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{{About|the media conglomerate in the Philippines|television network|ABS-CBN}}
{{About|the television network in the Philippines|mother company|GMA Network, Inc.}}
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{{Infobox company
{{Infobox broadcasting network
| name = ABS-CBN Corporation
| logo = [[Image:ABS-CBN logo.svg|200px]]
|name = GMA Network
| type = [[Public company]]<br>[[Media conglomerate]]
|logo = [[File:GMA Network Logo Vector.svg|220px]]
|type = [[Terrestrial television|Broadcast]] [[television network]]
| traded_as = {{pse2|ABS|ABSP}}
|branding =
| predecessor = Bolinao Electronics Corporation (1946–1952)
| foundation = June 14, 1946
|country = Philippines
| founder = [[James Lindenberg]]
|available = Worldwide via [[GMA Pinoy TV]]
|founder = [[Robert "Uncle Bob" Stewart]]
| location_city = ABS-CBN Broadcast Center, Sgt. Esguerra Ave. corner Mother Ignacia St., Barangay Laging Handa, [[Diliman]], [[Quezon City]]
|slogan = Kapuso ng Bawat Pilipino (In the Hearts of Every Filipino)
| location_country = [[Philippines]]
| location =
|market_share =
|area = {{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Philippines]]
| locations =
| area_served = Worldwide
|erp =
|owner = [[GMA Network, Inc.]]
| key_people = [[Eugenio Lopez III]], [[Chairman]] and [[CEO]] <br> [[Charo Santos-Concio]], [[President]] and [[Chief operating officer|COO]]
|key_people = [[Felipe Gozon]] ([[Chairman]] & [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])<br>Gilberto Duavit Jr. ([[President]] & [[Chief Operating Officer|COO]])<br>Felipe Yalong ([[Chief Financial Officer|CFO]])
| industry = [[Conglomerate (company)|Conglomerate]]
|foundation =
| products = [[television]] <br> [[radio]] <br> [[cable television]] <br> [[telecommunications]] <br> [[publishing]] <br> [[sport]] <br> [[motion picture]] <br> [[recording]] <br> [[television programming]] <br> [[pay per view]] <br> [[website]]
|launch_date = October 29, 1961
| production =
|Picture format = [[480i]] (SD)
| services =
|former_names = Republic Broadcasting System (1961-1972)
| revenue = {{increase}} [[Philippine peso|PHP]]32 billion <small>(FY 2010)</small><ref name="ABS-CBN">{{cite web|url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/04/12/11/abs-cbn-net-profit-jumps-87-p32-b-2010 |title=ABS-CBN 2010 profit jumps 87% to record P3.2-B &#124; ABS-CBN News &#124; Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features |publisher=ABS-CBN News |date=2011-04-13 |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref>
|website = http://www.gmanetwork.com
| EBITDA = [[Philippine peso|PHP]]8.6 billion ({{profit}} 33% (YoY)(2010)<ref name="ABS-CBN"/>
|footnotes =
| airtime_revenue = {{increase}} [[Philippine peso|PHP]]21.7 billion ({{profit}} 50% (YoY)(2010)<ref name="ABS-CBN"/>
}}
| operating_income = {{increase}} PHP8.6 billion <small>(FY 2010)</small><ref name="ABS-CBN"/>
| net_income = {{increase}} PHP3.2 billion <small>(FY 2010)</small><ref name="ABS-CBN"/>
| aum =
| assets = {{increase}} PHP37.3 billion <small>(FY 2010)</small><ref name="ABS-CBN"/>
| equity = {{increase}} PHP17 billion <small>(FY 2010)</small><ref name="ABS-CBN"/>
| owner =
| num_employees = 11,500+ <small>(FY 2010)</small><ref name="ABS-CBN"/>
| parent = Lopez, Inc.
| divisions = [[ABS-CBN Global Ltd.]]<br>[[ABS-CBN Interactive]]<br>ABS-CBN Licensing Group<br>[[ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs]]<br>[[ABS-CBN Sports]]<br>Cable Channels and Print Media Group<br>Central Library<br>Creative Communications Management Group<br>Entertainment<br>I-Post<br>Manila Radio Division<br>Radio Division<br>Star Entertainment Group<br>Traffic
| homepage = [http://www.abs-cbn.com/ ABS-CBN.com]
| footnotes =
| intl =
|}}


'''GMA Network''' ('''GMA''') is a major commercial television & radio network in the Philippines. GMA Network is owned by [[GMA Network, Inc.]] a publicly listed company. Its first broadcast on television was on October 29, 1961, GMA Network (formerly known as '''DZBB TV Channel 7''', '''RBS TV Channel 7''', '''GMA Radio-Television Arts''' then '''GMA Rainbow Satellite Network''') is commonly signified to as the "Kapuso Network" in reference to the outline of the company’s logo. It has also been called the “Christian Network” which refers to the apparent programming during the tenure of the new management, which took over in 1974. It is headquartered in the [[GMA Network Center]] in [[Quezon City]] and its transmitter is located at Tandang Sora Avenue, Barangay Culiat also in Quezon City.<ref>http://www.gmanetwork.com GMA Network History</ref>
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'''ABS–CBN Corporation''' ({{Pse2|ABS|ABSP}}) is a [[Philippines|Philippine]]-based [[media conglomerate]]. It is the Philippines' largest [[media (communication)|media]] and [[entertainment]] conglomerate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/node/296788/ab |title=ABS-CBN claims ratings lead in 2010 &#124; The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online |publisher=Mb.com.ph |date=2011-01-05 |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Noel Orsal |url=http://www.pep.ph/guide/tv/7985/abs-cbn-shows-grabbed-top-10-slots-nationwide-in-1q-2011,-based-on-kantar-media-data |title=ABS-CBN shows grabbed top 10 slots nationwide in 1Q 2011, based on Kantar Media data &#124; PEP.ph: The Number One Site for Philippine Showbiz |publisher=PEP.ph |date= |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Red |first=Isah V. |url=http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideEntertainment.htm?f=2011/february/5/entertainment1.isx&d=2011/february/5 |title=Kapamilya reclaims no.1 spot – 2011/february/5 |publisher=Manila Standard Today |date=2011-02-04 |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Austria |first=Jenniffer B. |url=http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideBusiness.htm?f=2011/april/13/business3.isx&d=2011/april/13 |title=ABS-CBN posts P3.2-b net profit – 2011/april/13 |publisher=Manila Standard Today |date= |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref> The corporation was the merger of '''Alto Broadcasting System (ABS)''' which at that time owned by [[James Lindenberg]] and Antonio Quirino, and the '''Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN)''' owned by the Lopez's. Founded on June 13, 1946 by James Lindenberg as Bolinao Electronics Corporation (BEC), it was incorporated as ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation in February 1, 1967. On August 18, 2010 the corporate name was changed to ABS–CBN Corporation, after dropping the name "Broadcasting." The common shares of ABS-CBN PSE: ABS were first offered in July 1992. The PDRs (Philippine Depository Receipt) PSE: ABSP were offered in October 1999.<ref>http://ir.abs-cbn.com/ir/shareholderfaqs.aspx</ref>

The company is best known for pioneering [[radio]] and [[television]] in [[Southeast Asia]] and for its flagship television network [[ABS-CBN]], which became the first [[Advertising|commercial]] television network in [[Asia]].<ref>http://www.sony-asia.com/pressrelease/asset/313561/section/pressreleases</ref> Today the company has expanded to be the largest media empire in the Philippines with reaches still unmatched to this day. ABS-CBN Corporation owns two-thirds of [[SkyCable]], the youth-oriented television network, [[Studio 23]] as well as the cable channels like [[ABS-CBN News Channel|ANC]], [[Balls (TV channel)|Balls]], [[Cinema One]], [[Cge TV]], [[DZMM TeleRadyo]], [[Hero (TV channel)|Hero]], [[Knowledge Channel (ABS-CBN)|Knowledge Channel]], [[Lifestyle Network]], [[Myx]], [[Kapamilya Channel]], [[DWRR-FM|Tambayan TV]], [[Velvet (TV channel)|Velvet]] and international networks like [[Myx North America|Myx TV]] and [[The Filipino Channel|TFC]].<ref>http://ir.abs-cbn.com/ir/shareholderfaqs.aspx</ref> ABS-CBN also owns and operates a film studio, [[Star Cinema]], a recording studio, [[Star Records]], a [[visual effects]] firm, [[Roadrunner Network, Inc.]], a publishing firm, [[ABS-CBN Publishing]], radio networks like [[DZMM]], and [[DWRR-FM| Tambayan 101.9 HD]], websites like [http://http://www.push.com.ph/default.aspx push.ph], [[Cge TV|cge.tv]], and [http://http://www.choosephils.com/index.php choosephilippines], and the direct-to-home cable service like [[pay per view|ABS-CBN pay per view]].<ref>http://ir.abs-cbn.com/ir/companyprofile.aspx</ref>


==History==
==History==
===Beginnings===
===1960s===
[[Image:dzbbtv7.png|100px|right|thumb|Original logo used by DZBB TV Channel 7 (1961-1974).]]
The nucleus of ABS-CBN began in 1946 with Bolinao Electronics Corporation (BEC). BEC was established by [[James Lindenberg]], the father of Philippine television,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs-cbn.com/headlines/Article/3285/Farewell-to-the-Father-of-Philippine-Television.aspx |title=Farewell to the Father of Philippine Television |publisher=ABS-CBN.com |date= |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref> an ex-GI and electronics engineer who went into radio equipment assembly and radio broadcasting. At that time, the giant Philippine network was [[Manila Broadcasting Company|Manila Broadcasting]], with [[DZRH]] as the top station. In 1949, James Lindenberg shifted Bolinao to radio broadcasting with DZBC and masterminded the introduction of television to the country in 1953.
The origin of GMA Network can be traced back to '''Loreto F. de Hemedes Inc.''' through '''Radio Broadcasting Station'''’s [[DZBB-AM|DZBB]],<ref name=Origins>[http://www.gmanetwork.com/about GMA Network Corporate Information], GMANetwork.com</ref> which started airing its radio broadcast on March 1, 1950, and officially launched as a local radio station in Metropolitan Manila in June 14, 1950 and owned by [[Robert "Uncle Bob" Stewart|Robert La Rue “Uncle Bob” Stewart]], an American war correspondent.<ref name="ABC">''GMA Gold: Fifty Years of Broadcast History'', Chelo Banal Formoso (ed.), GMA Network.</ref> Venturing into television in the 1960s, Robert La Rue “Uncle Bob” Stewart started its television station through [[DZBB-TV|DZBB TV Channel 7]] on October 29, 1961, Philippines third terrestrial television station. Originally, DZBB TV Channel 7 programming composed of foreign programs from the United States and eventually produced local programs to cater Filipino audiences. It produces shows like ''Uncle Bob’s Lucky Seven Club'', a children show aired every Saturdays; ''Dance Time with Chito''; [[Lovingly Yours, Helen]]; [[GMA Supershow]] (formerly ''Germside'' and then ''Germspesyal'') and various news programs like [[News at Seven]]. And in 1963, [[GMA Network, Inc.|GMA Network Inc.]] (then Republic Broadcasting System Inc.) launches its first local television station in Cebu, the [[DYSS-TV|DYSS TV]] (now [[DYSS-TV|GMA TV 7 Cebu]]). In the same year, from Loreto F. de Hemedes Inc. was renamed to Republic Broadcasting System Inc.<ref>http://www.gmanetwork.com GMA Network History</ref>


===1970s===
In 1951, Lindenberg partnered with Antonio Quirino, brother of then President [[Elpidio Quirino]], in order to try their hand at television broadcasting. In 1952, BEC was renamed as Alto Broadcasting System or ABS. "Alto" was a contraction of Quirino’s and his wife’s first names, Tony and Aleli. Though they had little money and resources, ABS was able to put up its TV tower by July 1953 and import 300 television sets. The initial test broadcasts began on September of the same year. The very first full-blown broadcast, however, was on October 23, 1953, of a party in Tony Quirino's home. The broadcasting channel was known as [[DWWX-TV|DZAQ-TV Channel 3]].
[[Image:Radio_Broadcasting_Station.jpg|130px|left|thumb|Logo used by RBS TV Channel 7 (1974-1975).]]
On September 21, 1972, then [[President of the Philippines|President]] [[Ferdinand Marcos]] declared [[Martial Law|martial law]] by the virtue of [[Proclamation No. 1081|Proclamation 1081]].<ref> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,906446,00.html Time Magazine</ref> Marcos, ruling by decree, curtailed press freedom and other civil liberties; closed down Congress and media establishments including GMA Network. Military personnel occupied GMA Network compound and placed it under military control to prevent alleged communist propaganda. Media outlets including GMA Network that was critical to the Marcos administration ordered to be closed. Foreign citizens and entities were disallowed from owning and operating media companies in the Philippines. Stewart and the [[American Broadcasting Company]], who owned a quarter of the company, was forced to cede majority control to a triumvirate composed of Gilberto Duavit Sr., a Malacañang official; Menardo Jimenez, an accountant; and Felipe Gozon, an attorney of the Stewarts in 1974.<ref name="PinoyTV">''What's the story, Pinoy TV?'', Ellen Joy Anastacio and Janine Natalie Badiola, GMA Network.</ref> Through the acquisition, the station was able to broadcast in color with a [[PhP]]7 million credit line. In the succeeding year, the station changed its name to GMA Radio-Television Arts (GMA stood for Greater Manila Area, the station's initial coverage area), although Republic Broadcasting System Inc. remains as its corporate name until 1996.


