Watch First Barkada Choice Award- Winners- Video

Studio 23's 1st ever Barkada Choice Awards was held on April 7, 2011, at the C3 Events Place in Greenhills. Here's the complete list of the winners:

Choice Male Icon of the Year - Gerald Anderson
Choice Female Icon of the Year - Kim Chiu
Choice Actor of the Year - Enchong Dee (MMK: Parol)
Choice Actress of the Year - Kim Chiu (Till My Heartaches End)
Choice OPM Artist of the Year - Sarah Geronimo
Choice Breakthrough Artist of 2010 - Enchong Dee
Choice Tweet Idol - Anne Curtis (@annecurtissmith)
Choice Kabarkada - Robi Domingo
Choice Hollywood Star of the Year - Angelina Jolie
Choice Asian Pop Band of the Year - SS501
Choice Music Artist of the Year - Justin Bieber
Choice Teen Icon - David Archuleta
Choice Sports Celebrity of the Year - Azkals
Choice Loveteam - Zanessa (Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens)

The 1st Barkada Choice Awards were presented by Studio 23's The Wrap to mark their first anniversary celebration. The telecast of the awarding ceremony will be this coming April 18 and 19 on Studio 23.

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Two networks vying for coverage rights in PBA's 37th season

Two networks have expressed interest for the coverage rights of the Philippine Basketball Association’s 37th season.

Studio 23, a UHF channel of ABS-CBN, and TV 5, a station majority owned by businessman/sportsman Manny V. Pangilinan, are the two networks being eyed to cover Asia’s pioneering professional league. Anyone of them could take over the PBA’s coverage rights from Solar Entertainment, whose contract expires in August.

This was disclosed by PBA commissioner Atty. Chito Salud to GMA News in a telephone interview.

“The deadline for those making a bid for the coverage rights have ended last Friday and we met them on Monday to discuss to them the terms of reference," said Salud. Read More...