119-409: 1 hour and 45 minutes (weekdays, 2006-2007) 2 hours (Saturdays, 2005-2007) 2 hours and 30 minutes (Saturdays, 2006-2007; weekdays, 2007-2010) Wowowee ( Tagalog pronunciation: [ˌwaː.wɐˈwiː] ) is a Philippine television variety show broadcast by ABS-CBN . Hosted by Willie Revillame , the show was aired from February 5, 2005 to February 4, 2006 replacing MTB: Ang Saya Saya and
238-434: A draw . Hence, tic-tac-toe is often played by young children who may not have discovered the optimal strategy. Because of the simplicity of tic-tac-toe, it is often used as a pedagogical tool for teaching the concepts of good sportsmanship and the branch of artificial intelligence that deals with the searching of game trees . It is straightforward to write a computer program to play tic-tac-toe perfectly or to enumerate
357-462: A 36-hour marathon coverage of the 1967 Philippine Senate elections under its coverage name Halalan '67. In 1969, Filipinos witnessed the live television coverage of the Apollo 11 historic Moon landing. It was the first live telecast via satellite in the country. Channels 5, 7, and 13 tied up for the said project, while ABS-CBN produced its color coverage on DZXL-TV Channel 9 under the name Man on
476-416: A Rexona gift pack. When two contestants are left, a face-off (sudden death) will commence. Winner of the face-off will go against Pokwang for the jackpot of the day. The jackpot is always PHP10,000 plus another PHP10,000 each day the jackpot is not won. Wil's Balls is a simple, new game where a large bingo cage is situated at center stage. It contains bingo balls from A-G, 1-100, in the respective section of
595-428: A bold, black number "2" (before it is labeled as "1" for 1 Million but now it is "2" for 2 Million) in a red circle, which, too, adds PHP10,000 to the contestant's money and increases the chances of winning the million pesos. Contestants who play this round, however, have to be cautious, as there are four cases that contain a large "X" in a red circle that will ruin the contestant's chances of taking home their earnings. If
714-405: A center mark, a corner mark next to the X, or an edge mark opposite the X. Any other responses will allow X to force the win. Once the opening is completed, O's task is to follow the above list of priorities in order to force the draw, or else to gain a win if X makes a weak play. More detailed, to guarantee a draw, O should adopt the following strategies: When X plays corner first, and O is not
833-400: A first for a Philippine TV station) in 1989. During the latter part of the 1980s, as the once insurmountable RPN and IBC suffered from gross mismanagement and financial crisis which took a toll on their ratings, the struggling ABS-CBN surged ahead to be the undisputed number 1 from 1988 onward. GMA, which retained its owners, faced an uphill battle for ratings supremacy as it ended the 1980s as
952-542: A four-hour-a-day schedule, from six to ten in the evening. Although ABS was able to round up 52 advertisers for the premiere telecast, selling spots for regular programming had proven to be difficult since buying radio ad spots was more cost-effective for advertisers. During this time, TV sets cost less than an automobile, and TV reception depended on electrical power, which was not always available. The programs aired at that time were usually borrowed films from foreign embassies, imported old cowboy movies, and actual coverage of
1071-450: A free trial of the new set of freemium channels using UHF Channel 16 (485.143 MHz). It includes cable channels from sister company Creative Programs : O Shopping (also aired as overnight programming for ABS-CBN), Jeepney TV , and Myx (which previously had a complimentary channel Myx2 before TVplus launched in 2015). Also included in the lineup are two new exclusive digital channels, Asianovela Channel and Movie Central . Initially,
1190-508: A noontime show again which will replace Happy Yipee Yehey! . The drama series Mundo Man ay Magunaw took over the timeslot of Showtime while it was in hiatus from January 30 to February 3, 2012. Happy Yipee Yehey! aired its final episode on February 4, 2012 where it took over Showtime 's timeslot on Saturday. Showtime then returned on a noontime slot for the second and current time after one year and its one week hiatus on February 6, 2012 as It's Showtime (a day after what would have been
1309-493: A perfect player, the following may happen: Consider a board with the nine positions numbered as follows: When X plays 1 as their opening move, then O should take 5. Then X takes 9 (in this situation, O should not take 3 or 7, O should take 2, 4, 6 or 8): or 6 (in this situation, O should not take 4 or 7, O should take 2, 3, 8 or 9. In fact, taking 9 is the best move, since a non-perfect player X may take 4, then O can take 7 to win). In both of these situations (X takes 9 or 6 as
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#17327831550611428-451: A portion of a song, and the first person to name the song correctly won one point. If the player could correctly sing the exact lyrics from that portion of the song, they would receive the second point. Two points were required to win the round and get to round two. In this round, the three remaining players went to a knock out question. One song would be played, and whoever could buzz in the correct song title first won PHP10,000 and advanced to
1547-550: A radio manufacturer, began manufacturing television sets. Other local outfits such as Carlsound and Rehco, also started setting up assembly plants. In 1958, the high taxes previously imposed on imported television shows were removed, which made American shows less expensive than locally produced live programming. In April 1955, the Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN) was established as a radio medium in 1956 by businessmen Eugenio and Fernando Lopez . In
1666-561: A simple grid and requires three pieces in a row to finish, and Picaria , a game of the Puebloans . The different names of the game are more recent. The first print reference to "noughts and crosses" ( nought being an alternative word for 'zero'), the British name, appeared in 1858, in an issue of Notes and Queries . The first print reference to a game called "tick-tack-toe" occurred in 1884, but referred to "a children's game played on
1785-448: A slate, consisting of trying with the eyes shut to bring the pencil down on one of the numbers of a set, the number hit being scored". "Tic-tac-toe" may also derive from "tick-tack", the name of an old version of backgammon first described in 1558. The US renaming of "noughts and crosses" to "tic-tac-toe" occurred in the 20th century. In 1952, OXO (or Noughts and Crosses ), developed by British computer scientist Sandy Douglas for
