, Unfaithful, and Wicker Park
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Matteo Guidicelli
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Gianmatteo Fernan Guidicelli, better known as Matteo Guidicelli, is a Filipino actor, model, karting driver, triathlete and singer. Gianmatteo Vittorio Fernan Guidicelli was born in Cebu City and he is one of three children of Gianluca Guidicelli, an Italian, and Glenna Fernan, a Filipino. His grandfather is the late Senator and Chief Justice Marcelo Fernan, Guidicelli initially became known through his racing career, having started at an early age of 11. He has won awards including being a three-time winner of the Karter of the Year award. He took an interest in acting after taking workshops at the New York Academy, as soon as he came back to the Philippines, he took theatre courses at Brent International School and began to participate in plays. He also attended Columbia College in Chicago for two years to pursue a B. A. in performing arts in the field of musical theater, Guidicelli is currently a member of ABS-CBNs Star Magic. His acting career started when he joined the 4th season of the comedy sitcom Go Kada Go in 2007. The next year, he played supporting roles in the action fantasy show Kung Fu Kids, in 2010, he was given the lead role in the ABS-CBN primetime fantasy television series Agua Bendita. 2011 was a year for Guidicelli. 2011 also marked the year Guidicelli was cast in his first film, Catch Me and he landed his first lead role in 2012, starring as the lovestruck Carlo in the successful indie film, My Cactus Heart. Apart from acting, Guidicelli is also pursuing a career in singing, in 2011, Star Records released Guidicellis first single Someone Like You as an internet download. On January 17,2016, he launched his first album, self-titled Matteo Guidicelli and he is currently playing a lead role of the romantic show, Dolce Amore, which debuted on February 15,2016. Official website Matteo Guidicelli at the Internet Movie Database
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Philippines
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The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. The Philippines has an area of 300,000 square kilometers, and it is the eighth-most populated country in Asia and the 12th most populated country in the world. As of 2013, approximately 10 million additional Filipinos lived overseas, multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands. In prehistoric times, Negritos were some of the archipelagos earliest inhabitants and they were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples. Exchanges with Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Islamic nations occurred, then, various competing maritime states were established under the rule of Datus, Rajahs, Sultans or Lakans. The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan in Homonhon, Eastern Samar in 1521 marked the beginning of Hispanic colonization, in 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain. With the arrival of Miguel López de Legazpi from Mexico City, in 1565, the Philippines became part of the Spanish Empire for more than 300 years. This resulted in Roman Catholicism becoming the dominant religion, during this time, Manila became the western hub of the trans-Pacific trade connecting Asia with Acapulco in the Americas using Manila galleons. Aside from the period of Japanese occupation, the United States retained sovereignty over the islands until after World War II, since then, the Philippines has often had a tumultuous experience with democracy, which included the overthrow of a dictatorship by a non-violent revolution. It is a member of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. It also hosts the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank, the Philippines was named in honor of King Philip II of Spain. Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos, during his expedition in 1542, named the islands of Leyte, eventually the name Las Islas Filipinas would be used to cover all the islands of the archipelago. Before that became commonplace, other such as Islas del Poniente. The official name of the Philippines has changed several times in the course of its history, during the Philippine Revolution, the Malolos Congress proclaimed the establishment of the República Filipina or the Philippine Republic. From the 1898 Treaty of Paris, the name Philippines began to appear, since the end of World War II, the official name of the country has been the Republic of the Philippines. The metatarsal of the Callao Man, reliably dated by uranium-series dating to 67,000 years ago is the oldest human remnant found in the archipelago to date and this distinction previously belonged to the Tabon Man of Palawan, carbon-dated to around 26,500 years ago. Negritos were also among the archipelagos earliest inhabitants, but their first settlement in the Philippines has not been reliably dated, there are several opposing theories regarding the origins of ancient Filipinos
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Filipino language
