GMA_Pinoy_TV

GMA Pinoy TV

GMA Pinoy TV

Philippine pay television channel


GMA Pinoy TV is a Philippine pay television channel that was launched in March 14, 2005, by GMA Network. Operated by its subsidiaries, GMA International and GMA Worldwide Inc, it is targeted towards the Filipino diaspora.

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Programming

The programming of GMA Pinoy TV consists mostly of shows from the Philippines from GMA Network as well as previously aired shows, documentaries, films, and sports events from the Philippines. Most weekend shows are up to date, with the exception of some shows that air on a one-episode delay basis.[citation needed]

History

GMA Pinoy TV was first launched in Japan in March 2005. It was later launched in several parts of the United States in the same year, such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, and the states of the East Coast. The channel was launched in San Francisco on July 23, 2005.[1][2]

A second channel, GMA Life TV, was successfully launched in March 2008 and soon grew to 109,000 subscribers. GMA Pinoy TV had 225,000 subscribers as of September 2009. The percent of subscribers has gone up 34% according to GMA New Media, Inc.

In December 2010, both GMA Pinoy TV and GMA Life TV has expanded its coverage area in the US to Chicago, Illinois, New York, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Alabama and Virginia, and internationally to Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom and Europe.

In 2011, the channels were launched in Australia and Papua New Guinea.[3]

On October 5, 2011, GMA Pinoy TV accepted two awards from the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) in New York for 2011 Excellence in Multicultural Marketing Awards.[4]

On April 26, 2023, ABS-CBN and GMA Network announced that GMA Pinoy TV will be available on ABS-CBN's iWantTFC for viewers outside of the Philippines on May 1 alongside GMA News TV and GMA Life TV.[5][6]

See also


References

  1. "GMA Pinoy TV marks 15 years of bringing Filipinos closer to home and to each other". Malaya. August 20, 2020.

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