===Merger===
===1980s===
[[Image:Abs-cbn 60s.jpeg|150px|thumb|left|ABS-CBN logo (Feb. 1, 1967–Sept. 21, 1972).]]
[[Image:GMA logo 1980.PNG|100px|right|thumb|GMA Radio-Television Arts logo (1979-1992).]]
When [[Benigno Aquino, Jr.|Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr.]], a senator who strongly opposed the Marcos administration, was assassinated on August 21, 1983, it was a small item on television news. The iron grip that the Marcos administration had on television began to slip, as GMA broadcast the funeral, the only local station to do so.<ref name="ABC" /> In 1984, [[Imee Marcos]], daughter of Ferdinand Marcos, attempted to take over GMA.<ref name="ABC" /><ref name="PinoyTV" /> However, the takeover was prevented by GMA executives. Stewart left the Philippines for good as he was utterly disappointed with the Marcos move. GMA was also instrumental during the years preceding the [[1986 EDSA Revolution|People Power Revolution]]. The network was the first to air a television interview with [[Corazon Aquino]] in 1984, and when she later announced that she would run for the presidency if she receives one million signatures.<ref name="ABC" /> In February 1986, the network was also the first to report that [[Fidel Ramos]] and [[Juan Ponce Enrile]] broke away from the Marcos administration.<ref name="ABC" />
In turn, on September 24, 1956, the Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN) was organized. The network was owned by Don [[Eugenio Lopez, Sr.]] The following year, Don Eugenio acquired ABS from Quirino and Lindenberg. However, it was only on February 1, 1967 that the corporate name was changed to ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (before it was named ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, the name was reverted back to the precursor of the network, Bolinao Electronics Corporation or BEC). In 1958 the network's new headquarters at Roxas Boulevard was inaugurated, and all radio and television operations were consolidated into its two buildings, the radio stations at the Chronicle Building at Aduana Street, [[Intramuros]], [[Manila]], and the TV operations at the brand new Roxas Boulevard building in [[Pasay City]].


When democracy in the Philippines was restored in the People Power Revolution in 1986, television stations began to air, some with their original owners. The political instability of the country also added to the station's burden, when soldiers stormed into the studios for two days in a part of coup attempt to topple then President, Corazon Aquino. In 1987, it opened its high-end live studio, the Broadway Centrum, boosting its local programming, and inaugurated its 777-foot ''[[Tower of Power (transmitter)|Tower of Power]]'' located along Tandang Sora, [[Quezon City]], the tallest man-made structure in the country on November 7, 1988.<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m6EVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jQsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6031%2C1257960 Pres. Aquino switched GMA-7's 'Power Tower], Manila Standard, November 7, 1988</ref>
In the late 1950s, Don Eugenio's son, [[Eugenio Lopez, Jr.|Geny Lopez]] saw the potential of TV to reach and link Filipinos across the archipelago. By the mid-1960s, the ABS network was leading the radio industry, with stations like [[DZMM|DZXL]] and [[DZMM|DZAQ]] Radyo Patrol, which featured journalists like [[Ernie Baron]], Bong Lapira, Orly Mercado, [[Joe Taruc]], Mario Garcia, Bobby Guanzon, and [[Rey Langit]]. ABS also made breakthroughs in the TV industry by achieving the country's first color TV broadcast, first satellite feed, and first use of videotape, among others. It featured top shows then, such as ''Your Evening with Pilita'' and ''Tawag ng Tanghalan'', the country's first comedy show ''Buhay Artista'', first Philippine gameshow, ''What's My Living'' and the first noontime show ''[[Student Canteen]]'', among others.


===1990s===
On June 14, 1961, [[Eugenio Lopez, Jr.]] built the first provincial TV station in [[Cebu]] airing 4 hours with the tallest tower (in that time) in Cebu measuring 216 feet.
[[Image:GMA Logo 1992.jpg|thumb|left|130px|GMA Rainbow Satellite Network logo (1992-2002).]]
International reach became GMA's target in the 1990s, which began when the ''Rainbow Satellite'' launched on April 30, 1992. Through its relay stations, GMA programs were seen across the archipelago and Southeast Asia. GMA programming 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, two popular TV shows, ''[[Eat Bulaga]]'' and ''[[Okey Ka Fairy Ko!]]'' began broadcasting on GMA after [[TAPE Inc.]] disagreed with [[ABS-CBN]]'s proposal to buy the airing rights of the two shows. At the same time, GMA launched a [[ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel subsidiary, [[DWDB-TV|Citynet 27]], several new shows (among them were [[Bubble Gang]] and [[Startalk]], now some of the longest-running shows on TV), and the news program, ''[[Saksi]]'' with [[Mike Enriquez]], [[Mel Tiangco]] and [[Karen Davila]]. In 1996, GMA formally changed its corporate name to ''GMA Network Incorporated'', with GMA now standing for ''Global Media Arts''. [[GoBingo]], initially aired in 1996, is an interactive game show hosted by [[Arnell Ignacio]], with [[Maricar de Mesa]] as the first ''GobiGirl''. [[GMA Films]] was also launched in 1998 - its film ''[[José Rizal (film)|José Rizal]]'', which was at the time the most expensive movie production ever in the country (costing over 80 million Pesos to produce), but becoming a huge success with many accolades and award nominations. GMA was the first Philippine broadcaster to receive a [[Peabody Award]] for Investigative Reporting in 1999. Later, Citynet 27 became EMC, the first locally programmed music video channel, later becoming a part of the [[Channel V|Channel [V]]] franchise called [[Channel V Philippines|Channel [V] Philippines]]. Channel [V] Philippines, however, ceased operations due to a conflict of interest between the owners of GMA and [[PLDT]] (which bought a stake in GMA), who operate [[MTV Philippines]] through their subsidiary, the [[Nation Broadcasting Corporation]]. GMA was also the Philippine broadcaster for [[2000 Today]]. At the beginning of the year, Menardo Jimenez announced his retirement as president and CEO and on December 31, 2000, Felipe Gozon assumed the position with his concurrent capacity as chairman. Duavit's son Gilberto Duavit Jr. assumed the post of Chief Operating Officer.


===2000s===
Two years later, the network's first test color broadcasts began. Color broadcasts started in November 1966, the first in the Philippines and Southeast Asia as the network was tagged as the ''First in Color Television'', with full color broadcasting beginning in 1971 at all national television stations.
[[Image:Kapuso unveiling.jpg|thumb|right|150px|GMA Network unveil their new corporate logo at the [[GMA Network Center]].]]
On October 27, 2002, during an episode of the network's longest-running Sunday afternoon entertainment show ''[[SOP Fully Charged|SOP]]'', GMA officially revealed a new logo and image campaign. The new logo features a rainbow colored heart-shaped logo, the '''''Kapuso''''', represented by a new slogan '''''Kapuso ng Pamilyang Pilipino, Anumang Kulay ng Buhay''''' ('''''One in Heart With the [[Filipino people|Filipino family]], In Whatever Colors of Life'''''), and a [[Century Gothic|Century Gothic Bold]] font for the letters. The "Kapuso" theme song is sang by [[Regine Velasquez]].


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 the network a [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|House of Representatives]] commendation later that year. On September 1 of the same year, GMA Network withdrawn its membership from the ''Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas'' (KBP),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inq7.net/ent/2003/sep/30/ent_3-1.htm |title=KBP to GMA 7: Don't let rulings taint your view |date=September 29, 2003 | publisher=inq7.net |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050210034619/http://www.inq7.net/ent/2003/sep/30/ent_3-1.htm |archivedate=2005-02-10}}</ref> after incidents involving host [[Rosanna Roces]], alleged commercial overloading and interfering when news anchor [[Mike Enriquez]] aired his complaints over his radio program, ''[[Saksi sa Dobol B]]'', against Lopez-owned cable firm [[SkyCable]]'s distortion of GMA's signal on its system, and a lost videotape containing evidence that the cable firm had violated the rule on soliciting ads for cable TV. GMA was also an official TV network of the 4th World Meeting of Families held in Manila, Philippines.
On December 18, 1968, ABS-CBN opened its new Broadcast Center on Bohol Avenue, [[Quezon City]], where it still stands today. At the time, it was the most advanced facility of its kind in Asia. The station again made breakthroughs by using live satellite transmissions from abroad, foremost of which was the first moon landing in 1969 and in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico the year before. The network enjoyed a big portion of the ratings and won many awards and recognitions from various organizations.


In 2004, GMA launches more new line up of new programs and primetime shows are ''[[Te Amo, Maging Sino Ka Man|Te, Amo]]'', ''[[Hanggang Kailan]]'', ''[[Forever In My Heart]]'', ''[[Marinara (TV series)|Marinara]]'', as well as, ''[[Bahay Mo Ba 'To?]]'', Naks, ''[[Lovely Day (TV series)|Lovely Day]]'', ''[[StarStruck Kids]]'', ''[[Ikaw Sa Puso Ko]]'', ''[[Leya]]'', ''[[30 Days (Philippine TV series)|30 Days]]'', ''[[Wag Kukurap]]'', ''[[Pinoy Pop Superstar]]'', ''[[SOP Gigsters]]'', ''[[Joyride (TV series)|Joyride]]'', ''[[3R (Philippine TV series)|3R]]'', ''Out'' & ''[[Bitoy's Funniest Videos]]''.
In 1970, the network owned and operated 2 national television and 12 regional television stations, 6 national radio and 15 regional radio stations nationwide.


In 2005, the company’s subsidiary, Citynet Inc., also signed a co-production and blocktime agreement with [[ZOE Broadcasting Network]], allowing the GMA Network with another platform to showcase its programming and talents. On November 11, 2005, ZOE's flagship station, [[DZOE-TV|DZOE-TV Channel 11]], went on the air as ''Quality TeleVision'' (later known as Q and was reformatted to become GMA News TV), and broadcasted shows that primarily targeted women audiences. Q's news programs shared the same resources of [[GMA News and Public Affairs]], while some programs are produced by Citynet, Inc. Also in 2005, GMA won the [[Asian Television Awards]]' Best Terrestrial Television Station, besting MBC of Korea and Mediacorp Channel 5 of Singapore. The network planned to go public, but due to political instability and downward trend of broadcast advertising, it has since been delayed.<ref name ="IPO1">''"GMA Network cancels IPO until "issues" are resolved"''. Television Asia, April 2005. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5026/is_200504/ai_n18239428]</ref>
===Martial law era===
The station suffered a setback upon the declaration of [[martial law]]. On midnight of September 22, 1972, a day after the declaration of Martial Law, ABS-CBN and its affiliate stations were seized. [[Eugenio Lopez, Jr.|Geny Lopez]], the president of the network, was imprisoned and held without trial for five years until he and his cellmate [[Sergio Osmeña III]] launched a daring jailbreak in 1977 and sought asylum in the [[United States]]. The network itself was taken over by Roberto Benedicto, a presidential crony, who used the Broadcasting Center at Bohol Avenue, then renamed as "Broadcast Plaza", as the home of [[National Broadcasting Network|MBS-4]].


In 2006, ''[[Debate with Mare at Pare]]'', a late-night public affairs program, won the bronze medal in the New York Festival. The network was also praised on its coverage of the ''[[Wowowee]]'' (a program of [[ABS-CBN]]) [[PhilSports Arena stampede|stampede]] by various local publications. In an exclusive interview, a reprehensive [[Mike Enriquez]] also interviewed embattled Philippine president, [[Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo]] for the first time since the lifting the [[2006 state of emergency in the Philippines|State of National Emergency]], which the network allowed other stations to air without prior consent. At the end of the interview, the President praised the network for its news coverage, hinting that other media outfits to do the same. In April, the founder of the network, Robert "Uncle Bob" Stewart died in the United States. During the Everest climbing season the same year, GMA supported climber [[Romi Garduce]], the third Filipino to reach the summit of [[Mt. Everest]] in only three days. The network is one of the first local companies to produce an IMAX film, with the opening of the San Miguel-Coca-Cola [[IMAX]] Theater in [[SM Prime Holdings|SM's]] [[SM Mall of Asia|Mall of Asia]].
===Capture of Broadcast Plaza (MBS-4)===
At the height of the [[People Power Revolution]], military reformists, believing that television would be a powerful tool to aid the revolution, attacked and took over the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center. On February 24, 1986, former ABS-CBN talents put the station back on the air and televised the drama of the unfolding uprising, thereby contributing to the strength of the revolt.


In 2007, the network announced that it will offer its stocks to the public.<ref name="IPO1">[http://philippinestockmarket.com/Stock_Market_News.asp ''Miscellaneous Stock Market Newsbits''], Philippine Stock Exchange Website. Accessed April 30, 2007.</ref><ref name="IPO2">[http://www.gmanews.tv/story/40436/GMA-Network-to-raise-up-to-P778B-from-IPO ''GMA Network to raise up to P7.78B from IPO'', GMANews.tv. Accessed April 30, 2007.]</ref> After being canceled numerous times and despite the Marcoses claim to the shares held by the Duavit family,<ref name="IPO3">[http://business.inquirer.net/money/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=79125 ''Marcoses claim a third of GMA Network shares''], Philippine Daily Inquirer. Accessed August 2, 2007.</ref> their [[Initial public offering|IPO]] was finally held on July 30 offering [[PhP]] 8.50 per share.<ref name="IPO4">[http://business.inquirer.net/money/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=76954 ''GMA Network IPO priced at P8.50 -- underwriter ''], Philippine Daily Inquirer. Accessed August 2, 2007.</ref> The Network started to produce [[Media franchise|television Franchises]] from other countries when they produced ''[[Celebrity Duets: Philippine Edition]]'' with [[FremantleMedia]], one of the largest producers of television franchises in the world based in [[United Kingdom]]. They later produced ''[[MariMar (Philippine TV series)|MariMar]]'', ''[[Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan]]'', ''[[Kakasa Ka Ba Sa Grade 5?]]'' and ''[[Whammy! Push Your Luck]]'' from various countries. On September 16, 2007, it was announced that the [[Idol series|''Idol'' franchise]], which had previously been used by the [[Associated Broadcasting Company]] to produce ''[[Philippine Idol]]'') would be transferred to GMA under the new name ''[[Pinoy Idol]]''.<ref name=PinoyIdol-gma>{{cite news| first=Nitz| last=Miralles| title=''Pinoy Idol'', tinanggihan nina Ryan at Mr. C| date=October 16, 2007| publisher=Journal Online| url=http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?issue=2007-10-16&sec=3&aid=35234}}{{Language icon|tl|Tagalog}}</ref>
===Growth===
[[Image:Abs-cbn 80's.jpeg|150px|thumb|right|Original ABS-CBN logo (Feb. 26, 1986–Dec. 31, 1999).]]
On February 28, 1986, after the [[Ferdinand Marcos|Marcos]] regime was brought to its end by the revolution, Geny Lopez returned to the country after his self exile to the United States and started rebuilding what was left of the station. Recovery was difficult and resources were low. Hence, former ABS-CBN employee Freddie M. García was brought in to rework the station's programming. By 1988, ABS-CBN had regained its foothold in Philippine TV ratings.