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Filipino /ˌfɪlɪˈpiːnoʊ/, in this usage, refers to the national language of the Philippines. Filipino is also designated, along with English, as a language of the country. It is the register of the Tagalog language, an Austronesian. As of 2007, Tagalog is the first language of 28 million people, or about one-third of the Philippine population, Filipino is among the 185 languages of the Philippines identified in the Ethnologue. Filipino is ideally a pluricentric language, in reality, however, Filipino has been variously described as simply Tagalog in syntax and grammar, with no grammatical element or lexicon coming from. Other major Philippine languages, and as essentially a version of Tagalog. In most contexts, Filipino is understood to be a name for Tagalog. There was no language in the Philippine archipelago when the Spanish arrived in the 16th century. The four major trade languages were Visayan, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, as the Philippine languages are all closely related and therefore easy for Filipinos to learn, most speakers of smaller languages spoke two or more of such regional languages. The first dictionary of Tagalog was written by the Franciscan Pedro de San Buenaventura, a latter book of the same name was written by Czech Jesuit missionary Paul Klein at the beginning of the 18th century. Klein spoke Tagalog and used it actively in several of his books and he wrote the first dictionary, which he later passed over to Francisco Jansens and José Hernandez. On November 13,1936, Commonwealth act No, on November 12,1937, the First National Assembly of the Philippine Commonwealth approved the law for the establishment of the Surián ng Wikang Pambansâ. This institute would be responsible for surveying and researching existing native languages in order to determine among them the basis for a national language of the Philippines. Then-president Manuel L. Quezon later appointed representatives for each major regional language to form NLI, sales Rodriguez, Hadji Butu, and Cecilio Lopez. On December 13,1937, Presisis of the new national language, Spanish was the language of the 1896 Revolution and the Katipunan, but the revolution was led by people who also spoke Tagalog. In 1959, the became known as Pilipino in an effort to dissociate it from the Tagalog ethnic group. However, neither the nor the amended version specified either Tagalog or Pilipino as the basis for Filipino. Instead they tasked the National Assembly to, take steps toward the development and this move has drawn much criticism from the nations other ethnic groups
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Philippine Standard Time
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Philippine Standard Time, also known as Philippine Time and informally Juan Time, is the official name for the time in the Philippines. The country only uses one time zone, and for a short period, geographically, the Philippines lies within 116°40′ and 126°34′ east of the Prime Meridian, and is physically located within the UTC+08,00 time zone. Philippine Standard Time is maintained by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the Philippines shares the same time zone with Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, most parts of China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei, central Indonesia, and Western Australia. Philippine Standard Time was instituted through Batas Pambansa Blg,8, approved on 2 December 1978 and implemented on 1 January 1983. The Philippines is one of the few countries to officially and almost exclusively use the 12-hour clock in non-military situations. From 1521 to 1844, the Philippines had the date as Mexico. Monday,30 December 1844 was immediately followed by Wednesday,1 January 1845 and this meant that International Date Line moved from going west of the Philippines to go on the east side of the country. At the time, local time was used to set clocks, meaning that every place used its own local time based on its longitude. Television and radio stations in the Philippines display the time, in September 2011, the Department of Science and Technology proposed to synchronise time nationwide in an effort to discourage tardiness. On May 15,2013, President Benigno Aquino III signed Republic Act No,10535, better known as the The Philippine Standard Time Act of 2013 as a last step to finally implement the Juan Time. Effective June 1,2013, all government offices and media networks will be required to use Philippine Standard Time as a basis to set their timepieces, in addition, the first week of January will be regularly observed as the National Time Consciousness Week. The IANA time zone database contains one zone for the Philippines in the file zone. tab, hapon starts at 1,00 PM and ends 5,59 PM. Gabí starts at 6,00 PM and ends 12,00 AM which is Hatinggabi, madalíng Araw starts at 12,01 AM and ends 4,59 AM. Except in very formal situations, Filipinos rarely use the numbers in telling time. - Alas otso kwarenta y uno ng gabí or Apatnapút-isá makalipas ng ikawaló ng gabí5,30 A. M, - Alas singko y medya ng umaga or Tatlumpûng minuto makalipas ng ikalimá ng umaga or ikalimá at kalaháti ng umaga 3,00 P. M. - Alas tres ng hapon o Ikatló ng hapon 12,00 P. M, - Alas dose ng tanghalì o Ikalabíndalawá ng tanghalì12,00 A. M. - Alas dose ng hatinggabi o Ikalabíndalawá ng hatinggabí2,00 A. M
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ABS-CBN
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ABS-CBN Corporation, commonly known as ABS-CBN, is a Filipino media and entertainment group based in Quezon City. It is the Philippines largest entertainment and media conglomerate in terms of revenue, operating income, net income, assets, equity, market capitalization, ABS-CBN was formed by the merger of Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network. It was first founded in 1946 by Jewish American electronics engineer James Lindenberg, BEC would in turn become Alto Broadcasting System or ABS. Chronicle Broadcasting Network, on the hand, was founded in 1952 by newspaper mogul Don Eugenio Lopez, Sr. The two companies were merged and incorporated as ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation on February 1,1967, shortened to simply ABS-CBN Corporation in 2010 to reflect the companys diversification, the common shares of ABS-CBN was first traded on the Philippine Stock Exchange in July 1992 under the ticker symbol ABS. The group owns and operates the ABS-CBN and ABS-CBN Sports+Action