ABS-CBN Worldwide Celebration of the New Millennium (partially found Filipino millennium new year countdown; 1999)

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Status: Partially Found

The ABS-CBN Worldwide Celebration of the New Millennium is a Filipino television special by ABS-CBN that broadcast the countdown to the millennium 2000. Being localized with millennium footage from Luneta, Quezon Memorial Circle, The Fort, and provinces throughout the archipelago. Officially partnered with Millennium Live, but after it was cancelled, ABS-CBN ventured into local programming.^[1] ABS-CBN also partnered with Studio 23's millennium special (titled Studio 23 Humanity Broadcast) along with CNN, Reuters, and other TV networks in the world.^[2]

Info

The live coverage began at 8 pm and said to be 24 hours. Balitang K was aired at 5 pm with it the "last sunset of the millennium" was broadcasted. TV Patrol Special Edition has then aired afterwards with Noli De Castro anchoring it. Updates on millennium preparations anchored by Dong Puno and Korina Sanchez.^[3]

The live coverage consists of footage from Luneta, The Fort, and Quezon Memorial Circle. It is also known that millennium footage and news from other provinces of the archipelago were aired (one of which is Expo Filipino on Clark, Pampanga), with additional news on other countries.

There is a millennium message from then-president Joseph Estrada, a minute of prayer by kids, Philippines' first millennium sunrise on Pusan Point in Davao, Thanksgiving mass, and Magandang Tanghali, Bayan coverage of the millennium that is said to have aired the millennium countdown on Times Square, New York and with hourly updates until afternoon.

At 11 pm of December 31, the new logo and station ID of ABS-CBN was unveiled with a montage of the station's history.^[4]

Availability

The promo was found by Diego Keyser on December 2020^[5] while several footages of the special exist on the internet. The short station ID was uploaded by PinoyJournalist in 2016,^[6] while the full logo reveals was uploaded by Jojo Bailon in April 2020. On February 24, 2023, Cooky Chua uploaded a 4-minute snippet of the coverage. ^[7] The entire logo reveal with introduction from Princess Punzelan was found by 𝙅𝘼𝘾𝙊𝘽𝙎𝙃𝙇𝙏𝙍 from a source on September 2, 2024, which it to premiered on December 27, 2024. ^[8]

No full coverage of ABS-CBN's special resurfaced on the internet, albeit several photos were uploaded on a FB page. On June 14, 2023, the group Obscure and Lost Media Philippines have officially initiated an "on the hunt" search of the coverage along with GMA Ayala-Millennium Party.^[9]