Thursday, September 11, 2014

International Broadcasters of the Papal Visit 2014

The Catholic Bishops Conference of The Philippines has appointed GMA-7 as the official television carrier for the event. The coverage will be live. (No commercials. Can you imagine asking the Pope to pause for commercial breaks! Other television networks may apply for limited rights such as hook-ups. There will be a Broadcast Center to facilitate all other media organization and their requirements.)
When GMA won the bid they also carry the responsibility of providing full coverage of the events. This will mean huge investments in equipment, man-hours and other resources. Also, a substantial portion of the revenues that they will be able to raise from sponsors of their coverage, will help pay for the many expenses expected by CBCP as hosts of the two significant events. GMA will put into effect the most comprehensive live coverage of the Papal Visit and Jesus is Lord Church Anniversary Festival 2014 activities with more than 40 hours of live broadcast and specials.
GMA has assembled an army of over 450 production and news specialists together with over 10 remote broadcast teams to simultaneously cover all the sites of the Pope's appearance.
GMA broadcasts live coverages pre-empting regular programming beginning October 23 with the Pontiff's arrival at 2:00 p.m.
On October 24, the live coverage of his courtesy visit to Malacanang airs at 9:00 A.M. and the Pope's special message airs at 5 p.m.
On day three of the Papal visit (October 25), the live coverage of the Quadrennial Mass airs at 8:00 A.M. and the Sapphire Jubilee Annual Founding Anniversary Celebration of Radio Veritas Asia and the 36th Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) at 4:00 P.M. Televiewers will see the Pope and the residents together at the Youth Vigil.
On October 26, the live coverage of the Founding Anniversary Celebration of Jesus is Lord Church Worldwide airs at 8:00 a.m. A statement, prepared by the leaders of the International Youth Forum, will be presented during the Holy Mass.
Finally, on October 27, televiewers will see Pope Francis' departure for Papua New Guinea at 8:00 A.M. The Marathon Papal coverages will be anchored by broadcast journalists Malou Mangahas and Cheche Lazaro, plus the pool of GMA Radio and Television reporters stationed at various points all over Manila
International broadcasters are:
  1. Albania: RTV21
  2. Australia: Seven Network
  3.  Austria: TW1
  4.  Argentina: América 2
  5.  Bahamas: ZNS-TV
  6.  Bermuda: ZBM-TV
  7.  Belgium: Star!
  8.  Bolivia: Unitel
  9.  Brazil: Rede Globo
  10.  Brunei: RTB1
  11.  Bulgaria: BNT 1
  12.  Canada: CBC Television
  13.  Chile: TVN
  14.  China: CCTV-1
  15.  Colombia: Canal A
  16.  Costa Rica: Teletica
  17.  Cyprus: Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation
  18.  Denmark: Star! Scandinavia and Showtime Scandinavia
  19.  Dominican Republic: Color Vision
  20.  Ecuador: Ecuavisa
  21.  Egypt: MBC3
  22.  El Salvador: TCS
  23.  Estonia: Star! and Viasat Baltics
  24.  Finland: MTV3, Star! Scandinavia and Showtime Scandinavia
  25.  France: Paris Première
  26.  Germany: Das Vierte (German)
  27.  Greece: ANT1
  28.  Honduras: Canal 11
  29.  Hong Kong: TVB Pearl
  30.  Hungary: m1
  31.  Iceland: Star! Scandinavia and Showtime Scandinavia
  32.  India: DD National
  33.  Indonesia: Indosiar (Indonesian)
  34.  Ireland: RTE One
  35.  Israel: Arutz 2
  36.  Italy: Rai Uno
  37.  Jamaica: Ination TV
  38.  Japan: NHK
  39.  South Korea: KBS1
  40.  Latvia: Star! and Viasat Baltics
  41.  Lebanon: LBC and MBC3
  42.  Malaysia: TV1, TV2
  43.  Republic of Malta: TVM
  44.  Mexico: Canal de las Estrellas (XEW-TV)
  45.  Myanmar: TV Myanmar
  46.  Namibia: NBC
  47.  Netherlands: Star!
  48.  Nicaragua: Televicentro
  49.  Norway: TV2
  50.  Pakistan: PTV Home
  51.  Panama: Telemetro
  52.  Peru: ATV
  53.  Philippines: GMA Network
  54.  Poland: TVP2
  55.  Portugal: RTP1
  56.  Puerto Rico: WAPA-TV
  57.  Romania: TVR1
  58.  Russia: C1R (Russian)
  59.  Singapore: MediaCorp Channel 5
  60.  Spain: TVE1
  61.  Serbia: RTS
  62.  Sweden: Star! Scandinavia and Showtime Scandinavia
  63.   Switzerland: SF 1
  64.  Taiwan R.O.C.: CTS
  65.  Thailand: Channel 7 (Thailand) (Thai)
  66.  Trinidad and Tobago: CCN TV6
  67.  Turkey: NTV
  68.  Ukraine: UT1
  69.  United Arab Emirates: MBC3
  70.  United Kingdom: BBC One
  71. United States: NBC
  72.  Venezuela: Venevisión
  73.  Vietnam: VTV1 (Vietnamese)

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