GMA International Supports Second Annual Original Pinoy Music Festival in Vancouver

GMA International – the business unit handling GMA Network’s three international channels – celebrates Filipino music by partnering once again with the Filipino Canadian Marketing Group (FCMG) in presenting the annual Vancouver’s Original Pinoy Music (OPM) Festival in Canada.

Filipinos are known music-lovers and this fact rings true wherever they may be in the world.  Launched in 2012, this year’s Vancouver Original Pinoy Music Festival 2013 is slated to be held at the Plaza of Nations, 750 Pacific Boulevard in Vancouver, on Sunday, July 21st, from 3:30 pm – 9:30 pm. Admission is FREE for all our Filipino-Canadian kababayans. Joining them would be the popular Kapuso loveteam, the hunk Aljur Abrenica and talented actress Kris Bernal, both survivors of the reality-based artista search StarStruck: The Next Level. They will have a meet-and-greet on July 19, 2013 at Max’s Restaurant Cuisine of the Philippines on Kingsway in Vancouver. 

GMA Network relaunches international channels in the Middle East

Filipino broadcast giant GMA Network, Inc. (GMA) has announced its upcoming relaunch in the Middle East as it shifts to a new carrier for the exclusive distribution of its international channels.

Following the recent launch of GMA’s international news channel GMA News TV International, GMA Pinoy TV - its flagship international channel and GMA Life TV - the first international Filipino lifestyle channel - will also be widely available in the Middle East Region via My-HD, a pay-TV platform based in Dubai, beginning May 1. 

“We have decided to make the GMA Channels more relevant to our viewers in the Middle East by providing greater value and better service in this key market,” said GMA Network Vice President and Head of International Operations Joseph T. Francia. “With this new partnership in place, we are now offering the GMA channels at a more affordable price and have made them more accessible to more Filipinos in the Region."

Francia added that, “While we have decreased our subscription rate from 32.00 to 25.00 US dollars, GMA subscribers and followers can expect even bigger things from the Network with the improved standards of our programming. The My-GMA package from My-HD includes not only the GMA international channels namely, GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV and GMA News TV International, but also up to 28 English language channels, 14 of which are in High Definition.”

With its strengthened programming and enlarged presence in the Middle East, the Network is confident that it will be able to further grow its subscriber base in the ME Region, which has the second largest population of Filipinos abroad next to North America.

GMA International – the business unit that manages the distribution and operations of GMA’s overseas channels – is embarking on massive promotional efforts to ensure the smooth transition of its current subscribers. In fact, a total of 40,000 digi boxes, which already contain the entire line-up of My-HD including the MyGMA package, are being given out for free to Filipinos all over the Middle East.

GMA International lands two nominations in NAMIC Vision Awards

GMA International - the business unit that manages the operations and distribution of GMA Network’s international channels GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV and GMA News TV International - bagged two nominations in the 2013 NAMIC Vision Awards alongside some of the biggest names in the US television industry.

GMA Pinoy TV’s long-running immigration program Pusong Pinoy Sa Amerika (Into the Hearts of Filipinos in America) was nominated in the Foreign Language category while the 30-minute cooking show Kusina Master, which is seen worldwide via GMA Life TV, earned a nomination in the Lifestyle category.

Hosted by immigration lawyer Atty. Lou Tancinco, Pusong Pinoy Sa Amerika is now on its 8th season of informing the Filipino-American community on immigration law. This time around, the show tackles immigrant issues and stories that are affected by new immigration policies. To unravel the complexities of the immigration system, the show is bringing its audience back to the basics with its episodes exclusively focused on the most common questions and challenges that people face in the immigration system. 

GMA Network hits P13.083 billion consolidated revenues in 2011

Releases cash dividends equivalent to 114 percent of full 2011 net income

GMA Network, Incorporated (GMA), the leading broadcast media company in the Philippines, hit consolidated revenues worth P13.083 billion in 2011.

Notwithstanding the absence of P2.054 billion worth of revenues from political advertisements generated in 2010 and the global impact of financial crisis in Europe and slow economic recovery in the US last year, the Company delivered a fairly competitive business performance. 

In fact, despite the cutback in the advertising budget of top multinationals whose headquarters are based abroad, the Network’s leadership in nationwide ratings won for the Company a substantial portion of the available ad spend. 

GMA Channel 7, the Company’s top performing business unit and the country’s most watched television station, posted an eight-percent revenue growth from regular advertising during the financial period versus the preceding year, more than double the gross national product (GNP) growth rate of only 3.5 percent in 2011.

BPI Family Auto Loan partners with Turbo Zone on GMA News TV

BPI Family Auto Loan revs up 2012 further through a partnership with Turbo Zone, GMA News TV’s premier motoring show which airs every Saturday at 9AM. The partnership aims to enlighten the viewing public through practical information and advice how car ownership is easy with BPI Family Auto Loan. 

TURBO ZONE is a young, dynamic, fresh take motoring show in the Philippines with a global perspective. The team includes car experts, international caliber production group, technical and marketing consultants all geared up to feed your drive. The show gets even more exciting as it is hosted by TopGear Philippines Editor-in-Chief, Vernon Sarne and the witty TV personality, Ramon Bautista. Turbo Zone is also airing on GMA International specifically in the United States, Canada, Middle East, and Japan.

BPI auto loan partners with Turbo Zone to make car ownership EASY for Filipinos. Ramon Bautista, Turbozone Host; Skeeter Labastilla, Turbo Zone Media Sales and Marketing Consultant; Marnie Manicad Turbo Zone Director and Producer; David Sarmiento, Jr., SVP and Head of Auto Loans; Ramon Noel Altamirano, VP and Division Head of Product Marketing; and Michael Anthony Mendoza, Senior Manager of BPI Family Auto Loan.