1904-406: A television station did not go to waste. Judge Antonio Quirino, the brother of then-Philippine President Elpidio Quirino , had been trying to get a license from Congress that would allow him to put up a television station. The Congress, however, denied him from getting such a license for the fear that he might use it as a vehicle for propaganda for his brother who was then running for a second term in
2023-411: A tic-tac-toe of either the car, house, or PHP1,000,000. If a tic-tac-toe was achieved, it was won. If no tic-tac-toe was achieved, the contestant still kept the instant cash that was won on the board. A group of 50 people are asked a question with three answer choices labeled A, B, or C. They must stand near the letter they preferred to choose. This is last man standing, so the game is continued until one
2142-500: A trial version of its set-top boxes manufactured by American communications equipment supplier Atlanta DTH, Inc. GMA Network, TV5, and other commercial television networks also started their test during this time. However, GMA Network opposed the decision made by NTC and asked NTC to reconsider the European DVB-T for its superior quality. On February 11, 2015, ABS-CBN Corporation formally launched its ABS-CBN TV Plus service to
2261-406: A variety of events. When the station ran out of presenting any new features, stage plays were transported to television. In 1953, less than a month after the first telecast, Father James Reuter SJ , who had radio and television training, produced the first play on Philippine television entitled Cyrano de Bergerac . The three-hour-long play was aired live and all the talents were students. In
2380-561: A war was present in that country. They were all invited to attend and even participate in the show that day. The contestants during the first half that day were close friends of the OFWs, while an unspecified number of OFW's participated in "The Ultimate Pera O Bayong". All the winnings won during the show were combined together and evenly distributed to all of the OFWs in the audience, with the grand total of winnings being PHP1,390,000. On September 1, 2007, about 500 soldiers came in full force to
2499-496: A week after what would have been the sixth anniversary of Wowowee which returned Showtime to its original timeslot and Willie was still under contract with ABS-CBN despite that he already transferred to TV5 on September 18, 2010 one month after Wowowee 's cancellation. Under the contract with the network, Revillame was supposed to host Wowowee and continue the show's second run and program overall until September 10, 2011 or upon its cancellation or earlier termination, which meant
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#17327831550612618-400: Is an instance of an m,n,k-game , where two players alternate taking turns on an m × n board until one of them gets k in a row. Harary's generalized tic-tac-toe is an even broader generalization. The game can be generalised even further by playing on an arbitrary hypergraph , where rows are hyperedges and cells are vertices . Other variations of tic-tac-toe include: One can play on
2737-575: Is a paper-and-pencil game for two players who take turns marking the spaces in a three-by-three grid with X or O . The player who succeeds in placing three of their marks in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row is the winner. It is a solved game , with a forced draw assuming best play from both players. In American English , the game is known as "tic-tac-toe". It may also be spelled "tick-tack-toe", "tick-tat-toe", or "tit-tat-toe". In Commonwealth English (particularly British , South African , Indian , Australian , and New Zealand English ),
2856-539: Is already out of the game, but gets PHP1,000 and a Rexona gift pack. The five remaining contenders face off the celebrity champion, Pokwang. In round two, the remaining five contestants competes against Pokwang, the celebrity champion. Every time a contestant wins, PHP500 is won for themselves. If a contestant loses against Pokwang, the contestant still wins PHP2,000 and a Rexona gift pack for making it far. The contestants with continuing winning streak will continue until they lose, leaving with their winnings, plus PHP2,000 and
2975-526: Is currently on display at the Computer History Museum . When considering only the state of the board, and after taking into account board symmetries (i.e. rotations and reflections), there are only 138 terminal board positions. A combinatorics study of the game shows that when "X" makes the first move every time, the game outcomes are as follows: A player can play a perfect game of tic-tac-toe (to win or at least draw) if, each time it
3094-418: Is left. The final person wins PHP10,000 and goes on to the next half of the game. The final contestant, then makes a choice from 10 "bayongs" (bags), and then the hosts have several bargaining sessions where they offer the contestants a cash offer in exchange for the chosen bayong. If the player stays with the bayong, they won whatever was inside it. The three grand prizes were PHP1,000,000, a house and lot, and
3213-426: Is on the tank itself. The contestant was provided a broom to loosen up the money, so more would fly in the air. The amount of money they collected was what they kept. If the total amount of money grabbed reached PHP40,000 or over, the contestant received a Wowowee videoke along with the money they grabbed. Another random studio audience member was chosen after the segment. This second audience member did not get to play
3332-404: Is played on a three-by-three grid by two players, who alternately place the marks X and O in one of the nine spaces in the grid. In the following example, the first player ( X ) wins the game in seven steps: There is no universally agreed rule as to who plays first, but in this article the convention that X plays first is used. Players soon discover that the best play from both parties leads to
3451-463: Is their turn to play, they choose the first available move from the following list, as used in Newell and Simon's 1972 tic-tac-toe program. The first player, who shall be designated "X", has three possible strategically distinct positions to mark during the first turn. Superficially, it might seem that there are nine possible positions, corresponding to the nine squares in the grid. However, by rotating
3570-497: Is today the cable firm Sky Cable , created in 1990. 11 years later, Dream Satellite TV began operations as the country's first Direct-broadcast satellite television service, lasting up until 2017. In 2007, ABS-CBN Corporation applied for a license from the National Telecommunications Commission to operate a digital terrestrial television service in the country. In 2008, Sky Cable became
