Aside from the audiovisual archiving business that how the DRPS Philippine Commercial Archives (DRPS PHCA) delivered more than a hundred thousand online video views a day on its main properties, the DRPS One and DRPS Two channels, since 2023, its digital and social media properties, branded as DRPS PHCA Free and DRPS PHCA TV Ad Listings, both of which are accessed online not only on the social media accounts of DRPS PHCA on Facebook, X/Twitter, Instagram, and Threads, but also on the DRPSPHCA.com website and on the DRPS PHCA App, have been part of the continued reach of the DRPS PHCA since it founded on January 27, 2021.
The DRPS PHCA launched its TV Ad Listings in February 2023, which lists all TV commercials aired in each gap of a Philippine TV show. It initially counted the TV Ads of FPJ’s Batang Quiapo and Maria Clara at Ibarra, both of which were competing primetime shows when Coco Martin returned to primetime for the second time on February 13, 2023.
It also counted all TV Ads aired during some of the primetime shows aired on GMA that competed against FPJ’s Batang Quiapo during the Kapamilya show’s run from February 2023 to March 2026, including Voltes V Legacy, Maging Sino Ka Man, Black Rider, Pulang Araw, Lolong Season 2, and Encantadia Chronicles: Sang’gre. Today, Coco Martin headlined Sigabo on June 22, 2026, when it competed with The Master Cutter, headlined by Dingdong Dantes.
Since the show’s premiere, the DRPS PHCA TV Ad Listings continued to count the two shows airing in the 20:00 timeslot. Despite Coco Martin’s Sigabo airing more TV Ads, the competitor, The Master Cutter, retained its lead in TV Ratings, according to several Nielsen Philippines NUTAM reports. The ratings lead was also applied to another GMA Prime show, Taskforce Firewall, which airs in the 20:45 slot, despite having fewer TV ads than Someone Someday.
Since the start of the finale week of FPJ’s Batang Quiapo on March 9, 2026, the DRPS PHCA TV Ad Listings listed all TV Ads during several primetime shows aired on ABS-CBN, GMA, and TV5. Aside from them, the ad load-counting property continued to count all TV Ads during the commercial breaks of Roja, What Lies Beneath, The Alibi: Ang Buong Katotohanan, Blood vs. Duty, Carlo J. Caparas’ Totoy Bato, What Lies Beneath, My Bespren Emman, and Never Say Die.
The DRPS PHCA launched its own digital media service on its social media, which was later called DRPS PHCA Free in 2024, coined from the Facebook Community Group that launched in June 2024. It also delivered special photography of some of the Philippine television-related events since March 2024, which include the Star Magical Prom (2024 and 2026), Star Magic Hot Summer (2024), Star Magic All-Star Games (2025), Star Magical Christmas (2024 and 2025), ABS-CBN Ball (2025), and GMA Gala (2024 and 2025).
The DRPS PHCA Free Live also delivered awarding ceremonies in Philippine entertainment when the 51st Metro Manila Film Festival’s Gabi ng Parangal took place on December 27, 2025. To date, aside from the 51st MMFF Gabi ng Parangal, it also delivered the Awards Night of the 7th Village Pipol Choice Awards (VPCA) and the 9th Entertainment Editors’ Choice Awards (The EDDYS), both of which took place in 2026.
The DRPS PHCA Free has its own pillars: Blog (news), Music (music updates), Community (Facebook community group), Live (event coverage), and its Weekly Newsletter published every Saturday.
The DRPS PHCA social media accounts have also served as the updates corner for several Pinoy Big Brother seasons, including Gen 11 and Celebrity Collab Editions 1.0 and 2.0, which were created for all fans of the housemates of these seasons of the reality show. It also shared screengrabs and video clips of scenes featuring some of the ex-housemates of Pinoy Big Brother Gen 11 and Celebrity Collab Edition 2.0. With the next regular season of Pinoy Big Brother soon arriving, under the title of “Collab 3.0” in the same collaboration of ABS-CBN and GMA, the DRPS PHCA will soon deliver more updates about the recent happenings throughout the soon-to-be-built Big Brother House.
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For five years, the DRPS PHCA has not just been a name in the Philippine Advertising Archive, but also in delivering updates in Philippine Television, and everything in between. And that is how the DRPS PHCA’s success has continued since 2021.
A new PBB Collab season will soon arrive:
Pinoy Big Brother announces new regular season under an ABS-CBN-GMA collaboration, Collab 3.0; auditions are now open
On the morning of August 10, 2026, the official social media account of the “Teleserye ng Totoong Buhay” Pinoy Big Brother posted a series of teasers hinting at a possible return of the ABS-CBN-GMA collaboration for the reality show’s third season.
