GMA Network is ready for digital broadcasting –GMA's Gozon

Thursday, May 22, 2014, 0:31

GMA Network Inc. is ready to take in the Japanese standard in digital television once government issues the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) on migrating from analog TV, its top official said Wednesday.

"Hanggang ngayon wala pang IRR ang NTC. Ang ginawa lang nila is to decide na Japanese standard, but that's a big step. [By the time IRR is out], we are going to be ready," he told reporters after the stockholders' meeting.

"Even without details [of the IRR], we are already doing our thing. In fact lahat ng cameras, studio... digital na. Lahat ng pwedeng digital, dinigitize na namin," he added.

However, the issue broadcast companies is facing is how to profit from digital TV migration.

"Ang hindi kami ready ay kung anong business model [ang gagamitin]. Diyan nagkakatalo... How do you make money out of this digitization," Gozon said.