In 2008, GMA produced a diverse set of shows for its primetime block by airing [[Carlo J. Caparas' Joaquin Bordado|Carlo J. Caparas' ''Joaquin Bordado'']], [[Dyesebel (TV series)|Mars Ravelo's ''Dyesebel'']], ''[[Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita]]'', ''[[Gagambino]]'', ''[[Codename: Asero]]'', ''[[Lalola]]'', ''[[Ako si Kim Sam Soon]]'', ''[[Survivor Philippines]]'', ''[[Family Feud]]'', ''[[Saan Darating Ang Umaga?]]'' and ''[[Luna Mystika]]''. GMA also became the new home of the [[Idol franchise]], with ''[[Pinoy Idol]]'' also premiering that summer along with its companion show, ''[[Pinoy Idol Extra]]''.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}
On March 1, 1987, Channel 2 was relaunched with the live musical special, "The Star Network: Ang Pagbabalik Ng Bituin" (The Return of the Star) which noted for the numerical white tri-ribbon channel 2 logo laced with a white rhombidal star (from 1988–1992 the ribbons were tri-colored in red, green and blue) as a centerpiece of the network's revival to return its glory days. It was ABS-CBN became the first network to reclaim dominance in TV ratings.


In the first half of 2009, GMA Network lined up new shows for its primetime like [[Ang Babaeng Hinugot Sa Aking Tadyang|Carlo J. Caparas' ''Ang Babaeng Hinugot Sa Aking Tadyang'']], [[Totoy Bato|Carlo J. Caparas' ''Totoy Bato'']], ''[[All About Eve (Philippine TV series)|All About Eve]]'', ''[[Zorro (Philippine TV series)|Zorro]]'', ''[[Adik Sa'Yo]]'', ''[[All My Life (TV series)|All My Life]]'', ''[[Sana Ngayong Pasko]]''. The primetime news program ''[[24 Oras]]'' won 2 awards on the New York Festival, a Gold Medal for Best Continuing Coverage and a Silver Medal for Best News Program.
In 1987, ABS-CBN also beefed up their news programs with ''[[TV Patrol]]'', anchored by a team of announcers led by now former Vice-President [[Noli de Castro]]. (Its original lead anchors included de Castro, [[Mel Tiangco]], [[Frankie Evangelista]], and Angelique Lazo, with the late [[Ernie Baron]] telling the daily weather newscast.) Other reputable news programs followed, such as [[Magandang Gabi, Bayan]] and [[Hoy Gising!]]. The entertainment programs of ABS-CBN were also beefed up with a mix of programs that aired previously on [[RPN-9]] and [[IBC-13]] ([[Eat Bulaga!]], [[Okey Ka Fairy Ko!]], [[The Sharon Cuneta Show]], [[Coney Reyes on Camera]]) while producing homegrown shows through the years that made an impact on Filipino viewers (The Maricel Soriano Drama Special, [[Palibhasa Lalake]], [[Home Along Da Riles]], etc.)


The network likewise lined up new primetime shows for the second half of 2009 like ''[[Rosalinda (Philippine TV series)|Rosalinda]]'', new version of ''[[Darna (2009 TV series)|Darna]]'', second season of ''[[Survivor Philippines]]'', ''[[Stairway to Heaven (Philippine TV series)|Stairway to Heaven]]'', ''[[Full House]]'', new season of ''[[StarStruck (Philippine TV series)|StarStruck]]''.
In 1989, ABS-CBN shifted to satellite broadcast, enabling the entire country to watch the same programs simultaneously. Slowly, the station inched its way to financial recovery, which it achieved by 1990. It regularly garnered around 70% of the market.


===2010s===
According to their website, they reach 97% of all households in the country and provide content for [[Studio 23]] on UHF and for the [[ABS-CBN News Channel]] (ANC), [[DZMM TeleRadyo]], [[Hero (TV channel)|Hero]], [[MYX]], [[Knowledge Channel (ABS-CBN)|Knowledge Channel]], [[Lifestyle Network]], [[Cinema One]], [[Balls (TV channel)|Balls]], [[Velvet (TV channel)|Velvet]], and [[Maxxx]] on cable.
In 2010, for the first and second quarters, GMA Network released new soaps and shows like ''[[The Last Prince]]'', ''[[Panday Kids]]'', ''[[First Time (TV series)|First Time]]'', ''Laff En Roll'', ''[[Diva (Philippines TV series)|Diva]]'', ''[[Zooperstars]]'', ''[[Claudine (TV series)|Claudine]]'', ''[[Wipeout (2008 U.S. game show)|Wipeout]]'', ''[[Pepito Manaloto]]'', ''[[Wachamakulit]]'', ''Sunnyville'', ''[[Comedy Bar]]'', ''[[Love Bug (TV series)|Love Bug]]'', ''[[Langit Sa Piling Mo]]'', ''[[Pilyang Kerubin]]'', ''[[Endless Love (Philippine TV series)|Endless Love]]'', ''[[Danz Showdown]]'', as well as ''[[Diz Iz It]]'' which replaced the longest morning talk show ''[[SiS]]'' along ''[[Party Pilipinas]]'' which replaced ''[[SOP (Philippine TV series)|SOP]]''.


In 2011, GMA Network offered an afternoon line-up which continued the success of ''[[Koreana]]'', ''[[Trudis Liit]]'', ''[[Basahang Ginto]]'' and ''[[Bantatay]]''. It includes ''[[Nita Negrita]]'', ''[[Magic Palayok]]'', ''[[Alakdana]]'', ''[[Sisid (TV series)|Sisid]]'' and ''[[My Lover, My Wife]].'' In the primetime line-up, GMA released ''[[I Heart You, Pare!]]'', ''[[Dwarfina]]'', ''[[Machete (TV series)|Machete]]'', ''[[Captain Barbell (2011 TV series)|Captain Barbell]]'', ''[[Munting Heredera]]'', and the first historical drama of the Philippines, entitled ''[[Amaya (TV series)|Amaya]]'' starring [[Marian Rivera]].
===Expansion===
Aside from its flagship terrestrial network [[DWWX-TV|ABS-CBN 2 Manila]], ABS-CBN broadcasts to many predominantly [[Overseas Filipino|Filipino]] people in the Middle East, [[United States]], [[Europe]], [[Australia]] and several other countries via [[The Filipino Channel]] or TFC. The network has also diversified into film ([[Star Cinema]] – ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc.), music recording ([[Star Records]]), publishing ([[ABS-CBN Publishing]]), and interactive media ([[ABS-CBN Interactive]]). In August 2008 it inked a deal with Sorenson Pacific Broadcasting to broadcast news and other content from the network and its sister channels to its television and radio broadcasting properties in [[Guam]] and [[Northern Mariana Islands|The CNMI]]. Former ABS-CBN president [[Eugenio Lopez III]] became chairman of the network since 1996.


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The network has also introduced its second terrestrial channel, [[Studio 23]] (UHF band) in 1996, as well as cable channels [[MYX]] (a music channel), [[ABS-CBN News Channel]] (a cable news channel), [[CinemaOne Global]]/[[Cinema One]] (a cable movie channel), the [[Lifestyle Network]] (home and lifestyle channel), [[Kapamilya Channel|Pinoy Central TV]] (regionally produced shows. This channel was replaced by [[Kapamilya Channel]]), [[Hero (TV channel)|Hero]] (the country's first [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]]-dubbed [[anime]] channel, [[ANIMAX]]'s only known competitor in Southeast Asia), [[DZMM TeleRadyo]] ''(the country's first interactive TV on Radio)'' and [[Knowledge Channel (ABS-CBN)|Knowledge Channel]] ''(all educational channel)''. Recently in the first quarter of 2008 three additional cable channels namely [[Balls (TV channel)|Balls]] ''(Sports Channel)'', [[Velvet (TV channel)|Velvet]] ''(women's Channel)'' and [[Maxxx]] ''(all men focus channel)''. The network's radio stations include [[DZMM|DZMM 630 kHz]] (AM-Manila), [[DWRR 101.9]] (FM-Manila), and My Only Radio regional FM stations.


==Branding of the GMA Network==
ABS-CBN has established regional stations and news bureaus to handle operations in different areas throughout the Philippines. It also broadcasts to locations all over the world via [[The Filipino Channel]], managed by [[ABS-CBN International]]. Shows are also available for live viewing and subscription via the Internet through ABS-CBN Interactive's TFCnow! service.


===Network identity===
ABS-CBN affirms its social responsibility in its slogan, "In the Service of the Filipino", and through the work of [[ABS-CBN Foundation]]. Through multimedia, the foundation has delivered [[E-TV]] (Educational Television) VCDs to hundreds of public schools in the country that benefitted students. The foundation is also the umbrella organization of such foundations such as the [[Knowledge Channel (ABS-CBN)|Knowledge Channel]] (KCh) Foundation, [[Bantay Bata]] (Children's Watch), [[Bantay Kalikasan]] (Environment Watch), and ABS-CBN Bayan Foundation (formerly, ABS-CBN Bayan MicroFinance).
On October 29, 1961, then Loreto F. de Hemedes Inc. through '''Radio Broadcasting Station''' launches its first television station in the Philippines, known back then as [[DZBB-TV|DZBB TV Channel 7]]. GMA Network began branding its identity by eliminating call signs to its network identification. By 1974, the call letters were disregarded and paves the way for other networks to affect such naming structures. Thus, GMA is the first television station in the Philippines to be called by its corporate name and not by its call sign.
:*'''DZBB TV Channel 7 (1961-1974)'''—From the success of its amplitude modulation band radio [[DZBB-AM|DZBB]], [[Robert "Uncle Bob" Stewart|Robert La Rue "Uncle Bob" Stewart]] launches its first television and the Philippines third terrestrial channel, [[DZBB-TV|DZBB TV Channel 7]].
:*'''RBS TV Channel 7 (1974-1975)'''—When Gilberto Duavit, Menardo Jimenez and Felipe Gozon took over the management of Loreto F. de Hemedes Inc. in 1974, GMA Network was rebranded to Republic Broadcasting System.
:*'''GMA Radio Television Arts (1975-1992)'''—To ascertain its present in its coverage area, the Greater Manila Area, GMA Network changed its character to GMA Radio-Television Arts.
:*'''GMA Rainbow Satellite Network (Rainbow Network, 1992-2002)'''—In preparation for the launching of [[Tower of Power (transmitter)|Tower of Power]], GMA again rebranded its network identity on April 30, 1992.
:*'''GMA Network (Kapuso Network, 2002-Present)'''—In October 27, 2002, GMA Network unveiled its new identity and catchphrase. In an effort to localized and transformed its image into a more intrinsic Filipino, GMA Network engaged in a rebranding course in line with its objective to become the leader in providing local news and entertainment. The rebranding of its logo and slogans reflects its new business distinctiveness and integrating the network’s character as the former “Rainbow Network.”


[[Image:60thanniv6002.jpg|thumb|right|170px|GMA Logo in their 60th Anniversary]]
Geny Lopez died of a heart attack and cancer on June 29, 1999 in West Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City. This happened on the same year when the network inaugurated its [[Millennium Transmitter (ABS-CBN Tower)|Millennium Transmitter]] in the corporation grounds, resulting in a more clear signal for its television and radio stations nationwide, and put up its own grand New Year's Day broadcast for the year 2000 in 3 simultaneous locations, another network first.


===Logos===
===ABS-CBN Holdings Corporation===
GMA Network has used a number of logos throughout its history especially when Gozon, Jimenez and Duavit acquired the station in the 1974. From late 1970s to the early 1990s, the network used the [[Circle 7 logo]], which is also expended by several networks around the world. In the 1980s, to refine its presence in Philippine broadcast industry, GMA Network used the slogan ''Where You Belong'', and lasted for two decades before invigorating to another catchphrase. In 1989, GMA Network redefines itself as the '''Rainbow Network,''' succeeding the ensigns of the rainbow. Throughout the 1990s, the network developed the logo before having it replaced by its current logo in 2002 and as the '''Kapuso Network'''.<ref>http://www.gmanetwork.com GMA Network History</ref> After a huge marketing campaign, and improved television ratings, the new insignia (the rainbow-colored stylized heart-shape logo known as '''''Kapuso''''') is now one of the most recognizable in the Philippines.
ABS-CBN Holdings Corporation({{pse|ABSP}}) is a [[holding company|holding]] company incorporated on March 30, 1999 as Worldtech Holdings Corporation, for the primary purpose of investing, purchasing and holding [[Real property|real]] and [[personal properties]], including but not limited to, [[shares]] of [[stock]], bonds, [[debentures]], notes, evidences of indebtedness or other securities or obligations. On September 16, 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved the change in the Company’s corporate name to ABS-CBN Holdings Corporation.<ref>http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?ticker=ABSP:PM</ref>

The Company has not conducted any business other than in connection with the issuance of PDRs (Philippine Depository Receipt), the performance of obligations under the PDRs and the acquisition and holding of shares of ABS-CBN Corporation in respect of PDRs issued.

The Company is 50% owned by Lopez, Inc. , a Philippine entity, and 50% owned by certain directors and officers of Lopez, Inc.