The first teaser post, published at 10:12, reads “1… 2…”, followed by an OK Hand emoji. Later, another teaser post was published on PBB’s social media accounts at 12:09, with a photo of a hand depicting the same emoji from the previous post and featuring the 2025 PBB Eye Logo (featuring embossed monogram logos of GMA and ABS-CBN) in the center.
The OK Hand emoji depiction from the post also showed three fingers raised, which netizens later speculated might be a third edition of “Celebrity Collab Edition”. The caption from the post reads two waving-hand emojis, followed by the Philippine flag and globe emojis after each waving-hand emoji (or “Hello Philippines, Hello World!” the common greeting heard during Pinoy Big Brother).
After several social media posts featuring some of the ex-housemates of Pinoy Big Brother, contrary to rumors on social media that there will be a new Celebrity Collab Edition season to arrive, the collaboration of ABS-CBN and GMA for Pinoy Big Brother continues with a new Big Brother house, as the “Teleserye ng Totoong Buhay” announced that it will feature regular housemates aged 18 to 35 years old (age bracket born from 1991 to 2008) for the upcoming new season, titled “Pinoy Big Brother: Collab 3.0”.
The announcement of the new ABS-CBN-GMA PBB season offering was made recently on It’s Showtime, where it featured some of the ex-housemates of Pinoy Big Brother Collab 1.0 and 2.0, including Mika Salamanca, Lella Ford, Will Ashley, Klarisse de Guzman, Ashley Sarmiento, Marco Masa, Joaquin Arce, and AC Bonifacio, to name a few.
Pinoy Big Brother also announced that the online auditions for Collab 3.0 will commence through the ABS-CBN Join Now website, which began last night during 24 Oras, and will accept online auditionees until August 31, 2026, at 23:59.
Pinoy Big Brother Collab 3.0 is the third season of Pinoy Big Brother under a collaboration between the franchise holder of Big Brother in the Philippines, ABS-CBN, and the Philippines’ multimedia leader in broadcast and digital media, GMA Network. Previously, PBB Collab 1.0 and 2.0 featured 20 celebrities each season, with Brent Manalo and Mika Salamanca, and Lella Ford and Caprice Cayetano holding their Big Winner titles on July 5, 2025, and February 28, 2026, respectively.
PBB Collab 3.0 would also be the first regular season of Pinoy Big Brother (featuring civilian housemates, i.e., Fyang Smith, Kai Montinola, Kolette Madelo, and Rain Celmar from PBB Gen 11, its previous regular season) under the Kapamilya-Kapuso collaboration, and would be located in a new house.
To date, the details for the next PBB season and its auditions have been announced (through It’s Showtime), but the full address of the newly built house and its possible design are currently in progress, and the details will be announced soon.
The relocation of the Pinoy Big Brother house follows an interview on TV Patrol with MJ Felipe and Laurenti Dyogi on March 24, 2026, in which he, Direk Lauren, said that the relocation of the old house built in August 2005 has been considered and that they will build a new one for future PBB seasons.
Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026 in the Philippines:
Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026 announces 10 Philippine Selection Night Entries, releasing on August 17, 2026
On August 10, 2026, ABS-CBN and Star Music recently announced the ten (10) song entries that will participate in the Philippine Selection Night (titled “Pili-Pinas!”) of the Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026 (ESCA 2026), scheduled to be released on all music platforms on August 17, 2026 (18:00, PH Time UTC +8), and to compete for the finals night on August 30, 2026.
ABS-CBN and Star Music also announced on August 11, 2026, that some of the singers and artists will serve as the official interpreters of each song entry of the song contest to represent the Philippines on the iconic global stage, and will compete together with participating countries, including Bangladesh (NTV), Bhutan (BBS), Cambodia (TV5 Cambodia), Laos (VTE9), Malaysia (Media Prima TV3), Nepal (Himalaya TV), South Korea (ENA), Thailand (BEC Channel 3), and Vietnam (VTV).
Below are the entry songs and their performers for each entry in the Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026:
- Between Bituin (transl. Between Stars). Performed by DNA (Mitra Sisters). Composed by Jungee Marcelo. Produced by Jungee Marcelo and Thyro Alfaro.
- Broken Beyond Repair. Performed by Saga. Composed by Angelo Gonzales. Produced by Arnold Buena and Dan Cage.
- Cheri(E). Performed by Elha Nympha, Esang de Torres, Lance Reblando, and Nar Cabico. Composed by Nar Cabico. Produced by Kiko Salazar “Kikx”.
