GMA Pinoy TV
| GMA Pinoy TV | |
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| Launched | March 2005 |
| Owned by |
GMA International GMA Worldwide Inc. |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Slogan | Proud to be Pinoy. Proud to be Kapuso. |
| Country | Philippines |
| Language | Filipino, English |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Headquarters |
GMA Network Center EDSA corner Timog Avenue, Brgy. South Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101, Philippines |
| Sister channel(s) | GMA Life TV, GMA News TV International |
| Website | gmapinoytv.com |
GMA Pinoy TV, is a Filipino television channel incorporated in February 2004 by GMA Network and its subsidiaries, GMA International and GMA Worldwide Inc. It was launched in 2005, primarily in Japan and the USA, as a 24-hour international Filipino television station. The channel is targeted towards overseas Filipinos and their families in the Philippines. The network airs shows produced by GMA Network. Drawing on programming from its flagship station in the Philippines, the network's programs can be seen worldwide.
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. The delay of GMA Pinoy TV's dramas all air on one-episode delay basis. Most weekend shows are up to date, with the exception of some shows that air on a one-episode delay basis.
GMA Pinoy TV was first launched in Japan on 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 official GMA Pinoy TV launch in America happened in San Francisco on 23 July 2005 and was aired on SOP the following Sunday, 31 July 2005.
In 2006, the so-called Filipino colors—red, blue and yellow—were used for the graphics and since December 2006, the on-screen graphics of GMA Pinoy TV is being changed every Christmas season.
In 2008, GMA Pinoy TV was also known for the program Dyesebel. Due to the success of the program, GMA Pinoy TV launched a billboard in Daly City, which was there for the entirety of the show.
The logo also was seen in the upper right and left corners at varied times. It was settled in 2007 that the logo will be seen in the upper right corner. In 2007, GMA Pinoy TV became a huge success and was known better known because of Marimar. Due to the success of the program, GMA Pinoy TV once changed graphics, which has been used from 2007 to October 2010.
An associated 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.
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