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Sunday, August 23, 2015

Bundesliga 2015/2016 Season: Live and Exclusive on FOX Sports Every Weekend

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We are encouraging our readers to watch the Bundesliga 2015/2016 season, live and exclusive on FOX Sports every weekend!

At a launch held at the Vyne located at the W Global Building in Bonifacio Global City last August 18, 2015, FOX Sports has announced their new offering for the many sports fans out there.

Last August 15, FOX Sports Philippines started its live and exclusive coverage of the Bundesliga and will be providing 5 to 6 live matches every week, with ancillary programming comprised of highlights, replays, magazine shows and a dedicated studio team to bring you all the LIVE action from their studios in Singapore.

The Bundesliga games, the primary competition series of the German Football League, boasts of having the highest in-arena attendance with an average per-game headcount of roughly 45,000 spectators per match to provide an electric atmosphere for German football fans. Having the highest average goals scored per match, the level of excitement of each Bundesliga game is unparalleled by its other European football counterparts.

The Bundesliga currently features 18 clubs, and each club plays against the other 17 clubs twice (Home & Away), with a total of 306 matches per season. The honor of being the first hailed champions back in 1903 went to the VfB Leipzig, and the current champions FC Bayern Munchen holds the most titles with 25, including the 2014/2015 season.

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A couple of months after the YouTube Fan Fest held in Manila, a small group of individuals in the Philippines decided to organize a group for YouTube Creators to interact and meet fellow YouTube Filipino Creators. Creator is a term used to describe YouTube user who creates videos and upload them on YouTube. While YouTube Fans, as the name it implies, are the ones who uses YouTube to appreciate (or not) its content.

Despite the thunderstorms and strong winds of the Typhoon Goni (Ineng) last Friday 21 August 2015, the YouTube group of video creators celebrated the holiday by having their general meet up at the Starbucks Trinoma Mall, Quezon City.

The activity started on time at 3 in the afternoon. Participants were initially asked to tell something about themselves and what their channel is all about. Mainly bloggers, vloggers and music cover artists attended the event. Some were part of networks like ABS-CBN’s multi-channel network Chicken Pork Adobo, TMG Philippines and Viva Entertainment. It was a good time to interact as members learn from each other and others networks. Some decided to trade contact numbers for a scheduled video collaboration and cross promotions.

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A two-hour play seems still too short for me. If I wanted to get the most out of a story especially if it's a theater version of a popular novel, I would want more content and substance as value for my money. It really is quite difficult for the storyteller to be able to put all the ideas into just a few hours.

But wait! What is this I heard about short plays compressed into 10 minutes? Now that is mind-boggling!

A festival of ten-minute plays called Short+Sweet Manila 2015 will soon be showcasing the works of many of our talented short film makers. But if you are among the many film making enthusiasts who wants to go pro, the same event will also be offering Master Classes this September to be held at the Samsung Hall in SM Aura. The master classes will be presented by both local and foreign experts with many topics related to film making.

Dr. Joem Antonio, Storywriting School founder and course creator, will be among them to share his knowledge and experience in storywriting. His play, "Death in Ten Minutes," garnered several awards in last year's festival and now he's ready to give back to the theater community. His class will be on September 6, 2015, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The fee is surprisingly very affordable at only P500. To enroll, you may email divya@shortandsweet.org.

He was recently interviewed by a TV station to personally find out more about what he'll be teaching. Below is the transcript of his interview.