- Di Yan (Red Flag) (transl. Not Him (Red Flag)). Performed by Jason Dy and Sassa Dagdag. Composed by Jason Marvin. Produced by Fern.
- Good For You. Performed by Ryssi Avila. Composed by Hazel Faith. Produced by Brian Cua.
- Mapadama (transl. Make You Feel). Performed by JM dela Cerna and Marielle Montellano. Composed by Jungee Marcelo and Jeremy Glinoga “Jeremy G”. Produced by Kiko Salazar “Kikx” and Jeremy Glinoga “Jeremy G”.
- Make It Exist. Performed by Ajaa. Composed by Angelo Calucin. Produced by Gabriel Tagadtad.
- Reason To Live. Performed by Khimo Gumatay. Composed by Stephen Tan. Produced by Raizo Chabeldin.
- Round ‘n Round. Performed by Vvink and Wrive member Russu Laurente. Composed by Julius James de Belen and John Michael Conchada. Produced by Bojam.
- Sobra-Sobra (transl. Too Much). Performed by Carmelle Collado. Composed by Nica del Rosario and Mat Olavides. Produced by Mat Olavides.
Earlier, Bhutanese singer-songwriter Nyendra will represent Bhutan in the Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026 for the nominated song Lhayi Semo (transl. The Angel). Malaysia will be the next selection country for the ESCA 2026 on August 15, 2026.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Voxovation, and the host broadcaster, BEC Channel 3 Thailand, organize the Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026. The contest’s grand final is scheduled for November 14, 2026, at the IdeaLive Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Rayu and Frances hail as the Sparkle Ultimate Campus Cuties of 2026; Star Magic All-Star Games 2026 voting; ASAP XP Pampanga
On August 9, 2026, Sparkle GMA Artist Center marked the grand finale of the second edition of Sparkle Campus Cutie, with Rayu Gravador of Far Eastern University and Frances Lacap of Enderun Colleges named as the Ultimate Campus Cuties of the competition, both of whom will receive a five-year management contract from the Kapuso network-backed talent agency.
Apart from their winnings as Ultimate Campus Cuties of the year, they also won first place in the Social Media Favorite award of Sparkle Campus Cuties 2. In contrast, Mateo Artadi (German European School Manila) and Euanne Preglo (Davao Merchant Marine Academy College of Southern Philippines) were named as the second placers of the same award.
Furthermore, the first runners-up of the Sparkle Campus Cutie 2 were Ronnie Pasamba of De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde and Abi Arnold of Angeles University Foundation. Similarly, Enzo Torrano of Mapua University Makati and Ysa Prats of Mapua Malayan Colleges Laguna were proclaimed as the second runners-up of the competition.
Other top 10 contenders from the competition include Rion Cheng (Bicol Merchant Marine College), Mhai Arekat (Frames of Mind School), Madoxx Miguel (St. Clare College of Caloocan), and Geanne Castro (Angeles University Foundation).
Additionally, the Sparkle Campus Cutie 2 Grand Final also named Ethan Bernares (University of St. La Salle – Bacolod) and Mary Francine Pamintuan (De La Salle University) as GMA Playlist Awardees, who will each receive a single. Frances and Ehan will also serve as the lead cast in an upcoming short film, Studio Who, as they also received the Studio Who Stars Awards. Rayu also received a TikTok Live Viewers’ Choice award in the competition.
Present in the grand finals were GMA Network’s Senior Vice President for Programming, Talent Management, Worldwide, and Support Group, and President of GMA Films, Atty. Annette Gozon-Valdes and First Vice President for Sparkle GMA Artist Center Joy C. Marcelo. Sparkle star and Miss Chinatown Philippines 2025 Yza Uy hosted the Sparkle Campus Cutie 2 Grand Finals.
Meanwhile, in less than ten days, the Star Magic All-Star Games 2026 will begin with a Junior Basketball tournament between Red Team and Blue Team, the Women’s Volleyball part between Lady Spikers Team and Lady Warriors Team, and the main court of the all-star sporting action with the Main Basketball Game between Star Magic and GMMTV Thailand.
With the All-Star Games 2026 will soon to take place on August 23, 2026, at the SM Arena Mall of Asia, ABS-CBN Studios and Star Magic recently announced on their social media pages that the voting lines for the All-Star Fancam Fave for each game, All-Star Fan Fave Duo, and All-Star Fan Fave Muse, are now open through the ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube channel via the voting live streaming page.
All participating players of each game and their muses in the Star Magic All-Star Games 2026 are up for voting, with the nominees for All-Star Fan Fave Duo including Francine Diaz and Seth Fedelin (FranSeth), JM Ibarra and Fyang Smith (JMFyang), Lella Ford and Joaquin Arce (LelQuin), and Argel Saycon and Jasmine Dudley-Scales (ArJas).
