JUST IN: GMA Network receives prestigious Diamond Play Button

We've hit another milestone, mga Kapuso!

GMA Network's official YouTube channel has just received its Diamond Play Button from the video streaming site for hitting 10 million subscribers since joining in 2006.

In 2017, it was reported that the network only had a million subscribers and as of writing, it currently has more than 11 million subscribers --- marking GMA as one of the fastest-growing channels per year.

Present at the event are Vishal Sharin Head of YouTube Content Partnerships in Southeast Asia and Pablo Mendoza the Country Lead of YouTube Content Partnerships in the Philippines. The two executives mentioned that GMA is one of the Top 50 Most-Watched Channels globally on the video-sharing platform.

Accepting the prestigious award is GMA's Chairman and CEO Atty. Felipe L. Gozon.

“Of course we are very gratified that GMA has reached the 10 million mark. And in fact, as I speak, we are already at 11.1 Million [subscribers] and that is equivalent to 11.8 billion views,” he says during the interview.

“That's quite an achievement and that translates into growth. It's about our continuous growth year after year.

“So that's enough reason for us to be really gratified and happy.”

Mr. Gozon also thanked the GMA executives and producers who made the milestone happen.

“This is really a work of many people and they are all here. And you saw them when we received this Diamond creator's award.”

Together with Atty. Gozon are other GMA executives like President and COO Gilberto R. Duavit Jr., CFO and Treasurer Felipe S. Yalong, President and CEO Joel Marcelo G. Jimenez, SVP for Entertainment Group Lilybeth G. Rasonable, and GMA New Media Inc. representatives President and COO Judd I. Gallares, SVP and General Manager Dingdong Caharian, among many others.

A few Kapuso celebrities have also attended the event like Atom Araullo, Michael V., Bianca Umali, Kyline Alcantara and Jessica Soho.

GMA New Media Inc or NMI is a subsidiary of GMA and it serves as the digital and technology arm of the network.

The Diamond Play Button is one of the four subscriber plaques created by YouTube for its content creators with over 10 Million subscribers. Among its recipients are Casey Niestat, Shane Dawson, PewDiePie, and Smosh.

The network hit the 10 million mark last May 15, 2019.

GMA Network YouTube Channel reaches 10 million subscriber mark