GMA Pinoy TV
{{short description|Philippine pay television channel}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = GMA Pinoy TV
| logo = GMA Pinoy TV logo.png
| logo_size = 250px
| logo_caption =
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2005|3}}
| network = GMA Network
| owner = GMA Network, Inc.
| parent = GMA International
| sister_channels = {{Plainlist|
| website = [http://www.gmanetwork.com/international GMA Pinoy TV]
| terr_serv_1 = Zuku TV (Kenya)
| terr_chan_1 = Channel 148
| picture_format = 4:3 720p60/576i SDTV
| country = Philippines
| area = International
| headquarters = GMA Network Center EDSA cor. Timog Ave., Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
}}
GMA Pinoy TV is a Philippine pay television channel that was launched in March 2005, by GMA Network. Operated by its subsidiaries, GMA International and GMA Worldwide Inc. and its news division, GMA Integrated News, it is targeted towards the Filipino diaspora.
Programming
{{main|List of programs broadcast by GMA Pinoy TV}}
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. It also aired a simulcast of ABS-CBN Studios' It's Showtime with TFC and AMBS' All TV.{{cite news|url=https://www.lionheartv.net/2024/06/its-showtime-alltv/|title='It's Showtime' surprises viewers with sudden broadcast on AllTV|website=LionhearTV|date=June 17, 2024|accessdate=June 17, 2024}}{{Cite news|url=https://balita.net.ph/2024/06/18/tahimik-lang-its-showtime-balik-channel-2-napapanood-na-rin-sa-alltv/|title=Tahimik lang: It's Showtime balik-Channel 2, napapanood na rin sa ALLTV|author=Richard de Leon|website=balita.net.ph|date=2024-06-18|access-date=2024-06-18}}{{Cite web | title='It's Showtime' debuts on GMA Network with a bang | date= April 6, 2024 | url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/showbiz/chikaminute/902838/it-s-showtime-debuts-on-gma-network-with-a-bang/story/ | access-date= April 6, 2024 | website=GMA News}}{{cite news |title=[ANALYSIS] A new era of noontime TV: GMA-7 takes in ABS-CBN's 'It's Showtime' |publisher=Rappler |url=https://www.rappler.com/business/analysis-new-era-noontime-tv-gma-network-takes-in-abs-cbn-its-showtime-after-tape-eat-bulaga/ |date=10 April 2024 |access-date=10 April 2024}} Most weekend shows are up to date, with the exception of some shows that air on a one-episode delay basis.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
History
GMA Pinoy TV was first launched in March 2005 in Japan. 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.{{cite web|title=GMA Pinoy TV marks 15 years of bringing Filipinos closer to home and to each other|url=https://malaya.com.ph/news_entertainment/gma-pinoy-tv-marks-15-years-of-bringing-filipinos-closer-to-home-and-to-each-other|website=Malaya|date=August 20, 2020}}{{cite web|title=GMA Pinoy TV at 17: #StrongerTogether with global Pinoys|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2022/09/14/2209455/gma-pinoy-tv-17-strongertogether-global-pinoys|website=The Philippine Star|date=September 14, 2022}}
A second channel, GMA Life TV, was successfully launched on February 16, 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.pep.ph/guide/tv/8621/gma-network-consolidated-revenues-in-q2-soar-14-percent-to-p3587-billion-versus-q1|title=GMA Network consolidated revenues in Q2 soar 14 percent to P3.587 billion versus Q1 - PEP.ph: The Number One Site for Philippine Showbiz|author=PEP.ph|date=August 3, 2011|work=pep.ph}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.pep.ph/guide/at-a-glance/8969/gma-pinoy-tv-earned-two-awards-in-the-2011-excellence-in-multicultural-marketing-awards|title=GMA Pinoy TV earned two awards in the 2011 Excellence in Multicultural Marketing Awards - PEP.ph: The Number One Site for Philippine Showbiz|author=PEP.ph|date=September 20, 2011|work=pep.ph}}
On April 26, 2023, ABS-CBN Corporation and GMA Network, Inc. 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.{{cite web|title=GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV, and GMA News TV on iWantTFC in select regions starting May 1|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/04/26/23/gma-pinoy-tv-gma-life-tv-and-gma-news-tv-on-iwanttfc-in-select-regions-starting-may-1|website=ABS-CBN News|date=April 26, 2023}}
See also
References
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{{GMA Network Inc.}}
{{Philippine cable channels}}
Category:International broadcasters
Category:Television networks in the United States
Category:Direct broadcast satellite services
Category:Cable television in the United States
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2005
Category:Filipino-language television stations
Category:2005 establishments in the Philippines