Anak TV Information

ANAKTV is chiefly an advocacy organization that promotes television literacy and pushes the agenda for child-sensitive, family-friendly television in the Philippines. It does so by staging forums, symposia and consultative meetings in village halls, schools, parishes, government centers, churches and many other unorthodox places like inter-island vessels and basketball gyms. The main targets are parents who grew up with meager media education and who suddenly found themselves unprepared and confronted with a lot of communication technology and beguiled by massive doses of entertainment television. It is also the parent and education sectors, besides the church and NGO groups, that lead the militant crowd in castigating television stations for the programs dished out and which are in turn patronized, sometimes mindlessly, by children. The foundation relies on the goodwill of some like-minded corporate partners. It steers clear of politics, commercial, charity and religious activities and aims to be a strategic partner of education and child welfare programs. Messages about the advocacy are circulated through print and broadcast media as well as through the internet. In addition to forums and jury screenings, ANAKTV stages video bars and discussions for children, a national video contest for kids, occasional monitoring programs and researches, polls and surveys, youth programs and exchanges as well as on-the-job training activities. it sustains a small active army of youth volunteers poised to enter the broadcasting industry. By 2015, the most constant partners of ANAK TV include Columbia's, Soka Gakkai and KBP. The now iconic Anak TV seal adorns several television programs that proudly display the seal of approval from the public attesting to their child-sensitivity.