national television networks as well as the Radyo Patrol, the remaining revenue is generated from consumer sales, mainly from ABS-CBN Global Ltd. which runs The Filipino Channel and from pay TV and broadband internet provider Sky. Among the pay TV networks and channels under the ABS-CBN group are ABS-CBN News Channel, Cinema One, Myx, the nucleus of ABS-CBN Corporation began in 1946 with Bolinao Electronics Corporation. BEC was established by James Lindenberg, one of the fathers of Philippine television. At that time, the largest media company was Manila Broadcasting, in 1949, James Lindenberg shifted Bolinao to radio broadcasting with DZBC and masterminded the introduction of television to the country in 1953. In 1951, Lindenberg partnered with Antonio Quirino, brother of then Philippine President Elpidio Quirino, in 1952, BEC was renamed as Alto Broadcasting System or ABS. Alto was a contraction of Quirino’s and his wife’s first names, Tony, though they had little money and resources, ABS was able to put up its TV tower by July 1953 and import some 300 television sets. The initial test broadcasts began on September of the same year, the very first full-blown broadcast, however, was on October 23,1953, of a party in Tony Quirinos home. The television station was known as DZAQ-TV, in turn, on September 24,1956, the Chronicle Broadcasting Network was organized. The network was owned by Don Eugenio Lopez, Sr. and the then Philippine Vice President Fernando Lopez, the following year, Don Eugenio acquired ABS from Quirino and Lindenberg. However, it was only on February 1,1967 that the name was changed to ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation to reflect the merger. In the late 1950s, Don Eugenios son, Geny Lopez saw the potential of TV and radio to reach, ABS also made breakthroughs in the TV industry by achieving the countrys first color TV broadcast, first satellite feed, and first use of videotape, among others. It was also pioneering in marathon election coverage in 1967 when the TV & radio stations of the network aired election updates for 36 hours sharp - making it a national first. On June 15,1961, Eugenio Lopez, Jr. built the first provincial TV station in Cebu airing 4 hours with the tallest tower measuring 216 feet, within weeks, another TV station in Dagupan opened its doors followed by the first broadcasts in Negros Island in 1963
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NTSC
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The first NTSC standard was developed in 1941 and had no provision for color. In 1953 a second NTSC standard was adopted, which allowed for television broadcasting which was compatible with the existing stock of black-and-white receivers. NTSC was the first widely adopted broadcast color system and remained dominant until 1997, North America, parts of Central America, and South Korea are adopting or have adopted the ATSC standards, while other countries are adopting or have adopted other standards instead of ATSC. After nearly 70 years, the majority of over-the-air NTSC transmissions in the United States ceased on January 1,2010, the majority of NTSC transmissions ended in Japan on July 24,2011, with the Japanese prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima ending the next year. In March 1941, the committee issued a standard for black-and-white television that built upon a 1936 recommendation made by the Radio Manufacturers Association. Technical advancements of the side band technique allowed for the opportunity to increase the image resolution. The NTSC selected 525 scan lines as a compromise between RCAs 441-scan line standard and Philcos and DuMonts desire to increase the number of lines to between 605 and 800. The standard recommended a frame rate of 30 frames per second, other standards in the final recommendation were an aspect ratio of 4,3, and frequency modulation for the sound signal. In January 1950, the committee was reconstituted to standardize color television, in December 1953, it unanimously approved what is now called the NTSC color television standard. The compatible color standard retained full backward compatibility with existing black-and-white television sets, Color information was added to the black-and-white image by introducing a color subcarrier of precisely 315/88 MHz. These changes amounted to 0.1 percent and were tolerated by existing television receivers. The FCC had briefly approved a different color standard, starting in October 1950. However, this standard was incompatible with black-and-white broadcasts and it used a rotating color wheel, reduced the number of scan lines from 525 to 405, and increased the field rate from 60 to 144, but had an effective frame rate of only 24 frames per second. CBS rescinded its system in March 1953, and the FCC replaced it on December 17,1953, with the NTSC color standard, later that year, the improved TK-41 became the standard camera used throughout much of the 1960s. The NTSC standard has been adopted by countries, including most of the Americas. With the advent of television, analog broadcasts are being phased out. Most US NTSC broadcasters were required by the FCC to shut down their analog transmitters in 2009, low-power stations, Class A stations and translators were required to shut down by 2015. NTSC color encoding is used with the System M television signal, each frame is composed of two fields, each consisting of 262.5 scan lines, for a total of 525 scan lines
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Moon of Desire
