Involved in the marathon broadcast are the partners: Philippine Star, Business World, Business Mirror, Globe, Bayantel, STI, Pulse Asia, Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), Institute for Popular Democracy (IPD) and COMELEC-the government institution that manages the Philippine national elections.
ABS-CBN will gather reports from 50 live points nationwide and worldwide--among them the COMELEC offices and other places related to Election Day in Mega Manila, scores of major national cities like Baguio, Cebu and Davao-plus dozens of election hot spots (those towns and cities where Election Day is a violent or bloody red day), and the international keypoints like Sydney, Singapore, China's Hong Kong, Dubai, Milan and San Francisco. And 500 technical staff will be involved in this great undertaking. Moreover, ABS-CBN's best and brightest news people and TV personalities will be anchoring the marathon Election Day broadcast. Plus, more than 14,000 volunteers will help ABS-CBN in the various operations in entire broadcast.
Starting 4:00am (Manila Time) on May 14, Halalan 2007 will be broadcast on a marathon basis on ABS-CBN Manila TV, ABS-CBN Regional TV, ABS-CBN Now, ABS-CBN International (The Filipino Channel and other global ABS-CBN channels), and the ABS-CBN News Channel. About 80 ABS-CBN TV channels nationwide (including Channel 2-the network's flagship Manila TV station and the 70+ ABS-CBN Regional TV Stations and Affiliates) will beam the coverage to make sure everyone will tune in to keep guard of their votes, and of course be informed and entertained on the events of Election Day. Halalan 2007 can be also seen on Channel 51, ABS-CBN's new digital channel in Mega Manila. One can check for the ABS-CBN TV channel/affiliate in his/her locality by clicking here.
Special broadcasts of Halalan 2007 will be on other media channels under ABS-CBN like Studio 23 (ABS-CBN's Manila-based UHF TV station), its nationwide Radio Patrol network (DZMM-AM 630 KHZ in Manila, DYAB-AM in Cebu, DXAB-AM in Davao and other AM radio stations and affiliates nationwide) and its nationwide My Only Radio For Life network (DWRR 101.9 MHZ in Manila and other FM radio stations nationwide). One can click here to check if he/she is tuned in to an ABS-CBN radio station/affiliate. On Election Day, the comprehensive ABS-CBN's Halalan 2007 Website will improve to answer the election-related information needs of the visitors-voters and will run as smoothly as possible to give information to almost everyone on the Internet.
Also, ABS-CBN expects the global Filipino community to text any election-related event in their area (a campaign promise not kept/a problem not given a solution by an official elected in the past poll/a case of election fraud or irregularity/a well-done job of an official elected in the past poll/a good election-related event before, during or after Election Day via Boto Mo I-Patrol Mo. Here are the mechanics:
- Anyone can join-he/she can use his/her cellphone (MMS-capable/3G-capable/just a simple cellphone) to send information to Boto Mo I-Patrol Mo hotline 2366, ABS-CBN's short messaging system center. Those with cellphones can text the reports in the following format IREPORT<space><YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, YOUR CONTACT NUMBER, YOUR REPORT> (with the picture/video/sound accompaniment-for the MMS/3G phones) to 2366. (available for all cellphone networks in the Philippines).
- For those with Internet-connected computers, they can e-mail reports with the accompanied pictures/sounds/videos (or even the links of those) to ireport@abs-cbn.com - a new special multimedia e-mail for Halalan 2007.
- For people with only a telephone, they can call up ABS-CBN Manila: (02 for regional callers/632 for international callers + 9244101). They can also try to call the nearest ABS-CBN station/affiliate in the Philippines or TFC center anywhere in the world.
With this new update, I say Deal!
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