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| Type | Free-to-airtelevision network |
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| Country | Philippines |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | GMA Network Center,EDSA cornerTimog Avenue, Diliman,Quezon City, Philippines |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Filipino (main) English (secondary) |
| Picture format | 16:9480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | GMA Network Inc. |
| Parent | Citynet Network Marketing and Productions |
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| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | February 22, 2021; 4 years ago (2021-02-22) |
| Former names | GMA News TV (2011–2021) |
| Links | |
| Website | gmanetwork |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analog UHF | Listings may vary |
| Digital VHF/UHF | Listings may vary |
GTV (Good Television, stylized asGtv), is a Philippine commercialfree-to-airtelevision network owned and operated byCitynet Network Marketing and Productions Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary ofGMA Network Inc.. It was launched on February 22, 2021, replacingGMA News TV on its flagship station,UHF Channel 27 Metro Manila, and its provincial relay stations.[1][2][3][4][5] It is the sixth overall secondary television brand of GMA Network since its inception in 1995 as Citynet Television. The network produces programs from studios located at theGMA Network Center,EDSA corner Timog Avenue, Diliman,Quezon City. The network's primary transmitter facility is located at theGMA Tower of Power site, Tandang Sora, Barangay Culiat, Quezon City. The channel operates Mondays to Saturdays from 5:30 a.m. to midnight (the following day) and on Sundays from 6:00 a.m. to midnight (the following day), as well as on truncated hours during the Paschal Triduum. DuringHoly Week, starting in 2023, it continues to sign off fromMaundy Thursday at midnight toEaster Sunday at 6:00 am.
GTV was previously known asGMA News TV, a channel focused on all-news and public service, as part ofGMA News and Public Affairs' plans to expand its presence on free-to-air television as well as retaining some lifestyle and public affairs programs from its predecessor,QTV/Q. The channel was unveiled on February 7, 2011, on24 Oras, GMA's flagship nightly newscast. The news channel launched on February 28, 2011, with its tagline,Oras-Oras, Alam Ko! (lit.Everytime, I Know).[6][7][8]
It launched a wide variety of news and public affairs and entertainment-produced programs to serve its audience, including existing programs that carried over from QTV, includingBalitanghali,Live on Q (which rebranded asNews TV Live and laterNews Live),Day Off!,Tonight with Arnold Clavio, andAng Pinaka, as well as new programs that been launched and introduced to the channel, includingDobol B sa News TV,State of the Nation with Jessica Soho,News to Go,Balita Pilipinas (both Primetime and weekday edition, dubbed asBalita Pilipinas Ngayon),Kape at Balita,News TV Quick Response Team,On Call: Serbisyong Totoo. Ngayon.,Bawal ang Pasaway kay Mareng Winnie,Mars,Personalan,Pop Talk,Wagas,Investigative Documentaries,Motorcycle Diaries,Power House,In the Limelight,Reel Time,Front Row,May Tamang Balita and more. The channel became popular with the audience, and in just a few months, the channel became the Philippines' No.1 news channel.[9]
From its launch to 2019,ZOE Broadcasting Network served as an originating affiliate and flagship station of GMA News TV, as a result of a blocktime lease agreement between ZOE Broadcasting and GMA's subsidiary Citynet Network Marketing and Productions in 2005, allowing the latter to lease the entire airtime ofDZOE-TV 11 Manila, in exchange for upgrading the former's facilities and an off-peak timeslot for its programs on Channel 11 andGMA Network.[10] However, due to increasing lease payments of GMA Network to ZOE Broadcasting, which is accompanied by decreased revenues of GMA, the two networks announced on April 24, 2019, that they will terminate the agreement by the end of May 2019. As a result, GMA News TV Manila was reassigned to analogChannel 27, which was being used for the digital test broadcast of GMA Network, on June 4. In turn, DTV operations of GMA were transferred to a permanent frequency, UHF Channel 15 (479.143 MHz), which had been MHz), which was being used since May 15.[11]
In line with the government's protocol of imposing theenhanced community quarantine in Luzon (also known as "Luzon Lockdown") due to the outbreak ofCOVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, GMA News TV temporarily went off-air on March 19, 2020[12][13] and returned on-air two days later, March 21, with limited broadcasting hours, withDobol B sa News TV as a provisional programming, expanding its broadcast (for the first time, wherein the afternoon programming ofDZBB was introduced and included in the program lineup) from Mondays to Sundays from 6:00 am to afternoon until the simulcast of24 Oras (both weekday and weekend edition) andsigns-off right after the newscast.[14] On April 13, 2020, the channel resumed its regular primetime programming after24 Oras, with the launch ofNew Normal: The Survival Guide, andPower Block: Serbisyong Totoo on Primetime as its provisional primetime blocktime. GMA News TV's programming was fully restored by September 21, 2020.
