is a
TV Network of
GMA Network, Inc. The network was formed after
GMA Network, Inc. and
ZOE Broadcasting Network entered to an agreement for leasing the entire airtime block of ZOE-TV's flagship station
DZOE-TV 11.
Q airs a lineup geared mostly towards women and their concerns.
See Also: ZOE Broadcasting Network
The network was formed when the frequency rights of
Channel 11 in Manila was given to a joint venture of the influential religious groups ''
El Shaddai '' headed by
Bro. Mike Velarde and ''
Jesus Is Lord Movement '' headed by
Bro. Eddie Villanueva in mid 1990s.
See Also: Citynet Television
GMA Network decided to expand its business into
UHF programming.
Citynet Television 27 was launched in 1995 . Poised to compete with
ABS-CBN 's
Studio 23 , the new station also catered American TV series. In
1999 ,
Star TV group signed an agreement with Citynet for the entire TV airtime block and
Channel Philippines is launched. Loss of airtime revenues forced GMA to shutdown Citynet 27 in February
2001 .
In the first quarter of 2005 , Citynet and ZOE-TV entered to an agreement for Citynet leasing the entire TV airtime block of its flagship station,
DZOE-TV 11 , in exchange of an upgrading the facilities of ZOE and a ZOE-TV program on GMA Network every Monday midnight after its Sunday primetime TV block.
The Q station in Metro Manila uses the 120kw transmitter tower site located at Tandang Sora, Quezon City, the same transmitter tower used by
GMA-7 .
On March 18, 2007, the network became only known as "Q".
Q produces programs that is targeted for families all over the Philippines. Its shows also focuses on Filipino women all over the country. Most of its programs are produced by .
The station is poised to compete with
ABS-CBN 's
Studio 23 . At its first month, Q became the third highest rating television station in
Mega Manila beating
ABC-5 .
However since the station started airing its shows,
ABS-CBN Subsidiary
SkyCable Gold and Silver failed to provide Q a channel designation into its lineup. A Skycable subscriber receive a distored TV signal when changing the TV channel to Q.
- ''(It's Our Story)'': QTV's First Slogan when it was launched
- : QTV's First Christmas Slogan
- ''(You're Cool, Q!)'': QTV's Summer Slogan
- ''(Mega to the Max this May)'': QTV's May 2006 Slogan
- ''(Thank You Q-mates, We are One Year Old!)'': QTV's 1st Anniversary Slogan
- - The slogan of the newly re-launched channel.
