{"id":60370,"date":"2023-12-15T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T23:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=60370"},"modified":"2023-12-14T13:07:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T05:07:05","slug":"manila-broadcasting-company-amps-up-digital-transformation-with-pldt-enterprise-and-epldt-cloud-based-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2023\/12\/15\/manila-broadcasting-company-amps-up-digital-transformation-with-pldt-enterprise-and-epldt-cloud-based-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Manila Broadcasting Company amps up digital transformation with PLDT Enterprise and ePLDT cloud-based solution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Manila Broadcasting Company, or MBC, the listed broadcast network behind popular radio stations\u00a0DzRH, Yes FM, and Love Radio, is transforming itself into a one-stop multimedia partner by maximizing Google Workspace (GWS) with the help of PLDT Enterprise, the\u00a0corporate business arm of PLDT, the country\u2019s largest integrated telecommunications group, and PLDT\u2019s ICT subsidiary,\u00a0ePLDT. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a time when radio audiences are transitioning to the digital realm and content delivery can be personalized,&nbsp;leveraging&nbsp;the power of GWS is part of MBC\u2019s ongoing transformation of going beyond radio to become a content-based company.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PLDT Enterprise, through&nbsp;ePLDT, which is a Premier Google Workspace Partner,&nbsp;recently deployed GWS to allow MBC to&nbsp;benefit&nbsp;from the software\u2019s&nbsp;suite&nbsp;of secure and uniform productivity and collaboration tools.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe media business has been changing. A lot of audiences now are in the digital space, so we&nbsp;have to&nbsp;transform and become a platform that embraces&nbsp;new technology&nbsp;to reach this market segment. We are confident that with this partnership with PLDT Enterprise and&nbsp;ePLDT, our digital transformation will be seamless and collaboration among our teams will be more efficient and effective,\u201d said&nbsp;Ruperto&nbsp;Nicdao, President of Manila Broadcasting Company.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nicdao&nbsp;said that MBC has&nbsp;established&nbsp;a Digital Media Department intended to support their existing business platform and create more content that is not solely related to their current business. \u201cContent is where the audience is,\u201d he added. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ePLDT&nbsp;is confident it could steward and effectively&nbsp;assist&nbsp;MBC in&nbsp;its journey to become&nbsp;a content-based company.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cePLDT&nbsp;undertakes this collaborative journey with MBC to guide them in their digital transformation as they veer towards creating more relevant content for their audience,\u201d said Victor S.&nbsp;Genuino, President and CEO at&nbsp;ePLDT.\u202f&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sasha Elizalde-Del Rosario, Manila Broadcasting Company AVP &amp; Head of Digital Marketing, said the broadcast company is excited to move into a digital business. It was with the same innovative mindset and heart for service that cemented their legacy as the nation\u2019s go-to source for news, information, and entertainment. \u201cThis is the future.We need to keep reaching out and speaking to our audiences,\u201d she added.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MBC, the 75-year-old radio broadcast network majority owned by the Elizalde Group, was already provisioned by PLDT Enterprise with a variety of services including Premium Internet, Sip Trunk, Postpaid, and&nbsp;SmartBro&nbsp;lines to support them in their digital transformation journey. With&nbsp;GWS, MBC will be equipped with resources such as Gmail for business, Calendar, Meet, Chat, Drive, and Docs for further improving coordination within their business and enhanced productivity.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MBC&nbsp;aims to utilize all&nbsp;available technology in the process of&nbsp;digitalizing its business.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt PLDT Enterprise, our commitment to our partners transcends&nbsp;to more than&nbsp;technology provision. We stand as the digital transformation ally for organizations like MBC, understanding the complexity of their industry and aiding them in realizing their business aspirations,\u201d said Mitch&nbsp;L.&nbsp;Locsin, First Vice President and Head of Enterprise and International Business Groups at PLDT and Smart. \u201cThrough the adoption of these digital solutions within MBC&#8217;s business units, we are supporting them fulfill their vision of cultivating an enhanced working environment that will further drive their business to success.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Albert&nbsp;Villa-Real, PLDT Global President and CEO and&nbsp;PLDT&nbsp;Enterprise&nbsp;Revenue&nbsp;Group Head, reaffirms this commitment to go &#8216;Further,&nbsp;Together&#8217; with their partners, advancing together toward shared success through its suite of solutions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is part of our company mission to cultivate innovation, creativity, excellence, and leadership. Through this partnership, we acknowledge&nbsp;that our future competitiveness depends on the continuous development of our existing businesses as well as venturing boldly into emerging industries,\u201d&nbsp;Nicdao&nbsp;said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He expects MBC&nbsp;to grow even bigger in the next 25 years, with the help of the PLDT Group,&nbsp;to realize its&nbsp;corporate vision \u201cto continuously be the leader in the media industry&nbsp;in providing global audiences with relevant content and advertisers with cost-effective ways to reach target audiences.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more&nbsp;information&nbsp;on&nbsp;ePLDT\u2019s&nbsp;multi-cloud solutions, visit&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.epldt.com\/\">www.epldt.com<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a time when radio audiences are transitioning to the digital realm and content delivery can be personalized,\u00a0leveraging\u00a0the power of GWS is part of MBC\u2019s ongoing transformation of going beyond radio to become a content-based company.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":60376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[379,343,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-60370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-pldt","tag-smart-communications","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}