3689-532: The Bigtime Bayong containing PHP1,000,000, a house and lot, and a brand new car. In part of the new set on March 31, 2008, Pasalog changed to three balls.Where in Mariposa at the left side, Milagring at the right side and Luningning at the middle. A group of 50 people are asked a question and then given two choices to answer that question, "Oo" (Yes) or "Hindi" (No). Within a certain amount of time,
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3808-519: The EDSAC computer at the University of Cambridge , became one of the first known video games. The computer player could play perfect games of tic-tac-toe against a human opponent. In 1975, tic-tac-toe was also used by MIT students to demonstrate the computational power of Tinkertoy elements. The Tinkertoy computer, made out of (almost) only Tinkertoys, is able to play tic-tac-toe perfectly. It
3927-891: The Philippine Broadcasting Service of the Philippine government , now defunct), DZRH-TV (established on April 11, 1962, by the Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC), owned by Manuel "Manolo" Elizalde Sr. ), DZTM-TV (established in July 1962, by Associated Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), owned by Chino Roces , the publisher of The Manila Times ), DZFU-TV (established in August 1962, by FEATI University , now defunct), and DZKB-TV (established on October 15, 1969, by Kanlaon Broadcasting System (KBS), owned by Roberto Benedicto ). Among
4046-562: The presidential elections of 1953 . Because of this, he bought a 70% share in BEC, which earned him indirect control of a television franchise. He changed the name of BEC to Alto Broadcasting System (ABS), after the names of its new owners, Aleli and Judge Antonio Quirino. Lindenberg continued to be a co-owner and served as the general manager. Before the television station was formally launched, it faced several obstacles. The Central Bank , for instance, refused to grant Quirino dollar credit from
4165-431: The 1975 Muhammad Ali - Joe Frazier heavyweight fight, and the 1981 visit of Pope John Paul II were shown worldwide. When Benigno Aquino was assassinated in 1983, it was a small item on television news. During his historic funeral procession, GMA was allowed only ten seconds of airtime coverage exclusively on the late night news program The 11:30 Report . For most of the late 1970s to the early 1980s, RPN and IBC were
4284-433: The 765 essentially different positions (the state space complexity ) or the 26,830 possible games up to rotations and reflections (the game tree complexity ) on this space. If played optimally by both players, the game always ends in a draw, making tic-tac-toe a futile game . The game can be generalized to an m , n , k -game , in which two players alternate placing stones of their own color on an m -by- n board with
4403-872: The ABS radio facilities moved to the Chronicle Building in the Intramuros District of Manila , the home building of the CBN Radio studios. At the turn of the next decade, TV sets became the most sellable appliance in urban areas. Also within this period, other VHF TV stations opened. These include DZTV-TV (established on March 1, 1960, by Inter-Island Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), owned by Dick Baldwin and later Andrés Soriano, Sr. of San Miguel Corporation ), DZBB-TV (established on October 29, 1961, by Republic Broadcasting System (RBS), owned by Robert Stewart ), DZFM-TV (established in 1961 by
4522-582: The ABS-CBN broadcast center on Bohol Avenue, Quezon City. ABS-CBN, as a network, ceased operations for the next 14 years, and its studios became the broadcasting center of Benedicto's KBS and the government's GTV. A year later, ABS-CBN's DZAQ-TV Channel 2 would reopen as DWWX-TV Channel 2 under Benedicto's Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). In 1976, GTV-4 began color broadcasts. The Benedicto networks—BBC, KBS, which became Radio Philippines Network (RPN) in 1975, and IBC—served as vehicles of propaganda for
4641-530: The Jackpot Round. The contestant, who won the Elimination Round, played for a chance to win one, two or all of the following major prizes the game had to offer: a Jeep, a House and Lot from Global Asiatique, and PHP1,000,000. There were 25 "bayongs" on the stage, each labelled with letters from A-Z (excluding X), and each containing a case. Each case contained a logo, which would determine
4760-672: The Marcos government while also broadcasting local and overseas entertainment and sports. In 1979, the Benedicto networks moved to the newly built Broadcast City in Diliman, Quezon City. In the same year, Gregorio Cendaña was named Minister of Information. In 1980, GTV-4 was relaunched as Maharlika Broadcasting System (MBS-4). Initially, the Department of Public Information (later Ministry of Public Information), reviewed everything that
4879-608: The Moon . On November 14, 1969, DZAQ-TV transferred from Channel 3 to Channel 2, while its sister station DZXL-TV transferred from Channel 9 to Channel 4. On October 15, 1969, Kanlaon Broadcasting System (KBS) launched its television network with DZKB-TV Channel 9, which would broadcast in full color. On November 11, ABS-CBN became the first network to use chroma key in Halalan '69 , for the 1969 Philippine Presidential elections , while ABC-5, RBS-7, and IBC-13, once again collaborated for
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4998-554: The NTSC system of the Radio Corporation of America and would begin to broadcast in color in 1966. Channel 3 also beat others when it came to educational television initiatives with a one-hour daily slot in the early years of the decade, with Inter-Island 13 following suit. On February 1, 1967, the corporate name of BEC was changed to ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (later adapted the name ABS-CBN Corporation in August 2007
5117-523: The No. 2 network after a brief stint in the lead, though it did maintain its position as a leading player in the industry. Yet even as it encountered financial troubles, RPN in 1990 broke ahead as the first Philippine station ever to have 24-hour broadcasts. By then, ABS-CBN enjoyed a significant lead over not just GMA, but also the now-faltering RPN and IBC. MBS became the New TV-4 on February 24, 1986, during
5236-522: The Philippines, through Radiowealth Inc., had become the third country in the world to manufacture color TV sets. By January 1972, the growth of the Philippine television industry was unstoppable. Aside from ABS-CBN's pioneer satellite broadcasts, stations opened up one after the other in many parts of the country beginning in 1961, when DYCB-TV Channel 3, the pioneer provincial television channel,
