29 Apr GMA Network and iQiyi International Enter Into Multi-Year Deal
“The Philippines’ no. 1 TV network partners with one of the world’s leading streaming platforms.”
Philippine media giant GMA Network sealed a multi-year partnership with one of the leading global entertainment streaming services – iQiyi International – making GMA dramas the first Filipino content to be available on the said OTT platform. The first titles to be made available include The First Nanny (First Yaya ) as well as upcoming shows Flames Of Love (Nagbabagang Luha), Legal Wives and Love You Stranger. The multi-year partnership, which covers nearly a thousand episodes, bolsters iQiyi International’s wide array of Asian content, and at the same time allows GMA programs to be accessible to millions of users of the platform.
Subscribers of iQiyi in the Philippines can now watch the latest episodes of some of the newest GMA dramas within 24 hours express from TV airing on the iQiyi app or iQ.com. The romantic-comedy series The First Nanny (First Yaya) is now available on iQiyi in the Philippines.
(L to R) Gabby Concepcion and Sanya Lopez
It tells the story of Melody, who gets to lead a life as the nanny of the president’s children and, along the way, falls for the country’s president. It stars the fresh team-up of award-winning veteran actor Gabby Concepcion (A Woman Scorned, Love You Two) as President Glenn Acosta and talented actress Sanya Lopez (For Love Or Money) as Melody.
(L to R) Glaiza De Castro , Dennis Trillo and Gabbi Garcia
More GMA dramas will soon be available on the iQiyi app and iQ.com in the Philippines. Among the first batch of titles is the TV adaptation of award-winning Filipino film Flames Of Love (Nagbabagang Luha), bannered by Glaiza de Castro (Contessa) and Rayver Cruz (Silent Shadow) , Claire Castro and Mike Tan (A Woman Scorned).
GMA’s breakthrough cultural drama series Legal Wives will also stream on iQiyi. It stars Dennis Trillo (I Can See You), Alice Dixson (A Place In Your Heart), Andrea Torres (The Secret of Annasandra), and Bianca Umali (Heart and Soul). Finally, the on-screen tandem of real-life couple Gabbi Garcia (Beautiful Justice, Encantadia) and Khalil Ramos is all set in the romance-mystery mini-series Love You Stranger.