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Published May 25, 2021, 5:00 AM Telcos are evolving from being aggregators of other people’s services and content to becoming content platforms in their own right, Globe Telecom Inc. President and CEO Ernest Cu revealed in the Asia Video Industry Association’s recent webinar, “Philippines in View”. “Globe has always been at the forefront of providing value to customers with our plans, so they can access an array of content that matter to them,” he explained. President and Chief Executive Officer Ernest L. Cu “We pioneered content bundling when we introduced plans that came with NBA League Pass, Netflix, and Spotify many years ago, and we continue to do so with our partnerships with Amazon Prime, HBO Go, and Viu, among others,” according to Cu. ....
Rep. Alfred Vargas In a privilege speech on Monday, February 15, Vargas decried the rampant incidence of movie piracy in the Philippines as he admitted that cases of copyright violations and outright online theft have victimized producers of films that participated in the recently-concluded 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival. Vargas produced the film “Tagpuan”, a romance drama, in which he starred in as leading man. The movie won third best film among ten entries to the MMFF. Speaking based on his experience, the three-term lawmaker lamented that movie piracy in the country had gone “from bad to worse”, adding that the crime has endangered “the survival of the industry and the livelihood of thousands of movie workers.” ....
He tweeted, “TAGPUAN won Best Feature Film in an international film festival!!! Thank you, Lord!” Vargas, who also starred in the film, also congratulated the film’s director Mac Alejandre, screenwriter Ricky Lee, and co-stars Iza Calzado and Shaina Magdayao. “This Best Feature Film award from an International film festival is an inspiration for me to produce more films that are truly Filipino in spirit and are competitive in quality when placed on the international stage,” Vargas added. Prior, the film won third Best Picture at the 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival.