GMA Network Center
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The GMA Network Center is the headquarters of the GMA Network, a television network in the Phillipines. It is located at EDSA corner Timog Ave., Diliman, Quezon City.
GMA inaugurated its new facility on June 14, 2000 as part of the kick-off of its year-round celebration of its 50th anniversary. The GMA Network Center supports GMA's thrusts towards digitalization and media convergence. 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 and the newsroom. A convenience store and a coffee shop services the employess who work in the center.
In 2006, GMA started building the 3,000-square meter 5-storey structure beside the old network building with completion target of 2008. The structure will house two state-of-the art studios which can accommodate up to 1,000 studio audience. During the same year, the network started the renovation and continued construction on the existing broadcasting center, although not following the original masterplan for the compound. Such construction included moving the transmission tower to the top of the high-rise to facilitate future construction work on the compound.
