TV Ratings Issue between ABS-CBN and GMA

[dtex]

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i do agree with this

sa Manila raman nah ratings oi.. ABS man ang mga cebuano's... :mrgreen: :mrgreen: magkuha ta sila ug ratings diri.. saonz!

[pijavier]

Yeah Manila ra ang ratings.....

Oist, naa sad mga GMA nganhi noh... GMA is wholesome and honest.

[Nezumix22]

(as of 1/4/2008 12:54 PM )

AGB Nielsen seeks protection for panel homes

AGB Nielsen Media Research Philippines on Friday asked the Quezon City Regional Trial Court to stop ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. from calling on AGB Nielsen panel home members to come out and reveal their names.

AGB Nielsen lawyer Francisco Rivera said the research firm filed a motion for protective order before the sala of Judge Charito Gonzalez to stop ABS-CBN from asking existing panel home members from revealing themselves.

“The very case of ABS-CBN is about panel home privacy. They are saying that there was a breach in the integrity of the panel homes because their names were disclosed. But based on the programs and appeals of ABS-CBN Corporation, they are appealing to the panel home members to come out. That is why we are asking the court for relief,” he told ABS-CBN.

He added, however, that the research firm is not questioning ABS-CBN’s efforts to contact tampered panel homes in the Visayas region.

“As things stand now, the panel homes which had some form of contact with the other TV station [are] no longer actively in our panel home members meaning that the data from these panel homes are no longer gathered by our client. Insofar as we are concerned, this is no longer material to us,” he said.

Rivera confirmed that “promotional activities” were conducted by another TV station that affected panel home members in the provinces. He added, however, that it is up to the court to decide if the activities constitute tampering.

He said AGB Nielsen has already finished its investigation into the tampering issue and will issue a final report next week.

ABS-CBN earlier sued AGB-Nielsen after receiving reports that a third party was contacting and bribing metered households in Bacolod in an effort to influence the TV ratings. The court later ordered AGB Nielsen to stop gathering and releasing data on nationwide TV ratings for 20 days.

Several affidavits filed by Maya Reforma, AGB-Nielsen general manager, before the QCRTC identified GMA 7 as the broadcast network behind the efforts that compromised panel homes in Bacolod.

In her affidavit, Reforma revealed that AGB Nielsen found 79 among 532 AGB Nielsen metered homes in six cities were exposed to "activities" of GMA.

Reforma said the 79 panel homes were persuaded to watch GMA shows in exchange for monthly prizes including P500 in cash, groceries, umbrellas, pens and medicine.

"Panel homes who declare themselves to be watching ABS-CBN are asked to become a member of the GMA Kapuso viewers in order to receive a monthly supply of groceries and P500," she said, describing one of the activities.

She added that of the 79 homes, 63 homes were visited once while 16 were visited twice or more times.

She said statistical tests conducted by AGB Nielsen showed that 16 of the 79 homes "showed a significant change to favor GMA in its viewing behavior."

She noted, however, that the evidence obtained by AGB Nielsen "strongly indicates that the tampering was confined to Bacolod and for the period from July to September 2007."

She said the research firm reprocessed all the original data it gathered from the television audience measurement panel while excluding the tampered households contacted by GMA Network. "Based on our evaluation, AGB Nielsen found that viewing data did not significantly change even after the exclusion of the contacted panels from the original data," she said.

She said, however, that the exclusion of 12 tampered homes in Cebu "caused some days to expected drop for GMA [ratings] but not at the expense of ABS-CBN which remained the same."

Reforma told the court that AGB-Nielsen has replaced the 79 tampered homes from its television audience measurement panel. "We are also considering removing Iloilo as a sampling point," she added.

GMA sues ABS-CBN

GMA Network on Thursday filed a P15 million libel suit against ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. executives and talents for allegedly accusing GMA of tampering metered households of research firm AGB Nielsen.

In a statement, GMA said that "nowhere in Ms. Reforma’s affidavit submitted in court did she accuse or state that GMA-7 cheated in the ratings nor was it involved in the ‘ratings manipulation’ in Bacolod City…"

"In reckless disregard of truth, with malice and in bad faith, and with obvious intent to defame and ridicule GMA Network before the public, ABS-CBN distorted, spliced off, and suppressed the accurate and complete statements of Ms. Reforma," GMA said.

Aside from the network, other respondents in the charge sheet were radio dzMM station manager Angelo Palmones, Alona Magsalas, Junry Hidalgo, Jobert Sucaldito, Cristie Fermin, Luchi Cruz Valdez, Boyet Agustin, lawyer Maximillan Uy, Korina Sanchez, Malou Santos, Luis Andrada, Lani Gutierrez, Romel Gonzales, Nancy Yabut and Ian Reyno.

GMA earlier branded as libelous a report by DZMM correspondent Junry Hidalgo that AGB Nielsen named GMA Network as the network allegedly behind the TV ratings manipulation. The network has denied that it was behind the alleged rigging of AGB Nielsen ratings in Bacolod.

