GMA Network |
GMA Network, Inc. ( Global Media Arts Network Incorporated ) is a leading broadcast network in the Philippines. It provides news and entertainment programs through its 44 fully-owned television relay stations, three affiliate television stations and 34 radio stations throughout the country.
Its headquarters, the GMA Network Center, is located in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. Lawyer Felipe Gozon is its the Chairman and CEO.
= History =
GMA Network traces its origin to June 14, 1950 when American war correspondent Robert Stewart (also known as Uncle Bob ) sent his first radio transmission through his AM station, then known as the Republic Broadcasting System at the back of a bakery. A decade after the station s launch, the Stewarts ventured in the realm of Television. On October 29, 1961, RBS Channel 7 started its operations with a used transmitter and two cameras. The channel aired canned shows from the United States.
By the 1970s, Gilberto Duavit, Menardo Jimenez and Felipe Gozon, bought the country s third television channel and upgraded its facilities. Through the acquisition, the channel now was able to broadcast in color and changed its name from RBS to GMA, which meant Greater Manila Area, the geographic location of the station where it could broadcast. In 1983, GMA was the only local TV station to cover the historic funeral of slain opposition leader Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. In 1987, it opened its high-end live studio, the Broadway Centrum, boosting its local programming, and inagurated its 77-foot Tower of Power , the tallest manmade structure in the country in 1988. GMA also was the first Television station in the Philippines to use Electronic News Gathering Vans.
International reach became GMA s target in the 1990s, which it began through the Rainbow Satellite launched on April 30, 1992. Through its relay stations, GMA programs were seen across the archipelago and Southeast Asia. GMA has started airing in 60 American cities and parts of South America through the International Channel Network. GMA was also the official broadcaster of the 1995 World Youth Day, which was the last visit of Pope John Paul II to the country. During the same year, GMA launched a UHF channel and the news program, Saksi with Mike Enriquez and Karen Davila. In 1996, GMA formally changed its corporate name to GMA Network Incorporated. The acronym was also changed to Global Media Arts . GMA was the first Philippine broadcaster to win the Peabody Award for Investigative Journalism in 1999.
==The Kapuso Network==
In 2002, the GMA Network engaged in a rebanding program in line with its goal to become the leader in providing local news and entertainment. It changed its logo and slogans to reflect its new corporate identity but still incorporating its identity as the Rainbow Network . The new brand consisted of a red, stylized heart logo, with a band of different colors representing the rainbow. In tune with the new logo, the new slogan was Kapuso, Anumang Kulay ng Buhay ( One in Heart, Regardless of the Colors of Life ). In 2003, Saksi won the New York Festival Gold Medal for best newscast, the first Philippine newscast to do so. This, and the Peabody Award in 1999, earned GMA a House of Representatives commendation in 2003. Changes were apparent in the programming of the network. The production of various shows were up to par with its rival network, ABS-CBN. And with launch of the Fantaserye Mulawin in 2004, GMA finally gained a rating advantage in Mega Manila over ABS-CBN. By the end of 2004, GMA was one of the most profitable companies in the country. During the same year, GMA launched a new primetime news program, 24 Oras. In 2005, GMA began broadcast of Mars Ravelo s Darna, a favorite comic book character among Filipinos and became a big hit, with its ratings being the highest ever for a pilot episode for GMA. Other primetime programs like Encantadia and Sugo also maintained the network s lead in its Mega Manila ratings during the year. The companys subsidiary, Citynet Inc., has signed a co-production and blocktime greement with ZOE TV. The agreement provides GMA Network with another platform to showcase its programming and talents as well. GMA 7 recently celebrated its 55th anniversary with a special, No. 1 at 55 and its Kapuso Viewers Choice Awards.
= The GMA Network Center =
GMA inaugurated its new GMA Network Center facility on June 14, 2000 as part of the kick-off of its year-round celebration of its 50th anniversary. The GMA Network Center supports GMA s thrusts towards digitalization and media convergence. While the first phase of the project has already been completed with the construction of the 17-storey high-rise, the center has an option to upgrade the older, existing facilities in the GMA compound, as originally planned. The network center is equiped with MARC and a Broadcast Automation System that allows the network to manage live feeds and international feeds that will be carried out to GMA Pinoy TV subscribers around the world. The GMA compound has five studios, three of which are in the new network center, and two in the older structures. The Center serves as the Corporate Headquarters for the network and also houses the radio and the newsroom.
