I'm not a fan of NY as a pair but I'm a fan of the network and I'm happy that GMA has been diverse with their Asian drama acquisitions. Even before, Thai movies dubbed in Filipino are kinda awkward in ears unlike Kdramas/Kmovies. Maybe because of how animated sometimes the Koreans act or maybe because SoKor entertainment content dubbed in Filipino has been in the Philippines for 15 years and lakorns are just new comers.
The dubbing technique has been used by the other 2 previous lakorns that aired on the network and it has been successful. It was just unfortunate that the previous Kdrama that SWITCH had replaced in the timeslot was not doing well and SWITCH premiered in the middle of the week.
The fan who made the MTV is my Facebook friend and he usually does that to whatever drama that will air because he's also an admin to a fan page of the channel.
Lastly, if you watched Mario and Baifern's movie dubbed in Filipino and was aired in ABS-CBN, you will say that dubbing was not that good. Mario and Baifern rose to fame because their movie was a hit online and that's when ABS-CBN took notice of it and exploited it.
As for the timeslot, that's the precious timeslot for the acquired Asian dramas. Same as the rival channel, ABS. If you will take a look at the rival show of SWITCH, you can say that it will be a very hard battle for the lakorn cause the counterpart is a good Kdrama (What's Wrong With Secretary Kim).
Leh Lub's editing was not good in the first place. The OST's was not changed. They still used all the background songs unlike previous Kdrama acquisitions in which they inserted a local OST.
You can't just compare how lakorns are being treated vs. the first year of fame of Mario in the Philippines. Their movie was phenomenal online. Even if you will not show it on TV, Mario will still be hot.
That's just my take tho. I want SWITCH also to perform good just like You're My Destiny and Princess Hours cause I want more lakorns to be shown here.
Again, I am more of NY fan or a believer on the 2 as a couple J rather than a specific TV network here in the Philippines. That’s why I am concern about SWITCH’s rating and popularity, the 3rd episode did not trend again on the TOP 10 last night L. I am still hoping and praying it will trend and improve in the coming days.
YouTube subscribers alone can say something about the network since one can see Switch’s TV show snippets from there. Everyone knows you tube is the way to go nowadays.
- GMA network where SWITCH is being shown has 6.76M subscribers only.
- Rival network ABS CBN has 12.94M subscribers i.e. more than double of what GMA has, so if SWITCH was shown there it can be seen by more people.
o Again, just maybe : that is why Mario Maurer is very famous in the Philippines his shows were seen on ABS CBN.
- Channel 3 Thailand has 12.35M subscriber almost similar to ABS CBN
- In all aspects of Social Media flat forms ABS CBN is leading over GMA that is why more of my friends wished that ABS CBN should have gotten NY.
- Ratings is relative since both are claiming they are NO. 1 using 2 different rating system. BUT YOU TUBE are real accounts of people subscribing to the network.
- But as a true fan of NY – I will support them especially SWITCH and hoping that more people will watch it even if the network has lesser digital subscriber.