Filipinos in the Middle East and North Africa now have more Pinoy programmes to watch on TV after six new channels joined pay-TV network, OSN. GMA Network has introduced international GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV and GMA News TV International. The other three are under ABS-CBN’s network, which offers Lifestyle Network Channel, CineMo and Pinoy Box Office. This brings the number of Philippine-oriented channels on OSN to 15, catering for the more than 2.5 million Filipinos in the MENA region.
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