GMA PinoyTV in Australia

FREQUENTLY-ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT GMA PINOY TV

GMA Pinoy TV is a 24-hour international channel designed for all Filipinos overseas. The channel shows top-rating GMA programs that have made GMA Network Number One in Mega Manila ratings (AGB and Nielsen, starting 2004). GMA Pinoy TV’s programs are not just innovative, creative, and pioneering but award-winning as well, both locally and internationally. Among them are soap operas and entertainment programs like SOP, Eat Bulaga, Showbiz Central, SIS and Marimar; and internationally-acclaimed Public Affairs programs such as 24 Oras, I-Witness, Jessica Soho Reports, and Saksi.


Programming

1. Will all programs that are being shown in the Philippines be aired internationally?

Most of the highly-popular, top-rating locally-produced programs of GMA Network will be shown in GMA Pinoy TV. At the moment, we are not showing foreign-produced programs such as anime cartoons and Korean telenovelas.

2. Will the news be up-to-date or will it be delayed?

In Programming we continue to move towards shorter turnaround times for airing of Ch. 7-Manila programs on GMA Pinoy TV.

Unang Hirit airs live in the U.S.

Two News and Public Affairs shows (24 Oras and Saksi) are now airing on Pinoy TV within a few minutes of their airing on UHF.

Likewise we have moved to same-day airing for 5 variety and talk shows (SIS, Showbiz Central, Startalk, Eat Bulaga, SOP).

Breaking News is aired live.

3. Will GMA be showing old programs?

Yes, GMA has plenty of programs that were hits in the Philippines but which our overseas kababayans missed or would want to see again.