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                    [Title] => GMA network installs transmitter in Bacolod
                    [Summary] => GMA Network Inc. has spent P27 million for the installation of a transmitter in Bacolod City as part of an ongoing regional expansion program aimed at further maintaining its leadership in the broadcast industry.


The transmitter, covering an estimated 140,346 households, is located at the GMA Channel 10 office located at the corner of Rizal and Locsin Streets in Bacolod City.

With the new transmitter in full operations, Bacolod residents can now expect a clearer reception, via Channel 10 on free-to-air TV and Channel 7 on cable, of the day’s news.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 312830 [Title] => GMA-7 expects to conclude deal with Orbit soon [Summary] => Leading broadcasting firm GMA Network Inc. expects to conclude an agreement with Orbit, the biggest cable provider in the Middle East, by the end of the year.

GMA president Felipe Gozon said the agreement calls for the carriage of GMA Pinoy TV, the international channel of GMA.

Gozon said the company hopes to penetrate Europe, Rome and England next year to tap the huge market of overseas Filipino workers in these areas.

GMA Pinoy TV can now be seen in Japan, Guam and the United States.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 303047 [Title] => Napocor mulls higher usage of local coal [Summary] => State-owned National Power Corp. (Napocor) is looking at the possibility of increasing the volume of local coal that is being used to run its coal-fired power plants, a ranking company official said.

Napocor is currently blending 10 percent of local coal every month to generate power from its coal-fired facilities.

"We will eventually increase the volume to more than 10 percent if this test blend will prove feasible," the Napocor official said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292858 [Title] => GMA Network to beef up provincial operations [Summary] => GMA Network Inc. is stepping up its local expansion this year as it aims to extend its leadership in the broadcasting industry to parts of the country outside Metro Manila.

GMA president Felipe Gozon said over the weekend the company’s main target for the year is to broaden its presence nationwide as it gears towards dominating provincial programming after unanimously leading in TV viewership ratings across Mega-Manila.

He said the company would also be doing a lot of provincial tours to promote the network and in turn attract more viewers.
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"We will most likely tap South Africa for our coal supply. There are ongoing talks with them and we are trying to thresh out concrete terms with them," Napocor president Rogelio Murga said.

Aside from South Africa, Napocor is also into similar negotiations with Australia, Vietnam and Russia.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 253633 [Title] => China assures RP of continuous coal supply despite regional shortage [Summary] => The Chinese government has committed the continuous supply of coal to the National Power Corp. (Napocor) despite the prevailing coal shortage in the region, a top energy official said.

"China assures us that it will find ways to continue supplying coal to Napocor regardless of issues which could limit coal production," Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez told a press conference over the weekend.

China, the world’s second largest coal exporter at 20 million tons a year, is further expected to increase its supply by 17 percent.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233772 [Title] => Napocor eyes other sources of coal [Summary] => In an effort to diversify the sources of its coal requirements, the National Power Corp. (Napocor) will look at the possibility of allowing some of its coal-fired power plants to use lower grade coal.

Napocor president Rogelio Murga said the state-owned power firm can bring down the rated capacity of its power plants so it can utilize lower grade coal.

Murga said Napocor is partially implementing this so-called "derate capacity" in Calaca and Masinloc.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => GMA network installs transmitter in Bacolod
                    [Summary] => GMA Network Inc. has spent P27 million for the installation of a transmitter in Bacolod City as part of an ongoing regional expansion program aimed at further maintaining its leadership in the broadcast industry.


The transmitter, covering an estimated 140,346 households, is located at the GMA Channel 10 office located at the corner of Rizal and Locsin Streets in Bacolod City.

With the new transmitter in full operations, Bacolod residents can now expect a clearer reception, via Channel 10 on free-to-air TV and Channel 7 on cable, of the day’s news.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 312830 [Title] => GMA-7 expects to conclude deal with Orbit soon [Summary] => Leading broadcasting firm GMA Network Inc. expects to conclude an agreement with Orbit, the biggest cable provider in the Middle East, by the end of the year.

GMA president Felipe Gozon said the agreement calls for the carriage of GMA Pinoy TV, the international channel of GMA.

Gozon said the company hopes to penetrate Europe, Rome and England next year to tap the huge market of overseas Filipino workers in these areas.

GMA Pinoy TV can now be seen in Japan, Guam and the United States.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 303047 [Title] => Napocor mulls higher usage of local coal [Summary] => State-owned National Power Corp. (Napocor) is looking at the possibility of increasing the volume of local coal that is being used to run its coal-fired power plants, a ranking company official said.

Napocor is currently blending 10 percent of local coal every month to generate power from its coal-fired facilities.

"We will eventually increase the volume to more than 10 percent if this test blend will prove feasible," the Napocor official said.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292858 [Title] => GMA Network to beef up provincial operations [Summary] => GMA Network Inc. is stepping up its local expansion this year as it aims to extend its leadership in the broadcasting industry to parts of the country outside Metro Manila.

GMA president Felipe Gozon said over the weekend the company’s main target for the year is to broaden its presence nationwide as it gears towards dominating provincial programming after unanimously leading in TV viewership ratings across Mega-Manila.

He said the company would also be doing a lot of provincial tours to promote the network and in turn attract more viewers.
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"We will most likely tap South Africa for our coal supply. There are ongoing talks with them and we are trying to thresh out concrete terms with them," Napocor president Rogelio Murga said.

Aside from South Africa, Napocor is also into similar negotiations with Australia, Vietnam and Russia.
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"China assures us that it will find ways to continue supplying coal to Napocor regardless of issues which could limit coal production," Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez told a press conference over the weekend.

China, the world’s second largest coal exporter at 20 million tons a year, is further expected to increase its supply by 17 percent.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233772 [Title] => Napocor eyes other sources of coal [Summary] => In an effort to diversify the sources of its coal requirements, the National Power Corp. (Napocor) will look at the possibility of allowing some of its coal-fired power plants to use lower grade coal.

Napocor president Rogelio Murga said the state-owned power firm can bring down the rated capacity of its power plants so it can utilize lower grade coal.

Murga said Napocor is partially implementing this so-called "derate capacity" in Calaca and Masinloc.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096364 [AuthorName] => Donnabelle L. Gatdula [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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