Pinoy Komediaserye in Latin America: GMA stumbles in Peru while Abs-Cbn returns to the region when almost everybody is asleep

As this blog scanned the world to take the pulse of the different telenovela markets in all the continents, we have confirmed Pinoy teleserye is one of the top telenovela products in the world. It has just recently penetrated the South American market (only in 2016) but  has already graced the small screens in 3 countries- Ecuador, Peru & Colombia. GMA has had a virtual monopoly of the region in most of 2017, led by the top-drawing performance of Cautiva (Hanggang Makita Kang Muli) in Peru & Ecuador). Meanwhile, ABS-CBN teleseryes, after pioneering in the region with the trailblazing Puentes de amor (Bridges of Love) & La Promesa (Pangako Sa Yo), unceremoniously disappeared from South American screens as GMA surged.

But in a sort of comedy of errors, GMA just stumbled in Peru with its two new teleseryes (No me olvides (Someone to Watch Over Me) & Una nueva oportunidad (Second Chance)) being pulled off the air. Almost concurrently,  ABS-CBN suddenly  resurfaced, this time in Colombia, in its top free-to-air TV station yet- with Dahil May Isang Ikaw (Corazones cruzados) starring Kristine Hermosa & Jericho Rosales, but in a post-midnight slot when almost everybody would be asleep.

Don't laugh. At least, ABS-CBN has broken the GMA monopoly of South America. Just another act in the booming  teleserye tale worldwide. Call it growing up pains in the region,  if you may. Let's wait for the succeeding acts. There's suspense there, a spice to the thrill mix.

I'LL NEVER SAY GOODBYE/MAGPAHANGGANG-WAKAS takes on Africa: ABS Uganda, KTN Kenya, MyTV Africa for the rest of Subsaharan Africa

Magpahanggang-Wakas is heaven-sent to ABS-CBN this year. Christmas is near (meaning, the year is almost through) but the supposed country's biggest TV network has only sold one 2017-produced teleserye this year. That doesn't mean however that it doesn't lord over the current teleserye domination of Africa. The continent is awash with the rerun of successful pre-2017 teleseryes from the station: hits like Dolce Amore, Doble Kara, The Promise, On The Wings of Love (this one will take over shortly  the slot of I'll Never Say Goodbye on My TV Africa), etc.

I am sure, the ABS-CBN bigwigs will be studying the success of GMA in selling more new teleseryes abroad this year. It turned out a high domestic rating is not a guarantee of international success. This teleserye is a case in point. Who would have thought that unlike the 2017 blockbusters, it would eventually be the  only one to be sold  abroad?

Meanwhile, teleserye celebrates its current reign in Africa...

Қоштасқым келмейді/MAGPAHANGGANG-WAKAS on 31Kanal Kazakhstan

Magpahanggang-Wakas might have been unceremoniously taken prematurely off the air in Indonesia but it has become the savior of ABS-CBN's puri in the light of the steady international resurgence of new GMA teleseryes from Africa to Asia to South America. This Arci Muñoz-Jericho Rosales starrer is the only 2017-produced ABS-CBN teleserye to be sold this year internationally. After its hasty disappearance from Indonesian small screens, it emerged thankfully in Africa (there is a deluge of other ABS-CBN teleseryes in Africa- in fact, Pinoy teleseryes are dominant there now-  but they are mostly reruns of older successful teleseryes like Pangako Sa Yo, Dolce Amore, Doble Kara, etc. GMA teleseryes being shown there, just like everywhere else,  are newer).

There must be a tidal wave of gasps of relief at ABS-CBN nowadays. The dominating GMA international profile must have kept them at edge through most of the year. I could imagine the gigantic whoops of joy. They were able to sell it to Kazakhstan too!

Lucky Kazakhs, they will still get to watch the formerly beautiful sexy face of Arci Muñoz. They might not recognize her the next time.

10 PM Kazakh time, Monday to Friday. 31Kanal. Dubbed in Kazakh, Subtitles in Russian.

BRIDGES OF LOVE returns on Indonesian small screens after all

ABS-CBN must be jumping with joy. Bridges of Love, which was one of the 3 ABS-CBN teleseryes which were pulled out after just a few days of telecast, is returning to the screen after all. Fingers crossed, the other two, Magpahanggang Wakas & Forevermore will return shortly too.

