IBC-13 turning 54th birthday party

March 1, 2014

'(From left) IBC's Born to be a Superstar's Anja Aguilar, Maya Loves Sir Chief's Jodi Sta. Maria, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'s Drew Arellano and Maghihintay Sa'yo's Cristine Reyes are some of the stars who will bolster the station's challenging of competing against the two local network giants.'

Look good and feel good, and definitely more exciting!

Thosewords perfectly capture that IBC-13 which is celebrated on its 54th anniversary birthday party indicating the network's desire reinvent itself and garner abigger share of the Asian market.

Two days after the grand presslaunch held last Thursday, February 27, at the C3 Events Place in Greenhills, SanJuan, IBC-13 now on its 54th birthday and introduced its top-rating shows and new shows from IBC-13 via a television special titled Ito'ng Bagong Channel 13. The boobtube spectacle was taped at the SMX Convention Center of the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City and was aired earlier today, March 1, at exactly 6 p.m. after the PBA games. (DMZ-TV and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire resumbed on March 8 next week).

Hosting the event were Drew Arellano of IBC-13's top-rating game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Anja Aguilar of IBC and Viva-produced reality singing search show Born to be a Superstar. The young and dynamic team of IBC-13, Board of Directors and their executives, led by head honcho Eric Canoy as chairman and Boots Anson-Roa as president and CEO, were all present to partake in the celebration.

The official station jingle, Ito'ng Bagong Channel 13, was composed by Marcus Davis and performed by Anja Aguilar.

The trade launch, more importantly, gave IBC-13 the opportunity to present its current roster of programs—the fantasy series Janella in Wonderland, Only Me and You, Maghihintay Sa'yo, Joey & Teysi, Hell's Kitchen, APO Tanghali Na!, Anna Luna, Gaya ng Dati, the return of drama anthology Love Notes, Sandy's Romance, TODAS Kids, Friends 4Ever, T.O.D.A.S., Born to be a Superstar, DMZ-TV, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Maya Loves Sir Chief, CelebrityDATCom, The Million Second Quiz, Dingdong n' Lani, Pilipinas, Gising Ka Na Ba?, Express Balita, News Team 13, Linawin Natin, Good Take, Forum ni Randy, Kakampi Mo Ang Batas and Bitag, the well-loved children's programs Y2K: Yes to Kids and KapinoyLand, and sports programs like NBA, PBA and ONE FC.

TV5 also proudly announced its own Sunday noontime variety program titled, P.O.5, topbilled by Lucy Torres-Gomez, Ryan Agoncillo, John Estrada, JC de Vera, and Alex Gonzaga.