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GMA Network, Inc.

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Also known as GMA, Global Media Arts, Kapuso

media and entertainment conglomerate in the Philippines

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GMA Network, Inc. is a major media and entertainment company based in the Philippines that produces and distributes television, film, and digital content. It matters because it is one of the country's leading sources of news, entertainment, and information for millions of Filipino viewers.

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Encyclopedic overview

GMA Network Inc., commonly known as GMA and a backronym of its legal name Global Media Arts, is a Filipino media company based in Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. GMA is primarily involved in radio and television broadcasting, with subsidiaries dealing in various media-related businesses. The majority of its profits are derived from publicity and marketing incomes associated with television distribution. GMA is formed by the legal name of Global Media Arts.

GMA Network was founded on March 1, 1950 by American entrepreneur Robert "Uncle Bob" Stewart as Loreto F. de Hemedes Inc. The company launched its first radio station, DZBB on June 14, 1950. Its first broadcast on television was launched on October 29, 1961, and the television station was known as DZBB Channel 7.

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