5355-592: The United States ( Atlantic City , San Francisco , New York City , Las Vegas , Los Angeles , Reno , Chicago , Honolulu , Atlantic City , San Diego , Houston , and Guam ), Australia ( Sydney ), Canada ( Winnipeg ) and the United Arab Emirates ( Dubai ). In celebration of TFC's 15th anniversary and Wowowee' s 4th anniversary, Wowowee held a grand world tour in 2009. Starting in Dubai ,
5474-450: The United States and retire following his utter dissatisfaction with the Marcos regime. The resistance of network leadership would trigger the beginning of the end of Marcos's dominance in the television industry, for in the months to come, GMA broke from the pack when it began airing interviews by Benigno's widow, Corazon, in 1985 in the lead up to her presidential campaign and the 1986 snap presidential elections that followed. In addition,
5593-623: The aftermath of the historic People Power Revolution which ended the 20-year dictatorship of Marcos that forever altered television history, the Benedicto networks BBC, RPN, and IBC were sequestered by the Philippine Commission on Good Government (PCGG). BBC was returned to ABS-CBN through an executive order while RPN and IBC were handed over to the Government Communications Group. ABS-CBN would begin both satellite and international broadcasts (the latter
5712-531: The afternoon. The incident was dramatized and investigated in the GMA Network -produced docudrama series, Case Unclosed as their 18th episode. The episode was aired on February 5, 2009, 3 years later after the incident. On August 20, 2007, during the Wilyonaryo segment, Willie Revillame looked for the ₱2 million jackpot prize in the violet wheel. However, he found out that there are two numbers in
5831-504: The amount of the contestant's winnings. Five cases display a silhouette of a jeep in a yellow circle, which each adds PHP10,000 to the contestant's winnings and increases the chances of winning the Jeep. Six cases have a silhouette of a house in a green circle which, as well, each adds PHP10,000 to the contestant's earnings and increases the chances of winning the House and Lot. Nine cases contain
5950-490: The audience, from different sections including the TFC subscribers to dance the song in an entertaining way. The objective of the game was to repeat the words "Hep Hep" and "Hooray". A co-host put the microphone in front of a contestant's face and they were supposed to say "Hep Hep" while clapping their hands together below their waist, then another co-host would put the microphone to another contestant's face and they were to finish
6069-472: The audience. Once a ball is chosen, a number will be called, and the person sitting in the called seat will win P2,500. Since there is Wil's indefinite leave and inactivity of this segment, it is likely to be discontinued. Fifty residents gather on center stage. There are three sections: RR, Eric, and Jed (representing the hosts of the segment). Contestants line up to a random host hoping for a chance to stay or leave
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#17327831550616188-490: The bank, saying that the said venture was too risky. For this reason, Quirino asked help from his friend Marvin Gray, whose family was a friend of David Sarnoff , then president of Radio Corporation of America (RCA). Through the intervention of Gray, Quirino was able to get assistance from RCA. Before the first telecast, Quirino initiated the importation of 120 television sets through the 60,000 pesos loan that he received from
6307-487: The beginning, Philippine TV networks would buy the rights to air mediocre American TV programs and serials since it was cheaper than producing local shows. To entice advertisers, as well as to encourage increased viewership, simultaneous airing of programs on radio and television resorted to promotional gimmicks. Many popular radio shows, including, Tawag ng Tanghalan , Kuwentong Kutsero , and Student Canteen , started their life on TV this way. In 1955, Radiowealth Inc.,
6426-491: The board, we will find that, in the first turn, every corner mark is strategically equivalent to every other corner mark. The same is true of every edge (side middle) mark. From a strategic point of view, there are therefore only three possible first marks: corner, edge, or center. Player X can win or force a draw from any of these starting marks; however, playing the corner gives the opponent the smallest choice of squares which must be played to avoid losing. This might suggest that
6545-487: The boxes at any time before opening if requested. This game is similar to the rock-paper-scissors hand game, but instead named after Bible characters Samson and Delilah . As in Hep, Hep, Hooray, ten random players get to play the game. They had to dance to Willie's latest song, "Kembot Na". In round one, two players will be competing with each other. Since there are ten contestants, there will be five rounds. Whoever loses
6664-442: The cheer with saying "Hooray" and raising their hands in the air. If a contestant made a mistake, they were out of the game, but they won PHP1,000 and a gift pack from Rexona as a consolation prize. This was a last person standing game. The one who lasted the longest won. Since Cash Bukas , the old bonus round for the game moved on to Willie of Fortune , and new rules were written on its relaunch. The final person standing went for
6783-521: The contestant opens three of the cases with the large "X" on it, they would lose the game and not be allowed to take home their earnings. There is one special case that bears the "W" used in the logo for Wowowee that, if opened, guarantees that the contestant will take home PHP50,000, even if the contestant chooses three "bayongs" containing the cases with the large "X" on it. 5 circles 5 squares 5 stars 1 Random Grand Negosyo 1 Knorr Real Sarap The contestant chooses three boxes, but may change
6902-449: The contestants must line up behind the sign labelled with their preferred answer. The co-hosts then reveal the correct answer, and those who queued behind the sign labelled with the wrong answer are eliminated; the contestants who chose the correct answer remain in the game. This is a last-person-standing game; the game process continues until one person is left remaining on the stage. The last-remaining contestant receives PHP10,000 then plays
7021-478: The contestants on the minority leave while the others stay. The last person standing gets to sweep and catch money in the tube as always. The winning contestant is allowed to get one special offer from the hosts to higher their chances of winning more money. The offers include: Wowowee had broadcast episodes from other locations in the Philippines , and had also gone on world tours to other countries such as
