Following its free TV shut down last year, ABS-CBN has aggressively embarked on bringing its content to global audiences and expanding its digital realm.
More films and TV shows on Netflix, collaboration with global streaming giants, iQiYi and WeTV, and licensing deals with overseas production companies… the list goes longer as time goes by for ABS-CBN, which has been relentlessly expanding its network of platforms since losing free TV, last year. The still recuperating company has successfully developed a potent ecosystem with new revenue streams to compensate for the massive loss that came in the wake of its free TV exit. That said, it will take more expansion efforts for the company to achieve its pre-shutdown might.
Zanjoe Marudo, who will play David Ilustre in #TheBrokenMarriageVow, shared some details about the much-awaited serye, now that it's finished with its first cycle of production.https://t.co/G0Bv2r8rmz
— ABS-CBN PR (@ABSCBNpr) October 13, 2021
Filipino viewers can now see their favorite South Korean dramas, retold with the unmistakable Filipino touch. A few months ago, cameras rolled for the Filipino adaptation of the global hit series, The World of the Married. The series, now called The Broken Marriage Vow, stars Jodi Sta. Maria, Zanjoe Marudo, and Sue Ramirez in lead roles. It is set to air within the last quarter of 2021. The series marks ABS-CBN’s collaboration with British production giant BBC Studios, which produced the original series in 2015. The South Korean cable television company, JTBC, produced The World of the Married in 2020, which ABS-CBN aired later in the same year. The Philippines will be the sixth country in the world to air its adaptation of the infidelity-themed British drama.
Another Korean hit series, Flower of Evil, is set to air its local adaptation next year. ABS-CBN has recently announced its acquisition of the rights to produce its Filipino counterpart last month. The said adaptation will mark the first ABS-CBN series starred by new Kapamilya talent, Lovi Poe. She will star ABS-CBN homegrown Piolo Pascual, who just recently renewed his contract with the network.
Just three weeks ago, ABS-CBN International announced a new international project that stars award-winning actor Arjo Atayde. The Rebirth of Cattleya Killer is an adaptation of the 1988 classic, ‘Sa Aking Mga Kamay’, which followed the life of a serial killer played by Aga Mulach. The production of the series will mark the second time ABS-CBN is collaborating with American production outfit Electric Entertainment. The two production giants previously worked together via the American TV series, Almost Paradise. ABS-CBN aired the series on A2Z and Kapamilya Online Live early this year.
iQiyi and ABS-CBN partner up to produce two original Filipino series.
One series will star the young love team Andrea Brillantes and Seth Fedelin, while the other will feature a fresh team up between Gerald Anderson and Gigi de Lana. https://t.co/Vilycmioih
— ABS-CBN PR (@ABSCBNpr) October 13, 2021
After partnering with Asian streaming platforms WeTV and iFlix, ABS-CBN further expanded its network of digital partners with a new collaboration with iQiYi. The deal will see ABS-CBN and the streaming service working together for two brand new series. The two original series, Saying Goodbye, which stars Andrea Brillantes and Seth Fedelin, and Hello Heart, which stars Gerald Anderson and Gigi de Lana, are set to become among iQiYi’s efforts to expand its Southeast Asian library.
ABS-CBN and leading Thai production company GMMTV announced its strengthened partnership in January this year. A potential series is expected to be born out of the said partnership, which has already allowed Filipino viewers to see their favorite Thai content, dubbed in Tagalog, through iWantTFC.
WATCH: ABS-CBN Films Managing Director Olive Lamasan on the BrightWin movie project in collaboration with DreamScape and GMMTV. pic.twitter.com/tYwPECJZpf
— MJ Felipe (@mjfelipe) January 27, 2021
More Thai boys’ love series, including the highly anticipated Bad Buddy series, will soon hit the Kapamilya streaming service. F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers, the Thai adaptation of the hit manga series Boys Over Flowers, is also set to be aired by ABS-CBN on its platforms once it premieres.
Five box office hits of ABS-CBN Films starring KathNiel, namely #ShesDatingTheGangster, #BarcelonaALoveUntold, #CrazyBeautifulYou, #CantHelpFallingInlove, and #TheHowsOfUs, will have Bollywood remake! pic.twitter.com/TCQ9H2U0Ao
— ABS-CBN Corporation (@ABSCBNC0RP) October 15, 2021
This week, Star Cinema announced that five blockbuster films, starred by the phenomenal box-office pair Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla, would be adapted as Bollywood films in India. The announcement came after the network sealed a partnership with the Indian production company, Global One Studios. The production giant will produce Bollywood counterparts of KathNiel-starred films, She’s Dating The Gangster (2014), Crazy Beautiful You (2015), Barcelona: A Love Untold (2016), Can’t Help Falling In Love (2017), and The Hows Of Us (2018
Given its increasingly developing pace in its quest to dominate the digital realm and to reaching more audiences worldwide, more collaborative efforts are expected to take place in the following months. ABS-CBN Corporation recently surged in stock prices, which is attributed, in part, to the company’s aggressive digital expansion efforts.
