ABS-CBN thinks Blogging did not help PBB

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief December 19, 2005 · 2 min read

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Now that’s a shocker! ABS-CBN is implying that blogging did not help promote their Pinoy Big Brother show that’s why they scrapped the segment of Retz as the featured PBB blogger in their Pinoy Big Brother Revealed show last Thursday. Retz here has the rundown, The Ca t is in the verge of a scratching spree while Jobert adds that this is why he likes GMA 7 more.

Let’s dissect why ABS-CBN did not like PBB bloggers and how they come up with that conclusion.

PBB Bloggers gets much higher in the SERPS than their own blogs and forums.
They got fewer subscriptions than expected from the 24/7 Sky Cable service and the internet streaming service because bloggers get to share these infos/screencaps for free.
PBB bloggers tend to douse off excitement (read: spoiler posts).
Bloggers get to earn from AdSense while they don’t.
ABS-CBN wants to dominate online showbiz content delivery but bloggers are way ahead.
Not every blogger likes PBB but they still blog about it.

Funny, huh?

But that only strengthens the idea that blogging has indeed boosted the market reach of these shows. Make that free advertising as well. See, even those who don’t tune in to ABS-CBN still get to read about Big Brother online. It’s practically all over the net.

What a shame.

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39 Comments

leslie anne rogacion · 17 years ago

wahahah…. gnda ng PBB gwaveh..
pa greet puh kna aira,bea,ate farrah.. mga kptd ko
chakah.s parents kuh…
i wnt txtm8…. dz is my #.. 0912*******…
IM LESLIE \.14 YRS OLD./FROM ESPERANZA ALFONSO CAVITE… ;I WANT BOYS,,, CUTE…………………………………………………………………

leslie anne rogacion · 17 years ago

:> wahahah. gnda tlga ng show neu…
i lyk mikee…. he is so very cute… kmukah cya ni roby… harhar… ate mariel rodrigez i hope i see u/….

ilah · 18 years ago

hi pbb is like the coolest reality show. and 1 more thing its awsome because they show there real attitude. and this show and the best their is you make new friends or close friends inside the house:D

denz · 19 years ago

http://blogerstars.blogspot.com/ new convo, new primetime videos, new nvr b4 scenes and new uplate. d2 nyo lng kkta sa blogerstars na nagiisang nice fansite ng PbB 2.. hav a nice day! be der! tnX.

janine · 20 years ago

PBB is so cool as in!!!graveee!!!!
as in pag nakikita ko pa c gerald!!!my day is complete!!!

jed · 20 years ago

hi i would like to in the status of being friend..

YOSHIKO IZAWA · 20 years ago

ghgjg]

karla · 20 years ago

bad bad bad
really selfish of them.. tsk tsk

Karla · 20 years ago

…not to mention that abs must be scared s***less of bloggers who are ever ready to critique their shows. I never liked ABS anyway…

gabriel · 20 years ago

let them do or say what they want. blogs are just gonna get stronger no matter what anyone does.

kzap · 20 years ago

how bout an anti abscbn blogging campaign? just to show how much of an effect it can really generate

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 20 years ago

Ahhh, when we say ABS-CBN, it think we’re pointing to the upper management who really has the say what comes out of TV.

Then again, you have segment producers and writers like Ian Del Carmen who knows better but can only do or say so much as to what should and should not be aired.

Jaypee · 20 years ago

the fact that Ian Del Carmen, the director decided to interview Retz and make it a segment and part of the last episode, shows that somehow he knows something about the “impact” of Retzwerx on the PBB show. if it didn’t have that much “impact” as what they said there was, then why did they even bother to interview Retz in the first place? just thinking out loud. :)

markku · 20 years ago

They can kiss my adsense a$$. Hahaha. Seriously, I’d rather not react until they provide a statement that blogging was detrimental to PBB. And whoever thinks that way from their side deserves to learn to use the internet once and for all. :)

Manuel Viloria · 20 years ago

It would be interesting to find out from the people who watched even one episode of PBB how they found out about the show (newspaper, radio, tabloids, or blogs?), and what made them decide to watch the show.

I tend to get skeptical of “top of mind’ marketing campaigns unless these are supported by concrete actions (i.e., increased product sales, increased viewership).

When bloggers are featured in online newspapers, do we not count how many visits we got from those sites?

Unless we find out the concrete stats in this PBB-blogs discussion, we can only speculate.

The Ca t · 20 years ago

Thanks yugz.

As to Manny’s query, the answer is “creating awareness” and halo effect to the other ABS CBN shows that featured the PBB people.

It is just like being promoted in the entertainment sections of newspapers or tabloids. The market reach is not in the readership of the newspapers but how many readers came to know about the program.

In some application forms of some companies, the response to the question as to how did the applicant come to know about the company is an important feedback in their advertising policies and strategies formulation.