Friday, November 4, 2016

BATTLE OF THE SOAP HEAVYWEIGHTS IN AFRICA

There are two Africa-wide broadcast companies that distribute content in many countries in that continent. The two with the biggest footprints are My TV Africa & Startimes, both regular patrons of Pinoy teleserye. Teleserye has built a loyal following in the continent since the original Pangako Sa Yo took the continent by storm in the early part of the 2000's. Teleserye battled it out initially with the pioneering telenovela of the Latin Americans, with the emergence later on of other successful series-producing countries like India & Turkey but teleserye remained a big force in the continent.

Recently, Startimes asked the readers of its Facebook account, which among the leading content providers in Africa (Philippines, Turkey, India and the Latin American countries of Venezuela, Colombia & Mexico) is practically the most loved. You can gauge the prevailing sentiment from the responses.

It's good that teleserye is raising the flag of  Asia in Africa. High ratings don't lie, even the most thick-faced propaganda machine can't make that up.

A few more responses below:


18 comments:

  1. We need news like this. More or less, ignorante kasi ang mga Pinoy sa mga achievements kaya maliit ang tingin natin sa sarili. Ang crab mentality is a sign of inferiority complex. While waiting for the economic, we are already heaviweights sa cultural field na maski walang tulong ng gobyerno or maski anumang propaganda, lumalabas ang galing pangkultural ng Pinoy. Musika, teleserye, sayaw, pelikula, ganda. Tunay, di peke gaya ng mga trying hard sa paligid natin

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    1. Oo nga, di tayo nagha-hire ng hakot para dumugin ang mga aktor natin sa anumang airport sa Africa. Di na kelangan, tunay na sikat na e

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    2. Mga Koreano lang naman ang mahilig magkunwari, pulos propaganda, di muna sila magsalamin kung mukhang artista ba sila o mukhang ewan

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    3. 6:36, So true. The Koreans are so low, not only sabotaging better-looking Asian actors than them but they had the gall to hire those trolls to mob their actor in Cebu to pretend they are popular. Everybody knows they are has-beens... who would want to watch them when there are better looking actors around?

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  2. Hah,o ano ngayon ang masasabi nyo mga kdrama pets.

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    1. Wala, busy silang naniningil sa mga bayad sa kanila para maging fan kuno. Niwala kang may fans yong mga Koreans, sa itsura lang nila lol

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  3. Viva, Pinoy teleserye. Btw, Viva means long live, di studio ha

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  4. Napansin ko sikat din mga young stars natin doon. Pagkatapos ng Kathniel at Lizquen, pati mga serye ng Jadine at Elnella coming soon na rin

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    1. BFY palalabas na? saan?

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    2. Hindi pa,nagkaroon lang ng poll ang startimes kung ano ang susunod nilang philippine drama na ipapalabas doon,kasama dun ang BFY at OTWOL.

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  5. Kelan kaya sila magpalabas dito ng Turkish drama? Naghit internationally ang Fatmagul at Feriha. Sana palabas dito, kaseksi pa naman ng mga Turks

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    1. Oo nga, Turks na lang ipalabas, sexy nga sila... masakit sa mata ang mga Koreano

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    2. Mga Turks at Indian din kalaban sa Kazakhstan. Palabas din sana mga Indian dito, parang interesting

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    3. Maski saan naman na may teleserye, naiitsapwera ang kdrama. Sa Africa, Central Asia, Southeast Asia...maging sa Peru, naungusan sila kaya protesta-protesta tuloy kuno sila. Nangingibabaw na naman ang La Promesa... yong mga kdrana na natulungan umangat ng Puentes de Amor noon natapos na kaya yong mga bago naghihintay lang sa pag-arangkada ng La Promesa para mapansin uli sila. Taas-noo pwede talaga natin isigaw mas gusto tayo ng tao

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  6. Oo nga, maganda raw Fatmagul. Palabas sana rito

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  7. Dolce Amore most requested!

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  8. Wow,ang galing!Andaming positive feedback ang natatanggap ng Dolce Amore ngayon lalo na sa mga russian audience,snana maidub at maipalabas ito sa bansa nila
    https://vk.com/fsg_dilemma?w=wall-92670946_16726

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  9. Pang international naman kasi ang beauty ng Lizquen. Pati yong Russian fans nila magaganda

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