7140-438: The corner is the best opening move for X, however another study shows that if the players are not perfect, an opening move in the center is best for X. The second player, who shall be designated "O", must respond to X's opening mark in such a way as to avoid the forced win. Player O must always respond to a corner opening with a center mark, and to a center opening with a corner mark. An edge opening must be answered either with
7259-441: The end of 2009 but quickly returned on January 4, 2010, due to more audience demand than its predecessor, Samson, Lion and Delilah . In this segment of the show, the audience was prepared to dance to one of Willie Revillame 's hit songs. This opening song number was the theme tune for the choosing of the ten random audience members, the audience was warmed up for the public displays of talent, where Willie and his co-hosts drew from
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#17327831550617378-516: The entire country was mourning. The Alliance of Filipino Journalists denounced his remarks as a sign of disrespect towards Aquino. Revillame said he had no intention of defaming the former president and her family. ABS-CBN senior executive Cory Vidanes said that the network supported Revillame's action, stating that his outburst did not run afoul of the Broadcast Code of the Philippines. Network entertainment official Johnny Manahan said Revillame
7497-528: The fallen Marines. Host Willie Revillame also asked each of them for a short message and everybody was moved to tears during the emotion-filled moment. AFP, PIO Chief LTC Bartolome Bacarro held back his tears but could not help it, just like the rest. Emotions rose again when candles were lit for the Marines. A new set and a new batch of co-hosts were introduced in April 2010. Joining the four co-hosts already on
7616-519: The final round, where the contestant could duel against one of the three "Amazonas": April, Lovely, and Aiko. During the duel, the same rules applied, repeating the words "Hep" "Hep" "Hooray". The contestant's goal was to beat the "Amazona" to win the jackpot, which always started at PHP10,000. Every day the jackpot was not won, another PHP10,000 was added to it. On January 25, 2010, Jana was removed as an Amazona due to losing three times; April replaced her. A new batch of Amazonas were introduced on March 8 of
7735-461: The finale episode at AFP Theater on February 4, 2012, and recently by Showtime (as It's Showtime ) since its return to noontime on February 6, 2012. Both Pilipinas Win Na Win and Happy Yipee Yehey! received consistently low ratings due to Eat Bulaga! 's strong noontime viewership, which Revillame predicted. On January 28, 2012, Showtime went on hiatus as the show would be formatted to become
7854-576: The first cable network to adopt digital television, and Cignal , the country's first digital direct-broadcast satellite television service, made its debut in February 2009. In 2009, ABS-CBN started to test digital transmission using the European DVB-T standard. On July 11, 2009, ABS-CBN launched Balls HD in Sky Cable , the first-ever high-definition television channel in the country. On
7973-407: The first two moves, O takes a bad position in the third move: O takes a bad position as first move (except of 5, all other positions are bad): Many board games share the element of trying to be the first to get n -in-a-row, including three men's morris , nine men's morris , pente , gomoku , Qubic , Connect Four , Quarto , Gobblet , Order and Chaos , Toss Across , and Mojo . Tic-tac-toe
8092-680: The five new channels will be beamed from Metro Manila , Metro Cebu, and Cagayan de Oro, with plans to extend its coverage to existing ABS-CBN DTV stations. On June 1, 2019, ABS-CBN launched a digital TV dongle called ABS-CBN TVplus Go for Android smartphones. It was initially available in Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Bulacan, Pampanga, Benguet, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Batangas, Iloilo, Bacolod, Metro Cebu, Cagayan de Oro and Metro Davao. Tic-tac-toe Tic-tac-toe ( American English ), noughts and crosses ( Commonwealth English ), or Xs and Os ( Canadian or Irish English )
8211-450: The game is known as "noughts and crosses", alternatively spelled "naughts and crosses". This name derives from the shape of the marks in the game (i.e the X and O); "nought" is another name for the number zero , while "cross" refers to the X shape. Sometimes, tic-tac-toe (where players keep adding "pieces") and three men's morris (where pieces start to move after a certain number have been placed) are confused with each other. Tic-tac-toe
8330-442: The game, but had to guess how much money the first audience member grabbed. The co-hosts usually gave a hint on the range. The contestant had up to three chances to guess how much was won. If the contestant guessed the correct amount, they won whatever the other player won. If they failed to guess, they still won PHP1,000 for being chosen. Twenty (previously ten) random audience members got to play Hep, Hep, Hooray. The game retired at
8449-468: The game. A beach ball consisting of a cube previously used in Pasalog has sides that say tira ( left ) and tangal ( removed ). The host will play a quick game using colored gloves. The hosts with the majority color are safe, while the host's luck with the minority color is left with the cube. If it lands on tira , the contestants on the minority host stay while the others leave. If it lands on tangal ,
8568-777: The goal of getting k of their own color in a row. Tic-tac-toe is the 3,3,3-game. Harary's generalized tic-tac-toe is an even broader generalization of tic-tac-toe. It can also be generalized as an n game , specifically one in which n = 3 and d = 2. It can be generalised even further by playing on an arbitrary incidence structure , where rows are lines and cells are points . Tic-tac-toe's incidence structure consists of nine points, three horizontal lines, three vertical lines, and two diagonal lines, with each line consisting of at least three points. Games played on three-in-a-row boards can be traced back to ancient Egypt , where such game boards have been found on roofing tiles dating from around 1300 BC. An early variation of tic-tac-toe
8687-495: The international success of Philippine television (with many TV dramas being broadcast to many countries), Eat Bulaga! was the first Philippine variety show to be franchised in another country. Its first franchise is Eat Bulaga! Indonesia . Cable television was, in keeping with the 1987 Constitution and the Aquino government policies, removed as a state responsibility in 1988. In this new atmosphere of privatized cable came what
8806-408: The jackpot round with PHP10,000 to keep. Twenty letters (A-T) with prizes in different amounts were presented on a 5x4 board. The winner of the previous round chose nine letters from the board, and arranged the letters as they desired on a giant tic-tac-toe board. Scattered and hidden in the twenty letters were: Eight letters contained instant cash for the contestant to keep: The goal was to make