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Moon of Desire is a 2014 Philippine daytime television drama series directed by FM Reyes and Raymund B. Ocampo, starring JC de Vera and Meg Imperial, with Ellen Adarna, Dominic Roque, the series was aired on ABS-CBNs Kapamilya Gold afternoon block and worldwide on TFC from March 31,2014 to August 15,2014, replacing Galema, Anak ni Zuma. The story centers on Ayla and her famous FM radio program Moon of Desire, everyone is talking about it because of the lovely, seductive and sexy voice that soothes the pain of those who are heart broken by the love advice she gives. But more than the talk about the program, the true mystery that hounds her listeners is the anonymity of the DJ herself. There is a clamor for DJ Ayla to show herself to her fans and this is because, behind the beautiful and captivating voice lies a secret. DJ Ayla is covered in hair from head to toe and she has a medical condition called Hypertrichosis. Meg Imperial as Ayla DJ Lav Ricafrente-Bustamante JC de Vera as Dr. Jefferson Jeff Epoy Bustamante Ellen Adarna as Dra
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Emoji
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Emoji are ideograms and smileys used in electronic messages and Web pages. Emoji are used much like emoticons and exist in various genres, including facial expressions, common objects, places and types of weather, apples macOS operating system supports emoji as of version 10.7. Microsoft added monochrome Unicode emoji coverage to the Segoe UI Symbol system font in Windows 8, the first international Emojicon conference was held in San Francisco, California on November 4,2016. Originally meaning pictograph, the word comes from Japanese e + moji. The resemblance to the English words emotion and emoticon is purely coincidental, Emoji were initially used by Japanese mobile operators, NTT DoCoMo, au, and SoftBank Mobile. These companies each defined their own variants of using proprietary standards. The first emoji was created in 1998 or 1999 in Japan by Shigetaka Kurita, the first set of 176 12×12 pixel emoji was created as part of i-modes messaging features to help facilitate electronic communication, and to serve as a distinguishing feature from other services. Kurita created the first 180 emoji based on the expressions that he observed people making, for NTT DoCoMos i-mode, each emoji is drawn on a 12×12 pixel grid. When transmitted, emoji symbols are specified as a sequence, in the private-use range E63E through E757 in the Unicode character space. The basic specification has 1706 symbols, with 76 more added in phones that support C-HTML4.0, Emoji pictograms by Japanese mobile phone brand au are specified using the IMG tag. SoftBank Mobile emoji are wrapped between SI/SO escape sequences, and support colors and animation, DoCoMos emoji are the most compact to transmit while aus version is more flexible and based on open standards. Hundreds of emoji characters were encoded in the Unicode Standard in version 6.0 released in October 2010, the additions, originally requested by Google and Apple Inc. Encoding in the Unicode standard has allowed emoji to become popular outside Japan, regional indicator symbols were defined as part of this set of characters as an alternative to encoding separate characters for national flags. The popularity of emoji has caused pressure from vendors and international markets to add additional designs into the Unicode standard to meet the demands of different cultures, Unicode 7.0 added approximately 250 emoji, many from the Webdings and Wingdings fonts. Some characters now defined as emoji are inherited from a variety of pre-Unicode messenger systems not only used in Japan, including Yahoo and MSN Messenger. Unicode 8.0 added another 41 emoji articles of equipment such as the cricket bat, food items such as the taco, signs of the Zodiac, new facial expressions. Emoji characters vary slightly between platforms within the limits in meaning defined by the Unicode specification, as companies have tried to provide artistic presentations of ideas and objects. For example, following an Apple tradition, the calendar emoji on Apple products always shows July 17 and this led some Apple product users to initially nickname July 17 International Emoji Calendar Day, which is now more commonly referred to as World Emoji Day
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Television program
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It may be a single production, or more commonly, a series of related productions. A limited number of episodes of a show may be called a miniseries or a serial or limited series. Television series are without a fixed length and are divided into seasons or series. While there is no defined length, U. S. industry practice has traditionally favored longer television seasons than those of other countries, a one-time broadcast may be called a special, or particularly in the UK a special episode. A television film is a film that is initially broadcast on television rather than released in theaters or direct-to-video, a program can be either recorded, as on video tape, other various electronic media forms, played with an on-demand player or viewed on live television. Television programs may be fictional, or non-fictional and it may be topical, or historical. They could be primarily instructional or educational, or entertaining as is the case in situation comedy, a drama program usually features a set of actors playing characters in a historical or contemporary setting. The program follows their lives and adventures, except for soap opera-type serials, many shows especially before the 1980s, remained static without story arcs, and the main characters and premise changed little. If some change happened to the characters lives during the episode, because of this, the episodes could be broadcast in any order. Since the 1980s, there are series that feature progressive change to the plot. For instance, Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere were two of the first American prime time television series to have