The registered office address of the Company is 4th Floor, Benpres Building, Exchange Road corner Meralco Avenue, [[Pasig City]].

===The ''Kapamilya'' network===

In 2003, during the television station's 50th anniversary, ABS-CBN launched its present slogan, "''Kapamilya''" (literally means "a member of the family").

Its international unit ABS-CBN Global Ltd. plans to undertake an initial public offering (IPO) the following year and might list on the Singapore Stock Exchange to help finance its expansion plans.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryID=63141| title = ABS-CBN confirms IPO for Global| accessdate = April 7, 2007
| author = Charo Logata| publisher = ABS-CBN Interactive}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

The network celebrated its golden anniversary in 2003. The network held its Kapamilya Homecoming, which gathered over 4,000 former employees and talents for a grand reunion at ABS-CBN’s compound in Bohol Avenue, Quezon City. The network also launched a promo called "Treasure Hunt", where the people were invited to bring their oldest television, radio sets, microphones, and posters. The network also celebrated its 16th year reign in the TV ratings, with 13 of their shows included in the Top 15 daily programs in TV. ABS-CBN also launched new shows such as the then phenomenal [[Meteor Garden]] etc. The company also did a nationwide caravan, showcasing the network's talents.

On October 2003, the network held a month-long celebration of ABS-CBN and Philippine TV's 50th year.<ref>[http://www.abs-cbn.com/50tv/oct-best.html ABS-CBN 50th Anniversary website]{{dead link|date=May 2011}}</ref> The station produced two commemorative documentaries about the station's contribution in news and entertainment. ''Sa Mata ng Balita'' encapsulated some of the most unforgettable, most remarkable, and most celebrated landmarks of the last 50 years as captured by television news. ''50 Taong Ligawan: The Pinoy TV History'', on the other hand, was the first extensive television documentary done about the history of Philippine Television and the evolution of Philippine entertainment. For the celebration's finale, the broadcasting giant capped its 50th anniversary with a spectacular extravaganza dubbed as ''Kapamilya: ABS-CBN at 50'',<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.newsflash.org/2003/05/be/be002608.htm| title = ABS-CBN'S 50th Year Celebrates Philippine Television| author = Sol Jose Vanzi| accessdate = April 7, 2007| year = 2003| month = November 1| publisher = [[The Philippine Star]]}}
</ref> held at the [[Philippine International Convention Center]] (PICC) in Pasay City. It was hailed as one of the biggest media events of the year. The Lopez-led network rolled out the red carpet to welcome its high-profile guests from the business, advertising and media sectors, politics, members of the diplomatic community, with many of the society’s luminaries and glitterati. Valued friends and supporters of the network throughout the five decades also attended the grand affair. The network's official 50 Years station id won an Award for Excellence in the 2004 Golden Quill Festival.

On November 7, 2006, ABS-CBN unveiled its flagship coffeetable book, ''"Kapitan: Geny Lopez and the Making of ABS-CBN."'' The 453-page book chronicles the hardships and odds that the network founder had to face, as well as the achievements and contributions of ABS-CBN in Philippine Television history.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=bongAustero_nov20_2006 | title = A network’s saga | date = 2007-11-20 | accessdate = 2007
| author = Bong Austero | publisher = Manila Standard Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/sports/view_article.php?article_id=86057 | title = Geny Lopez and his values | date = 2007-09-05 | accessdate = 2007
| author = Butch Del Castillo | publisher = Business Mirror}}</ref> The book won various awards, including Best Biography/Autobiography in the 26th [[Philippine National Book Awards|National Book Awards]],<ref>{{cite web| url = http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/sports/view_article.php?article_id=86057 | title = Inquirer columnists win National Book Awards | accessdate = 2007
| author = | publisher = Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref> and a merit award in the publications category of the 2007 Gold Quill Awards.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=99180 | title = ABS-CBN wins 6 Gold Quill awards | accessdate = 2007
| author = | publisher = ABS-CBN News}}</ref>

On September 29, 2007, [[ABS-CBN]] acquired the exclusive rights to the whole [[movie]] [[library]] of the late [[Fernando Poe, Jr.]], after [[Susan Roces]] signed the [[contract]]. ABS-CBN Chairman [[Eugenio Lopez III]], Cory Vidanes, Senior Vice President of TVP Production (currently the Channel 2 Head), and Poe’s daughter Grace Poe-Llamanzares were present.<ref>[http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/Story_Page/tabid/55/cat/entertainment/news/3721/Default.aspx Abs-Cbn Interactive, ABS-CBN acquires right to 'Da King's' movie library]{{dead link|date=May 2011}}</ref>

===ABS-CBN 55 years===
In 2008, ABS-CBN celebrated their 55th year in television. For the first time in Philippine TV History, ABS-CBN started the year by launching three primetime shows namely ''[[Lobo (TV series)|Lobo]]'', ''[[Palos (TV series)|Palos]]'' and ''[[Kung Fu Kids]]'' last January 28, 2008. ABS-CBN also launched Walang Iwanan sa BayaniJuan on June 12, 2008 in coincidence with the celebration of 110th Philippine Independence.

On April 26, 2009, [[ABS-CBN]] is the only media organization to be cited as one of the country's top 15 listed companies in corporate governance, as shown by an annual survey of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD).<ref name="abs-cbnnews.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/04/27/09/abs-cbn-beats-media-firms-corporate-governance-survey |title=ABS-CBN tops corporate governance survey among RP media &#124; ABS-CBN News &#124; Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features |publisher=ABS-CBN News |date=2009-04-27 |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref>
It is the only media company to garner a score of 90 percent or higher in the 2008 Corporate Governance Scorecard, a survey of corporate governance practices among 172 publicly listed companies in the country.<ref name="abs-cbnnews.com"/>

==Branding of ABS-CBN==
The ABS-CBN logo features three main elements, the vertical line rooted on a horizontal origin, the three extending circles, and the text ABS-CBN. The vertical line or bar represents a tower (broadcasting tower), with the circles symbolizing its signals representing the red, green and blue or [[RGB]] colors which makes up a [[pixel]] shown on the [[television]]. The 3 divisions of the Philippines, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, are also denoted by the three circles.

ABS-CBN once used a logo with ABS on top and CBN on the bottom, meaning the broadcasting corporations owned by two different families, the Quirino-owned ABS and the Lopez-owned CBN. Three circles, from the past years having no color variety, represent the three main islands of the Philippines, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. While the vertical bar represented the ABS-CBN TV transmitter tower. The whole logo is boxed, meaning ABS-CBN connects all the islands of the country with one family. The logo first introduced and appeared in 1966 including the colored circles when the network is the first color television network in the Philippines and 1967 rended in black and white. The colored circles used from its switching to color TV from 1966 to its closure by Marcoses by declearing Martial Law in the country in 1972 and 1992 when the network broadcast the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain until late 1999. When the black and white from 1967 to its clousure in 1972 and from resume broadcast from 1986 until 1992.
Then, the latter years, ABS-CBN launched The Filipino Channel, making the ABS-CBN logo unboxed, and represented as ABS-CBN is not only for the Filipinos inside, but also outside of the country. Merging the two stations, ABS and CBN, with one owner, the Lopez family, the ABS-CBN logo now uses "ABS-CBN", instead of having ABS and CBN, in one variation, situated on the bottom of the logo.

===Channel 2===

[[File:BBC2Phils.svg|150px|thumb|left|The vector logo used by the Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation.]]
Since 1969, the network has started using a channel logo beginning on DZAQ-TV with the early channel 2 logo for use as a promotion from 1969 to 1972 as ''The Family Channel''. The frequency was later awarded to [[Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] as [[DWWX-TV]] from 1973 to 1986, and had a different logo used.

ABS-CBN introduced an innovation to the channel 2 logo from 1986 to 1992. At first, the channel 2 logo is introduced into ABS-CBN, after the dissolution of BBC in July. The features of the first channel 2 logo is a wing-shaped blue crest with a white curve at the top and a white line as a tail, the broadway 2 logo was used from 1986 to 1987. It has a slogan name ''Watch Us Do It Again!'' as the station ID aired since the network's revival.

After six months of carefully selected plans, the first tri-[[ribbon]] 2 logo laced with a rhombidal [[star]] came to be on March 1, 1987. The tri-ribbon 2 logo's color is white carried the slogan ''The Star Network'' when it aired as a station ID to reclaim the dominance in TV ratings. By 1988, the ribbons in the tri-ribbon 2 logo are tri-colored with [[red]], [[green]] and [[blue]]. Truly, the tri-ribbon 2 logo was accidentally came from a shooting star in the form of 2. Similarly, most numerical channel logos within this slogan have with a star and versions came into regional TV channels like 3 ([[DYCB-TV]] in Cebu and [[DZRR-TV]] in Baguio), 4 ([[DYXL-TV]] in Bacolod and [[DXAS-TV]] in Davao) and other regional stations.

===Sarimanok===
The [[Sarimanok]], a legendary bird in Philippine Folklore was first used in 1966 to identify color broadcasts (somewhat similar on how the [[NBC logos|NBC peacock]] has been utilized). In 1993, which happens to be the Chinese Year of the Rooster, ABS-CBN relaunched the Sarimanok with a new station ID featuring the legendary bird. The ''Sarimanok'' ID became utmostly associated with the channel that ABS-CBN opted it to become the station's mascot. Incidentally, ABS-CBN named its new 24-hour news channel the Sarimanok News Network, the precursor of the [[ABS-CBN News Channel]].

===The evolution of ABS-CBN logos===
The ABS-CBN corporate logo started from the Alto Broadcasting System's (ABS) radio tower transmission waves graphic element and original typography that was conceptualized in 1956. [http://www.abs-cbn.com/headlines/Article/3285/Farewell-to-the-Father-of-Philippine-Television.aspx James Lindenberg], the father of Philippine television, instructed Delfin L. Borrero, then a fresh fine arts graduate of the [[University_of_the_Philippines_Diliman|University of the Philippines in Diliman]], to develop the ABS logo and its logotype.

In 1966 before ABS and CBN merged, the original logo was modified by [http://www.dadot.com/default.aspx Davis Architects] which were the architects of the [[Bryant-Denny Stadium]] and [[Leandro Locsin]], architect of the [[Philippine International Convention Center]] (PICC).

In 1967, with the incorporation and final merger of the Quirino-owned Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) and the Lopez-owned Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN), the logo was revised with the same original graphic elements and including the CBN typography. The logo was rendered in black and white for station ID. The colored rendition of the logo first appeared on the first color TV broadcast in the country within the year. The tri-band circles are in RGB. Red for Luzon, Green for Visayas and Blue for Mindanao. The colored variation was used subsequently until 2000.

On January 1, 2000, ABS-CBN modified its corporate logo. The previous logo, which heralded ABS-CBN as the largest TV network in the country gave way to the present logo's styling. The tri-band circles derived from the original radio transmission waves graphic element with colors, red, green, blue with the vertical line at the center still remained and the logotype was enhanced.

Today, the tri-band radio transmission waves graphic element and the original typography are used in derivatives as logos and logotypes of subsidiaries of the ABS-CBN Corporation worldwide media conglomerate. [[Arquitectonica]], a Miami-based international architecture, landscape architecture, interior design and urban planning corporation, designed the logo derivatives.


===Slogans===
===Slogans===
{{Main|List of ABS–CBN Corporation slogans}}
{{main|List of GMA Network slogans}}
'''''Kapuso ng Bawat Pilipino''''' ('''''In the Hearts of Every Filipino''''') is the present characteristic catchphrase of GMA Network. The slogan was initially used in conjunction with the rebranding of GMA Network as the '''“Kapuso Network”''' in October 27, 2002.<ref>http://www.gmapinoytv.com/about/GMANetwork</ref> But the another slogan of the network '''''Kapuso Mo, Anumang Kulay ng Buhay''''' ('''''One in Heart, in Every Colors of Life''''') is still used in other purposes especially to their website ''www.igma.tv''. GMA Network’s news and public affairs department meanwhile uses the slogan ''Serbisyong Totoo'' (''True Service''). It is one of the longest running slogans used for news broadcast promotion.<ref>http://www.pep.ph/guide/tv/5636/gma-news-and-public-affairs-seals-commitment-to-serbisyong-totoo-via-panata-sa-bayan</ref><ref>http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/245276/panata-sa-bayan-reaffirms-serbisyong-totoo</ref> GMA Network found itself on the other end of a battle concerning the slogan, when [[ABS-CBN News Channel]] uses similar catchphrase, and immediately discontinued in order to avoid legal predicament from GMA Network. In 2006, its news department also used an accompanying slogan, ''Just News,'' for its promotional campaign together with its news media partners, INQ7.Net.<ref>http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view/20061208-37156/Philippine_Daily_Inquirer,_GMA_Network_launch_'new_INQ7.net'</ref>


==Programming==
==Program production==
{{main|List of programs broadcast by GMA Network}}
===ABS-CBN Broadcast Center===
GMA Network television programming comprises news, public affairs, fictional, variety shows, dramas, musicals, soap operas, children’s and talk shows, and reality programs. Most of its programs are broadcasted live and taped in its GMA Network Centers and Studios located in Metropolitan Manila. GMA Network currently programs 20.5 hours of programming per day. It provides 34.5 hours of prime-time programming per week to its owned and affiliated stations: 5:30-10:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 5:30-11:30 p.m. on Fridays; 6:00-10:00 p.m. on Saturdays; and 6:00-10:30 p.m. on Sundays. Programming is also provided from 4:30-8:30 a.m. on weekdays in the form of [[Unang Hirit]]; the one-and-half hour weekday variety show [[Eat Bulaga!]]; early afternoon dramas, early- and late-evening news program, [[24 Oras]] and [[Saksi]], respectively; prime-time programing through its ''Telebabad'' block; late night current affairs shows produced by its news and public affairs department.
[[Image:Abscbn broadcast center.jpg|350px|thumb|right|The ABS-CBN Broadcast Center in Quezon City.]]
ABS-CBN Broadcast Center (or ABS-CBN Broadcasting Complex) is located on Sergeant Esguerra, corner Mother Ignacia Street, Barangay Laging Handa, Diliman, Quezon City. Situated on 14"38' N and 121"02' E and built in 1968. The complex contains Studio 1, now known as the [[Dolphy Theatre]], which is one of the oldest studios of ABS-CBN. Studio 2, also one of the oldest, is one of the three permanent set-up studios of ABS-CBN, where the morning talent variety show ''[[Showtime (TV series)|Showtime]]''. Studio 3 is home to the noontime variety show ''[[Happy Yipee Yehey]]''. Studios 4, 9, 11 and 12 are temporary studio set-ups, where the props are dismantled after the show. Studio 5 is home to ''[[The Buzz (talk show)|The Buzz]]'' while Studio 8 is the home to ''[[Entertainment Live]]'', weekly showbiz oriented talk shows. ABS-CBN's news programs permanently use Studios 6 and 7. Studio 6 houses programs of the ''[[ABS-CBN News Channel]]'', while ABS-CBN flagship news shows ''[[TV Patrol]]'', ''[[Bandila]]'', and ''[[News Patrol]]'' air from Studio 7. Studio 10 is home of Sunday programs such as the afternoon musical variety show, ''[[ASAP (variety show)|ASAP Rocks]]'' and the lifestyle program ''[[Rated K]]''.


