{"id":54259,"date":"2015-07-04T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T06:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=54259"},"modified":"2015-07-04T14:26:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-04T06:26:00","slug":"abs-cbn-shuts-down-pbb-live-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/04\/abs-cbn-shuts-down-pbb-live-streaming\/","title":{"rendered":"ABS-CBN shuts down PBB live streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PBB-bromance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-54260\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PBB-bromance-247x300.png\" alt=\"PBB-bromance\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PBB-bromance-247x300.png 247w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PBB-bromance.png 530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The ABS-CBN Cop. decided to shut down the livestreaming of the reality program, &#8220;Pinoy Big Brother 737&#8243; (PBB).<\/p>\n<p>This is amid rumors of blooming romance between two male housemates.<\/p>\n<p>ABS-CBN corporate communications head Kane Errol Choa said in\u00a0a press statement on Friday that the network denounced social media posts linking\u00a018-year-old Karlo Lorenzo \u201cKenzo\u201d Gutierrez and 12-year-old Bailey Thomas May.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the viral photos of the housemates showing them hugging and holding hands\u00a0\u201cput the housemates in a bad light.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese posts are made by irresponsible netizens who maliciously take screenshots from the program\u2019s livestream and weave a narrative that is not only far from truth, but also attempts to put the housemates in a bad light,\u201d Choa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey mislead the public by manipulating the images to put malice to otherwise innocent acts,&#8221; he said.\u00a0\u201cABS-CBN vehemently condemns these irresponsible social media posts that malign the reputation of the housemates \u2026 We will not allow them to be subjected to cyberbullying.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Because of this, Choa said the network has decided to cancel its 24\/7 free livestreaming of PBB on cable television and online starting Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appeal to the public to stop perpetuating abuse and use social media responsibly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The ABS-CBN Cop. decided to shut down the livestreaming of the reality program, &#8220;Pinoy Big Brother 737&#8243; (PBB). &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":54260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment-ph","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}