this kind of dramatic structure. While the later series, Babylon 5 is an example of such production that had a predetermined story running over its intended five-season run. In 2012, it was reported that television was growing into a component of major media companies revenues than film. Some also noted the increase in quality of television programs. When a person or company decides to create a new series, they develop the elements, consisting of the concept, the characters, the crew. Then they offer it to the networks in an attempt to find one interested enough to order a prototype first episode of the series. They want very much to get the word out on what types of shows they’re looking for, to create the pilot, the structure and team of the whole series must be put together. If the network likes the pilot, they pick up the show to air it the next season, sometimes they save it for mid-season, or request rewrites and further review
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The Filipino Channel
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It is owned and operated by the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN. TFC is available globally on direct-to-home satellite, cable, IPTV, online streaming, video on demand, TFC is targeted to Filipino expatriates and their families. TFC was launched on September 24,1994 becoming the worlds first trans-Pacific Asian broadcaster and its programming is composed primarily of imported programs from ABS-CBN, a national television network in the Philippines. Today, The Filipino Channel has over 3 million subscribers worldwide most of which are in United States, Middle East, Europe, Australia, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand. The first headquarters of TFC was built in a garage in Daly City, California with only eight employees doing all the tasks from managing the phones, the computers, by 1995, TFC has grown to 25,000 subscribers in the United States. In 1998, TFC Direct.9 For Life, by 2004, TFC has grown to 250,000 subscribers in the United States. This growth led to the expansion of TFC to other territories in the world, in 2005, ABS-CBN International signed an affiliation agreement with DirecTV, one of the leading DTH providers in the United States. Under the deal, DirecTV has the right to distribute the TFC package on its DTH platform. In return, DirecTV will pay fees to ABS-CBN and to ABS-CBN International. Later that year, the now defunct and award-winning internet television service TFC Now. was launched and this was later replaced by TFC. tv video streaming website. In this year, ABS-CBN International acquired San Francisco International Gateway from Loral Space & Communications, SFIG is a telecommunications port company based in Richmond, California. SFIG provides satellite services through its 2.5 acre facility consisting of 19 satellite dish antennas and 9 modular equipment buildings. ABS-CBN International received Federal Communications Commission licensing approval in April 2006, also in this year, ABS-CBN International opened its state-of-the-art studio and office in Redwood City, California. In 2006, SFIG successfully handled the pay per view distribution to In Demand, sFIGs customers include Discovery Communications, CBS, ESPN, Playboy among others. SFIG is a member of the World Teleport Association, in 2007, ABS-CBN International launched Myx, the first and only television channel in the United States that is targeted to the Asian-American youth audience. As of 2011, TFC has over 2.47 million subscribers worldwide, as of 2015, The Filipino Channel has over three million subscribers worldwide most of which are in United States, Middle East, Australia, Japan, Europe, and Canada. The program line-up of The Filipino Channel is composed primarily of programs from ABS-CBN, TFC also shows original programs not shown in the Philippines and these are produced abroad by ABS-CBNs foreign subsidiaries in United States, Middle East, and Europe. Www. abs-cbnglobal. com List of Programs by TFC TV Channel
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Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Clash 2010
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Pinoy Big Brother, Teen Clash 2010 is the third teen edition and the eighth series overall of the Philippine reality TV show Pinoy Big Brother. It began airing on the night of April 10,2010 and this is the first Teen Edition to be held after a regular season instead of a Celebrity Edition. Toni Gonzaga, Bianca Gonzales and Mariel Rodriguez reprise their roles as hosts of the show and it lasted for 78 days, surpassing the second Teen edition for the longest Teen Edition by only one day. There were two sets of auditions for this edition, the first was held simultaneously with those of the third regular season from March to May 2009. As these auditions were held a year in advance, the age limit was lowered to 14-17, a second set of auditions was held in March 2010, this time with an advanced registration through SMS, the age limit for auditioning was 15-18. A total of around 50,000 auditioned, from which 16 were chosen to enter the house on Day 1, a total of 27 housemates have entered the House, including the replacement housemate that entered on Day 20 and 10 foreign teens that entered on Day 22. James Reid of Australia emerged as the winner of the season, like the previous edition, Double Up, Teen Clash 2010 uses two houses, both summer vacation-themed with beach murals, hammocks, and other amenities. House A is called the Villa, to be inhabited by housemates who have simple backgrounds, in contrast, those who are well-to-do would live in House B, dubbed the Apartment. The Villa and the Apartment have similar amenities, the difference is that the Villa has the swimming and separate bedrooms, complete with furnished