Q (formerly QTV, standing for Quality TeleVision) was a
television network
A television network or television broadcaster is a telecommunications network for distribution of television program content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations or pay television providers. Until the mid- ...
in the Philippines run by
GMA Network Inc. through
Citynet Network Marketing and Productions, Inc. The network primarily aired
lifestyle programs and
dramas particularly aimed toward women. Its flagship station was
DZOE-TV
DZOE-TV, Channel 11 (analog) and Channel 20 (digital), is the flagship television property of ZOE Broadcasting Network. As part of a blocktime agreement, it serves as the flagship station of Philippine television network A2Z. The station is ...
, which GMA ran as part of a lease with its owner,
ZOE Broadcasting Network (who also aired programming on Q's schedule as part of the agreement, which also granted it access to technical resources from GMA).
On February 27, 2011, Q was discontinued in preparation for the launch of a new secondary network,
GMA News TV.
History
Q launched on November 11, 2005 as QTV, standing for "Quality Television". Its flagship stations in Metro Manila were
DZOE-TV
DZOE-TV, Channel 11 (analog) and Channel 20 (digital), is the flagship television property of ZOE Broadcasting Network. As part of a blocktime agreement, it serves as the flagship station of Philippine television network A2Z. The station is ...
which GMA leased as part of a partnership with the
religious broadcaster ZOE Broadcasting Network (gaining control of the station in exchange for providing equipment for ZOE, and allowing airtime for ZOE-produced programming on QTV), with the GMA-owned
DWDB-TV serving as a
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translator
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(GMA had previously operated as the independent station Citynet 27, before it went silent in the middle of 2001). The new network would feature a lineup predominantly aimed towards women, with a mixture of domestic and imported lifestyle programs and dramatic series. On March 18, 2007, QTV introduced a new logo, branding the network simply as "Q".
Relaunch as GMA News TV
On February 7, 2011, GMA Network announced that it would replace Q with the
news channel GMA News TV (now
GTV). As Q's programming ended on February 20; the network, broadcasting under transitional branding ''Channel 11'', continued to air teasers for the impending re-launch from February 21–25, and signed off completely on the 26th and 27th of the same month in preparation for its formal re-launch as GMA News TV on February 28.
Programming
Some of Q's programming consists of Filipino and English-language programming, and additional programming produced by GMA.
See also
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List of Philippine television networks
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ZOE Broadcasting Network
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A2Z
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GMA Network
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GTV
References
External links
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Q @ Telebisyon.net
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Defunct television networks in the Philippines
Television channels and stations established in 2005
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2011
Women's interest channels
2005 establishments in the Philippines
2011 disestablishments in the Philippines
GMA Network (company) channels
ZOE Broadcasting Network