ABS-CBN, however, said it is standing by Hidalgo's report. "We stand by our report in DZMM. Maya Reforma, in her interview with DZMM's Junry Hidalgo this morning, identified GMA-7 as behind certain activities that resulted in exposing the affected panel homes," said ABS-CBN spokesman Bong Osorio.

He said the P15-million libel suit is meant to divert attention away from the issue of TV ratings manipulation.

"We are disappointed but not surprised by GMA-7's reactions to the discovery of TV ratings manipulation. It appears that they want to prevent the media from mentioning GMA 7 in connection with cheating in the ratings," Osorio said.

"Let's remember that the issue here is about having a clean TV ratings process, the reason we filed a civil case against AGB-Nielsen Media Research. Filing defamation charges against ABS-CBN diverts attention from the real issue. We are confident that the truth will come out," he added.

Source: abs-cbnnews.com

[dtex]

thats not the reason y GMA filed libel charges against ABS. its the abs report naming GMA as behind the ratings brouhaha. no where in the maya reforma affidavit did she mentioned that gma was behind all this. whichevidence will hold water in court an affidavit or a DISTORTED,SPLICED,DOCTORED news report done by ABS-CBN to suit their own needs. you dont have to be a judge to figure that out. its not gma whose muddling the issue in this rating fiasco. its ABS-CBN. GMA did the right thing and follow the law. as for ABS well they want a trial by publicity because they know for a fact that their evidences wont hold in court. at the end of the day, they themselves know that what they have is just plain CHISMIS or GIMIK that sadly blew in their faces. and you know whats really funny they let wille revillame talk about cheating. hahahahhahahahahah. ABS is really desperate to let a known cheater worl wide to talk about this issue. by the way all youtube videos pertaining to willies cheating in wowowee have been pulled of due to copyright laws sa abs. hahahahahaha. obvious kaaayu.

AGB-is the entitiy that should prove to everybody that the ratings game is clean
ABS-cbn-should show proof that GMA is behind all this and not just some persons inthe dark talking. anybody can do that.PROOF THAT WOULD HOLD IN COURT!!!!
GMA 7-the burden of proof is with ABS. if thay cant substantiate their claim that GMA is behind all of this. the network should have the BALLS to admit this mistake. Basin "mechanical Glitch" nasad reason ha.

(as of 1/4/2008 12:54 PM )

AGB Nielsen seeks protection for panel homes

AGB Nielsen Media Research Philippines on Friday asked the Quezon City Regional Trial Court to stop ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. from calling on AGB Nielsen panel home members to come out and reveal their names.

AGB Nielsen lawyer Francisco Rivera said the research firm filed a motion for protective order before the sala of Judge Charito Gonzalez to stop ABS-CBN from asking existing panel home members from revealing themselves.

“The very case of ABS-CBN is about panel home privacy. They are saying that there was a breach in the integrity of the panel homes because their names were disclosed. But based on the programs and appeals of ABS-CBN Corporation, they are appealing to the panel home members to come out. That is why we are asking the court for relief,” he told ABS-CBN.

He added, however, that the research firm is not questioning ABS-CBN’s efforts to contact tampered panel homes in the Visayas region.

“As things stand now, the panel homes which had some form of contact with the other TV station [are] no longer actively in our panel home members meaning that the data from these panel homes are no longer gathered by our client. Insofar as we are concerned, this is no longer material to us,” he said.

Rivera confirmed that “promotional activities” were conducted by another TV station that affected panel home members in the provinces. He added, however, that it is up to the court to decide if the activities constitute tampering.

He said AGB Nielsen has already finished its investigation into the tampering issue and will issue a final report next week.

ABS-CBN earlier sued AGB-Nielsen after receiving reports that a third party was contacting and bribing metered households in Bacolod in an effort to influence the TV ratings. The court later ordered AGB Nielsen to stop gathering and releasing data on nationwide TV ratings for 20 days.

Several affidavits filed by Maya Reforma, AGB-Nielsen general manager, before the QCRTC identified GMA 7 as the broadcast network behind the efforts that compromised panel homes in Bacolod.

In her affidavit, Reforma revealed that AGB Nielsen found 79 among 532 AGB Nielsen metered homes in six cities were exposed to "activities" of GMA.

Reforma said the 79 panel homes were persuaded to watch GMA shows in exchange for monthly prizes including P500 in cash, groceries, umbrellas, pens and medicine.

"Panel homes who declare themselves to be watching ABS-CBN are asked to become a member of the GMA Kapuso viewers in order to receive a monthly supply of groceries and P500," she said, describing one of the activities.

She added that of the 79 homes, 63 homes were visited once while 16 were visited twice or more times.

She said statistical tests conducted by AGB Nielsen showed that 16 of the 79 homes "showed a significant change to favor GMA in its viewing behavior."

She noted, however, that the evidence obtained by AGB Nielsen "strongly indicates that the tampering was confined to Bacolod and for the period from July to September 2007."

She said the research firm reprocessed all the original data it gathered from the television audience measurement panel while excluding the tampered households contacted by GMA Network. "Based on our evaluation, AGB Nielsen found that viewing data did not significantly change even after the exclusion of the contacted panels from the original data," she said.

She said, however, that the exclusion of 12 tampered homes in Cebu "caused some days to expected drop for GMA [ratings] but not at the expense of ABS-CBN which remained the same."