On November 21, 2020, Sports Interactive Network, anaffiliate news portal of GMA, published an article that the network announced plans for a possible reformat of GMA News TV into a news, sports and variety channel, which is similar to the old format of Citynet Television and QTV. The plans were unveiled following GNTV'sgradual shift away from its original news and public affairs channel format and towards "general" entertainment and sports since September 2020, which includes acquisition of broadcast rights toNCAA andPSL games (the main reason of GTV's rebrand), a simulcast of its sister digital channelHallypop (until it cancelled in the fourth quarter of 2020), and additional entertainment programs from its mother stationGMA Network due to increase of its commercial loads.[15] These changes were embattled by mounting viewer criticisms, notably when the country was hit byTyphoon Goni (Rolly), where Asian dramas, cartoons and anime were aired instead of pre-empting them forround-the-clock news coverage.[16]
On February 9, 2021, GMA Network announced that its sister channel, GMA News TV, would be relaunched as GTV on February 22, with a teaser featuring a voice-over saying"The big change is about to happen; and it's gonna be GOOD!".[1][2][3][4][5] The presentation was dramatically overhauled on the same date of its relaunch as GTV.[17][18]
According to some of the GMA executives in their media conference, which took place in the days before GTV launched, they took one year to plan on relaunching the channel as GTV due to the needs of its viewers and more variety for "young-at-heart" viewers. While retaining most in-house programs of its predecessor, GTV carries news and public affairs with the addition of entertainment, variety, lifestyle and sports programs, which is similar to the old format of what Citynet Television andQTV/Q had done before.The international counterpart of GTV's predecessor is still operational even after February 28, 2021, a decade after its original domestic counterpart was launched. Unlike its predecessor, the channel usesTaglish.
On February 27, 2023, GTV, along with other GMA Network-owned channels, switched its broadcast from the original 4:3 format to 16:9anamorphic widescreen format. This change allowed for a widescreen presentation, optimizing the viewing experience for viewers with compatible widescreen televisions.[19]
On June 20, 2023,GMA Network, Inc. collaborated withABS-CBN Corporation for the simulcast of the noontime variety programIt's Showtime on GTV.[20][21][22][23] The show premiered on July 1, 2023.[24] The simulcast silently ended on December 31, 2024, asIt's Showtime continues to air on the mainGMA Network channel andAMBS-ownedAll TV.[25][26][27][28][29]
GTV's programming includes game telecasts of theNCAA Philippines, as well as weekly public affairs shows and daily newscasts (includingBalitanghali,State of the Nation,Regional TV News, the TV simulcasts ofSuper Radyo DZBB programs (under the nameDobol B TV) and simulcast airing of24 Oras,24 Oras Weekend andSaksi, along with movie blocks, Asian dramas, sports programs, game shows, cartoons, anime, and blocktime programs similar to its sister channelGMA.[3][5][30]
The channel mainly targetsyouth audiences.[4]
GTV is seen via regular free-to-air television on Channel 27 inMetro Manila,Cebu,Davao and 24 other regional stations nationwide. Aside from GTV's main analog signal, it is a must-carry channel on all cable and satellite TV providers nationwide. The network is also available as a digital subchannel through GMA's main digital transmitters in Metro Manila, Ilocos Sur, Baguio, Batangas, Naga, Legazpi, Olongapo, Mt. Province, Cebu, Tacloban, Iloilo, Murcia, Negros Occidental, Bacolod, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Bukidnon, Butuan, General Santos and Zamboanga.
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