GMA Pinoy TV is a Philippine

pay television Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichannel television providers, b ...

channel that was launched in March 14, 2005, by

GMA Network GMA Network (Global Media Arts or simply GMA) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network. It is the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network, Inc. Its first broadcast on television was on October 29, 1961. GMA Network (f ...

. Operated by its subsidiaries,

GMA International GMA Network, Inc., commonly known as GMA, is a Media of the Philippines, Philippine mass media, media company based in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. It is primarily involved in radio and television broadcasting, with subsidiaries dealing ...

and GMA Worldwide Inc, it is targeted towards the Philippine diaspora.

Programming

The programming of GMA Pinoy TV consists mostly of shows from the Philippines from

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.

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. A second channel,

GMA Life TV GMA Life TV is a 24-hour Philippine pay television channel launched in February 2008 by GMA Network. Programming The programming of GMA Pinoy TV consists mostly of shows from the Philippines from GMA Network and GTV as well as previously ai ...

, 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. 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.

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Programming

History

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