beds. The Apartment only has a jacuzzi and terrace and includes a large communal sleeping area without any beds, for three weeks, the Teenternational Housemates participated in tasks against the Pinoy Housemates with slots for the Big Night up for grabs in each week. This resulted to the Pinoy Housemates getting one slot and the Teenternational Housemates getting three slots to the Big Night, House Swaps - Housemates were made to swap houses and group members as instructed by Big Brother. SE Voting System - The public votes to save or evict a housemate, housemate with the lowest net votes, save and evict votes combined, will be evicted. Big 6 - Big Brother once again opened up the Big 5 Twist after being used during the latest edition of Pinoy Big Brother, series of tasks were done by the two houses which then the Teenternational got most of the slots, gaining three of the original four slots. A sixth spot for the Philippine housemates was later opened through a task which all housemates accomplished, origin indicates where the housemates were born or based before joining the program. First Batch Teenternational Housemates Below is a chronology of events, not including nomination and eviction nights and this section also lists voluntary and temporary exits, entrances of houseguests, visitors, new housemates, and other events that affected the housemates lives inside the House. This case, April 10,2010 is considered Day 1, Day 1, Fifteen teen housemates entered either Houses A or B similar to the Double Up season. Joe, Devon, Eslove, Shey, Angelo, Kyra, Potz, Rebecca, Yen, Patrick, Tricia, Kazel, Ivan, and Fretzie entered the Apartment. They were informed of a task of getting to know the housemates of the opposing House
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Lance Lucido
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Lance Angelo Lucido, better known as Lance Lucido, is a Filipino child actor. Lance Lucido was born on February 27,2007 in Iloilo City, in 2010, Lucido left Iloilo for Manila with her new designation as the liaison of the Police Regional Office 6 SPO2 Flor Lucido In Camp Crame. His mother’s transfer gave Lance Angelo the opportunity to attend talent workshops at Mamus Talent House, a year after their transfer to Taguig City, Manila, he had his first television appearance
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Kantar Media Philippines
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Kantar Media Research Philippines, is a market research firm in the Philippines specializing in broadcast media. Kantar Media is responsible for audience measurement of television ratings for the entire Philippines and it also their respondrnts is not enough to prove their measurement on the ratings of a show. You must divide the population then add 1 to make it realistic. The panel reports on 7 sectors namely National Capital Region, Suburbs, North Luzon, Central Luzon, South Luzon, Visayas, Suburbs consists of 4 provinces namely Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal. On January 2009, Kantar Media officially released its national television audience measurement data in the Philippines via Taylor Nelson Sofres Media, on February 2009, Kantar Group merged TNS with Kantar Media Research International and now called Kantar Media. Furthermore, Kantar Media also provides custom research services for radio, print. Kantar Media became the radio survey partner of the Radio Research Council and Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas in December 2014. MTV Asia, Fox International Channels, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd, CSM Media Research, AETN All Asia Networks Pte Ltd, Celestial Tiger Entertainment and Sony Pictures International
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Pyra: Ang Babaeng Apoy
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Pyra, Ang Babaeng Apoy is a Filipino afternoon drama series of GMA Network. It premiered on August 26,2013 replacing Kakambal ni Eliana, the series concluded its fourteen-week run on November 29,2013 with a total of seventy episodes. Set in Isla del Fuego, Pyra was a pyrokinetic since birth, besides that, she is a normal girl who lives with her mother. Her life will change when she falls in love with a man, unknown to her return in Isla del Fuego, there she will meet her twin sister named Fyra, the alter ego that will cause trouble to the human world. She will deceive and will change Pyras fate, Pyra is actually the daughter of Ramon and Barbara Del Fierro was raised by Merly Lucente-Del Fierro who became her step-mother. When she was still a baby, her father Ramon was attacked by an unknown assailants because hes a pyrokinetic while Barbara gains a burn on her face. She was taken by Merly and to raise her to become a fine woman, as the story progresses, Ramon was alive after surviving an attack several years prior and now works in the circus headed by Sirko. He manages to rescue Pyra after being pursued and kidnapped by Daniel, Pyra notices Ramon is a pyrokinetic like she is but his pyrokinetic powers are weaken and not concentrated enough due to his age. Pyra eventually use her powers which Ramon was surprised to see it was powerful than he is until it reveals that Pyra is his daughter before they keep a secret to Barbara after being told by Merly. Both father and daughter continues their work in the circus until they escape from Sirkos abusive and greedy daughter, Barbara decides to settle down in the other province with Ramon and Pyra by taking the roro cruise ship. In the near end of the series, Daniel manages to corner Ramon, Pyra, Barbara, Jeffrey, Pyra angrily kills Daniel with her pyrokinetic powers to burn him down to ashes which Susan witnesses her brothers death. After Merlys funeral and her burial, Susan finally abducts Pyra as Ramon, Jeffrey, and Barbara tries to find her. Cindy attempts to kill Pyra with a handgun but Pyra manages to burn her face with her powers as a taste of her own medicine for physically abuse her, Susan wants to kill her until she was arrested by the police as Jeffrey covers up Pyras pyrokinetic powers from them. After the incident, Cindy was upset after being burned by Pyra and Barbara tells her that a face is considered to be beautiful as she shows her burned face to her. Cindy finally apologizes Pyra for her spoiled and abusive actions and she becomes her step-sister, GMA Network official website GMA Network Official Facebook Page
