- CEO
- Gilberto R. Duavit
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Investment managers
- Address
- Taguig Philippines
- IPO Date
- Jul 30, 2007
- Business
- GMA Holdings, Inc. is a Philippines-based investment holding company that issues and manages Philippine Depository Receipts (PDRs) to provide domestic and international investors with economic exposure to the commercial broadcasting and multimedia operations of GMA Network, Inc. Incorporated in 2006 and headquartered in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, the company operates as a special-purpose entity facilitating the listing and trading of PDRs on the Philippine Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GMAP. Each PDR delivers the economic benefits, including dividend distributions and proceeds from share sales, of an underlying common share of GMA Network, Inc. without transferring shareholder voting rights, thereby ensuring strict adherence to Philippine constitutional foreign ownership restrictions for mass media enterprises.
Through its underlying asset, GMA Network, Inc., the company provides a comprehensive suite of media, broadcasting, and entertainment products and services. The core portfolio includes free-to-air commercial television broadcasting via flagship terrestrial channels GMA-7 and GTV; digital terrestrial television broadcasting services featuring specialty subchannels such as Heart of Asia, I Heart Movies, and Pinoy Hits; nationwide AM and FM radio broadcasting networks operated under the Super Radyo and Barangay FM station networks; international pay-television channels, including GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV, and GMA News TV International, serving overseas markets across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region; digital publishing, news, and over-the-top streaming platforms through GMANetwork.com, GMA Integrated News, and Kapuso Stream; motion picture production, theatrical distribution, music recording, and music publishing via GMA Pictures and GMA Music; talent management and artist development through Sparkle GMA Artist Center; consumer digital terrestrial television hardware, including the GMA Affordabox set-top converter and the GMA Now mobile broadcast receiver; and content syndication, digital marketing, and post-production services delivered through subsidiaries including Alta Productions Group, Inc. and Digify, Inc.
In recent developments, the underlying operational enterprise has completed significant strategic partnerships, leadership realignments, and multi-platform distribution expansions. GMA Network established major content-sharing and broadcast agreements with ABS-CBN Corporation, expanding programming reach by broadcasting the daily variety show It's Showtime on GMA-7 and GTV, as well as launching co-produced drama series in partnership with international streaming platforms such as Viu, Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video. The company has continued the nationwide rollout of upgraded digital terrestrial television transmitters across provincial regions and expanded its multi-platform digital content initiatives. Furthermore, the organization executed a corporate governance transition with Gilberto R. Duavit Jr. assuming the role of President and Chief Executive Officer, while long-standing executive Felipe L. Gozon transitioned to Executive Chairman, reinforcing the enterprise's strategic focus on digital growth, global content monetization, and the ongoing administration of its Philippine Depository Receipts.