Reforma told the court that AGB-Nielsen has replaced the 79 tampered homes from its television audience measurement panel. "We are also considering removing Iloilo as a sampling point," she added.

GMA sues ABS-CBN

GMA Network on Thursday filed a P15 million libel suit against ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. executives and talents for allegedly accusing GMA of tampering metered households of research firm AGB Nielsen.

In a statement, GMA said that "nowhere in Ms. Reforma’s affidavit submitted in court did she accuse or state that GMA-7 cheated in the ratings nor was it involved in the ‘ratings manipulation’ in Bacolod City…"

"In reckless disregard of truth, with malice and in bad faith, and with obvious intent to defame and ridicule GMA Network before the public, ABS-CBN distorted, spliced off, and suppressed the accurate and complete statements of Ms. Reforma," GMA said.

Aside from the network, other respondents in the charge sheet were radio dzMM station manager Angelo Palmones, Alona Magsalas, Junry Hidalgo, Jobert Sucaldito, Cristie Fermin, Luchi Cruz Valdez, Boyet Agustin, lawyer Maximillan Uy, Korina Sanchez, Malou Santos, Luis Andrada, Lani Gutierrez, Romel Gonzales, Nancy Yabut and Ian Reyno.

GMA earlier branded as libelous a report by DZMM correspondent Junry Hidalgo that AGB Nielsen named GMA Network as the network allegedly behind the TV ratings manipulation. The network has denied that it was behind the alleged rigging of AGB Nielsen ratings in Bacolod.

ABS-CBN, however, said it is standing by Hidalgo's report. "We stand by our report in DZMM. Maya Reforma, in her interview with DZMM's Junry Hidalgo this morning, identified GMA-7 as behind certain activities that resulted in exposing the affected panel homes," said ABS-CBN spokesman Bong Osorio.

He said the P15-million libel suit is meant to divert attention away from the issue of TV ratings manipulation.

"We are disappointed but not surprised by GMA-7's reactions to the discovery of TV ratings manipulation. It appears that they want to prevent the media from mentioning GMA 7 in connection with cheating in the ratings," Osorio said.

"Let's remember that the issue here is about having a clean TV ratings process, the reason we filed a civil case against AGB-Nielsen Media Research. Filing defamation charges against ABS-CBN diverts attention from the real issue. We are confident that the truth will come out," he added.

Source: abs-cbnnews.com

[Nezumix22]

News articles tend to be biased these days. I'll let the court decide. For now, I'll continue to watch BOTH stations. Both have merits, I'm just concerned with the quality of shows and both stations have shows of high quality and which I enjoy, though GMA-7's soap operas are more on the creative side while ABSCBN's are more on the drama side. But I'm open to all types of Filipino works. So I won't boycott any station.

[johnjob]

News articles tend to be biased these days. I'll let the court decide. For now, I'll continue to watch BOTH stations. Both have merits, I'm just concerned with the quality of shows and both stations have shows of high quality and which I enjoy, though GMA-7's soap operas are more on the creative side while ABSCBN's are more on the drama side. But I'm open to all types of Filipino works. So I won't boycott any station.

ryt....tsk tsk

[dtex]

in muddling issues and cheating w/ evidences its quite clear who is the real culprit.

ryt....tsk tsk

[jntio]

samuk kau. wlay lami. iyahay lng ug pangataronagan both syds. mura mga bata wla buot

[dtex]

i just got to thinking. if it was true that taga GMA ang behind sa ratings fiasco sa bacolod they would be commiting suicide. you know why? because walay station ang GMA sa bacolod. abs lang and if GMA contacted the AGB panel homes to watch their show then ma klaro noon ang gma nga nanikas kay mutaas ang rating nila didto sa bacolod even w/out a station there, kana noon suspicious ta. as the ratings in bacolod show GMA isnt doing well in the ratings game.so what does this show? if tinood nga naa mga persons going around homes claiming to be from GMA7, dont you think mga tawo rana sa ABS posing as kapuso personnel? that would be a very good cover. and if abs claim is true why puro taga bacolod lang. bisan ang new batch nila of witnesess i think puro taga bacolod. why other areas like mega manila o cebu or wherever cant they find a witness? bacolod is ABS country as what they claim. its quite obvious man. ang paet sa taga bacolod gi accuse sa taga ABS nga mapalit sila ug 500.00 and bag of groceries. ABS thinks low of the bacolod people. they are intelligent people and have the rigt to decide what to watch regardless kung naa mo influnce nla o wala. remember abs is also doing promtional activities similar to GMA. come to think of it insulto ni nga issue sa mga taga bacolod.

[dtex]

ang documentary evidence sa libelous statement sa ABS against GMA mauy mo tikok nila. ang issue is malicious reporting, dili ang ratings fiasco. obvious kaayu uy nga ang ABS is the one nga gusto i divert ang attention from the libelous report they made to the ratings issue. wla na gyud nag kabuang na ug panagang ang abs sa butbut nila. sagnga ng 15 mil nga kiha sa gma nila kaysa palu-uy luy nila. ABS is so pathetic.