THE country’s top broadband company, PLDT myDSL, in its continuing tradition of introducing excellent innovations to its clientele, aims to enrich and enliven DSL experience with the launch of WatchPad, a new value-added service offered free to all PLDT myDSL subscribers.

WatchPad, PLDT myDSL’s latest innovation, is an exciting new service that allows PLDT myDSL subscribers to watch their favorite television channels for free and in real time over the internet.

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Guaranteed to redefine the overall broadband service in the country by enriching the DSL experience, Watchpad has secured the partnership of at least 13 channels – MTV, CNN, GMA, Pinoy Box Office (PBO), CNBC, Animax, National Geographic, Cartoon Network, Crime Scene Investigation, History Channel, The Biography Channel, Go, and E! — to be viewed online.

Unique features

These channels are featured on top of PLDT myDSL’s exclusive Watchpad channel called MyView where people can get the latest in celebrity news, fitness and fashion tips, and even the hottest indie music online.

Another unique feature, myFlicks allows the subscriber to watch award-winning movies by Cannes Film Festival awardee, Brillante Mendoza and Cebu’s own, Ruel Antipuesto. Watch it when you want it.

Another first from PLDT, the myDSL Watchpad has made sure there is something to cater to the different members of the family.

Most recently, Watchpad has streamed the Viloria-Iribe match straight from the US and made Filipinos at home witness the glory of the Filipino boxing champ. The prestigious and the country’s biggest Professional Drifting Championship, showcased by Japanese champ Nob Taniguchi, was streamed live as well.

The competition also featured local champs Alex Perez, Gio Rodriguez, and celebrity enthusiasts Gabby dela Merced and Ryan Agoncillo, among others.

The young and young-at-heart will also enjoy the privilege of the channel’s integrated chat feature where one can do simultaneous tasks while tuned in on Watchpad.

Those who want to shadow friends and relatives through Twitter or upload their latest pictures on their Facebook account can multi-task by watching the worldwide premier of, say, Justin Timberlake’s latest video on MTV, too.

With partner group Mediascape as content provider, PLDT myDSL delivers the TV shows on reliable PLDT landlines. PLDT myDSL subscribers can avail themselves of this value added service and can get their unique username and password by logging on to www.pldtwatchpad.com, absolutely free.

Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on October 23, 2009.