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Viva Entertainment Inc. | |
Company type | Private |
Industry | Conglomerate |
Founded | November 11, 1981 |
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Headquarters | 7/F East Tower, Philippine Stock Exchange Centre, Exchange Road, , Philippines |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Revenue | ₱4.9 million (2023) |
Number of employees | 370 (2023) |
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Website | www |
Viva Communications Inc., also known as Viva Entertainment Inc. and simply Viva (stylized in all caps) [1] is a Philippine multinational private conglomerate headquartered in Ortigas Center, Pasig. It was founded in 1981 by Vic del Rosario Jr. and his sister Tess Cruz. [2]
Viva Communications was founded on November 11, 1981, by Vic del Rosario Jr. and his sister Tess Cruz, originally incorporated as Viva Films, a film production studio located in New Manila, Quezon City to produce the films. [3] In 1982, the company established Viva Records, which was followed by Viva Television in 1986. [2]
In 1997, VCI established its own talent agency, Viva Artists Agency (VAA). [4]
In 1999, the company acquired Vintage Television (VTV) following the effects of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, making the Velez group being part of VCI. In February 2000, Vintage Television was renamed as Viva TV, a primetime sports and entertainment programming block on IBC, which ran until March 1, 2003. [5]
In 2013, Viva Communications acquired PSICOM Publishing Inc. from the Gabriel family, and later renamed as Viva PSICOM Publishing Corporation. [6]
In 2016, VCI established its food and beverage division, Viva International Food and Restaurants, with the grand opening of Botejyu restaurant in the Philippines, with its first store at SM Mall of Asia in Pasay. [7]
In 2019, Viva Communications joined the local-language film consortium Globalgate Entertainment, which is led by American mini-major film studio Lionsgate. [8]
On January 29, 2021, VCI launched its own video on demand streaming platform, Vivamax. [9]
On January 29, 2023, during the second anniversary of Vivamax, the company launched its second streaming platform, Viva Prime, later renamed Viva One in February. [10]
Viva Music Group | |
Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Music |
Founded | 1982 |
Headquarters | , Philippines |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Products | Music albums |
Services | Music publishing |
Parent | Viva Communications |
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Viva Books | |
Formerly | PSICOM Publishing Inc. (1990–2013) |
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Industry | Publishing |
Founded | 1990 |
Founder | Arnel Jose Gabriel |
Headquarters | , Philippines |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Parent | Viva Communications (2013–present) |
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Viva Foods | |
Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Restaurant |
Founded | 2016 |
Headquarters | , Philippines |
Area served | Philippines |
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Parent | Viva Communications |
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Company type | Division |
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Industry | Television |
Founded | August 1, 2003 |
Founder | Vicente del Rosario Jr. |
Headquarters | , Philippines |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Products | Pay television |
Services | Television channels |
Parent | Viva Communications |
Viva Networks is the cable television division of Viva Communications, that was established in 2003. It operates cable channels, including PBO, Viva Cinema, Viva TV Plus, Tagalized Movie Channel and Celestial Movies Pinoy.
Viva TV Plus (formerly known as Viva TV) is a Philippine international television channel owned by Viva Communications, that was launched in 2005. The channel broadcasts 24/7.
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Media |
Founded | 1993 |
Headquarters | , Philippines |
Area served | Philippines |
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Products | Halo-Halo Radio |
Services | Radio broadcasting |
Parent | Viva Communications |
Type | Broadcast FM radio network (Contemporary MOR, Music) |
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Availability | Nationwide |
Founded | 1993 |
Owner | Viva Communications |
Parent | Ultimate Entertainment Inc. |
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Halo Halo Radio is a brand name for Viva's radio stations. It was launched as Oomph! Radio before the end of 2014 following the acquisition of Ultimate Entertainment and its FM stations (but spun-off its concert/theatrical production arm and became Ultimate Shows, which remained owned by the Manalang family), thus it is Viva's new venture into radio broadcasting. Its format playlist consisted of local and international songs.
In May 2016, Viva Live briefly dropped the Oomph! Radio brand and went to an independent branding among stations by adding 70s, 80s and 90s music to its playlist, despite retaining its format and the Ultimate Radio name. In July 2016, however, Viva Live brought back the Oomph! Radio brand and its Top 40/OPM format. In February 2017, the Oomph! Radio brand was dropped permanently due to management decision.
In May 2017, Oomph! Radio was relaunched as Halo Halo Radio, an all-OPM station. With this launch, Halo Halo Radio became the de facto provincial counterpart of Manila-based Pinas FM 95.5 (a radio station of Iglesia ni Cristo 's for-profit broadcast arm Eagle Broadcasting Corporation), the country's first all OPM radio station.
