Is your blog one of this year’s most fresh and promising? Influential Blogger, Ms. Janette Toral is helping the blogosphere discover and recognize the newest and most influential blogs out there. Catch her interview on Qtube tonight, 10:15PM on QTV Channel 11.
i-Hotspot: Most Influential Blogger The 2009 Most Influential Blogger Awards is coming up soon, and if you want to nominate your favorite blogosphere stars, this week’s i-Hotspot feature tells you how to do it!
Wanna cast your votes now? Just blog hop, discover hot new blogs and follow these instructions. Don’t forget to vote for VideoChops!
Just a few weeks ago, a funny TV commercial of a local DSL company surprised the nation. While other brands bombard us with young women in bikinis in their ads, this one dared to be different. And it’s very witty too! Ladies and gentlemen, Video Chops presents internet’s newest sensation, Lola Techie!
Lola Techie is the grandmother of JR, who I assume is a teenager who’s been neglecting her lola for quite awhile now. Lola Techie uses her DSL connection to get her grandson’s attention – reprimanding him for ignoring her online. Their first video viral is about lola’s super poke and Youtube skills which was a super overnight hit. Once it hit Youtube last week, the video spread all over the net like wildfire.
Now, a new viral video is up! And we discover that Lola Techie also has a Twitter account!
Great TV ads come and go. But the marketing team of Bayan DSL took this brilliant concept to the next level. Now, Lola Techie is ACTIVE all over the net with constant updates on her Youtube, Facebook, Multiply, Twitter and Plurk account. “Ghost blogger” or not, Lola Techie‘s daily shout-outs certainly put smiles on faces of her followers.
After the second viral went online, I’m excited what Lola Techie might be doing next! But I’m sure JR’s not as enthusiastic about it as I am.
I’ve had news about this from the show producer, Japs but I still waited for something to come up online before announcing it. And it’s confirmed. Qtube of QTV Channel 11 will be having their Best of Season 1 episode tonight! Here’s their tweet:
Missed out on past episodes? Tonight, we’re bringing back all your favorites in the best of Qtube’s season one! Catch it 10:15 PM tonight.
And great to know that two segments of the show will be about video blogging – featuring yours truly, CokskiBlue and one of Flippish.com‘s hit virals, Workout with Roldan! So tune it, 10:15 tonight guys!
Video Chops launches its brand new CHOPter as we countdown to the First Online Pinoy Video Channel, FLIPPISH.COM’s Grand Official Launch (details here). So expect for us to showcase the channel’s best offerings and fun behind-the-scenes footages. Watch out for our Flippish-inspired mini-contest, “What’s the Flippest Flippish Vid?” where you can win a very special prize from Direk herself, Kring Elenzano. The CHOPter will also feature great technology news that will hit the last nail on dead TV’s coffin.
So what are you waiting for? Subscribe and watch out for Flipp updates here on VideoChops!
Wanna Change? Wala Nang Change... a play on these phrases produced a character so unique and magnificently-written. Ladies and gentlemen, do I still need to introduce Juana Change?
The first week her first video entitled “Cha-Cha” came out, it generated an impressive 3, 000 views. She was literally an overnight sensation. But Juana is no one-hit wonder. Her impact still engulfs the Youtubesphere as her videos get more controversial and relevant to today’s political issues.
Juana Change, Mae Paner
Kudos to talented actress Mae Paner, who I’ve spotted quite a number of times in great theater productions. I read she has been in PETA (Philippine Education Theater Association) since 1983. Not only that – she already has several successful TV ads and films under her belt. There’s no other person who could encapsulate the color, variety and range of Juana Change’s character which Mae Paner tried and has wonderfully portrayed.
So who really is Juana Change? For those who are new to her work, here’s a good summary of who the character is (fromJuanaChange.org):
“Juana Change” is a character who represents the everyday Filipino. She is the street sweeper, the jeepney driver, the government employee, or the overseas Filipino among others. She can also be a congresswoman, a faith healer or a general. She is our mirror. The Convergence Team, a group of creative artists, advocates, activists and communicators developed Juana Change and filmed short “virals” of vignettes that depict what we have become as Filipinos.
In the first week alone of the release of the first viral, more than 3,000 hits were logged on You Tube. To date, there are almost 40,000 hits on the most popular of the series. Immediate interest from major networks, other creative artists, advertising firms and reform groups brought Juana Change to prominence in a very short time. Interviews and features in television and radio both local and international continue to bridge the internet campaign with the broader multimedia audience. More important are the reactions, comments and feedback from Filipinos here and abroad on how they could relate with the character and how they could help work for change. This connection with and call to Filipinos will continue to be the focus of the group as it evolves Juana Change and its broader multi-media campaign.