8925-506: The jackpot round, Cash Bukas . Every Saturday, celebrity teams played against each other. The same gameplay rules used in the weekday version were in effect. However, the team who reached five points first won, and went straight to the jackpot round, Cash Bukas . In the Cash Bukas segment, the winner of Willie of Fortune (previously the player was taken from Hep, Hep, Hooray ) got to play for four prizes. 10 trays were available for
9044-485: The martial law period also jumpstarted an offshoot of current affairs programming – public service and non-news informative programs. GMA Network's Kapwa Ko, Mahal Ko , launched in the fall of 1975, was the first and longest public service TV program in the Philippines. Having helped millions of viewers be aware of medical issues, especially among the poor and lower middle class, its success in providing medical care to indigent and poor families, as well as its revelations on
9163-698: The media conglomerate's diversification although the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation name is still used alternatively nowadays on some contexts). Also, during this year, Radiowealth Inc. pioneered the production of 19-, 21- and 25-inch models of color TV sets. Moreover, it was favored by advertisers like Procter and Gamble , the Philippine Refining Company , Colgate-Palmolive , Del Rosario Brothers, and Caltex . That same year in November 14-15, ABS-CBN broadcast
9282-613: The most-watched channels in terms of ratings. However, in the years leading up to the People Power Revolution , GMA – which was the only independent station – managed to beat the Benedicto-owned duopoly and stayed in the position for the next two years. The martial law era also jump-started the beginnings of satellite broadcasts linking the entire country by ABS-CBN through trial runs, soon followed by RPN and MBS which started simulcasts of programs from Manila to
9401-681: The multi-network coverage with Election '69 . By the late 1960s, news and public affairs programs were pioneered by ABS-CBN and ABC. The Big News (in English) on ABC's DZTM-TV Channel 5, first anchored by Bong Lapira and later, Jose Mari Velez and The World Tonight (in English) on ABS-CBN's DZAQ-TV Channel 2, anchored by Henry Halasan were the first news programs on Philippine television, followed in that same period by NewsWatch (in English) of KBS's DZKB-TV Channel 9 and NewsBreak (in English) on ABS-CBN's DZXL-TV Channel 4 featuring Lapira. ABS-CBN pioneered Filipino language news programming in
9520-558: The oldest existing television awards in the country; they are handed out annually by the Philippine Movie Press Club and are voted by the press. The Philippines has no public broadcasting television network. Despite this, there are several government-owned ones . James Lindenberg , an American engineer dubbed the "father of Philippine television," began assembling transmitters and established Bolinao Electronics Corporation (BEC) on July 11, 1946. The company
9639-473: The owner of Joe's Electric, who was, in turn, the first to be bestowed with the right to sell television sets in the country. Finally, on October 23, 1953, Quirino marked the first official television broadcast in the Philippines with the launching of ABS' DZAQ-TV Channel 3 (DZAQ-TV 3). With the help of RCA, four men underwent technical training in the United States. These were Arcadio Carandang, Romualdo Carballo, Harry Chaney and Jose Navarro. The ABS studio
9758-522: The player to select, while the player only selected three to play with. Next, the player chose only one tray. The player was offered increasing amounts of cash until the player took the offer, or kept playing to open the tray. The trays offered in the game were as follows: Tic Tac to Win was a game that premiered in January 2010, with a format similar to past "end-games" in the show, including its predecessor, Want More, No More . Beginning on February 6 of
9877-546: The primetime slots, with DZAQ-TV Channel 2 having Balita Ngayon , once anchored by Ric Tierro and DZXL-TV Channel 4 having Apat na Sulok ng Daigdig , with Orly Mercado as its first presenter. IBC-13 followed up with Mayor Villegas Reports , co-produced with the Manila city government, and National Television News (in English) featuring future NewsWatch anchor Harry Gasser . MBC's DZRH-TV Channel 11 dominated through late night news programs with The 11th Hour News . By 1971,
9996-721: The provinces across the country, followed by GMA and BBC. Cable television also began at this time when the government, through the DPI, created the first true cable television firm, the Benedicto-owned Sining Makulay Inc. , in the late 1970s, after years of trials that began in 1969. In 1984, Imee Marcos , daughter of Ferdinand Marcos , tried to take over the GMA network but she was successfully prevented by GMA executives, Menardo Jimenez and Felipe Gozon . Afterward, GMA founder Robert Stewart decided to move back to
10115-557: The public in a ceremony in Quezon City. On October 3, 2015, ABS-CBN became the first national Philippine television network to broadcast in high-definition on cable. On May 25, 2018, Solar Entertainment Corporation released a DTV product called Easy TV (Philippines) Originally as a mobile TV dongle service, it later distributed digital set-top boxes, as well as freemium digital TV channels until its discontinuation on September 30, 2019. On July 30, 2018, ABS-CBN TVplus conducted
10234-579: The same day, Balls also showed the live broadcast of the first-ever locally produced coverage of an event in high-definition. In 2010, Government-controlled television stations in Manila started to test digital transmission using the Brazilian ISDB-Tb standard. In June 2010, NTC announced that the country would formally adopt the ISDB-Tb standard for digital terrestrial television. In 2011, ABS-CBN started to test ISDB-Tb transmission and released
10353-516: The same year, CBN acquired ABS from Quirino and merged the two companies under Bolinao Electronics Corporation. With the establishment of DZXL-TV Channel 9 on April 19, 1958, the Lopez brothers controlled the ABS and CBN television channels. In 1958, the combined ABS (DZAQ-TV Channel 3) and CBN (DZXL-TV Channel 9) television stations moved to their new studios in Roxas Boulevard , Pasay and
10472-471: The same year, referred to the hosts as "Amazunas". A new name to "Amazunas" was introduced April 10: the "Dragon Ladies". Beginning July 5, the "Dragon Ladies" portion was removed, and the last person standing automatically won P10,000 from Rexona. On July 26, a new format called the Pair Factor was introduced. The twenty random audience members chose a partner to play with. The rules still mainly stayed
10591-408: The same year, the game was played on a recurring basis. A group of fifty contestants was asked a trivia question that was asked by a random person in the streets, or a celebrity in some cases. The contestants went to either side of the stage "Tumpak" (Correct) or "Sablay" (Fail) to guess if their answer is right or wrong. Similar to Pera o Bayong , the last person standing on the round got to play for
10710-461: The same, however, they had to both clap with "Hep" "Hep", and raise their hands with "Hooray". There were two groups consisting of five pairs each playing in their own group. The winner of rounds one and two would advance to the final round competing against each other. The last pair standing won P10,000 from Rexona. Six people selected earlier through "themed" auditions competed in pairs in rounds of Willie of Fortune . The in-house keyboardist played
10829-414: The second move), X has a 1 / 3 property to win. If X is not a perfect player, X may take 2 or 3 as a second move. Then this game will be a draw, X cannot win. If X plays 1 opening move, and O is not a perfect player, the following may happen: Although O takes the only good position (5) as the first move, O takes a bad position as the second move: Although O takes good positions in
10948-474: The seventh anniversary of Wowowee ) where it is continuously occupying the timeslot since then which made ABS-CBN's noontime slot again dominate that was not seen since the end of Wowowee 1 year and 7 months earlier on July 30, 2010. On February 4, 2006, Wowowee was to hold its first anniversary show at the ULTRA stadium when a stampede occurred at 6:00 a.m. PST. The show was set to air at 1:00 until 2:30 in
11067-505: The show in rural areas due to its "Juan for All, All for Juan" segment. On July 27, 2010, ABS-CBN confirmed that Wowowee would end its second and final iteration that started on March 11, 2006 and the program overall on July 30, 2010, after 5 years of airing. This is after Revillame demanded ABS-CBN to fire entertainment writer Jobert Sucaldito over the latter's constant criticisms on Wowowee. Its ending coincided with Eat Bulaga! ' s 31st anniversary of ABS-CBN's rival GMA Network . It
11186-418: The show were Carmen Soo , Isabelle Abiera , Jed Montero , and Kelly Misa . The new set consisted of a large LED video wall on the front of the stage with a brand new lighted flooring. Audience seats were moved and had seat numbers that might be used for future games. The show began with an extravagant opening sequence of Willie Revillame singing and dancing to his hit songs over the past five years. Later,
11305-572: The show would have run for 6 years 7 months if it had not ended on July 30, 2010. After Wowowee 's cancellation, Studio 3 of the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center was then occupied by Pilipinas Win na Win , The Price is Right (the first non-afternoon game show to use Studio 3 at the aftermath of the cancellation of Wowowee ), Happy Yipee Yehey! from September 17, 2011 to January 25, 2012 before moving to Dolphy Theatre (Studio 1) from January 26 to February 3, 2012 and produced
11424-569: The show. Representatives from the major services, AFPWSSUS and Technical Services come to play and have fun during the show and take a crack at the grand prizes in different games. Highlights of the event were the interviews with the loved ones of Marines who lost their lives in the fight against the Abu Sayaff Group/ MILF rebels in Basilan on July 10 and August 11, 2007. Tearfully, loved ones recounted their last communication with
11543-404: The state of health facilities in far-flung communities, led to the creation of the namesake foundation in 1976 and would also begin a new form of Philippine TV programming, that of medical and health-related programs that would inform the public on health matters and on living healthy lives. That was the concept that helped BBC-2 launch its medical affairs TV program in the early 1980s. In 1986, in
11662-705: The third day of the EDSA Revolution, given the fact that soldiers loyal to President Corazon Aquino and civilian supporters took over the channel's broadcast facilities, but later officially rebranded as the People's Television Network (PTV) in April 1986, and in 2001, it was relaunched as the National Broadcasting Network (NBN), before renaming back to the People's Television Network in 2011, albeit in its current Visayas Avenue studios (which
11781-453: The top-rated programs in the 1960s were The Nida-Nestor Show , Buhay Artista , and Pancho Loves Tita . Another local show that has had a prevailing top rating is Tawag ng Tanghalan , the amateur singing contest hosted by Lopito and Patsy. BEC's DZAQ-TV Channel 3, following the success of the first-ever locally produced television drama Hiwaga sa Bahay na Bato in 1963, staged in 1963 the first-ever test television broadcasts in color using
11900-540: The tour reached Italy, United States (San Francisco, Seattle , Orlando and Las Vegas) and Canada ( Toronto ). Alay sa Kapamilya was a program organized by ABS-CBN as an observation for the PhilSports Arena stampede victims. It preempted Wowowee for six days while the network decided over the fate of the variety show. The shows were a solemn tribute to the victims, featuring performances by ABS-CBN regulars. Eventually, ABS-CBN decided to temporarily cancel
12019-410: The usual games were played. In Cash Motto , a new format was explained that would begin taking place on April 17 called Cash Mo-Tour , in which the cash tank would travel around Metro Manila and barangays for lucky people to win big. In Hep, Hep, Hooray , the winner will play against the new name of the "Amazunas", the "Dragon Ladies" for the special jackpot of the day, PHP100,000. It was announced on
12138-505: The variety show until the start of the show's second iteration on March 11, 2006. On several occasions, the show has paid tribute to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) serving across the world. On the August 2, 2006, episode, Wowowee with cooperation with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) produced a special edition saluting and featuring female OFW's who returned from Lebanon where
12257-633: The week of April 12 that the first stop for the Cash Mo-Tour will be held at Plaza Moriones in Tondo, Manila , but due to technical difficulties, it was announced on April 16 that the premiere would be postponed. Two months later on June 19, the game premiered in Valenzuela City . During its past 5 years, Wowowee became one of the longest-running noontime show, Eat Bulaga! ' s biggest opponent. According to TNS National TV Ratings, Wowowee