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Komiks (TV series)
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Komiks is a Filipino fantasy-drama series that began airing on ABS-CBN from February 4,2006 to August 8,2009 spanned for 3 years. The series features popular local comic book stories and airs on Saturday evenings, the show is currently in its fifth season. It can also be seen on TFC, for a detailed episode guide, see the main article below. The first season of the series presented 12 distinct stories over the course of 13 episodes, one of the stories had two parts. The second season likewise had 12 distinct stories but had 15 episodes, the third and fourth season of Komiks breaks from the pattern of the first two seasons, with the entire season devoted to a single story, Da Adventures of Pedro Penduko. Matt Evans of PBB Teen Edition stars in the title role, matt Evans once again occupied the fifth season of Komiks, with a whole new adventure and characters. It is dubbed as Si Pedro Penduko at ang mga Engkantao, after the much successful airing of Pedro Penduko series, Komiks was shelved for a while to give way for 1 vs.100. On April 2008, Komiks resumed airing for sixth season with the collection of Mars Ravelos works and this was followed by Varga, Tiny Tony, Dragonna and Flash Bomba. Another and last Ravelo serial which is different from the Pinoy superheroes entitled Nasaan Ka Maruja. also aired, supergee almost appeared on television in a 2006 episode of the ABS-CBN series Komiks. Starring actress Judy Ann Santos in the role, the episode had actually been filmed. 2006 PMPC Star Awards for Televisions Best Horror-Fantasy Program,2007 PMPC Star Awards for Televisions Best Horror-Fantasy Program for Da Adventures of Pedro Penduko
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Da Adventures of Pedro Penduko
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Da Adventures of Pedro Penduko is the third and fourth season of the Filipino fantasy TV series Komiks. The third season airing in the Philippines on September 9,2006. The title role is performed by Matt Evans, who prior to this role was best known as one of the teen housemates in Pinoy Big Brother, Teen Edition. In Komiks, Da Adventures of Pedro Penduko, the ABS-CBN network re-introduces the stories of Pedro, with Matt Evans of Pinoy Big Brother, Teen Edition fame in the title role. Also in the cast are Albert Martinez, Agot Isidro, Melissa Ricks, Bembol Roco, TJ Trinidad, comedian Kitkat, Deejay Durano, Olyn Membian, the small screen story stays true to the original, but is given a new and more sophisticated look. Pedro remains a simple boy thrust into the world of superstition, in order to this, he has to have the power of the mutya ng saging and has now entered Floreshka to save his father. But as Pedro Penduko sets off on his mission, his introduction to the monsters begins when he faces off with Philippine mythology’s scariest creatures, Hiyas refuses to push through with the treaty as she is very much in love with Pedro. She also hates Napoleon because of his attitude, although the latter promises to change for the better if only Hiyas would fall in love with him. Pedros newest adventure begins as Bukang Liwayway gets catapulted underwater by a large wave and that marks a new journey for our lovable hero, as he is determined to rescue Bukang Liwayway in the underwater world of Kalalawdan. As Pedro and his father Juan search for answers, they encounter some interesting twists along the way and it turns out that their dear friend Kadyo, whom they perceived to be dead, is actually alive, and is living with his family in Kalalawdan. Also, Pedro discovers the person behind all his trials, as wedding bells herald the future of Hiyas, princess Kafra, though she knew that Pedro was an enemy, still fell in love with him. She wanted Pedro to be a Kataw like one of them, Kafra could not do anything but let her heart be broken. She and her family then helped the Penduko family escape from Pantas, when Pedro was leaving, Kafra kissed him, and Hiyas saw it through his fathers mirror. This happening made Hiyas agree to get married with Napoleon, just right when they came back from Kalalawdan, Pantas takes on a revenge on the Penduko family. Pantas stabs Juan, who later died, in return, Pedro made Pantas swallow the last stone of his mutya, that made him explode to death. Pedro, then decided to go to Floreshka to see Hiyas agrees to get married with Napoleon in order to save her life and her soul from the curse of the black mutya. On the other hand, Haddi and Kasimiro plans on taking Hiyas and Napoleon to Tarusay, not knowing by anyone, Kasimiro and Isidra are planning something on the day of Hiyas and Napoleons wedding. Pedro, however, tries to stop the wedding by going to Tarusay, Haddi, therefore decided to make the wedding earlier and asked both the Floreshkan and Dalaketnon armies to capture Pedro and put him in jail, so the wedding will not be resumed
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Pedro Penduko at ang mga Engkantao
