2011 05/04-05/10

MANILA MAIL COMMUNITY

Latest Manny Pacquiao public sighting was when he appears for the 4th time on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show last Thursday, April 28, 2011. Photo by Chris Farina of Top Rank.

SF Host Lions Club held its 3rd Annual Dinner Dance of the at the Buri Buri Social Hall in South SF, attended by (L-R) members, Roger Gulen, Henry Lasat, Pat Ancheta & Magie Gulen. The Lions officers and members thank all the supporters of this event.

Jonathan Macalolooy, a Fil-Am fighter from Union City is one of the rising 125-135 pound stars in California. Photo by Javier Enriquez

Jinky Pacquiao gets interviewed by CBS & Philippine Star's Ricky Lo last Sunday, May 1, 2011 at her LA Mansion. Early numbers indicate that the Pacquiao May 7 fight is good for network TV also, not just cable. The fight coverage moved from the previous year's HBO to CBS/Showtime. Photo by Tim Evans

Leo Reyes, a Licensed Physical Therapist from San Jose, CAauditioned and will soon be seen hosting 'Power Ng Pinoy' on GMA TV (Channel 369 on Comcast Cable).

Nicolas Michael Cartago, a Technician from Fremont's Solyndra and a part-time print ad model based in Milpitas, will also host 'Power Ng Pinoy' a 30-minute weekly TV show featuring inspirational success stories of Filipino shakers/movers.

This is the post-attack look of the City of Abbottabad, Pakistan as posted on Twitter by Sohaib Athar, the Pakistani who live-tweetedOsama Bin Laden’s attack by accident.

"Power Ng Pinoy" Cast/Crew/Guests (L-R) Melvin Oribio (guest), Leo Reyes (Host/Associate Producer), Jun Nucum (writer), Ian LLaban (guest), Susan Navarro-Pacifico (guest), Arnold Pedrigal (Executive Producer), Bradford Adkins, Nicolas Michael Cartago (host) & Jerry Perez (guest/photographer). "Power Ng Pinoy," a 30-minute show is soon to be aired on GMA TV (Channel 369 on Comcast/Xfinity Cable)

Anthony Rivero, former host of TFC's Adobo Nation will now be seen hosting "Power Ng Pinoy," a 30-minute weekly show to be aired in September on GMA TV.

Pacquiao Fight is Good For Network TV

(The May 7 Vegas fight is a litmus test if Pacquiao can change the landscape of boxing TV)

TO-BE-SEEN IN THE CITY

For the past 12 years or so, HBO Pay-Per-View dominated boxing coverage industry that nobody questioned their authority. That is, until Top Rank’s Bob Arum decided to approach CBS/Showtime, to start this year with the airing of the Pacquiao-Mosley fight this Saturday, May 7, 2011.

CBS accepts and partners with Showtime, mainly banking on Pacquiao’s pay-per-view records which has averaged 1.125 million sales in his last four PPV fights – 1.25 million against De La Hoya, 1.2 million against Miguel Cotto, 700,000 against Clottey and 1.15 million against Margarito.

We watched Pacquiao in “60 Minutes” on CBS last year. So were the more than 16.5 million people. We also saw him graced the cover of Time Magazine and American Airlines’ in-flight magazine. He was featured prominently and lengthily in the premier magazine for men, GQ. He is a regular guest on ABC’s late night talk show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” and appeared for the fourth time last Thursday when he released his single, “Sometimes When We Touch,” a remake of Dan Hill’s 1977 No. 1 hit.

CBS and Showtime are both doing a good job hyping the fight showing Pacquiao-Mosley pre-fight episodes last weekend up to fight day.

According to Yahoo News, “CBS aired commercials for the fight during the NCAA men’s basketball tournament in March. Its owned-and-operated television stations are airing nightly reports on the Pacquiao-Mosley each night on its 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts. There are 14 of them in major markets around the country such as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia, many of which offer little boxing coverage otherwise.

