GMA News TV International now in Middle East

GMA:

Filipinos in the Middle East can now catch the latest news and stories from home through GMA Network’s all-news channel, GMA News TV International.

On February 10, Philippine broadcast giant GMA Network, Inc. launched its third international channel GMA News TV International in the Middle East through its official carrier Etisalat – Middle East’s leading Telecom Operator and TV provider.

Etisalat is the first operator in the region to offer GMA News TV International (Channel 826) as part of eLife TV’s “A La Carte” option.

The news channel is a welcome addition to GMA Network’s other two international channels, GMA Pinoy TV and GMA Life TV, which are also available on eLife OSN Pinoy Plus and OSN

Pinoy West.

Through Etisalat’s airing of GMA News TV International, Filipinos in the Middle East can now get top-notch newscasts and breaking news coverage alongside in-depth documentaries, investigative news magazines, talk shows, and public service programs straight from home courtesy of no less than the leading broadcast news organization in the Philippines.

GMA News TV International may be viewed for free by eLife subscribers through Channel 826 from February 10 to 29. To subscribe, call 101 or 800-101. For more information, log on to www.etisalat.ae/elife. Channel and program updates are also available at www.gmanetwork.com/international.

About GMA International

GMA International is the team behind the international channels of the Number 1 broadcasting company in the Philippines, GMA Network, Inc.

Its three channels include:

• GMA Pinoy TV, the flagship international channel of GMA Network and home of Pinoy favorites Eat Bulaga (Philippines’ Number 1 noontime variety show), 24 Oras (the Network’s flagship newscast), Party Pilipinas (the grandest and hippest Sunday program on Philippine TV), and Bubble Gang (the longest-running comedy gag show in the land);
• GMA Life TV, which features a wide array of program genre – from talk to reality, fashion to food, sports to movies, etc. – highlighting just about anything and everything about life; and
• GMA News TV International, from Philippines’ most trusted news organization GMA News and Public Affairs, which currently has nine nominations in the highly prestigious 2012 New York Festivals.

GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV, and GMA News TV International are currently seen in 14 territories – United States, Europe, Canada, Middle East, North Africa, Japan, Guam, Saipan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and Diego Garcia – over a total of 34 channel carriers worldwide.

GMA News TV International

Powered by the most respected names in Philippine broadcast journalism today - Jessica Soho, Mike Enriquez, Mel Tiangco, Arnold Clavio, Vicky Morales, and Howie Severino, together with Prof. Winnie Monsod, Malou Mangahas, and Kara David - the channel can very well be every Filipinos' link to home from virtually anywhere in the globe.

The channel boasts of GMA News TV's formidable line-up of programs to give Pinoy viewers relevant and credible news reportage from sun up to sun down.

First on the list is News TV's flagship newscast, State of the Nation, which delivers in-depth and comprehensive news reporting and anchored by no less than GMA News pillar, Jessica Soho.

News To Go gives viewers different news and feature stories hosted by GMA News Online Editor-in-Chief Howie Severino together with Peabody award winner, Kara David.

Get to see the week's headlines from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao in Balita Pilipinas with Arnold Clavio as Clavio calls in regional anchors to deliver a review of the biggest stories in Cebu, Iloilo, Davao, and Dagupan as well as Bicol, Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro, General Santos, and Naga City.

All throughout the week, viewers can look forward to a most interesting assembly of programs including a modern spin-off to GMA's hugely popular news magazine program in the '90s, Brigada Siete, in GMA News TV's Brigada ni Jessica Soho.

In the show, Soho gives a new generation of reporters the opportunity to present the stories behind the headlines as she mentors each reporter to get a deeper understanding of their reports.

Powerhouse is another program hosted by yet another GMA news pillar Mel Tiangco. In the program, viewers can get a peek into the private homes and lives of today's most powerful and controversial personalities.

Prof. Winnie Monsod acts as government watchdog as she breaks down national issues in Bawal ang Pasaway Kay Mareng Winnie. One of Philippine journalism's most respected investigative journalists, Malou Mangahas, fearlessly tackles corruption, political dynasties, and other anomalies on the hard-hitting program, Investigative Documentaries.

GMA News and Public Affairs, Philippines’ most trusted news organization and the same team behind GMA News TV International, currently has nine nominations in the highly prestigious 2012 New York Festivals, which include five finalists from GMA News TV.

News TV's docudrama Si Rizal, Ang Dakilang Manunulat (Rizal, The Great Writer) is nominated for the History and Society category ; Front Row's Bente Dos (Twenty-Two) for Biography/Profiles and Yaman Sa Basura (Child Urban Miners) for Social Issues/Current Events; and Reel Time's Lusong (Live to Dive) and Tira (Infected) for Social Issues/Current Events.

Other GMA nominees include the public affairs special Report Card for Community Portraits; Born to be Wild's The Born Expeditions Finale for Nature and Wildlife; and I-Witness' Gintong Putik and Lapnos (Burn) for Social Issues/Current Events.

About Etislat

Strong commitment to excellence and innovation has seen Etisalat as one of the world’s fastest growing telecom groups, rapidly expanding across Asia and Africa. Its United Arab Emirates operations – strategically located at the crossroads of East and West – enables Etisalat to be the major hub in the Middle East for internet, voice, broadcast, roaming, and corporate data services. Etisalat has been recognized as “Best Operator” ten times since 2006 and “Best Wholesale Provider” four times in the last three years. Servicing over 140 million customers in 18 countries, Etisalat continues to reach out to new customers and markets.

About eLife TV

Utilizing its fiber optic network, Etisalat offers eLife TV – a leading source of regional entertainment in the UAE, offering over 350 TV channels in 21 languages.

These channels, which serve as an addition to over 40 high definition (HD) channels, range from sports to movies, music, documentaries and kid’s channels.

Its comprehensive entertainment offerings include 15 Premium TV packages from all the major TV providers like, OSN, ART, Pehla, Firstnet, GMA International, TFC, Abu Dhabi Media, Dubai Media Inc., Al Jazeera, and many more, in addition to the Choice Basic package. - GMA International

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