Television in the Philippines became the first national Philippine television network to broadcast in high-definition on cable. In 2018, GMA Network also launched its own digital set-top box service under the generic name "digibox". Television in the Philippines Television in the Philippines was introduced in 1953. But even before that, during the late 1940s, a number of academic experiments had been done and replicated by Filipino engineers and students. From 1975 to 1978, the Sinag Awards were given by the Philippine Academy for Television Arts and Sciences (PATAS). On the other hand, the Star Awards for Television is the oldest existing television awards in
60th Academy Awards for the 60th Academy Awards were announced on February 16, 1988, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Robert Wise, president of the Academy, and actress Shirley MacLaine. "The Last Emperor" received the most nominations with nine total; "Broadcast News" came in second with seven. The winners were announced at the awards ceremony on April 11, 1988. "The Last Emperor" became the second film after 1958's "Gigi" to earn nine Oscar nominations and win all of them. For the first time in Oscar history, all five Best Director nominees were born