In addition, CBS and Showtime agreed to allow Top Rank to distribute the event online, which HBO had resisted. Pacquiao-Mosley will be available on their websites, as well as on Yahoo! Sports.

Early indications are that the number will be strong. Tickets for the live show were sold out completely a month before the fight. Already, there are in excess of 7,000 closed circuit seats sold in Las Vegas, an absurdly high number this early since generally, more than 95 percent of closed circuit tickets are sold in the last 24 hours before an event.”

Joe Gagliardi, the president of J&J Sports Productions, which sells boxing to bars and restaurants around the country, said sales have been far stronger than he anticipated, which he attributes to an early start on the marketing campaign. Gagliardi said when bar owners and restaurant managers are asking him early about a fight, it’s because their customers are asking them about it.

“We’ve noticed that our sales have jumped up considerably, and earlier, than we’ve ever really had, even for a major fight,” Gagliardi said. “Generally, my sales are on the last two, three four days, even for a pay-per-view. But, judging by my early indications, I’m above where I thought I’d be at this time.”

He said he’s had a particularly great response from managers of chains such as Buffalo Wild Wings and Hooters.

“They’re getting their locations taken care of early, and that has not happened before,” Gagliardi said. “The public has become aware of the fight earlier than normal, so what is happening is that their regular customers are asking if they’re going to show the fight. There is clearly a greater awareness of this fight than there has been for most fights, even some very big, very significant fights.”

Most cable systems won’t begin selling the fight until a few days before. But Mark Boccardi, the senior vice president of programming and business development for in Demand, said the presence of CBS in the marketing picture has clearly had an impact.

In Demand is a content aggregator and distributes pay-per-views to the cable systems around the country. Boccardi is frequently in contact with cable operators and advises them which events figure to be the most significant.

He said the preview show that was on CBS, the commercials that have run and other marketing efforts have clearly had an impact.”

To sum it all up, more than just a Pacquiao win, if he triumphs against Mosley on Saturday, May 7^th, boxing world will also be celebrating its long-delayed return to mainstream network television.

Hail to Pacquiao!

SEEN IN THE CITY

Thia Megia’s July 12 American Idol Concert Tickets Out Now

Tickets are now out for sale in advanced for Mountain House’s Thia Megia’s American Idol Summer Tour 2011 at the Oracle Arena 7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland CA on July 12, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. Advanced VIP tickets priced at $75 a piece, are reserved through Thia for all her family, friends & fans to be together up close, were offered for sale last weekend by her sister Lia through personal email. Kids are able to come and under 24 months are free. Parking fee of $35 is paid at the arena. Advanced Ticket orders were submitted and paid last May 2nd. Limited General admission tickets will also be available to the public starting on 5/12/11 through Ticketmaster.

PERSONAL NOTES

Union City Fighter

Jonathan Macalolooy, a Filipino-American, Mixed Martial Artist and Cage Fighter from Union City, CA won his third professional fight in a match against Sam Stevens-Milo for Rebel Fighter. He won in an unanimous decision with a score of 30-27. The match was held in Plymouth, CA last April 16. Photos & text credits to Javier Enriquez.

Ambassador Visit

The Philippine Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency, Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. will be making his first official visit to San Francisco from May 12 to 13, 2011. A Reception in his honor, is being organized by the Philippine Embassy in San Francisco to be held Thursday, May 12, 2011 at a venue within the proximity of the Philippine Consulate.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“Uh oh, now I'm the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it," - by Sohaib Athar, the Pakistani man who live-tweetedOsama Bin Laden’s death by accident on Twitter. Athar, who self-describes on Twitter that he is "an IT consultant taking a break from the rat-race by hiding in the mountains with his laptops," first noticed the flurry of flying helicopters from where he’s at in Abbottabad, Pakistan. He then blogged, live, in random details everything that he’s seeing and hearing not knowing he was witnessing firsthand the Bin Laden attack (he was innocently joking conspiracy theories with other Twitter followers in the beginning). Now he’s trending worldwide, bigtime.

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