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GMA-7 expands to Singapore, ME

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GMA Network Inc. said on Tuesday it expanded its global footprint with the launch of its international channels in the Middle East and Singapore this month. 

The broadcasting network, which airs on channel 7 on free TV, said GMA International rolled out its three international channels in the Middle East and North Africa through OSN, the dominant pay-TV network in the region with 25 countries within its reach.

The linear channels are GMA’s flagship international channel, GMA Pinoy TV, Filipino lifestyle channel, GMA Life TV, and international news channel, GMA News TV International.

GMA expansion. GMA Network Inc. extends its global footprint with the launchings of new carriers in the Middle East and Singapore this month. The network through unit GMA International on March 16 rolled out its three international channels in the Middle East and North Africa through OSN, the dominant pay-TV network in the region. At OSN’s courtesy call at the GMA Network Center in Quezon City are (from left) Chuck Silva, OSN Pinoy director; Emad Morcos, OSN senior vice president for media partners, affiliate channels and digital content; GMA Network president and chief operating officer Gilberto Duavit Jr.; GMA first VP and head of international operations Joseph Francia; and Kapuso host Willie Revillame. Related story on B5.

GMA Pinoy TV and GMA Life TV were also launched in Singapore via one of the country’s major pay-TV operators, StarHub, which boasts of 536,000 households subscribed to its service.   

Further strengthening its presence abroad, GMA’s availability on the OSN and StarHub platforms complements other GMA distributors in the carriers’ respective territories.

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“GMA is happy to partner with OSN and StarHub in order to better address the needs of our fellow Filipinos abroad by providing them with quality programs across different platforms,” said GMA’s first vice president and head of international operations  Joseph Jerome Francia.

“Specific to OSN, there are segments of our target market that want to see the GMA international channels added to their current OSN subscription,” he added.

GMA in 2015 launched its broadcast services in Europe through LycaTV covering over 16 European countries.

GMA’s international channels are now available in 60 countries and 50 States of US and District of Columbia through partnerships with the biggest carriers in the international broadcast industry. 

The network’s net income reached P1.804 billion in the January-to-September period, up by almost 80 percent over the the same period in 2014. 

GMA Network’s revenues stood at P10.31 billion in the first nine months of the year, or 16 percent higher than in 2014.

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