white flag?

is gma-7 waving the white flag with the postponement (some say cancellation?) of its los angeles launching scheduled for july 16? this was scheduled at the forum and was to go head-to-head against asap '05 to be held at the rose bowl stadium in pasadena.

they (gma network executives) called a news conference earlier tonight to tell the local media the official reason for the indefinite postponement of the l.a. launch. the presscon was facilitated by star media, and was held at the olive garden in glendale.

among the execs who called were joseph francia. the name rings a bell, doesn't it? yes, it's the same joseph francia i met more than ten years ago when he was still connected with abs-cbn. he used to be legazpi's station manager until he became part of the regional network group. last i heard of him wat that he got married and moved to australia.

until tonight. he's now the oic of gma international. hebigat! i also got to talk to wilma galvante, charo santos' counterpart over at gma. she had some heavy words against abs-cbn. woohoo, network war is raging.