= Subsidiaries =
GMA owns several media-related businesses, among them RGMA, a nationwide network of radio stations; Citynet Incorporated, which will start co-producing programs for Zoe Broadcasting; GMA Films, the network s film production arm; GMA Pinoy TV, its international marketing arm; Alta Productions, which produces programs for outside the network s broadcast, dubbing for foreign language series, and once produced the Digital LG Challenge ; GMA New Media Inc, a multimedia company involved in pre- and post-production; Infiniti Music, its music recording arm is now known as GMA Records and the GMA Kapuso Foundation, the network s foundation reaches out to underprivileged children, their families, and other communities in need.
= Availability =
===GMA TV Channels Nationwide===
==RGMA Super Radyo Stations Nationwide==
*DZBB 594 kHz-Manila *DWRC 1269 kHz-Laoag *DWRA 1413 Khz-Baguio *DWSK 1548 kHz-Dagupan *DYSB 1341 kHz-Bacolod *DYSS 999 kHz-Cebu *DYSP 909 kHz-Puerto Princesa *DXRC 1287 kHz-Zamboanga *DXXY 1350 kHz-Dipolog *DXYK 1179 kHz-Butuan *DXGM 1125 kHz-Davao *DXBB 1107 khz-General Santos *DXRL 1341 Khz-Marbel, South Cotabato
==RGMA Campus Radio Stations Nationwide==
*DWLS 97.1 MHz-Manila *DZLS 97.1 MHz-Laoag *DWRA 92.7 MHz-Baguio *DWTL 93.5 MHz-Dagupan *DWWQ 89.3 MHz-Tuguegarao *DWQL 91.1 MHz-Lucena *DWNG 101.5 MHz-Naga *DWCW 96.3 MHz-Legaspi *DWAC 92.9 MHz-Kalibo, Aklan *DYXZ 96.9 MHz-Roxas City *DYMK 93.5 MHz-Iloilo *DYMJ 107.1 MHz-Bacolod *DYRT 99.5 MHz-Cebu *DWRG 97.5 MHz-Puerto Princesa *DXMJ 97.1 MHz-Zamboanga *DXPN 90.3 MHz-Pagadian *DXLX 100.7 MHz-Cagayan De Oro *DXRV 103.5 MHz-Davao *DXCJ 102.3 MHz-General Santos *DXPX 102.5 MHz-Marbel, South cotabato *DXYK 99.7 MHz-Butuan
= Slogans =
== Other entities ==
==Quality TeleVision==
Quality TeleVision Channel 11 is the newest television network powered by the GMA Network which will air on November 11, 2005. It is formerly ZOE-TV which is a christian network by Eddie Villanueva. And now, It produces programs that is targeted for families all over the Philippines.
== IGMA.tv ==
[http://www.igma.tv www.iGMA.tv] is the GMA Network official website. Run by New Media Inc., it features content and information regarding the network, as well as several interactive features. iGMA.tv also offers its site to cellphones; via wap.igma.tv.
== INQ7 Interactive Inc.==
INQ7 Interactive Inc. is a joint online multimedia news and information delivery company of the GMA Network and the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Text, images, audio, video, and online interactive information tools such as discussion boards, online polls, searchable news databases, and others are made available through the two companies joint website, accessible at [http://www.inq7.net www.INQ7.net]. Ranking No. 11 in the 100Hots most-read online newspapers in the world, INQ7.net is owned by the Inquirer and GMA with both companies each owning abour half of INQ7.
== Kapuso JobMarket ==
In partnership project of GMA, The Philippine Daily Inquirer, INQ7 Interactive Inc. and New Media Inc., The Kapuso JobMarket was launch which aims to provide convenience for job seekers by creating another off-line service that will help them search for employment opportunities using their mobile phones.
= Programming =
GMA Network programs include news and current affairs shows, documentaries, dramas, dubbed foreign serials, entertainment news and talk shows, game shows, variety shows, musicals, sitcoms, children s shows, anime shows, fantasy and reality shows. Most of its shows are broadcasted from the GMA Network Center.
=Partnerships=
= See also =
*Television_networks#Philippines *List_of_Philippine_companies#Media *List of television channels#Television channels with worldwide distribution *Television_networks#Philippines *List of GMA Network shows *Quality TeleVision
= External links =
*[http://www.igma.tv/ Official website] *[http://pinoytv.pitas.com History of Philippine television] *[http://www.gmapinoytv.com/ GMA Pinoy TV website] *[http://kapuso.blogspot.com/ Kapuso Blog] *[http://www.inq7.net/ INQ7.net news website]|
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