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Flippish.com launch party

Photography: Daniel Tan

Updated: 07/13/2009

Flippish.com—the first Pinoy online video channel—was launched at a party last July 2 at the Fiama bar in Makati. The launching heralded a new age in Philippine entertainment, when TV shows need not be time-constrained and ad-ridden.

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Flippish is a play on the word 'Filipino'. The online video channel features original broadcast-quality videos that range from drama, fashion, comedy, reality to experimental programs.

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The artists of Wee Will Doodle draw the impressive Flippish mural.

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Former Go Negosyo Bigtime hosts Eco Dela Sala (left) and Roxanne Barcelo interview TV producer Ton Gatmaitan for the live feed of the Flippish.com launch.

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Former Go Negosyo Bigtime host Eco Dela Sala with Flippish big boss Chris Tan. Chris said he conceptualized Flippish when he was frustrated by the lack of Pinoy videos to watch on the Internet.

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Actress Roxanne Barcelo agreed to host the Flippish launch because Ideal Minds, an affiliate of the online video channel, chose her in the past to host Go Negosyo Bigtime in QTV 11.

FHM magazine and StyleBible.ph were the event's media partners.

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(From left) The Flippish video producers (ViPs) Chrina Cuna, Jav Velasco, Kring Elenzano, Dos Ocampo and Roman Carlo Olivarez.

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Flippish ViP Kring Elenzano is known online for her blog FunnySexy. She produces the Flippish shows Test Tube, Corny, and Direk.

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Flippish launch host Roxanne Barcelo interviews Flippish ViP Jav Velasco. The graduate of De La Salle College of Saint-Benilde produced the Direk campaign ad and the Flippish launch show.

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Flippish ViP Dos Ocampo (left), a graduate of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, produces the Flippish shows Project Halo and Weekend Warriors.

ViP Roman Carlo Olivares (right) produces the show LSS that features up-and-coming indie bands.The ViP is better known for directing the independent film UPCAT, a finalist to the 2008 Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival.

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Flippish ViP Chrina Cuna (left) meets photographer Daniel Tan. Chrina, Flippish's resident fashion and beauty expert, hosts the shows FlipFlash and Girl Next Door.

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The hosts of the new Flippish travel show Weekend Warriors—(from left) Ton Gatmaitan, Al Galang, Chris Tan and Jinno Rufino—raffle off gift bags from Stoked Inc. during the Flippish launch.

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The cast of the new Flippish show BrainFreeze—(from left) Mikey Llorin, Juan Tarobal, Argel Salvador, Peter Mutuc and Ash Estino—sends the audience laughing.

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Up-and-coming band Indios, composed of guitarist PJ Corpus (left) and vocalist Victor Asuncion, played their signature song "Anything" for the fans of Flippish. The band was previously featured in the online show LSS.

Absent at the event were the other band members Edison Rugayan and Borg Asuncion.

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