===Competition===
====Eugenio Lopez, Jr. Communications Center====
Programming competition started in 2004 when production of numerous GMA Network shows was up against its rival network, [[ABS-CBN]]. Reality program, [[Extra Challenge]] started to lead the game and with launch of ''telefantasya'' [[Mulawin]]. On September 23, 2004, GMA Network finally gained in leadership Mega Manila against its closest competitor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2006/07/21/ENTR2006072169735.html |title=After withdrawing from KBP, GMA 7 became No. 1! |publisher=Manila Bulletin Online |date=2006-07-21 |accessdate=2008-10-05|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080509125326/http%3A//www.mb.com.ph/issues/2006/07/21/ENTR2006072169735.html |archivedate = May 9, 2008|deadurl=yes}}</ref> In 2005, GMA Network began producing [[Mars Ravelo's Darna]], a classic Filipino comic book character which became an instant hit, with an overnight rating of 47.7 percent, the highest rating for a pilot episode and the first ''telefantasya'' to reached 52.1 percent ratings; followed by [[Encantadia]] at 47.2 percent and other prime-time ''telefantasyas'', [[Mulawin]] (2004) and [[Sugo]] (2005) contributed to GMA Network lead in Mega Manila. In 2006, GMA Network maintained its primetime supremacy by reformatting its reality-based program [[Extra Challenge]] and another ''telefantasya'' [[Encantadia]] (which was succeeded by sequels, [[Etheria]] and [[Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas]]), and the localized subtitled versions of Korean television series [[Stairway to Heaven]], [[Full House]], [[Jewel in the Palace]] and [[My Name is Kim Sam Soon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pep.ph/top/14938/Top-Asianovelas-since-the-year-2002 |title=Top Asianovelas since the year 2002 |publisher=Philippine Entertainment Portal |author=Salanga, Elyas Isabelo |date=2008-01-16 |accessdate=2008-10-05}}</ref> In 2007, GMA Network started producing the local version of a Mexican television series [[MariMar]]. For its pilot episode, [[MariMar]] got 52.6 percent overnight rating, making it the only soap operate to achieve the highest ratings in GMA Network’s history. In a 2006 survey conducted by [[Pulse Asia]], seven out of 10 Metro Manila-based viewers find GMA Network a more credible network than rival [[ABS-CBN]].<ref>[http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php?page=news&id=11709&sid=6&urldate=2006-09-10 Journal Online - Philippine Tabloid featuring news, current events, celebrities, entertainment, local balita, tsismis, and much more<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> GMA Network managed to lead in Mega Manila and Southern Luzon demographic, which has the highest concentration of television ownership and 79 percent of advertisement placement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/oct/27/yehey/business/20061027bus7.html |title=ABS-CBN leads GMA 7 in viewership share |date=October 27, 2006 |publisher=The Manila Times |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071024115516/http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/oct/27/yehey/business/20061027bus7.html |archivedate=2007-10-24}}</ref> The National Urban Television Audience Measurement was officially launched on October 16, 2006 to determine the television ratings and audience share of local TV programs from the different urban areas in the Philippines. This changes the broadcast industry landscape and the manner in which the advertisers allocate their TV investments to achieve cost efficiency and maximization. In August 2007 audience rating data shows GMA Network maintained its lead in Mega Manila, which resulted to a 23 percent growth in its consolidated net income to [[PhP]]1.13 billion in the first half of the year from [[PhP]]915 million in the same period last year.<ref>[http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2007/08/15/BSNS20070815100336.html GMA Network posts [[PhP]]1.13-B net income in 1st half, up 23%], ''Manila Bulletin'', n.d. Accessed last Aug 16, 2007. {{Wayback|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2007/08/15/BSNS20070815100336.html|date =20071022092419|bot=DASHBot}}</ref> GMA Network income grew by 23 percent year-on-year to [[PhP]]1.126 billion in the first six months of the year. Mega Manila accounts 49 percent of total TV households. The Mega Manila and Luzon markets combined accounts 76 percent of the total TV households.<ref>[http://www.bworld.com.ph/Research/stockpicks.php?id=0203 Stock Market] BW Research</ref> It earned [[PhP]]2.3 billion in 2007.<ref>[http://www.gmanews.tv/video/22978/GMA-Network-earned-P23B-in-2007 www.gmanews.tv/video, GMA Network earned P2.3B in 2007, 05/21/2008]</ref> In 2011, GMA Network maintained the lead in the national television ratings mentioning figures from Nielsen TV Audience Measurement for the period of January 1 to February 13, 2011. It had 33.2 percent audience shared based on overnight data, higher than [[ABS-CBN]]’s 31.8 percent and [[Associated Broadcasting Company|TV5]]’s 14.9 percent. It also leads in Urban Luzon, which makes up 77 percent of total television households in the Philippines. GMA Network posted 9.8 point lead with 36.5 points compared with closest competitor, [[ABS-CBN]]’s 26.7 points and imposing a 19.6 point lead from [[Associated Broadcasting Company|TV5]]’s 16.9. GMA Network also sustained to beat [[ABS-CBN]] in Mega Manila, which accounts 58 percent of television household. It got 37.7 percent share over [[ABS-CBN]] 25.2 percent and [[Associated Broadcasting Company|TV5]]’s 17.7 percent, 20 points higher.<ref>http://www.gmanews.tv/story/213086/gma-7-network-now-leads-national-ratings-race GMA News Online, Business Stories</ref>
Also inside the ABS-CBN complex is the Eugenio Lopez, Jr. Communications Center (ELJCC). It is named after the late [[Eugenio Lopez, Jr.]]. It was constructed in 2000. On November 4, 2010, which would have been Geny Lopez' 82nd birthday, [[President of the Philippines|Pres.]] [[Noynoy Aquino]] and other Philippine politicians participated in the building's dedication ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pep.ph/photos/1982/PNoy_leads_ABS-CBN_dedication_ceremony_of_ELJCC_building/num/1 |title=Philippine Entertainment Portal: PNoy leads ABS-CBN dedication ceremony of ELJCC building |publisher=Pep.ph |date= |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref> Kapamilya Film Vaults, ABS-CBN's cinema library, which the ''[[Philippine Inquirer]]'' describes as the "de facto National Archives" for [[cinema of the Philippines]], has been located in the basement of ELJCC since 2003. Out of the estimated 8,000 films created since the birth of the Philippine cinema industry, an estimated 5,000 have been lost; of the remaining 3,000, ELJCC holds 2,500, or 5/6 of the total.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20100912-291865/Inside-the-Kapamilya-film-vaults |title=Philippine Inquirer: Inside the Kapamilya film vaults |publisher=Showbizandstyle.inquirer.net |date= |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref>


==Controversies==
The building is listed as an approved IT Center by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, making export-oriented companies located therein eligible for temporary [[tax holiday]], permanent reduced rate of [[corporate income tax]], and other incentives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peza.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=116&Itemid=161&nature=IT%20Parks/Centers |title=Philippine Economic Zone Authority: IT Parks/Centers |publisher=Peza.gov.ph |date= |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref> It gained this approval in February 2003; however ABS-CBN itself does not receive PEZA tax benefit from this status.<ref name="Ref1">[http://168.144.71.227/media/annual/2003cfs.pdf ABS-CBN Consolidated Financial Statements] (page 67)</ref>
===Copyright infringement with ABS-CBN===
In July 22, 2004, during the arrival of Angelo de la Cruz at the [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport]] (a truck driver who was held hostage and threatened with beheading in Iraq abducted by armed rebels west of Baghdad while trucking fuel from Saudi Arabia), live news coverage was aired on GMA Network and other local television stations in the Philippines.<ref>http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-07/20/content_350080.htm</ref> GMA Network used audio-video coverage through the facilities of [[Reuters]], which GMA Network subscribed to.<ref>http://www.anytimesnews.com/2010/11/18/ca-favors-gma-in-copyright-violation-case-filed-by-abs-cbn</ref> During the said broadcast, a live feed from Reuters was simultaneously aired with its own live broadcast. During the first five-second of live feed, GMA Network did notice that the live feed from Reuters was also airing at another local station, its main competitor [[ABS-CBN]]. The live video was restricted only to ABS-CBN and Reuters did not inform GMA Network that the video coverage was only intended for ABS-CBN.<ref>http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20101117met4.html</ref> The local Court of Appeals junked the case filed by ABS-CBN Corporation against GMA Network Inc. for what was claimed to be illegal copying of its live video footage. In a ruling, the local fourth division of the appellate court set aside the resolution of the local Justice department, which approved the filing of violation of [[Philippine copyright law|Republic Act 8293]] (or the [[Philippine copyright law|Intellectual Property Code]]) against GMA Network. It ruled out that the act of GMA Network in airing the live video coverage was focused by good faith since there was no meaning to instigate damage to [[ABS-CBN Corporation]].<ref>http://www.malaya.com.ph/11232010/news18.html</ref> The local court also said GMA Network acted in good faith when it decided to instantaneously stop using the live video feed from Reuters upon learning ABS-CBN was also covering the said news event and its following exertion to authenticate the ABS-CBN Corporation restriction arrangement with the news service, Reuters. The local court also stressed that apart from lack of intent of GMA Network to affect the video from ABS-CBN, the action also cannot be reflected intrusion of Sections 212.4 and 185.1 of Republic Act 8293 since it was just a short excerpt compared with the totality of the matter.<ref>http://www.gmanews.tv/story/206354/ca-favors-gma-in-copyright-violation-case-filed-by-abs-cbn</ref>


===ABS-CBN Sound Stages===
===TV ratings===
{{main|AGB Nielsen Philippine TV ratings controversy}}
Recently, the conglomerate announced the construction of a 6 billion peso worth of state-of-the-art [[sound stages|sound stage]] facility in a 15 hectare lot in [[Novaliches]], Quezon City. The ABS-CBN Sound Stages will be comprised by six sound stages and a [[backlot]]. The first three sound stages is expected to be completed by 2013 with a cost spiraling up to 3 Billion peso.<ref>http://www.malaya.com.ph/june17/busi7.html</ref><ref>http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideBusiness.htm?f=2011/june/17/business2.isx&d=2011/june/17</ref><ref>http://www.philippineasiannewstoday.com/people/television/5909-the-first-philippine-tv-network-to-build-soundstages-soon-to-rise-abs-cbns-state-of-art.html</ref>
On December 20, 2007, Judge Charito Gonzales of Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 80 released a [[temporary restraining order]] on TV ratings surveys based on a civil case filed by then [[ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation]] (now [[ABS-CBN Corporation]]) versus [[AGB Nielsen Philippines|AGB Nielsen Media Research Philippines]]. ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation accused competitor [[GMA Network, Inc.|GMA Network Inc.]] of funding bribing operations in Bacolod City, to discredit the former.<ref>[http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/dec/20/yehey/top_stories/20071220top1.html manilatimes.net, GMA 7 tagged in scandal]</ref><ref>[http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=103037 Abs-Cbn Interactive, Court issues TRO on AGB Nielsen ratings surveys]{{Dead link|date=October 2008}}</ref> The local court in the Philippines further ordered ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation to file comment on the plea of AGB Nielsen Media Research Philippines for the alleged gathering and dissemination of television ratings data, within five days or until December 22, 2007.<ref>[http://www.gmanews.tv/story/73717/ABS-CBN-ordered-to-comment-on-AGBs-plea GMA NEWS.TV, ABS-CBN ordered to comment on AGB's plea]</ref> On December 21, 2007, a local AM radio station in the Philippines, owned by ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, [[DZMM]] field reporter Junrie Hidalgo reported a news story entitled ''AGB Nielsen, umamin sa dayaan: GMA Network, tahasang itinurong nasa likod ng dayaan'' (''AGB Nielsen admits to cheating: GMA Network aggressively accused of being behind the cheating'') during the radio program of ''Showbiz Mismo'', hosted by [[Cristy Fermin]] and Jobert Sucaldito. The news story is based on an interview of AGB Nielsen general manager Maya Reforma regarding the purported cheating.<ref>http://www.pep.ph/features/features/14779/agb-nielsen-is-prepared-to-defend-its-integrity-in-court</ref><ref>http://www.pep.ph/features/controversies/14935/agb-nielsen-willing-to-sit-down-and-talk-with-abs-cbn-about-ratings-dispute/1/1</ref><ref>http://www.pep.ph/features/controversies/14857/gma-7-also-threatens-agb-nielsen-with-a-lawsuit/1/1</ref> In response, GMA Network Inc. aired a television plug reproving the purported unfair journalism and disagreed the accusations of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corportion. GMA Network Inc. later filed a PhP15-million civil libel suit against ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation on January 3, 2008. The respondents included Hidalgo, Fermin, Sucaldito, the station and news manager of DZMM, writers and executive producers of television programs [[Bandila (TV program)|Bandila]], [[Entertainment Live]] and [[The Buzz (talk show)|The Buzz]] after the same story was aired locally.<ref>[http://www.gmanews.tv/story/75041/GMA-7-files-P15-M-libel-suit-vs-ABS-CBN-over-ratings-issue GMANews.TV, GMA 7 files P15-M libel suit vs ABS-CBN over ratings issue]</ref> On January 7, 2008, the Quezon City Regional Trial Court junked ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation's suit against AGB Nielsen, saying the case was “prematurely filed" before the local court.<ref>[http://www.gmanews.tv/story/75542/Court-junks-ABS-CBNs-complaint-vs-AGB-Nielsen Court junks ABS-CBN's complaint vs AGB-Nielsen]</ref> Judge Gonzales' basis is the principle of mutuality of contracts, citing Article 1308 and 1196, New Civil Code of the Philippines. Also, Judge Samuel Gaerlan, Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 92 issued court summons against ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation and 15 of its personnel on the January 3, 2008.<ref>[http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=104658 ABS-CBN Interactive, Court junks ABS-CBN lawsuit vs AGB Nielsen]{{Dead link|date=October 2008}}</ref> On January 17, 2008, Judge Gaerlan inhibited himself from the case, considering that he has a cousin working in the legal department of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation.<ref>[http://www.gmanews.tv/story/76893/Judge-in-ratings-row-inhibits-self Judge in ratings row inhibits self]</ref> The case was later reraffled on January 28, 2008,<ref>[http://www.gmanews.tv/story/77017/Re-raffle-of-GMA-Network-case-vs-ABS-CBN-reset-to-Jan-28 Re-raffle of GMA Network case vs ABS-CBN reset to Jan 28]</ref> and the case was eventually assigned to Judge Henri Inting of Branch 95 of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court. On February 14, 2008, Judge Inting issued a temporary restraining order barring local television station, [[ABS-CBN]] from airing defamatory statements against GMA Network Inc.<ref>[http://www.gmanews.tv/story/80544/QC-court-issues-TRO-vs-ABS-CBN-in-ratings-tussle QC court issues TRO vs ABS-CBN in ratings tussle]</ref>


