GMA Pinoy TV, the international channel of the #1 watched Filipino network in the Philippines has signed a carriage agreement with Comcast. Comcast expects to make GMA Pinoy TV available as a subscription channel and to offer content on its video-on-demand service in selected markets beginning later this year. Manila (PRWEB) April 18, 2005 -- GMA Pinoy TV, the international channel of the #1 watched Filipino network in the Philippines has signed a carriage agreement with Comcast. Comcast expects to make GMA Pinoy TV available as a subscription channel and to offer content on its video-on-demand service in selected markets beginning later this year. "With the U.S. launch of GMA Pinoy TV, we look forward to our fruitful relationship with Comcast that will only result in outstanding benefits for Filipino-American viewers," said GMA Network's Chairman, CEO, and president, Felipe L. Gozon. This introduction by Comcast will mark GMA Pinoy TV's first entry into the US market. The network has a stellar reputation within the Filipino communities worldwide because of its original programming and award-winning news and investigative reporting. The US Filipino population is the second largest Asian group in the United States behind Chinese. According to the 2000 US Census, over 1.9 million Filipinos are residing in the US, and over one million reside in California and Hawaii with some of the heaviest household concentrations in Northern California. About GMA Pinoy TV: GMA Pinoy TV http://www.igma.tv) is the international channel of GMA Network, Inc., a leading broadcast network in the Philippines. GMA is currently No. 1 in ratings and revenue in the key urban area, Mega Manila, based on Nielsen ratings in 2004 until first quarter of 2005. It has won multiple awards for its news programming including Gold Medal in the NY Festivals for Best News Program, The Peabody for Best in Investigative Journalism. GMA Pinoy TV will air most of the current top-rating programs from the Philippines which are winners in their time blocks. Programming is family-oriented and is composed of news, public affairs, variety and game shows, sitcoms, soap operas and talk shows. GMA Pinoy TV is also currently available in Japan and Guam.