Coming Soon: Syrena, Plus Other IBC 13 Updates

February 27, 2016

Liza Soberano as 'Syrerna'; slated to launch this March 7.

Last January 2014, IBC-13 decided to move the PBA games on Saturday and Sunday primetime, will be given away vy airing the primetime fantasy series about the mermaid Janella in Wonderland. This March, the Kapinoy network is set to introduced another mermaid-based fantasy series as a follow-up.

Enter Syrena, a fantasy series starring Liza Soberano as the title role Syrena, with Diego Loyzaga, Maricar Reyes, Richard Quan, Tom Taus, Virginia Pozon and Angel Aquino as the mermaid queen Elisa. This will be Soberano's third weeknight primetime series after Janella: A Teen Princess and Before I Fall in Love. Soberano and Loyzaga are the fourth project of the network after the teen drama Friends 4Ever, Janella: A Teen Princess and Before I Fall in Love. The fantasy series debuts this March 7.

It has been said that IBC-13 can be relevant today is already established norms in television viewership. So far, it has paid off despite committing several missteps. And with more programs coming in the succeeding weeks, expect IBC-13 to expand its effort in bringing a kind of programming to more knowledgeable viewers