Here are links to interviews and articles about Juana Change:
Happy 101st Birthday, University of the Philippines!
As part of our “Everything Pinoy” CHOPter, Video Chops is celebrating UP’s official entry to its next 100 years as the country’s premier state university. We’re giving you a collection of clips from last year’s centennial celebration kick-off. Look back, Download and Enjoy!
Just added Qtv Channel 11′s Qtube fan page on Facebook and I just found out they are premiering the show’s 2nd season tonight! And to give the new season a fun start, internet sensation Moymoy Palaboy will drop by and Andy/Andi will be launching their very first viral! Here’s the episode detail from the official GMA site:
Get ready for Good Times Manila. Be fashionably blissful with Happy Fart. Get your own personal storage online. Follow your local favorite celebs with Twitter. Visit the online home of Moymoy Palaboy. Find out how happy Pinoys are, and have fun watching the first Andi and Andy Viral Video Masterpiece! These and more this Thursday, 10:15 PM on Qtube!
Online Now On-Air!
Welcome the bigger, badder, and supersized second season of your only online connection on TV – Qtube! Expect MORE – more sites, more virals, more web tips, and more of Andi and Andy!
Celebrity Website of the Week: The Dynamic Duo!
Who’s the most famous Pinoy duo on the web now? Moymoy Palaboy, of course! If you want updates on their new stuff, this is your chance to catch up. We’ll let them tell you themselves on this week’s Celebity Website feature.
New Segment: The Andi and Andy Viral Videos!
This week we decided to close the show with the start of something special! Week after week, we always promote viral videos that either entertain or excruciate. Now it’s OUR turn to be web stars! That’s right! We present – not necessarily due to popular demand but will for sure in the future – the first Andy and Andy Viral Video Masterpiece!
Catch all these on Qtube – your 100% virus-free internet TV – with your online on-air guides, Andi Manzano and Andy Smith! This Thursday, 10:15 PM, on Q Channel 11!
Online video blogging contests have been the latest craze for the past year – usually sponsored by big-time companies who wants their new service promos to spread like wildfire. But rarely do I see a video contest campaign that got the results they really want in terms of volume in entries. I avidly join these competitions and what I notice is that the participants who usually join are either bloggers, plurkers, or tweeters who creates their own videos. And they’re not that many. Even spending hundreds of thousands on a TV ad is not an assurance of large entry numbers.
Well it seems Globe knows that by now. While I was uploading the latest VideoChops archive clip, I was surprised by a cool flash advertisement on the side bar.
Hey! That’s Paramihan Challenge! And what better way to pick up lots of QUALITY entries than plug it on YouTube right? It makes the most sense, but most haven’t realized the simple brilliance of it. So I guess now we would expect a tougher batch of participants and video makers – and VideoChops will be on the look out of the ones that rock.
Now meetJohnny Stunts, the main man behind the Paramihan Challenge. Watch how many fishballs he could tusok-tusok with one stick:
It’s the Philippine Independence Day! And to honor this important occasion, we’re reserving a whole week of “Everything Pinoy” here in VideoChops! Articles about Pinoy Vlogging have been up for a few days now and watch out for clips and special features on vlogs and vloggers who constantly raise our Filipino spirits.
Just come back to this page to keep you updated with all the features related to this new CHOPter.
While surfing new videos at the Paramihan Challenge Contest, we discovered an EPIC viral video in the making. Appropriately enough, the short movie entitled “Sinimulan Mo, Tatapusin Ko” was described as:
To The Max ang Paramihan ng Drama..
To the max din ang dami natawa at napasaya ng Video na ito..
I Post it Here Due to The Request of People (who Already watched it)..
Ang Laban ko lang! Marami na ang natawa dito.. and I bet it that you’ll be one of them too..
And man, did we laugh! We were SRSLY entertained! And we feel that it would be of great disservice if we don’t help make it viral. Or at least make them give us the next installment!
So together with Funnysexy, CokskiBlue and other bloggers out there, we are formally launching the “Give Us More Pangga!” movement. Please, PLEASE. We wanna see Part 2! If you’re with us and want to see what happens next, leave your comments here or BETTER YET, re-post this video and let us know! We’ll add your link here!
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