BRIDGES OF LOVE showing on MNCTV INDONESIA

There are now three teleseryes showing on MNCTV Indonesia, one after the other starting at 8 PM (20:00 WIB): Double Kara, Bridges of Love & Forevermore.

Bridges of Love is the 6th teleserye to be shown this year in Indonesia.

UNTUK SELAMANYA/ MAGPAHANGGANG WAKAS opens on January 15 at 8 PM primetime (20:00 WIB) on MNCTV Indonesia

Janjiku ( Pangako Sa'Yo) will end soon on MNCTV Indonesia & it will be replaced by another Pinoy teleserye, Magpahanggang Wakas, translated into Bahasa as Untuk Selamanya. It wil be the first of the 4 teleseryes recently acquired by MNCTV from ABSCBN. On the pipeline are Forevermore, Bridges of Love & Doble Kara.

4 ABSCBN Teleseryes next on MNCTV INDONESIA: Forevermore, Bridges of Love, Magpahanggang Wakas, Doble Kara

While GMA teleseryes have been very recently prominent in previously ABSCBN-dominated terrains in various parts of the world,  ABSCBN is fast developing new markets in a rather big way. 4 Abscbn teleseryes are in the pipeline for Indonesia. MNCTV, the TV station which has been airing Pangako sa yo & On The Wings of Love, has just announced it has lined-up 4 teleseryes for 2017: Bridges of Love, Magpahanggang Wakas, Doble Kara & Forevermore

The latter, Forevermore, makes the whole thing exciting. Kathniel (Daniel Padilla & Kathryn Bernardo) & Jadine (James Reid & Nadine Lustre) have already started to make their mark in Indonesia with the showing of PSY & OTWOL: let's make way for Lizquen, definitely the prettiest loveteam in Asia  right now. And they were in their prettiest in that teleserye.

EMMY AWARDS 2016: Jodi Sta. Maria nominated for Best Actress for "Pangako Sa Yo/The Promise/La Promesa" and "Bridges of Love/Puentes de Amor" nominated for Best Telenovela

Not only are Pinoy teleseryes getting high ratings from its mostly primetime slots in many countries in many continents, they are getting the critical accolades too.

Jodi Sta. Maria was nominated for Best Actress for her role in the teleserye Pangako Sa Yo/The Promise/La Promesa. She will be vying against  UK.'s Judi Dench ("Roald Dahl's Esio Trot"), Brazil's Grazi Massafera ("Verdades Secretas") and Germany's Christiane Paul ("Unterm Radar").

Meanwhile, the teleserye Bridges of Love/Puentes de Amor (the first teleserye shown in Latin America) was nominated for Best Telenovela, vying against entries from Brazil: A Regra de Jogo by Globo TV and Verdades Secretas, also by Globo TV, and from Canada, 30 Vies by Ici Radio-Canada.

"BRIDGES OF LOVE" opens in Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Malawi, Namibia, Senegal, Seychelles, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Togo, Zimbabwe

After successful runs on free-to-air TV in Kenya & Peru (where it was released as Puentes de Amor), Bridges of Love is now showing at My TV Africa, available to all Subsaharan African countries except South Africa (where Pinoy teleseryes are serialized on free-to-air TV when they are shown there).

The teleserye has just been nominated for Best Telenovela in the International Emmy Awards, vying against Verdades Secretas & A Regra de Jogo of Brazil & 30 Vies of Canada.

My TV Africa is available in these countries:

BOTSWANA

BURKINA FASO

CAMEROON

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

ETHIOPIA

GHANA

MALAWI

NAMIBIA

NIGERIA

OTHERS

SENEGAL

SEYCHELLES

SIERRA LEONE

TANZANIA

TOGO

ZAMBIA

ZIMBABWE

Arci Muñoz' TELESERYE: "Magpahanggang Wakas" Starring ARCI MUÑOZ & JERICHO ROSALES

Arci Muñoz is the most clicked personality in our blog. She has come a long way from the sexy calendar girl we initially featured in the blog. Tomorrow her new primetime teleserye will begin.

