GMA 7 boss Felipe L. Gozon said on Wednesday the network would do “everything in its power to enforce its contract” with actress Sarah Lahbati until it ends on Feb. 21, 2015. “We don’t want our other artists to do what Sarah did to us,” Gozon said in an exclusive interview with the Inquirer. [...]
After talks for the sale of GMA 7 to TV5 were terminated, the Philippine Daily Inquirer asked Kapuso chairman and CEO Felipe L. Gozon on Thursday if it was possible for the two networks to go back to the negotiation table at another time. He said: “It will be up to them (TV5)… if they submit a new proposal.” He likewise said “it wasn’t the price” that they couldn’t agree on, but “legal and commercial issues.”
Speaking hypothetically, Kapuso head Felipe L. Gozon insisted that there is nothing illegal about two networks like GMA 7 and TV5 joining forces.
Apparently, GMA 7 executives themselves could no longer ignore those persistent “merger” rumors. For months now, there has been talk that TV5’s Manny V. Pangilinan has bought GMA 7. Both parties have since denied the scuttlebutt. Still aftershocks have obviously reached the top floor of the Kapuso network’s headquarters in Quezon City—so much so that Felipe L. Gozon, chair and chief executive officer, had to give his team a pep talk.
Asked about TV5 head Manny V. Pangilinan’s (MVP) reported intent to buy GMA 7, Kapuso big boss Felipe L. Gozon said: “We are flattered by the expression of continued interest on the part of MVP. However, there has been no price offered that could form the basis of discussion between the parties.” Pangilinan’s reported response, [...]
