GMA News TV

This article is about the local news and lifestyle oriented channel in the Philippines. For other uses, see GMA (disambiguation).

GMA News TV

Country	Philippines
Headquarters	GMA Network Center, Epifanio delos Santos corner Timog Avenues, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
Programming
Language(s)	English, Filipino
Ownership
Owner	GMA Network Inc.

GMA News TV (or simply GNTV) is a news and lifestyle oriented channel in the Philippines. It is owned and operated by GMA Network Inc. through its GMA News and Public Affairs organization. Commercial broadcast started on February 28, 2011 on the frequency previously occupied by its sister station, now the defunct Q on local VHF 11 and UHF 27 in Metropolitan Manila; and it is broadcast through its relay and affiliate television stations in the Philippines. GMA News TV is generally watched as a free-to-air news and lifestyle oriented channel in the Philippines. The channel is available in most satellite and cable TV systems throughout the Philippines. Internationally, GMA Network Inc. plans to launch GMA News TV and will be also available through satellite and cable TV system worldwide. It would be the third international channel of GMA Network Inc., together with GMA Pinoy TV and GMA Life TV.

GMA News Online (www.gmanews.tv), a separate entity, is the official website of GMA News TV and its parent organization, GMA News and Public Affairs, containing collaborative, multimedia, original content and video which supplement the content from its news organization and its partners, The Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, BusinessWorld, Philippine Daily Inquirer and the Philippine Entertainment Portal (Summit Media).

Early years

Originally, local VHF channel 11 in Metropolitan Manila was a joint venture of two religious groups in the Philippines; the Jesus Is Lord Church of Eddie Villanueva and El Shaddai of Mike Velarde. However, dispute over the ownership of the station arises and leads to a congressional franchise given to Eddie Villanueva. In early years, Zoe Broadcasting Network produces programs mostly in religious content until in 1999, Zoe Broadcasting Network entered an agreement with Entertainment Network (Enternet) to rebroadcast parts of CNBC Asia programming for its morning and afternoon block until the arrangement ended in 2000.

On November 11, 2005, GMA Network Inc. entered a memorandum of agreement with the owners of Zoe Broadcasting Network and leased the airtime of its flagship station, DZOE and launches Quality Television on local VHF channel 11, in exchange of network’s facilities upgrade and airing of its locally produced programs. On March 18, 2007, Quality Television rebranded to Q focusing on lifestyle programming. On May 29, 2010, Q expanded its programming to cater male audiences. On February 7, 2011, GMA Network Inc. announced plans to launch an all news and lifestyle oriented channel in the Philippines and transformed its Q network into a news channel. On February 20, 2011, Q (formerly Quality Television) ceased commercial operation and started the test trial of GMA News TV. On February 28, 2011, GMA Network Inc. officially launched its news channel.

Programming

Main article: List of programs shown on GMA News TV

Initially, GMA News TV offers a mixture of programming lineup up to 20 hours of airing per day (broadcast will start at 5:00 AM, Philippine Standard Time, GMT+8), in addition to localize programs and contents previously aired on Q, GMA News TV will continue to air programs produced by Zoe Broadcasting Network. Most programs will be transmitted from its news headquarters in Quezon City at the GMA Network Center located at the corner of Epifanio delos Santos and Timog avenues, while its recorded programs will be broadcast from its GMA Network Studios in GMA Network Drive and GMA Broadway Centrum in Aurora Boulevard, also in Quezon City. While programs produced by Zoe Broadcasting Network will be broadcast on its studios at the 22nd Floor, Strata 2000 Building, Emerald Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City. Part of its live broadcast will also be aired on local AM radio station DZBB, relay and affiliate radio stations in the Philippines.

Online

Established in 2006, the GMA News Online (formerly GMANews.TV) is the official site of GMA News TV. It features the latest news coverage, including video reports, as well as business, sports, technology, entertainment and special reports, mobile alerts, newsletters, RSS feeds and real time search. A diverse presenters and correspondents maintain blogs on its site and has an archiving database for its news content. A live stream of DZBB, an AM radio station of GMA Network, Inc. is also available on its website. It also features YouScoop, an interactive section, where in viewers can upload first-hand footage of news events happening in their area and visitors can also view such footage. Aside from GMA News and Public Affairs content and materials produced, GMA News Online publishes articles and features from several news organization, including The Associated Press and Reuters wire service. In December 2010, GMANews.TV received a regular one million page views per day. On February 7, 2011, GMANews.TV was renamed to GMA News Online and launched a new logo and slogan, “The Go-to Site For Filipinos Everywhere”; and retain its uniform resource locator, www.gmanews.tv to correspond with the launching of its all-news channel, GMA News TV. The current editor in chief of GMA News Online is Howie Severino.

External links

• GMA News Site
• GMA Entertainment Site
• GMA Network Corporate Site