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GMA New Media

Digital media division of GMA Network

Summary

Digital media division of GMA Network

FieldValue
nameGMA New Media, Inc.
logoGMA New Media logo.svg
typeSubsidiary
industryDigital media
Technology
foundation
locationGMA Network Center, EDSA cor. Timog Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
key_people{{Plainlist
area_servedWorldwide
productsWeb Services, Mobile Applications, Online Games, Digital terrestrial television
parentGMA Network, Inc.
subsid{{Plainlist
homepage

Technology

  • Atty. Felipe L. Gozon (Chairman)
  • Dennis Augusto L. Caharian (President and COO)
  • Felipe S. Yalong (Treasurer)
  • Digify, Inc.
  • Media Merge GMA New Media, Inc. (GMA NMI) is the digital media and technology arm of GMA Network, Inc. which offers interactive applications in the television, mobile, web, marketing and online gaming industry, and produces video and livestream content for social media. Its headquarters are located at the 2nd and 12th floor of the GMA Network Center in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.

Products and services

Websites

  • GMA News Online In 2007, GMA NMI launched GMA News Online (then called gmanews). In the same year, the site won several awards including Best Website in the 9th Philippine Web Awards in 2007 for the Media category.

  • GMA Network Portal

In late 2011, NMI launched GMANetwork, a one-stop portal that consolidates GMA’s web properties including GMA News Online, GMA Entertainment Website, and IMReady Public Service Portal. It won the Digital Filipino Web Awards for the Television category in 2014.

Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP is a joint venture of NMI (GMA Network Inc.) and Summit Digital which offers entertainment news from the local and international film and television industry.)

Sports Interactive Network (SPIN) is a joint venture of NMI (GMA Network Inc.) and Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc. which offers local and international sports news.

  • Kapuso Stream

On June 20, 2022, GMA Network launched Kapuso Stream, a web-based channel competed with ABS-CBN's Kapamilya Online Live and TV5's Kapatid Livestream. It airs original programming from GMA and GTV, as well as a simulcast of ABS-CBN Studios' It's Showtime along with AMBS' All TV and Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition. Kapuso Stream became accessible worldwide and streams on a specific timeslot per day.

Mobile applications

  • GMA Network
  • GMA News
  • IMReady
  • Kapuso Milyonaryo (Application developed with Digify, Inc. for GMA Marketing and Productions, Inc.)
  • You Scoop is a joint initiative between NMI and GMA News and Public Affairs (GMA News). The app allows citizen participation in journalism by sending information, photographs, videos or audio recordings of news as they happen. A team of editors screen which crowdsourced news items will be shared on the YouScoop page on GMA News Online or broadcast on GMA News and Public Affairs programs.

Broadcast applications

  • GMA Affordabox is a digital receiver that delivers Digital Terrestrial Transmission as well as Over-the-Top (OTT) internet-based content and applications. The device was released on June 26, 2020.
  • GMA Now is a DTV dongle used for Android Devices and iPhone users soon. It was released on February 7, 2021, during All-Out Sundays.

Subsidiaries and joint ventures

  • Digify, Inc. :Digify is a subsidiary of GMA New Media that specializes in solutions for stand-alone digital and integrated marketing campaigns for mobile, web and smart TV applications.

  • Media Merge Corp. :Media Merge is a subsidiary of GMA New Media that is in charge business development and operations for the Company's online publishing/advertising initiatives.:

  • Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc. :Philippine Entertainment Portal is a joint venture of Summit Media and GMA New Media which operates Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP.ph) and Sports Interactive Network Philippines (SPIN.ph).

  • Gamespan, Inc. (defunct) :Gamespan is a joint venture of GMA New Media and Manila Jockey Club, Inc. Gamspan operates and manages the computer systems owned by Manila Jockey Club and the infrastructure for taking bets in horse racing and other sports.

  • X-Play Online Games, Inc. (defunct) :X-Play was a joint venture of GMA New Media, Inc. and IP E-Game Ventures Inc., at present X-Play now operates under IP Ventures Inc.

References

References

  1. (December 7, 2006). "Philippine Web Awards: GMANews.TV is Best Media Website".
  2. (December 21, 2015). "GMA New Media year-to-date online advertising revenues up 56 percent". [[GMA Network Inc.]].
  3. Toral, Janette. (March 5, 2014). "Winners: DigitalFilipino Web Awards 2014".
  4. "About Us". Sports Interactive Network (SPIN).
  5. (May 21, 2024). "GMA Kapuso Stream Debuts on YouTube, Facebook; Goes Head-to-Head with ABS CBN's Kapamilya Online Live". LionhearTV.
  6. (June 17, 2024). "'It's Showtime' surprises viewers with sudden broadcast on AllTV".
  7. Richard de Leon. (2024-06-18). "Tahimik lang: It's Showtime balik-Channel 2, napapanood na rin sa ALLTV".
  8. (April 6, 2024). "'It's Showtime' debuts on GMA Network with a bang".
  9. (10 April 2024). "[ANALYSIS] A new era of noontime TV: GMA-7 takes in ABS-CBN's 'It's Showtime'". Rappler.
  10. (November 30, 2014). "Digify: At the forefront of new media innovation". [[Manila Bulletin]].
  11. "GMA unveils digital receiver prototype that transforms screens into smart TVs". GMA News Online.
  12. (June 26, 2020). "GMA Network unveils 'GMA Affordabox' on its 70th anniversary". GMA News Online.
  13. "GMANetwork.com - Corporate - Official Corporate Website of the Kapuso Network".
  14. "Company Information".
  15. (March 24, 2012). "GMA unit forms JV with Manila Jockey Club". [[The Philippine Star]].
  16. (March 23, 2016). "GMA ventures into betting business". [[BusinessWorld]].
  17. "Company Overview of X-Play Online Games, Inc.". Bloomberg L.P..
  18. "About Xplay - Xplay Online Philippines".
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