- Junior Basketball Nominees: Red Team – Seth Fedelin, Robbie Jaworski, BGYO Mikki Claver, Joaquin Arce, Fred Moser, Marc Santiago, Andrez del Rosario, Lance Lucido, Ice Almeria, Russu Laurente, and JP Cabrera; Blue Team – Diego Gutierrez, Iñigo Jose, Dylan Yturralde, Josh Worsley, Rave Victoria, Dustine Mayores, Jan Silva, Binsoy Namoca, Rocky Labayen, Marc Nanninga, and Wakin
- Women’s Volleyball Nominees: Lady Spikers – Analain Salvador, Lella Ford, Fyang Smith, Vivoree Esclito, Magui Ford, Janah Zaplan, Ai dela Cruz, Isabel Laohoo, and Sophie Reyes; Lady Warriors – Reign Parani, Rans Rifol, Gillian Vicencio, Jas Dudley-Scales, Rain Celmar, Kolette Madelo, and Leona Andalio
- Main Basketball Game: Star Magic – Gerald Anderson, Ronnie Alonte, Jeremiah Lisbo, Emilio Daez, River Joseph, Ashton Salvador, Argel Saycon, Elyson De Dios, JV Kapunan, Tristan Ramirez, and JM Ibarra (only Star Magic Shooting Stars players are nominated. Those who voted for GMMTV Thailand Team’s players are not valid.)
- All-Star Fan Fave Duo: Francine Diaz and Seth Fedelin (FranSeth), JM Ibarra and Fyang Smith (JMFyang), Lella Ford and Joaquin Arce (LelQuin), and Argel Saycon and Jasmine Dudley-Scales (ArJas)
- All-Star Fan Fave Muse: Jane de Leon, Francine Diaz, and Eliza Borromeo
To vote for the Star Magic All-Star Games 2026’s All-Star Fan Faves, visit the ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube channel, access the Voting Live Streaming page, click the “$” symbol in the live chat then select “Super Chat”, select the amount (min. PHP 50.00 or equivalent currency, PHP 1.00 per vote) for the Super Chat, type in the artist (with category) or pair to vote for, and confirm the payment.
The voting lines are open from August 13, 2026 (12:00) to August 22, 2026 (23:59). You can vote as much as you want (unlimited voting). You can use your debit/credit card to pay for a Super Chat on any device, or any of the available payment methods for mobile users in the Philippines: GCash, Maya, ShopeePay, and PayPal. Available payment methods may vary per country. Taxes and charges may apply.
The Star Magic All-Star Games 2026 will take place at the SM Arena Mall of Asia on August 23, 2026, at 13:00. Tickets are currently available for purchase via SM Tickets outlets nationwide, its website, and the landline number +63 2 8-470-2222 (standard call rates from mobiles and landlines may apply).
Viewers may also watch the Star Magic All-Star Games 2026 through the ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube membership (monthly payment) or via iWant Tickets (one-time payment), priced locally at PHP 79.00 (or equivalent currency for Kapamilyas abroad).
Furthermore, ABS-CBN Studios recently announced that ASAP XP will have a Pampanga stop on September 13, 2026, at 12:00 (Show 1) and 19:00 (Show 2), taking place at the Lapid Arena, Angeles City, Pampanga, with tickets also available for purchase via SM Tickets, the same ticketing partner as the Star Magic All-Star Games.
ASAP XP in Pampanga features a star-studded cast of performers, including Erik Santos, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Gary Valenciano, Lani Misalucha, Robi Domingo, Darren Espanto, Moira dela Torre, Maymay Entrata, Jason Dy, Jona, JM dela Cerna, Marielle Montellano, Katrina Velarde, Khimo Gumatay, Lyka Estrella, BGYO, DNA (Mitra Sisters), Baby Dolls, The Juans, Kai Montinola, Elha Nympha, Alexa Ilacad, Carmelle Collado, Esang de Torres, River Joseph, Brent Manalo, Jarren Garcia, Ralph de Leon, Gelo Rivera, JM Ibarra, Fyang Smith, Seth Fedelin, Francine Diaz, Jameson Blake, Bianca de Vera, Jane de Leon, AC Bonifacio, Ken San Jose, Gela Atayde, Jeremy Glinoga, and G-Force.
Earlier, ASAP XP held its Sydney (Australia) tour on July 25, 2026, and has since aired it via Kapamilya Channel, ALLTV2, A2Z, and Kapamilya Online Live every Sunday at 17:30 since August 2, 2026.
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