Senator seeks abolition of Optical Media Board

The Optical Media Board (OMB) has outlived its purpose and would best be abolished, Senator Jose Jinggoy Ejercito strada said as he filed enate ill o he significant technological advance ents in the edia landscape rendered the use of video tapes and compact discs o solete oday, ovies and television series are consumed through digital and online platfor s and strea ing services Ang andato na dapat ginagapanan ng OMB ay hindi na makabuluhan o naaayon sa kasalukuyang panahon,” said strada, hi self an actor

In pursuing the legislation of SB 1904 or the proposed Act A olishing he OMB, Created By Virtue of Republic Act , ther ise no n As he ptical edia Act of , And or ther Purposes,” Estrada said the conception and i ple entation of regulatory policies of the oard ere due to the proliferation of fil piracy, ost of hich were illegally circulated and physically stored in optical edia hese activities greatly a ected the operations of movie houses and theaters, causing a sharp decline in cine a attendance and su stantial losses to government revenues, the senator said in e plaining the enact ent of A hich reorgani ed the ideogra egulatory Board (VRB) and paved the way for the creation of ai ed at ensuring the protection and pro otion of intellectual property rights strada first roached the idea of abolishing the OMB during last year’s budget deliberations when he suggested the transfer of its functions to other eecutive offices, the il evelop ent Council of the Philippines CP in particular, noting the agency’s dismal perfor ance in the past years here as a steady decline in the estimated value of seized items in the last five years, fro P illion in to P , in Also, no ne ad inistrative cases ere filed against violators of A last year and y o n admission of the OMB, this is because s are not used any ore, he said OMB is literally monitoring and regulating an already obsolete industry, Estrada stressed, pointing out that the storage medium and devices under the agency’s regulatory control are phased out already

To address the displacement of OMB personnel, Estrada proposed to have so e of the e a sor ed y the CP, transferred to other agencies, or given separation enefits should they opt to retire fro service eanne ichael Penaranda)

Coco Martin’s scriptless process keeps actors on their toes

“This is why I asked to work with intelligent actors,” said Coco Martin when he was made to share his work ha its as a director, riter, line producer, and lead actor of the ne est action-adventure series, P s atang uiapo Coco eeps his co-actors on their toes y not giving the any script

“I know that many actors are scared of this process or that they find it eird, ut this is hat or s for e I do this because I want to give them complete freedom in terms of creating their characters because I trust them co pletely his is also the reason I get only actors ho are intelligent and good at hat they do, Coco told reporters during a recent edia gathering

“I want my actors to personally work on building their characters ac stories I give the only ullet points during ta es ecause I don t ant to spoonfeed the As the director, I have my vision, and I know how to create it I also ant the to surprise e, he e plained his way, scenes come out more organic, and the actors are ore alert during ta es As a result, they re a le to feel their characters ore

Coco explained that he would simply cue the actors on the topic of a particular scene, inform them as to who ould first thro the lines, then leave the to anter I allo the to e peri ent I feel confident ecause no one no s their characters etter than the ftentimes, I would keep shooting the scenes even though I’m already expected to say ‘cut!’ because that’s when the anter eco es a lot ore natural, Coco said atang uiapo is ased on the action-co edy fil of the sa e title, starring ernando Poe r P and aricel oriano he series tells the adventures of anggol Coco ho rises to e one of the ost notorious outlaws in the neighborhood while he navigates life in uiapo oping to earn the a ection of his parents, his feat dra s hi closer to the truth a out his identity

“The one good thing that we chose to bring from Ang Pro insyano is authenticity his is really Pinoy na Pinoy, in terms of its look and the culture it aims to present to the audience,” said Coco in response to the uestion on ho si ilar, as ell as ho di erent, atang uiapo is to its predecessor

Coco Martin plays Tanggol, a criminal who aspires to i provehis life in P s atang uiapo

Coco Martin plays Tanggol, a criminal who aspires to i prove his life in P s atang uiapo

Broaden, deepen stories he heroes in the t o stories are totally di erent in personalities Cardo is a police an, hile anggol is a cri inal, an antagonist e re very conscious of these di erences I hope the audience sees our e orts I d actually be sad if I hear anyone say, ‘I’ve already seen this in Ang Pro insyano, he pointed out

Coco said he and his production tea ere also conscious not to get anything fro the ovie version e si ply ade the ovie created y P as our inspiration ven the lead characters are di erent the ovie had aldo, hile this teleserye is all a out anggol Also, ecause this is a teleserye, e have the lu ury of time to broaden, as well as deepen, the stories of the characters,” he explained, adding that, as of now, the sho already features actors It s not i possi le to see the original cast e ers of P s ovie version in future episodes alu evilla, one of the series directors, agreed his pays ho age to P he only thing si ilar a out the fil and the series is that they oth feature a lead character ho aspires to change and i prove his life It s a tri ute to P s ody of or , ut it s fro a di erent creator, Coco, whom we hope the people will come to appreciate, as ell

Ang Pro insyano, hich lasted seven years, currently holds the record for eing the longest-running action-adventure series in the country oes Coco feel pressured to make sure that the new show not only matches the success of the previous, but also surpasses it?

I refuse to feel pressured I si ply ant to en oy a ing the pro ect I elieve that as long as you love and respect your or , it ill ear good fruit hat s hat happened to Ang Pro insyano or this series, e ill let the audience dictate ho long it ill last, he said