OST de "PUENTES DE AMOR": "Pusong Ligaw" Subtitulado en Español

Me enteré de que todo el mundo buscaba las traducciones en Castellano de esta canción original de Jericho Rosales circa 2009  (video arriba). La nueva version de Michael Pangilinan se utilizó como banda sonora de la telenovela filipina que se estrena todavia en Peru,  Puentes de Amor (video abajo, con los subtitulos en Castellano).

 Hay noticias que Puentes de Amor se estrenara pronto a Ecuador y Colombia (y possiblemente Uruguay). Ojala.

The title was  translated in Spanish as "Stubborn Heart". Apparently it was translated by a Spanish-speaking Filipino. The song caught the fancy of the telenovela-watching crowd when "Bridges of Love" was shown there. There was no proper mv for the Michael Pangilinan version so the hodge-podge lyric video was the one circulating online in the Spanish-speaking blogosphere. I think it would be better to circulate a subtitled Jericho version considering that his mv was well-made & more presentable as promo material. There was not much improvement in the vocals of the Pangilinan version anyway.

PINOY TELESERYE ON PERUVIAN TV: "Puentes de Amor" on Panamericana TV de Peru

So Pinoy teleserye has finally invaded the birthplace of telenovela, Latin America. It is now being shown on the Peruvian Panamericana Tv. The history-making feat is courtesy of the teleserye Bridges of Love, now given the title Puentes De Amor (direct Spanish translation of the original title).

Arci's First Primetime Teleserye

In a way, the news that Arci Muñoz is now starring in her first primetime teleserye really made me proud. For one, I personally benefited from the sex appeal of our new sex symbol. I can take all the vacation I want but I can rest assure I will still get clicks because our all-time most popular post on Ms. Muñoz still gets steady hits everyday. In a way, she has become the trophy Princess Sexy of this blog. And mind you, her fans are not only found in the Philippines, half of them come from all over the world. Needless to say, this blog first felt the confirmation that a new star was born.

That gives me a dilemma. I know, my biggest readers are red-blooded heterosexual males but I also have loads who crave for our young stars. In fact, the latter were our first supporters. That's the challenge, how to balance between our two seemingly opposite crowds: satisfying one shouldn't aggravate the other. I guess I'm doing fine, I take a lot of vacation but everybody are still with us.

Arci Muñoz will have Jericho Rosales & John Estrada as her co-stars in the forthcoming teleserye Never Ever Say Goodbye.

"PUENTES DE AMOR"/ BRIDGES OF LOVE: Pinoy Teleserye in the Birthplace of Telenovelas

This must be one of the best news for the new year. So, Pinoy teleserye has finally broken into the original land of telenovelas, Latin America. 7AMedia, a major international content distributor, has started marketing the Spanish vesion of "Bridges of Love"- Puentes de Amor (direct translation of the original title)-  to Latin America. The news is that Latina TV station in Peru will be showing it soon.

 You can watch the first episode of "Puentes de Amor" in Spanish, just click here.

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Pinoy Teleserye "BRIDGES OF LOVE" is now showing on KTN Kenya

There's an error in the printed online shedule of Kenyan TV station KTN. It is still written there that "Carmela" is being shown but the Pinoy teleserye starring Marian Rivera & Alden Richards has already ended and just replaced by another Pinoy teleserye, "Bridges of Love" starring Maja Salvador & Jericho Rosales.

Primetime, 6:00- 7:00 PM, Kenya time (11:00 PM Manila time)..

TELESERYE TEASER: Bridges of Love: Revelation

This is the part where the secret of the character of sexy Maja Salvador was revealed.

JERICHO ROSALES - Pusong Ligaw / "Bridges of Love" Teleserye OST (Official Music Video)

TELESERYE: "BRIDGES OF LOVE" Full Trailer:

Maja Salvador & Paulo Avelino have many music videos in this blog. They star in a forthcoming heavy-drama teleserye starting this March.

 

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