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The discovery of Alibata or Baybayin,whose form was similar to image-based types of characters of our Asian neighbors. Closest to having a broadcast system of information dissemination in ancient time was traced to the "Umalohokan" or the town criers.
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Ancient colonizers brought books, magazines, and newspapers to the Philippines.
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During the colonial Spanish period, telegraph and telephone system in the Philippines was introduced.
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The very first newspaper in the country.'Del Superior Govierno' was established.
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La Solidaridad, the most nationalistic newspaper was established.
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The first telephone system in the country began its operations.
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A Spanish soldier named Carlo Naquera had made effort on bringing Lumiere brothers' cinematographe film camera and projector in the Philippines.
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The very first filipino-produced film, 'Dalagang Bukid' by Jose Nepomuceno, He earned the title "Father of Philippine Cinema"
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Early radio broadcast experiments began
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As the Americans arrived, they introduced paintings, films, and literary stories.
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James Lindenberg established Bolinao Electronics Corporation
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Channel 3 aired the very first television broadcast in the Philippines
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The president Ferdinand Marcos, suppressed the freedom of media caused by the imposition of Martial Law.
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After the EDSA Revolution, the Philippine Film Industry became free again.
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ABS-CBN started their own film production company, Star Cinema.
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On the early 1990s, email communications was also introduced in several sectors, primarily within multinational companies operating in the country like IBM, Motorola, and Texas Instruments
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The Philippines officially connected to the Internet on March 1994 through the effort of PHNET or Philippine Network Foundation, a consortium of various academic institutions, private companies, and government agencies.
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On August 1994, the first commercial Internet service provider was launched by Mosaic Communications or MosCom, making it possible for Filipinos to go online.
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In 2011, the Philippines was named as the "social media capital of the world" as 93.9% of the population area are heavy Facebook users. The Philippines is also in the top 10 countries that use Twitter the most.