===Lawsuit against TV5===
===ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs===
In December 2008, GMA Network Inc., [[Citynet Television]], and [[ZOE Broadcasting Network]] filed a lawsuit against the management of [[Associated Broadcasting Company|TV5]], alleging MPB Primedia Inc. (a subsidiary of [[Media Prima Berhad]], a Malaysian company, which entered a block time agreement with [[Associated Broadcasting Company]] to sell the airtime of [[Associated Broadcasting Company|TV5]]) of violating Article XVI, Section 3, of the [[Philippine Constitution|1987 Philippine Constitution]].<ref> http://www.pep.ph/news/20120/GMA-7-sues-TV5,-Malaysian-media-company-for-unlawful-blocktime-agreement PEP News</ref> GMA Network Inc. argues restriction of foreign entities to operate and owns a Filipino company especially on broadcast media. GMA Network Inc. disputes MPB Media Inc. that it was established to skirt the anti-dummy laws and entering into an unlawful block time deal.<ref> http://www.bworld.com.ph/BW120408/content.php?id=044 BusinessWorld Onine, Corporate News</ref>
{{Main|ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs}}
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After the [[1986 EDSA Revolution]], the network was first to air a newscast and current affairs show, namely [[TV Patrol]] and [[Probe (Philippine TV series)|Probe]]. The network's news organization suffered from credibility issues, including its alleged partiality in various political issues and the involvement of its former news anchors and network [[Eugenio Lopez III|chairman]] in the political arena. Based on the latest [[Pulse Asia]] Survey, ABS-CBN News was the most trusted news station garnering 68 points against its rival network [[GMA Network]], garnering 60 points.


==Divisions==
At present, the news organization is headed by former North America Bureau Chief Ging Reyes. Former head Maria Ressa introduced major organizational changes and reforms, including the drafting of Code of Ethics that is very much benchmarked on international standards. The new Code of Ethics served as the ''Bible'' of all the members of the news organization.
*[[GMA Artist Center]]

*[[GMA News and Public Affairs]]
ABS-CBN also owns the [[ABS-CBN News Channel]], a 24-hour cable news channel in the Philippines.
*GMA Entertainment Television Group

*GMA Engineering
===Regional Network Group===
{{Main|List of ABS–CBN Broadcasting Corporation channels and stations}}
The Regional Network Group is the provincial network subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation. It is responsible for simultaneously airing most of the shows seen on [[DWWX-TV|ABS-CBN's flagship station]] in the provinces. The Regional Network Group has several stations in each region outside [[Mega Manila]] to ensure nationwide coverage. The local stations also produce their own newscasts which air prior to TV Patrol and other local programming which air on Sundays. Regional Network Group (RNG) glorified its roots while reaching out wider audience in 2007, consistently building on local content and developing infrastructure to deliver better service and cement its position as the top-rating regional network in the country. RNG's journey of innovation reached Filipinos through the network's 43 TV and 16 radio stations, and even went the extra mile to cross the oceans and touch OFW's everywhere. Regional versions of favorite TV shows were created, enabling ABS-CBN to reach out and connect with wider audiences worldwide. The launch of the local game show Kapamilya Winner Ka! in Visayas and Mindanao. Gandang Umaga, Pilipinas in Northern Luzon, and the 17th local TV Patrol in Southern Tagalog (Region IV-A & IV-B), provided more relevance to regional audiences.

===Digital television===

ABS-CBN applied for a digital television-terrestrial service (DTT) license from the [[National Telecommunications Commission (Philippines)|National Telecommunications Commission]].<ref name=autogenerated1 /> Digital Television in the Philippines once utilized the [[DVB-T]] standard utilized in most of Europe. The Dutch company Impeq Technologies is one of ABS-CBN's consultants in the digital transition. The network planned to also supply DTV boxes in areas where signal reception of Channel 2 is weak. Areas such as [[Valenzuela City|Valenzuela]], [[Bulacan]], [[Rizal]], [[Cavite]] and [[Laguna (province)|Laguna]] are the potential market for the DTV set-top boxes. The [[Metro Manila]] market will receive [[DWWX-TV]] and [[DWAC-TV]] and the company's six other cable channels on the digital platform. The National Telecommunications Commission will be giving television broadcast companies until December 31, 2015, to fully convert from analog to digital technology, in line with the worldwide shift towards the use of DTT in broadcasting.<ref>{{cite web| last = Galicia| first = Loui| title = ABS-CBN continues preparation for digital TV
| publisher = ABS-CBNNews.com| month= September | year= 2007 | url= http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=92374| accessdate = 2007-09-22}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

The network is expected to spend ₱1 billion a year for Digital TV in the next five years to cover a big part of the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ir.abs-cbn.com/ir/shareholderfaqs.aspx |title=ABS-CBN Investor Relations – Shareholder FAQs |publisher=Ir.abs-cbn.com |date=2009-03-31 |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref>

Tracing back the network's history on digital TV, the company was slated to begin broadcasting [[digital television]] last January 2008,<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view_article.php?article_id=87487 |title=ABS-CBN to launch digital TV – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos |publisher=Showbizandstyle.inquirer.net |date= |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref><ref>[http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=92374 ABS-CBN Interactive]{{dead link|date=May 2011}}</ref> although it has been presumably delayed since there were no announcement during the entire month of January that the signal is now digitized. Since there is no definite standard for the Philippines, which will be chosen by the regulatory bodies, ABS-CBN still didn't officially release news about DTV. But in November 2010, ABS-CBN is expected to begin its digital broadcasting to be rolled out in 17 cities in Metro Manila, in Bulacan and in Pampanga,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=496:abs-cbn-unit-to-roll-out-digital-tv-based-teaching&catid=24:companies&Itemid=59 |title=ABS-CBN unit to roll out digital TV-based teaching |publisher=Businessmirror.com.ph |date=2010-08-25 |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref><ref>[http://www.miraclescreenings.com/25/vas02.htm ]{{dead link|date=May 2011}}</ref> but this was on hold due to the instance of lacking implementation of rules and regulations.

The [[National Telecommunications Commission (Philippines)|National Telecommunications Commission]] chose Japanese DTV standard [[ISDB-T]] as the Philippines' digital TV broadcasting standard last June 11, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20100611-275093/NTC-chooses-Japan-digital-TV-standard-for-RP |title=Business - NTC chooses Japan digital TV standard for RP - INQUIRER.net |publisher=Business.inquirer.net |date=2010-06-09 |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref><ref>[http://www.kbp.org.ph/kbp-recommends-isdb-t-as-digital-tv-standard-for-philippines#more-1213 ]{{dead link|date=May 2011}}</ref> ABS-CBN will be using UHF Channel 35 (596–602&nbsp;MHz)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electronicslab.ph/forum/index.php?topic=16093.20 |title=Digital TV |publisher=Electronicslab.ph |date= |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref> for the ISDB-T, previously UHF Channel 51 (692–698&nbsp;MHz) from their DVB-T testing.

This 2011, ABS-CBN ups ante on [[ISDB-T]] digital broadcast as they will have its nationwide digital terrestrial television rollout, the first in the country. It will incorporate P 5 billion to implement the chosen DTV standard over the next five years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20101114-303276/ABS-CBN-to-spend-P5B-on-digital-TV-rollout |title=Business - ABS-CBN to spend P5B on digital TV rollout - INQUIRER.net |publisher=Business.inquirer.net |date=2010-11-14 |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref> Based on some informants, ABS-CBN is currently testing its digital TV again on various subdivisions in [[Bulacan]] and [[Pampanga]]. Channels include [[ABS-CBN]] and [[Studio 23]] including non ABS-CBN channels like [[Christian Era Broadcasting Service|Gem TV]] and [[National Broadcasting Network|NBN 4]].<ref>[http://www.abs-cbn.com/Feature/Article/9500/ABS-CBN-prepares-for-digital-broadcast-this-2011.aspx ABS-CBN prepares for digital broadcast this 2011] retrieved via www.abs-cbn.com 04-06-2011</ref><ref>[http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/04/04/11/abs-cbn-roll-out-dtv-digibox ABS-CBN to roll out DTV digibox] retrieved via www.abs-cbnnews.com 04-06-2011</ref>

A month before the Technical Working Group is slated to start the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for the ISDB-T, rival station [[GMA Network]] said the government should reconsider its decision to pick the Japanese standard for the country’s switch to digital television in 2015, saying a new European standard was better.<ref>{{cite news| last = Dagcutan | first = Aura Marie | title=European standard better, says TV exec | publisher=BusinessWorld | url=http://www.bworld.com.ph/content.php?title=European+standard+better%2C+says+TV+exec&id=25823 |accessdate=2011-02-20}}</ref> According to him, “[For] the Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial [[ISDB-T]] standard [of [[Japan]]] and the old [[Digital Video Broadcasting|DVB]] standards, it can be said that either one is superior over the other in some respects. But with the [[DVB-T2]], the difference in quality is significant. With the emergence of the [[DVB-T2]], there is a hope that the standard chosen by the [[National Telecommunications Commission (Philippines)|NTC]] will be reviewed."

But still, the National Telecommunications Commission sticked with the Japanese standard [[ISDB-T]] which will now be ready to implement the rules for digital terrestrial television this coming June 2011.<ref>{{cite news| last = Montecillo | first = Paolo | title=NTC chooses Japan digital TV standard for RP | publisher=Inquirer | url=http://business.inquirer.net/money/topstories/view/20100611-275093/NTC-chooses-Japan-digital-TV-standard-for-RP |accessdate=2011-02-20}}</ref>

Just this April 4, [[ABS-CBN]] announced its launching of its [[Digital Television]] this year. The network also announced its intention to sell [[ISDB-T]] set top boxes, which they tagged DTV Digibox for just a price of a low-cost [[DVD]] (ranging from P1000-P3000). This includes the available digital free TV channels of [[ABS-CBN]], [[Studio 23]], [[GEM HD]] Channel 49 and [[National Broadcasting Network|NBN]] Channel 4, addendum with five new premium channels which are exclusive for digital terrestrial TV subscribers only. According to Miguel Mercado, ABS-CBN DTV Head of Marketing, viewers need not wait long because ABS-CBN is ready to launch DTV operations within the year. He said the company is just waiting for the final go-signal from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lopezlink.ph/entertainment/1760-abs-cbn-to-launch-5-new-premium-channels-on-free-to-air-tv |title=ABS-CBN to launch 5 new premium channels on free-to-air TV |publisher=Lopezlink.ph |date=2011-04-04 |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref> but will market it by June or July this year. Since [[ISDB-T]] has its fixed and mobile DTV receptions, ABS-CBN also targets in [[1seg]] capability for mobile phones and portable TV devices but for now, households with fixed TV sets will experience first the benefits of digital television.

====HD and Tapeless====
On April 19, 2009, ABS-CBN announced its intention to acquire 24 Sony HDC-1400R [[High-definition video|HD]] portable [[Professional video camera#Studio cameras|studio cameras]] which cost a total of $1.56 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/product-HDC1400R/ |title=Sony Product Detail Page HDC1400R |publisher=Pro.sony.com |date= |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref> ABS-CBN is upgrading its studio facility at [[Quezon City]], north of Manila, from SD to HD.

ABS-CBN Sports produced the first nationally produced true high definition program, which was the [[UAAP Season 72|UAAP season 72]] a test broadcast of Filipino collegiate basketball games on the network's [[Balls (TV channel)|Balls HD]] (SkyCable Channel 166) channel.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} It, along with the NCAA games can be seen on [[SkyCable#SkyCable HD|SkyCable HD]]. This marked the first live HD broadcast of a locally produced program in Philippine television history.