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Pedro Penduko at ang mga Engkantao is the fifth season of Komiks. and is the second installment of the Pedro Penduko comics series. In this story, Pedro will not be the one who will fight the evil Kalagua. He would be with the five chosen Engkantao, high school is finally over for Pedro, and with it, he is about to leave Tulay Buhangin for college. Pedro and Lola Maria found their way to his Lolo Pedros boarding house at the University Belt, except that, a normal life is not really an option for Pedro. In the first place, Lolo Pablo is not your average grandfather – he gets visions of spirits, once in Floreshka, he intends to destroy the kingdom and all engkantos protecting the human race - and begin the last apocalypse. In Pedros arrival, he experienced culture shock and he was amazed by the things in the city. Then, Lola Maria was captured by a man with an evil spirit within him. This incident happened in Cubao, Quezon City, in the other hand, a different accident happened in Makati City. It was in a hotel, where Kalagua put a spirit on a photographer and one of the Engkantaos, Josef. Another incident took place in Tondo, Manila, where a monster came out of the garbage dump. Marie, an Engkantao, was there to help, in Monumento, Caloocan City, Dianne, also an Engkantao, fought the statues, that were brought alive by Kalagua. Also another incident happened in Luneta Grandstand, Manila, when a group of criminals captured people, the fifth Engkantao, Edward, helped them. Quezon City Memorial Circle, is where the last incident happened, Moy, the last Engkantao, used his powers to kill the snakes, that were attacking the people. These incidents happened in the time, but different places. Those places, traced together, forms a Star of David shape, after the attacks, Kalagua, tries to find the chosen Engkantao, through the body of Dr. Eva. Will banding together help the young heroes - or will it make it easier for Kalagua to find them, Engkantao came from the Tagalog word Engkanto which means supernatural beings and Tao which means human. Engkantaos were people who are half Engkanto and half human, Kalagua, the villain of the story, is taking her revenge and the only way to do this is to combine her spirit with engkantaos. And only the six chosen engkantaos can defeat her, the six chosen engkantaos would know if they were the chosen one, if they have a Star of David birthmark on their body
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Komiks Presents: Kapitan Boom
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Komiks Presents, Kapitan Boom is the first fantaserye offering in the Komiks series aired on ABS-CBN. This series is based on the comic strip Kapitan Boom by Mars Ravelo, Lance Mercado has a secret superhero alter-ego, Kapitan Boom. Lances grandmother, Lola Gretchen, & his best friend, Bukol are the people who know about his abilities. During emergencies, Lance assumes another personality as Kapitan Boom, the dedicated to fighting the forces of evil. Lance continues his life as a college student until he falls in love with a classmate. He struggles with his issues to win her heart. Melody eventually accepts Lance as a friend, but he may not be able to tell her that he is Kapitan Boom, Kapitan Boom was born when young Lance accidentally hit his father’s transmitter, leading to an explosion in which he unexpectedly acquired his superpowers. It was only when he became an adult that he was able to use his skills through his superhero persona. Melody finds out that Kapitan Boom has earplugs in his pouch to put in his ears and it turned out Kapitan Boom is actually Lance. Melody realized that Lance and Kapitan Boom are one and the person after looking for these signs. Lance/Kapitan Boom is reunited with his parents, Perry & Becky Mercado, maricar Reyes as Young Gretchen - love interest of Ichiro. Mariel Rodriguez as Varga - When Kapitan Boom meets her in his finale story & she begins her story Jay-R Siaboc sings the song for Kapitan Boom. Along with the weekly Mars Ravelos Komiks presents Kapitan Boom of ABS-CBN, GMA also airs another Mars Ravelo daily classic telefantasya and these shows from Ravelo are broadcast for the first time in 2008. Isang Lakas List of Komiks episodes Official website Kapitan Boom Drama Kapitan Boom at Telebisyon. net Kapitan Boom Blog Catalog Kapitan Boom at the Internet Movie Database
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Komiks Presents: Varga
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Varga is a fantasy series on ABS-CBN adapted from the creation of Mars Ravelo. It is the installment of the anthology Mars Ravelos Komiks Presents. Varga is an alien princess ghost who finds herself drawn to planet Earth, gifted with beauty, superpowers and a voluptuous body, she meets a young girl named Olga, and together transform into the hero Varga, where they defeat evil and save the world. Mars Ravelo created the character in 1947, when working in Bulaklak Magazine and he created the character believing that Filipinos were in need of a superhero, after World War II. Ravelo left the two years later, leaving the character behind. He joined Pilipino Komiks in 1949, then he decided to reconstruct the character, princess Vara is from Planet Vargon, home to a race of powerful beings from outer space. Due to the destruction of her planet, Vara is saved and lands on Earth, however. On Earth, she meets a human girl name Olga. Under Olgas influence, Vara falls in love with the people of Earth and these two womens destiny are meant to be merged - literally. Upon a shout and a touch, the violet-colored ghost Vara unites with the human child Olga, fused into one person in a single body, the superheroine Varga. Together, Vara and Olga begin their journey to become a real hero, and to defeat earths enemy, Xandra - an evil woman who preys on the youth and beauty of others to stay young and beautiful
