'Magic Wonderland' Premieres April 6 on PTV-4

April 5, 2015

PTV-4 IS better known as the government channel airing news and public affairs shows. Now, they’re airing a Koreanovela, Monday to Friday at 5:30 PM, “Here Comes Mr. Oh”, in cooperation with KEI (Korean Entertainment Inc.) KEI execs Joo Shik Min and Song Hwa Kung came to Manila to explain to the press that they’re coordinating with PTV-4 for an exchange of their shows. PTV-4 exec Robert Tan says it’s part of their re-imagining of their station.

This summer, PTV-4 will air the Chinese animated fantaseyre Magic Wonderland premieres April 6, from Monday to Friday at 5:30 to 6 p.m., as the pre-programming the network's national newscast News@6, moving the top-rated Koreanovela Here Comes Mr. Oh on its new primetime slot at 9 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.

Magic Wonderland, the 2008 Accolade TV Award winning action adventure targeting kids aged 5-12 year olds, is created by Zhejiang Zhongnan Group Animation Video Co., Ltd (ZN Animation).

Dubbed in Filipino, the 3D-animation series, it tells the story of Ocean, a beautiful girl who lives on a sun-kissed island with her grandfather and battles an evil wizard and his ship-full of good-for-nothing pirates.

"The story of Magic Wonderland is the timeless and heartwarming. It has not only captured viewers in China but it has also found audiences around the world from America to Africa. I am very proud that a global player in children's television such as PTV-4 (Telebisyon ng Bayan) has picked up our series to telecast into the Southeast Asia and here in the Philippines, so that the kids in this region will be thrilled and enchanted by this wonderful tale."

Since PTV-4 is better known as the government station airing news and public affairs programs, educational programs for your own telecourse (Chemistry in Action, Science Made Easy, Physics in Everyday Life, Fun With Math and CONSTEL English), the Cartoon Network block and the basketball games for FBA and PBA D-League,as  the People's Television Network stays in ownership of the National Government.

Now is the first time, according to data from Kantar Media paying attention to the two giants, PTV-4 becoming the most viewed programs such as the Chinese animated fanaserye Magic Wonderland, the nation's primetime sports newscast PTV Sports, the Korean drama Here Comes Mr. Oh, the Philippine Lotto Draw and the PBA D-League games became more popular gaining to the ratings race because of good viewership.