MANILA, Philippines - GMA Network is urging the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to carefully consider what digital television transmission technology to adopt and when to require its adoption by local broadcasting companies due to the far-reaching repercussions of a bad choice.
In an interview, GMA chairman and CEO Felipe Gozon also revealed they expect higher revenues this year compared to last year. The company has also budgeted P750 million for capital expenditures this year.
Gozon said he expects the 2015 deadline for the shift by local broadcasting companies from analog to digital transmission to be pushed back since the review by the NTC and other government agencies is still ongoing.
The NTC earlier revealed that it may support the adoption of the Japanese digital technology instead of its European counterpart, but has yet to come up with the rules governing digital technology.
Gozon earlier said that while the network that they have installed can support either the Japanese or European version, he said the NTC should choose only the best standard. “Once you choose the standard, it is very difficult to change,” he pointed out.
He also advised the NTC to go slow on digitization, noting that even countries like the United States took a long time before mandating a complete shift from analog to digital considering the huge expenses that broadcasting companies will have to shell out. “It’s a very expensive proposition because even the television sets will have to be digital ready. And how many Filipinos can afford digital-ready TV sets,” he said.
The US government originally set a 1996 deadline for digitization, but it was only 10 years later that the move finally pushed through.
“We have to choose the best, the better of these standards…because that’s a long term decision that will affect not only the present but the future operation.
And secondly, it’s the readiness of the public, even if we are ready and the viewers are not yet ready, so we have balance and calibrate everything,” he added.
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what can you expect? ganyan ang mga taktika nang mga attorney na INSECURE, di ba gozon?! bwahahahahaha!
walang pang DTV? ang KACHEAPAN talaga ni gozon! nasaan na ang mga praise release nyo na you're the greatest yon pala walang pang-DTV!
Mr. Gozon, yung mga arguments mo matagal ng na-recognized ng ABS CBN kaya nga gumawa na sila ng mga paraan para ma-address ang isyu. 2011 na!!! Utang na loob. No wonder, lagi kayo nauunahan ng ABS CBN sa mga innovations. Ang duduwag nyong sumubok ng bago. O baka talaga makukupad lang kayo mag-isip. You are always looking at the competetion for directions. SUS!
Yung mga delaying tactics nyo only proves na hindi kayo handa.
competition- I mean
they're not yet ready. halata naman e.
wala pa daw kasing pera ang kapupu network.. napambayad na nila lahat ng pera nila sa mga press release nila at sa 1 billion DAW nilang SET.. wahahaha!! pathethic talaga ang kapupu
kawawang gozon!
you don't have to own yet a digital-ready tv set because they are still on the pursuit of using that so-called set-up box to make everyone ready for the digital age of tv even making use of their old analog tv. That's why they are opting to adopt Japan's technology because Japan is so open to help from making and distributing for a less-expensive set-up box. take note, we are readying for the transition, not a sudden change. Gozon is just so afraid, that they won't make it on the given deadline.
takot kasi c lolo Gozon sa DTV na kasi nakalagay agad jan sa DTV kng ilang viewer ang nanood ng mga palabas sa TV....hahahah baka 1000 na ang viewer ng ABS CBN sa kanila lima palang hahhahahaah takotmuch
mr gozon, yung 6M nyo per episode of party pilipinas, kung ginastos nyo pa para sa DTV mas nakabuti pa sana. 6M per show wala na mang dating.
hirap kasi umamin na wala pa silang budget..wala kasi bangko magpapa-utang sa kanila hahaha...wala budget for expansion...may 6M pa kayong budget every sunday sa party payatas tapos yung DTV na napakaganda idee gusto niyo ipatigil..wahaha tlgang mga bobo lang ang mga KAPOPO kung di ma gets ang gingawa ng mga executv ng GMewwww...
hanggat maari gusto niyo tlga patigilin ang ABS kc sila ang mauuna mag labas ng mga dtv boxes sa market...sigurado karamihan sa mga KAPOPO ma-co-convert sa pagiging kapamilya dahil di nila masasagap sa mga dtv nila ang siete..hahaha unles kung digital na din ang GMewww...naku sabi nga sa DTV Phil sa fb ang worth ng mga digital boxes nag rarange mula sa P500-40000...napaka affordable nun price na P500 kya-kaya ng ordinaryong pinoy! hahaha
He also advised the NTC to go slow on digitization, “It’s a very expensive proposition because even the television sets will have to be digital ready. And how many Filipinos can afford digital-ready TV sets,” he said.
OMG talagang ayaw ni Gozon ng DTV...take slow NTC daw hahahhaha, super takot si lolo gozon!
dirty tactics!!!!
care namin jan kung ayaw pa ng gme sa dtv basta bibili kami kung meron na ang abs!
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