In response to ABS-CBN's P63 million civil case against AGB Nielsen Media Research Philippines, GMA 7 issued an official statement regarding the alleged "cheating" in the data gathering of television ratings.

GMA Network’s Statement Regarding the Case Being Filed by ABS-CBN Against AGB Nielsen Philippines as posted by it’s Showbiz-oriented website Philippine Entertainment Portal:

“GMA Network is concerned about the report that the true ratings of the TV programs as reported by AGB can be manipulated. The accuracy of the ratings of the TV programs is of utmost importance not only to the TV stations but also to the advertisers, ad agencies, and the viewing public.

“For more than four years now, GMA Network has been complaining to AGB about the highly illogical and unexplainable disparity between the cable and non-cable ratings of GMA’s programs, which do not obtain in respect to ABS-CBN’s programs.

“GMA-7 is keenly interested in getting at the bottom of this if there is any basis at all to the said reports.”

According to the witness in a video shown by ABS-CBN during the press conference, being one of the metered household of AGB Nielsen, they were bribed by this certain station to watch their shows for P500 and/or groceries.