By the early 2008, ABS-CBN was the first media company in [[Asia]] that introduced the [[Tapeless]] Technology that provided the company a [[non-linear]] [[post production]] workflow and [[wireless]] access on remote areas via media access management system.<ref>http://www.pep.ph/guide/tv/2602/abs-cbn-goes-digital-on-its-55th-anniversary</ref>

ABS-CBN also uses its three Sky Patrol [[Eurocopter AS355]] news chopper fleet for live breaking news, two of the news helicopters are capable of transmitting [[High-definition television|HD]] live feed from its 5 axis gimbal HD Camera mounted on the nose of the aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDYlQv_gFF4&feature=related |title=FUTURE PERFECT: ABS-CBN's Broadcast Technology in a Digital Age (Part 2 of 5) |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2011-05-08}}</ref>

==Subsidiaries==
*ABS-CBN Center for Communication Arts, Inc.
*ABS-CBN Distance Learning Center
*ABS-CBN Easy Remit
*[[ABS-CBN Foundation]]
*ABS-CBN Global Cargo
*ABS-CBN Global Hungary Kft.
*ABS-CBN Integrated and Strategic Property Holdings, Inc.
*[[ABS-CBN International]]
*ABS-CBN Marketing & Productions
*ABS-CBN Multimedia, Inc.
*[[ABS-CBN Publishing]]
*ABS-CBN Radio Operations
*ABS-CBN Shared Service Center Pte., Ltd
*[[AMCARA Broadcasting Network]]
*APGI
*[[Bayan Telecommunications]]
*[[Creative Programs]]
*Culinary Publications, Inc.
*E-Money Plus, Inc.
*New Media
*Nugen Music, Inc.
*Pinoy Central
*[[Regional Network Group]]
*[[Roadrunner Network, Inc.]]
*San Francisco International Gateway
*Sarimanok News Network, Inc.
*[[SkyCable]] (2/3)
*Sky Films, Inc.
*Star Home Video
*[[Star Cinema]]
*[[ABS-CBN Talent Management & Development Center, Inc.|Star Magic]]
*[[Star Records]]
*Star Songs, Inc.
*Star Television
* The Big Dipper Digital Content & Design, Inc.
*TV Food Chefs, Inc.


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/ Entertainment site]
===References===
* [http://www.gmanetwork.com/corporate/ Corporate site]
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* [http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/ GMA News Online site]
*{{cite web
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*''"Limampung Taong Ligawan": The Pinoy TV Story'' [Documentary] (2003). Philippines: ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation.
*[http://www.abs-cbn.com/50tv/history.html ABS-CBN History]{{Dead link|date=April 2011}}
*[http://www.finlandembassy.ph/texting3.htm History of Mass Media in the Philippines]
*''Talkback with Tina Palma'' – interview with Freddie Garcia and James Lindenberg on [[ABS-CBN News Channel]] (November 27, 2006)
*{{cite web
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*[http://www.abs-cbn.com ABS-CBN Company Website]
*[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=878662 ABS-CBN Company Profile information] on [[BusinessWeek]]


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This article is about the television network in the Philippines. For mother company, see GMA Network, Inc.
"GMA" redirects here. For other uses, see GMA (disambiguation).
GMA Network
TypeBroadcast television network
Country
Philippines
AvailabilityWorldwide via GMA Pinoy TV
AreaPhilippines Philippines
OwnerGMA Network, Inc.
Key people
Felipe Gozon (Chairman & CEO)
Gilberto Duavit Jr. (President & COO)
Felipe Yalong (CFO)
Launch date
October 29, 1961
Former names
Republic Broadcasting System (1961-1972)
Picture format
480i (SD)
Official website
http://www.gmanetwork.com

GMA Network (GMA) is a major commercial television & radio network in the Philippines. GMA Network is owned by GMA Network, Inc. a publicly listed company. Its first broadcast on television was on October 29, 1961, GMA Network (formerly known as DZBB TV Channel 7, RBS TV Channel 7, GMA Radio-Television Arts then GMA Rainbow Satellite Network) is commonly signified to as the "Kapuso Network" in reference to the outline of the company’s logo. It has also been called the “Christian Network” which refers to the apparent programming during the tenure of the new management, which took over in 1974. It is headquartered in the GMA Network Center in Quezon City and its transmitter is located at Tandang Sora Avenue, Barangay Culiat also in Quezon City.[1]

History

1960s

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Original logo used by DZBB TV Channel 7 (1961-1974).

The origin of GMA Network can be traced back to Loreto F. de Hemedes Inc. through Radio Broadcasting Station’s DZBB,[2] which started airing its radio broadcast on March 1, 1950, and officially launched as a local radio station in Metropolitan Manila in June 14, 1950 and owned by Robert La Rue “Uncle Bob” Stewart, an American war correspondent.[3] Venturing into television in the 1960s, Robert La Rue “Uncle Bob” Stewart started its television station through DZBB TV Channel 7 on October 29, 1961, Philippines third terrestrial television station. Originally, DZBB TV Channel 7 programming composed of foreign programs from the United States and eventually produced local programs to cater Filipino audiences. It produces shows like Uncle Bob’s Lucky Seven Club, a children show aired every Saturdays; Dance Time with Chito; Lovingly Yours, Helen; GMA Supershow (formerly Germside and then Germspesyal) and various news programs like News at Seven. And in 1963, GMA Network Inc. (then Republic Broadcasting System Inc.) launches its first local television station in Cebu, the DYSS TV (now GMA TV 7 Cebu). In the same year, from Loreto F. de Hemedes Inc. was renamed to Republic Broadcasting System Inc.[4]

1970s

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Logo used by RBS TV Channel 7 (1974-1975).

On September 21, 1972, then President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law by the virtue of Proclamation 1081.[5] Marcos, ruling by decree, curtailed press freedom and other civil liberties; closed down Congress and media establishments including GMA Network. Military personnel occupied GMA Network compound and placed it under military control to prevent alleged communist propaganda. Media outlets including GMA Network that was critical to the Marcos administration ordered to be closed. Foreign citizens and entities were disallowed from owning and operating media companies in the Philippines. Stewart and the American Broadcasting Company, who owned a quarter of the company, was forced to cede majority control to a triumvirate composed of Gilberto Duavit Sr., a Malacañang official; Menardo Jimenez, an accountant; and Felipe Gozon, an attorney of the Stewarts in 1974.[6] Through the acquisition, the station was able to broadcast in color with a PhP7 million credit line. In the succeeding year, the station changed its name to GMA Radio-Television Arts (GMA stood for Greater Manila Area, the station's initial coverage area), although Republic Broadcasting System Inc. remains as its corporate name until 1996.

1980s

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GMA Radio-Television Arts logo (1979-1992).

When Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr., a senator who strongly opposed the Marcos administration, was assassinated on August 21, 1983, it was a small item on television news. The iron grip that the Marcos administration had on television began to slip, as GMA broadcast the funeral, the only local station to do so.[3] In 1984, Imee Marcos, daughter of Ferdinand Marcos, attempted to take over GMA.[3][6] However, the takeover was prevented by GMA executives. Stewart left the Philippines for good as he was utterly disappointed with the Marcos move. GMA was also instrumental during the years preceding the People Power Revolution. The network was the first to air a television interview with Corazon Aquino in 1984, and when she later announced that she would run for the presidency if she receives one million signatures.[3] In February 1986, the network was also the first to report that Fidel Ramos and Juan Ponce Enrile broke away from the Marcos administration.[3]

When democracy in the Philippines was restored in the People Power Revolution in 1986, television stations began to air, some with their original owners. The political instability of the country also added to the station's burden, when soldiers stormed into the studios for two days in a part of coup attempt to topple then President, Corazon Aquino. In 1987, it opened its high-end live studio, the Broadway Centrum, boosting its local programming, and inaugurated its 777-foot Tower of Power located along Tandang Sora, Quezon City, the tallest man-made structure in the country on November 7, 1988.[7]

1990s

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GMA Rainbow Satellite Network logo (1992-2002).

International reach became GMA's target in the 1990s, which began when the Rainbow Satellite launched on April 30, 1992. Through its relay stations, GMA programs were seen across the archipelago and Southeast Asia. GMA programming 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, two popular TV shows, Eat Bulaga and Okey Ka Fairy Ko! began broadcasting on GMA after TAPE Inc. disagreed with ABS-CBN's proposal to buy the airing rights of the two shows. At the same time, GMA launched a UHF channel subsidiary, Citynet 27, several new shows (among them were Bubble Gang and Startalk, now some of the longest-running shows on TV), and the news program, Saksi with Mike Enriquez, Mel Tiangco and Karen Davila. In 1996, GMA formally changed its corporate name to GMA Network Incorporated, with GMA now standing for Global Media Arts. GoBingo, initially aired in 1996, is an interactive game show hosted by Arnell Ignacio, with Maricar de Mesa as the first GobiGirl. GMA Films was also launched in 1998 - its film José Rizal, which was at the time the most expensive movie production ever in the country (costing over 80 million Pesos to produce), but becoming a huge success with many accolades and award nominations. GMA was the first Philippine broadcaster to receive a Peabody Award for Investigative Reporting in 1999. Later, Citynet 27 became EMC, the first locally programmed music video channel, later becoming a part of the Channel [V] franchise called Channel [V] Philippines. Channel [V] Philippines, however, ceased operations due to a conflict of interest between the owners of GMA and PLDT (which bought a stake in GMA), who operate MTV Philippines through their subsidiary, the Nation Broadcasting Corporation. GMA was also the Philippine broadcaster for 2000 Today. At the beginning of the year, Menardo Jimenez announced his retirement as president and CEO and on December 31, 2000, Felipe Gozon assumed the position with his concurrent capacity as chairman. Duavit's son Gilberto Duavit Jr. assumed the post of Chief Operating Officer.

2000s

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GMA Network unveil their new corporate logo at the GMA Network Center.

On October 27, 2002, during an episode of the network's longest-running Sunday afternoon entertainment show SOP, GMA officially revealed a new logo and image campaign. The new logo features a rainbow colored heart-shaped logo, the Kapuso, represented by a new slogan Kapuso ng Pamilyang Pilipino, Anumang Kulay ng Buhay (One in Heart With the Filipino family, In Whatever Colors of Life), and a Century Gothic Bold font for the letters. The "Kapuso" theme song is sang by Regine Velasquez.

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 the network a House of Representatives commendation later that year. On September 1 of the same year, GMA Network withdrawn its membership from the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP),[8] after incidents involving host Rosanna Roces, alleged commercial overloading and interfering when news anchor Mike Enriquez aired his complaints over his radio program, Saksi sa Dobol B, against Lopez-owned cable firm SkyCable's distortion of GMA's signal on its system, and a lost videotape containing evidence that the cable firm had violated the rule on soliciting ads for cable TV. GMA was also an official TV network of the 4th World Meeting of Families held in Manila, Philippines.

In 2004, GMA launches more new line up of new programs and primetime shows are Te, Amo, Hanggang Kailan, Forever In My Heart, Marinara, as well as, Bahay Mo Ba 'To?, Naks, Lovely Day, StarStruck Kids, Ikaw Sa Puso Ko, Leya, 30 Days, Wag Kukurap, Pinoy Pop Superstar, SOP Gigsters, Joyride, 3R, Out & Bitoy's Funniest Videos.

In 2005, the company’s subsidiary, Citynet Inc., also signed a co-production and blocktime agreement with ZOE Broadcasting Network, allowing the GMA Network with another platform to showcase its programming and talents. On November 11, 2005, ZOE's flagship station, DZOE-TV Channel 11, went on the air as Quality TeleVision (later known as Q and was reformatted to become GMA News TV), and broadcasted shows that primarily targeted women audiences. Q's news programs shared the same resources of GMA News and Public Affairs, while some programs are produced by Citynet, Inc. Also in 2005, GMA won the Asian Television Awards' Best Terrestrial Television Station, besting MBC of Korea and Mediacorp Channel 5 of Singapore. The network planned to go public, but due to political instability and downward trend of broadcast advertising, it has since been delayed.[9]

In 2006, Debate with Mare at Pare, a late-night public affairs program, won the bronze medal in the New York Festival. The network was also praised on its coverage of the Wowowee (a program of ABS-CBN) stampede by various local publications. In an exclusive interview, a reprehensive Mike Enriquez also interviewed embattled Philippine president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for the first time since the lifting the State of National Emergency, which the network allowed other stations to air without prior consent. At the end of the interview, the President praised the network for its news coverage, hinting that other media outfits to do the same. In April, the founder of the network, Robert "Uncle Bob" Stewart died in the United States. During the Everest climbing season the same year, GMA supported climber Romi Garduce, the third Filipino to reach the summit of Mt. Everest in only three days. The network is one of the first local companies to produce an IMAX film, with the opening of the San Miguel-Coca-Cola IMAX Theater in SM's Mall of Asia.

In 2007, the network announced that it will offer its stocks to the public.[9][10] After being canceled numerous times and despite the Marcoses claim to the shares held by the Duavit family,[11] their IPO was finally held on July 30 offering PhP 8.50 per share.[12] The Network started to produce television Franchises from other countries when they produced Celebrity Duets: Philippine Edition with FremantleMedia, one of the largest producers of television franchises in the world based in United Kingdom. They later produced MariMar, Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan, Kakasa Ka Ba Sa Grade 5? and Whammy! Push Your Luck from various countries. On September 16, 2007, it was announced that the Idol franchise, which had previously been used by the Associated Broadcasting Company to produce Philippine Idol) would be transferred to GMA under the new name Pinoy Idol.[13]

In 2008, GMA produced a diverse set of shows for its primetime block by airing Carlo J. Caparas' Joaquin Bordado, Mars Ravelo's Dyesebel, Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita, Gagambino, Codename: Asero, Lalola, Ako si Kim Sam Soon, Survivor Philippines, Family Feud, Saan Darating Ang Umaga? and Luna Mystika. GMA also became the new home of the Idol franchise, with Pinoy Idol also premiering that summer along with its companion show, Pinoy Idol Extra.[citation needed]

In the first half of 2009, GMA Network lined up new shows for its primetime like Carlo J. Caparas' Ang Babaeng Hinugot Sa Aking Tadyang, Carlo J. Caparas' Totoy Bato, All About Eve, Zorro, Adik Sa'Yo, All My Life, Sana Ngayong Pasko. The primetime news program 24 Oras won 2 awards on the New York Festival, a Gold Medal for Best Continuing Coverage and a Silver Medal for Best News Program.