12376-466: The wheel by pulling off the films. A later feud between Revillame and rival show Eat Bulaga! 's Joey de Leon led to this scandal. In the August 3, 2009 episode of Wowowee, during which the show was interrupted for live coverage of the transfer of President Cory Aquino's remains from La Salle Greenhills to the Manila Cathedral, Revillame said that he could not make people happy while
12495-735: Was introduced in October 1953 upon the first commercial broadcast made by Alto Broadcasting System (now ABS-CBN ), making the Philippines the first Southeast Asian country and the second in Asia to do so. Even before that, during the late 1940s, several academic experiments had been done and replicated by Filipino engineers and students. From 1975 to 1978, the Sinag Awards were given by the Philippine Academy for Television Arts and Sciences (PATAS). The Star Awards for Television are
12614-573: Was a makeshift barn along Florentino Torres Street in Manila . With the transmitter acquired from RCA, the telecasts were received not only in Manila but also in the neighboring provinces. Except for the four engineers who were sent to the US for training, most of the personnel at ABS learned TV operations on the job. The first transmitter for the station was located in San Juan , Rizal . DZAQ-TV 3 started on
12733-525: Was consistent in hitting the 20% mark. It even hits the 30% mark if the show had special occasions. Example of this is the comeback of Willie Revillame on the show after its 1-month suspension. It rated 32.3%, a 12.1% lead against Eat Bulaga! ' s 20.2%. It also gave Eat Bulaga! a close fight in Mega Manila, Bulaga's bailiwick while in rural areas, Wowowee was winning via landslide victory against its rival. However, Eat Bulaga! later defeated
12852-530: Was correct in saying that the footage should not have been inserted, but the way he said it was wrong. After a five-month hiatus, Willie Revillame made his comeback on the TV5 show Willing Willie . Several personalities from Wowowee are also included in the new show's roster of hosts, including Owen Ercia and DJ Coki. Television in the Philippines Television in the Philippines
12971-481: Was named after his wife's hometown of Bolinao , Pangasinan . Three years later, he was the first to apply for a license in the Philippine Congress to establish a television station. After a year, on June 14, 1950, his request was granted. Due to the scarcity of raw materials and strict import control since 1948, he was compelled to branch into radio broadcasting instead. Lindenberg's attempt to put up
13090-465: Was opened in 1992). ABC returned to broadcast on February 21, 1992. On August 9, 2008, ABC became TV5. IBC became a 100% government-owned station in the 1990s under a compromise agreement between PCGG and Roberto Benedicto, management and marketing were returned to the IBC Board of Directors. In 1998, ZOE TV was finally launched on channel 11. The channel was blocktimed by GMA Network in 2005 and
13209-542: Was opened in Cebu City, bringing four hours of locally produced programming with relays of Manila programs. When President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law in September 1972, he ordered the takeover of media firms. Government troops entered radio and television stations and placed them under military control. All media outlets that were critical of the Marcos administration were padlocked and sequestered. ABS-CBN
13328-470: Was played in the Roman Empire , around the first century BC. It was called terni lapilli ( three pebbles at a time ) and instead of having any number of pieces, each player had only three; thus, they had to move them around to empty spaces to keep playing. The game's grid markings have been found chalked all over Rome. Another closely related ancient game is three men's morris which is also played on
13447-511: Was pushed back to an early afternoon timeslot. Pilipinas Win Na Win was cancelled at the end of 2010 in December 31, 2010. In January 2011, ABS-CBN announced through its Push.com site that a new noontime show, hosted by ex- Magandang Tanghali Bayan hosts Randy Santiago and John Estrada , as well as Toni Gonzaga and ex-Wowowee host Mariel Rodriguez , was in the works. The show, entitled Happy Yipee Yehey! premiered on February 12, 2011,
13566-463: Was relaunched as QTV in November. The channel was again relaunched in February 2011, this time as GMA News TV. The channel was blocktimed by ABS-CBN in 2020 and was relaunched as A2Z in October. During the middle 1990s to 2000s, many UHF stations were launched such as SBN 21 , Studio 23 , Net 25 , Citynet 27 , RJTV 29 , CTV 31 , UNTV 37 , and NBC 41 among others. Philippine shows began to be exported to other Asian and non-Asian countries. After
13685-461: Was replaced by Pilipinas Win Na Win effective the following day on July 31, 2010. The new show is a variety game show hosted by Kris Aquino and Robin Padilla . Former Wowowee co-hosts Mariel Rodriguez , Pokwang , and Valerie Concepcion co-host the new show. Three months after Wowowee ended, Showtime became a noontime show, serving as the lead-in program for Pilipinas Win Na Win which
13804-482: Was replaced by Alay sa Kapamilya . The show returned from March 11, 2006 to July 30, 2010 replacing Alay sa Kapamilya and was replaced by Pilipinas Win Na Win . In the Cash Motto segment, a random studio audience member who sent in a motto played a game with winnings up to PHP 1,000,000. The contestant had one minute to grab as much cash in the air in a secluded capsule. They could not take peso bills while it
13923-578: Was seized by the Office of Press Secretary and the National Media Production Center and DZXL-TV Channel 4 was renamed DWGT-TV Channel 4 (PTV-4), the government-owned channel. KBS, IBC, and RBS were later allowed to operate with limited three-month permits. ABS-CBN was seized from the Lopez family and Eugenio Lopez Jr., president of ABS-CBN, was imprisoned. By late 1973, RBS, which was then under blocktimer Philippine Productions,
14042-452: Was sold to Felipe Gozon, who was also the lawyer of Robert Stewart, because foreigners were not allowed to own businesses in the Philippines. RBS later changed its name to GMA Radio-Television Arts (now GMA Network ), popularly known as GMA-7. On June 6, 1973, a fire destroyed the KBS television studios (originally, the ABS television studios) on Roxas Boulevard, Pasay. Benedicto took control of
14161-571: Was to be aired on radio and TV and set up the rules and regulations. Through other government agencies, policies on ownership, allocation of frequencies, station distribution, and program standards were promulgated. In 1973, the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas was created, and this agency allowed for self-regulation. A year later, a presidential decree created the Broadcast Media Council. The 1974 Miss Universe Pageant,
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