GMA Affordabox

Product type	DTTSet-top box DTTMobile TV Dongle
Owner	GMA Network, Inc.
Produced by	QiSheng Electronics Company Ltd.
Country	Philippines
Introduced	June 26, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-06-26)
Markets	Philippines
Ambassadors	For GMA Affordabox: Heart Evangelista Michael V. Marian Rivera Dingdong Dantes Richard Yap Bea Alonzo For GMA Now: Alden Richards
Website	www.gmanetwork.com/affordabox

GMA Affordabox is a PhilippineISDB-Tbdigital terrestrial television provider distributed and marketed byGMA New Media, a subsidiary ofGMA Network. The service distributesdigital set-top boxes andUSB OTGdongles withfree-to-air digital TV channels,broadcast markup language,emergency warning broadcast system, functional auto-on alert, digital display, and info display services to select areas in the Philippines.^[1]

In June 2010, theNational Telecommunications Commission (NTC) announced that it would adopt theISDB-T standard for digital broadcasting and issued a circular commanding that all the Country's television networks to switch-off their analog services on December 31, 2015, at 11:59 p.m.Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8).^[2] Due to the delay of the release of implementing rules and regulations for digital television broadcast, the target date was moved to 2023, but it was later moved to 2026 due to constraints on the migration.^[3]

In February 2013, GMA Network conducted field tests of digital broadcast using the Japanese standard ISDB-T in digital television on UHF Channel 27 (551.143 MHz), remaining unconvinced saying "European standard DVB-T2 is superior to ISDB-T."^[4] In October 2013, the NTC issued a draft memorandum to adopt the Japanese/Brazilian standard as the sole standard in the delivery of digital terrestrial television (DTT) services in the Philippines.^[5]

On May 15, 2019, GMA's digital broadcast was moved to its permanent frequency on Channel 15, due to its former frequency,Channel 27 being used byGMA News TV on June 4, 2019, as a deal between GMA andZOE Broadcasting Network terminated, resulting to the channel's former frequencyChannel 11 became silent on June 5, 2019 (which later becameA2Z since October 10, 2020).^[6]

In June 2020, images of GMA's owned DTV set-top box were online and a teaser was revealed on June 17, 2020.^[7] GMA Network launchedGMA Affordabox on June 26, 2020 duringTutok to Win sa Wowowin.^[1]

On December 12, 2020, GMA Network released itsmobile dongle designed forUSB OTG-capable Android smartphone, dubbed asGMA Now onLazada andShopee online.^[8] It allows users to watch free-to-air channels on their Android smartphones and has features such asvideo-on-demand to stream GMA's online content, aweb chat, and interactive promotions to join. It supportsPicture-in-picture mode andscreen recording. GMA Network launched GMA Now on February 7, 2021 duringAll-Out Sundays, and announced it will support for iPhone users.^[9][10]

UHF Channel 15 (479.143 MHz)¹

UHF Channel 21 (515.143 MHz)¹

¹ ForMega Manila only, channel and frequency varies on regional stations.

• Digital terrestrial television in the Philippines
• ABS-CBN TV Plus
• Easy TV (defunct)
• Sulit TV

• GMA New Media
• Digital television in the Philippines
• Products introduced in 2020
• 2020 establishments in the Philippines

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