The GMA Network Center is the headquarters of the GMA Network, a television network in the Philippines. It is located at EDSA corner Timog Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City. It is the network's main television and radio production center, and its main transmission facility for most of Mega Manila Image File history File links GMA_Network_Center. ... Nickname: Map of Metro Manila showing the location of Quezon City Coordinates: 14°38 N, 121°2 E Country Philippines Region National Capital Region Districts 1st to 4th districts of Quezon City Barangays 142 Incorporated (town) October 12, 1939 (as Balintawak) Incorporated (city) October 12, 1939 Government  - Mayor Feliciano Sonny... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Global Media Arts (GMA) Network, Incorporated (PSE: GMA7 and GMAP), a Philippine multi-media conglomerate, is a television network in the Philippines. ... Nickname: Map of Metro Manila showing the location of Quezon City Coordinates: 14°38 N, 121°2 E Country Philippines Region National Capital Region Districts 1st to 4th districts of Quezon City Barangays 142 Incorporated (town) October 12, 1939 (as Balintawak) Incorporated (city) October 12, 1939 Government  - Mayor Feliciano Sonny... Location of Mega Manila (red) within the Philippines Mega Manila is the term used for the regions of Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMARO and Metro Manila. ...

GMA inaugurated the facility on June 14, 2000 as part of the kick-off of its year-round celebration of its 50th anniversary. While the first phase of the project has already been completed with the completion of the 17-storey high-rise, the center has an option to upgrade the older, existing facilities in the GMA compound, as originally planned.

The Center is equipped with MARC (Multiple Automated Recorder Cassette) System with a D3 format digital video recorder and a Broadcast Automation System that allows the network to manage live feeds and international feeds that will be carried out to GMA Pinoy TV subscribers around the world. The GMA compound has five studios, three of which (Studios 1, 2 and 3) are in the new network center, and two (Studios A and B) in the older structures. The Center serves as the Corporate Headquarters for the network and also houses radio stations DZBB and 97.1 Barangay LS, as well as the newsroom. A convenience store and a coffee shop services the employees who work in the center. Meanwhile, the Kapuso Center, located along the 11th Jamboree Street entrance of the compound, serves as the offices for the GMA Kapuso Foundation, the "Action Center" of Mike Enriquez's Imbestigador, and the public service program Kapwa Ko, Mahal Ko. On the building's courtside is a sculpture by artist Eduardo Castrillo.^[2] D3 is a professional digital video tape format. ... In broadcast engineering, broadcast automation is the use of technology to automate broadcasting operations. ... DZBB (594 kHz Metro Manila) Super Radyo is the flagship AM station of GMA Network in the Philippines. ... 97. ... History Since it was founded in 1991, the GMA Kapuso Foundation has been touching the lives of communities everywhere. ... Miguel Castro Enríquez (born September 29, 1951 in Santa Ana, Manila) is a popular radio and television newscaster in the Philippines. ... Imbestigador is an investigative show that tackles anomalies and inconsistencies in the Philippine government. ...

Although the Network Center was inaugurated in 2000, GMA has held office in its current EDSA headquarters since 1957, having moved from the Calvo Building in Escolta, Manila (where the network, then known as the Loreto de F. Hemedes, Inc., later renamed Republic Broadcasting System, had its first studios and corporate offices since its inception in 1950).

In 2006, On an 18,404-square-meter complex GMA will build a 3,000-square meter 4-storey structure beside the old network. The structure will house two state-of-the art soundstages, one of which can accommodate up to 1,000 studio audience. The new building, dubbed the GMA Network Center Annex, will also house studio support and set construction facilities, technical equipment for broadcast and theater systems, props storage, garage areas, rehearsal rooms, talent dressing and makeup rooms, as well as administrative and production offices. A bridge will also connect the new building to the rest of the compound. The new structure is expected to be completed by 2008 and will cost as much as PhP1 billion. ^[3] For other uses, see PHP (disambiguation). ...

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External links

• Official Website