The network likewise lined up new primetime shows for the second half of 2009 like Rosalinda, new version of Darna, second season of Survivor Philippines, Stairway to Heaven, Full House, new season of StarStruck.

2010s

In 2010, for the first and second quarters, GMA Network released new soaps and shows like The Last Prince, Panday Kids, First Time, Laff En Roll, Diva, Zooperstars, Claudine, Wipeout, Pepito Manaloto, Wachamakulit, Sunnyville, Comedy Bar, Love Bug, Langit Sa Piling Mo, Pilyang Kerubin, Endless Love, Danz Showdown, as well as Diz Iz It which replaced the longest morning talk show SiS along Party Pilipinas which replaced SOP.

In 2011, GMA Network offered an afternoon line-up which continued the success of Koreana, Trudis Liit, Basahang Ginto and Bantatay. It includes Nita Negrita, Magic Palayok, Alakdana, Sisid and My Lover, My Wife. In the primetime line-up, GMA released I Heart You, Pare!, Dwarfina, Machete, Captain Barbell, Munting Heredera, and the first historical drama of the Philippines, entitled Amaya starring Marian Rivera.


Branding of the GMA Network

Network identity

On October 29, 1961, then Loreto F. de Hemedes Inc. through Radio Broadcasting Station launches its first television station in the Philippines, known back then as DZBB TV Channel 7. GMA Network began branding its identity by eliminating call signs to its network identification. By 1974, the call letters were disregarded and paves the way for other networks to affect such naming structures. Thus, GMA is the first television station in the Philippines to be called by its corporate name and not by its call sign.

  • DZBB TV Channel 7 (1961-1974)—From the success of its amplitude modulation band radio DZBB, Robert La Rue "Uncle Bob" Stewart launches its first television and the Philippines third terrestrial channel, DZBB TV Channel 7.
  • RBS TV Channel 7 (1974-1975)—When Gilberto Duavit, Menardo Jimenez and Felipe Gozon took over the management of Loreto F. de Hemedes Inc. in 1974, GMA Network was rebranded to Republic Broadcasting System.
  • GMA Radio Television Arts (1975-1992)—To ascertain its present in its coverage area, the Greater Manila Area, GMA Network changed its character to GMA Radio-Television Arts.
  • GMA Rainbow Satellite Network (Rainbow Network, 1992-2002)—In preparation for the launching of Tower of Power, GMA again rebranded its network identity on April 30, 1992.
  • GMA Network (Kapuso Network, 2002-Present)—In October 27, 2002, GMA Network unveiled its new identity and catchphrase. In an effort to localized and transformed its image into a more intrinsic Filipino, GMA Network engaged in a rebranding course in line with its objective to become the leader in providing local news and entertainment. The rebranding of its logo and slogans reflects its new business distinctiveness and integrating the network’s character as the former “Rainbow Network.”
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GMA Logo in their 60th Anniversary

Logos

GMA Network has used a number of logos throughout its history especially when Gozon, Jimenez and Duavit acquired the station in the 1974. From late 1970s to the early 1990s, the network used the Circle 7 logo, which is also expended by several networks around the world. In the 1980s, to refine its presence in Philippine broadcast industry, GMA Network used the slogan Where You Belong, and lasted for two decades before invigorating to another catchphrase. In 1989, GMA Network redefines itself as the Rainbow Network, succeeding the ensigns of the rainbow. Throughout the 1990s, the network developed the logo before having it replaced by its current logo in 2002 and as the Kapuso Network.[14] After a huge marketing campaign, and improved television ratings, the new insignia (the rainbow-colored stylized heart-shape logo known as Kapuso) is now one of the most recognizable in the Philippines.

Slogans

Main article: List of GMA Network slogans

Kapuso ng Bawat Pilipino (In the Hearts of Every Filipino) is the present characteristic catchphrase of GMA Network. The slogan was initially used in conjunction with the rebranding of GMA Network as the “Kapuso Network” in October 27, 2002.[15] But the another slogan of the network Kapuso Mo, Anumang Kulay ng Buhay (One in Heart, in Every Colors of Life) is still used in other purposes especially to their website www.igma.tv. GMA Network’s news and public affairs department meanwhile uses the slogan Serbisyong Totoo (True Service). It is one of the longest running slogans used for news broadcast promotion.[16][17] GMA Network found itself on the other end of a battle concerning the slogan, when ABS-CBN News Channel uses similar catchphrase, and immediately discontinued in order to avoid legal predicament from GMA Network. In 2006, its news department also used an accompanying slogan, Just News, for its promotional campaign together with its news media partners, INQ7.Net.[18]

Programming

Main article: List of programs broadcast by GMA Network

GMA Network television programming comprises news, public affairs, fictional, variety shows, dramas, musicals, soap operas, children’s and talk shows, and reality programs. Most of its programs are broadcasted live and taped in its GMA Network Centers and Studios located in Metropolitan Manila. GMA Network currently programs 20.5 hours of programming per day. It provides 34.5 hours of prime-time programming per week to its owned and affiliated stations: 5:30-10:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 5:30-11:30 p.m. on Fridays; 6:00-10:00 p.m. on Saturdays; and 6:00-10:30 p.m. on Sundays. Programming is also provided from 4:30-8:30 a.m. on weekdays in the form of Unang Hirit; the one-and-half hour weekday variety show Eat Bulaga!; early afternoon dramas, early- and late-evening news program, 24 Oras and Saksi, respectively; prime-time programing through its Telebabad block; late night current affairs shows produced by its news and public affairs department.

Competition

Programming competition started in 2004 when production of numerous GMA Network shows was up against its rival network, ABS-CBN. Reality program, Extra Challenge started to lead the game and with launch of telefantasya Mulawin. On September 23, 2004, GMA Network finally gained in leadership Mega Manila against its closest competitor.[19] In 2005, GMA Network began producing Mars Ravelo's Darna, a classic Filipino comic book character which became an instant hit, with an overnight rating of 47.7 percent, the highest rating for a pilot episode and the first telefantasya to reached 52.1 percent ratings; followed by Encantadia at 47.2 percent and other prime-time telefantasyas, Mulawin (2004) and Sugo (2005) contributed to GMA Network lead in Mega Manila. In 2006, GMA Network maintained its primetime supremacy by reformatting its reality-based program Extra Challenge and another telefantasya Encantadia (which was succeeded by sequels, Etheria and Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas), and the localized subtitled versions of Korean television series Stairway to Heaven, Full House, Jewel in the Palace and My Name is Kim Sam Soon.[20] In 2007, GMA Network started producing the local version of a Mexican television series MariMar. For its pilot episode, MariMar got 52.6 percent overnight rating, making it the only soap operate to achieve the highest ratings in GMA Network’s history. In a 2006 survey conducted by Pulse Asia, seven out of 10 Metro Manila-based viewers find GMA Network a more credible network than rival ABS-CBN.[21] GMA Network managed to lead in Mega Manila and Southern Luzon demographic, which has the highest concentration of television ownership and 79 percent of advertisement placement.[22] The National Urban Television Audience Measurement was officially launched on October 16, 2006 to determine the television ratings and audience share of local TV programs from the different urban areas in the Philippines. This changes the broadcast industry landscape and the manner in which the advertisers allocate their TV investments to achieve cost efficiency and maximization. In August 2007 audience rating data shows GMA Network maintained its lead in Mega Manila, which resulted to a 23 percent growth in its consolidated net income to PhP1.13 billion in the first half of the year from PhP915 million in the same period last year.[23] GMA Network income grew by 23 percent year-on-year to PhP1.126 billion in the first six months of the year. Mega Manila accounts 49 percent of total TV households. The Mega Manila and Luzon markets combined accounts 76 percent of the total TV households.[24] It earned PhP2.3 billion in 2007.[25] In 2011, GMA Network maintained the lead in the national television ratings mentioning figures from Nielsen TV Audience Measurement for the period of January 1 to February 13, 2011. It had 33.2 percent audience shared based on overnight data, higher than ABS-CBN’s 31.8 percent and TV5’s 14.9 percent. It also leads in Urban Luzon, which makes up 77 percent of total television households in the Philippines. GMA Network posted 9.8 point lead with 36.5 points compared with closest competitor, ABS-CBN’s 26.7 points and imposing a 19.6 point lead from TV5’s 16.9. GMA Network also sustained to beat ABS-CBN in Mega Manila, which accounts 58 percent of television household. It got 37.7 percent share over ABS-CBN 25.2 percent and TV5’s 17.7 percent, 20 points higher.[26]

Controversies

Copyright infringement with ABS-CBN

In July 22, 2004, during the arrival of Angelo de la Cruz at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (a truck driver who was held hostage and threatened with beheading in Iraq abducted by armed rebels west of Baghdad while trucking fuel from Saudi Arabia), live news coverage was aired on GMA Network and other local television stations in the Philippines.[27] GMA Network used audio-video coverage through the facilities of Reuters, which GMA Network subscribed to.[28] During the said broadcast, a live feed from Reuters was simultaneously aired with its own live broadcast. During the first five-second of live feed, GMA Network did notice that the live feed from Reuters was also airing at another local station, its main competitor ABS-CBN. The live video was restricted only to ABS-CBN and Reuters did not inform GMA Network that the video coverage was only intended for ABS-CBN.[29] The local Court of Appeals junked the case filed by ABS-CBN Corporation against GMA Network Inc. for what was claimed to be illegal copying of its live video footage. In a ruling, the local fourth division of the appellate court set aside the resolution of the local Justice department, which approved the filing of violation of Republic Act 8293 (or the Intellectual Property Code) against GMA Network. It ruled out that the act of GMA Network in airing the live video coverage was focused by good faith since there was no meaning to instigate damage to ABS-CBN Corporation.[30] The local court also said GMA Network acted in good faith when it decided to instantaneously stop using the live video feed from Reuters upon learning ABS-CBN was also covering the said news event and its following exertion to authenticate the ABS-CBN Corporation restriction arrangement with the news service, Reuters. The local court also stressed that apart from lack of intent of GMA Network to affect the video from ABS-CBN, the action also cannot be reflected intrusion of Sections 212.4 and 185.1 of Republic Act 8293 since it was just a short excerpt compared with the totality of the matter.[31]

TV ratings

Main article: AGB Nielsen Philippine TV ratings controversy

On December 20, 2007, Judge Charito Gonzales of Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 80 released a temporary restraining order on TV ratings surveys based on a civil case filed by then ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation (now ABS-CBN Corporation) versus AGB Nielsen Media Research Philippines. ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation accused competitor GMA Network Inc. of funding bribing operations in Bacolod City, to discredit the former.[32][33] The local court in the Philippines further ordered ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation to file comment on the plea of AGB Nielsen Media Research Philippines for the alleged gathering and dissemination of television ratings data, within five days or until December 22, 2007.[34] On December 21, 2007, a local AM radio station in the Philippines, owned by ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, DZMM field reporter Junrie Hidalgo reported a news story entitled AGB Nielsen, umamin sa dayaan: GMA Network, tahasang itinurong nasa likod ng dayaan (AGB Nielsen admits to cheating: GMA Network aggressively accused of being behind the cheating) during the radio program of Showbiz Mismo, hosted by Cristy Fermin and Jobert Sucaldito. The news story is based on an interview of AGB Nielsen general manager Maya Reforma regarding the purported cheating.[35][36][37] In response, GMA Network Inc. aired a television plug reproving the purported unfair journalism and disagreed the accusations of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corportion. GMA Network Inc. later filed a PhP15-million civil libel suit against ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation on January 3, 2008. The respondents included Hidalgo, Fermin, Sucaldito, the station and news manager of DZMM, writers and executive producers of television programs Bandila, Entertainment Live and The Buzz after the same story was aired locally.[38] On January 7, 2008, the Quezon City Regional Trial Court junked ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation's suit against AGB Nielsen, saying the case was “prematurely filed" before the local court.[39] Judge Gonzales' basis is the principle of mutuality of contracts, citing Article 1308 and 1196, New Civil Code of the Philippines. Also, Judge Samuel Gaerlan, Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 92 issued court summons against ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation and 15 of its personnel on the January 3, 2008.[40] On January 17, 2008, Judge Gaerlan inhibited himself from the case, considering that he has a cousin working in the legal department of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation.[41] The case was later reraffled on January 28, 2008,[42] and the case was eventually assigned to Judge Henri Inting of Branch 95 of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court. On February 14, 2008, Judge Inting issued a temporary restraining order barring local television station, ABS-CBN from airing defamatory statements against GMA Network Inc.[43]

Lawsuit against TV5

In December 2008, GMA Network Inc., Citynet Television, and ZOE Broadcasting Network filed a lawsuit against the management of TV5, alleging MPB Primedia Inc. (a subsidiary of Media Prima Berhad, a Malaysian company, which entered a block time agreement with Associated Broadcasting Company to sell the airtime of TV5) of violating Article XVI, Section 3, of the 1987 Philippine Constitution.[44] GMA Network Inc. argues restriction of foreign entities to operate and owns a Filipino company especially on broadcast media. GMA Network Inc. disputes MPB Media Inc. that it was established to skirt the anti-dummy laws and entering into an unlawful block time deal.[45]

Divisions

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