Branding | Callsign | Frequency | Power (kW) | Coverage |
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Halo Halo 105.1 Cebu | DYUR | 105.1 MHz | 10 kW | Cebu City |
Halo Halo 97.1 Davao | DXUR | 97.1 MHz | 10 kW | Davao City |
Halo Halo 103.5 Zamboanga | DXUE | 103.5 MHz | 10 kW | Zamboanga City |
Viva Video | |
Formerly | Viva Home Entertainment (1994–1998) |
Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Home entertainment |
Founded | 1994 |
Headquarters | , Philippines |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Products | Home video releases |
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Parent | Viva Communications |
Viva Video Inc. (formerly Viva Home Entertainment, doing business as Viva Video) is the exclusive distributor of video products for local and international studios in the Philippines. Viva Video is the home video affiliate of Viva Communications Inc.
Viva Video is the home video and DVD distribution arm of Viva Communications with the exclusive distributor of video products including films and television series.
The company releases titles from the film and television library of Viva Films, as well as programs from other Viva Entertainment companies. Currently, they also serve as the distributor for television and/or movie product licensed by Nickeloedeon, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment, Cartoon Network, Big Idea Productions (makers of VeggieTales DVDs), Turner Entertainment Co., Cookie Jar Entertainment (partnership with DIC Entertainment from 1994 until 2008), Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (since 2014, distribution of Disney material had shifted to Magnavision Home Video), Skyfilms, Nine Network (makers of Hi-5 DVDs), Summit Entertainment, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Sesame Workshop (makers of Sesame Street ), HIT Entertainment, and MGA Entertainment internationally for the Philippine market, and local products from Viva Films, Star Cinema, GMA Pictures, APT Entertainment, OctoArts Films, Regal Entertainment, Solar Entertainment, Cignal TV#Cignal Entertainment, FPJ Productions and Pioneer Films.
Viva Video holds licenses for:
Local
International
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Video rental |
Founded | 1988 |
Founder | Vicente del Rosario Jr. |
Defunct | 2015 |
Fate | Closed |
Headquarters | , Philippines |
Area served | Philippines |
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Products | Home video rentals |
Parent | Viva Communications |
Video City was the video retail affiliate of Viva Video, the home video unit of Viva Communications, Inc. As of 2015, all of the stores in the country are closed.
Viva Sports is a sports division of Viva Communications that was launched in 1996 showcases the previous boxing fights of Manny Pacquiao as Blow By Blow aired on IBC 13 & Viva Boxing Greats on RPN 9 & also the throwback episodes of a basketball coverage of PBA and a billiards game of Efren Bata Reyes, Dennis Orcollo, Antonio Gabica and Francisco Bustamante.
Viva Artists Agency | |
Company type | Division |
Industry | Talent agency |
Founded | 1997 |
Headquarters | , Philippines |
Area served | Philippines |
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Products | Music and entertainment |
Services | Talent management |
Parent | Viva Communications |
Website | www |
Viva Artists Agency Inc. (VAA) is a talent agency owned by Viva Communications that was founded in 1997. The agency is currently headed by Veronique del Rosario-Corpus.
Type of site | OTT video on demand streaming platform |
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Available in | Filipino |
Headquarters | Ortigas Center, Pasig, Metro Manila |
Country of origin | Philippines |
Area served | Worldwide |
Owner | Viva Communications |
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Parent | Viva Digital |
URL | vivamax |
Registration | Required |
Launched | January 29, 2021 |
Current status | Active |
Vivamax (stylized in lowercase) is a Philippine subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned and operated by Viva Communications, that was launched on January 29, 2021. The service mainly distributes television series and films produced by Viva.
Vivamax is the seventh video on demand service in the world, along with Netflix, Disney+, Paramount+, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video and iWantTFC.
Type of site | OTT video on demand streaming platform |
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Available in | Filipino |
Predecessor(s) | Viva Prime (2023) |
Headquarters | Ortigas Center, Pasig, Metro Manila |
Country of origin | Philippines |
Area served | Worldwide |
Owner | Viva Communications |
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Parent | Viva Digital |
URL | vivaone |
Registration | Required |
Launched | January 29, 2023 |
Current status | Active |
Viva One (formerly Viva Prime) is a Philippine subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned and operated by Viva Communications, that was launched on January 29, 2023. It is the second video on demand streaming service of the company after Vivamax.
Viva PSICOM Publishing Corporation (Viva PSICOM) is a publishing company jointly owned by Viva Communications and the Gabriel family. It was founded in 1990 by Arnel Jose Gabriel as a small desktop publisher, which later evolved into publishing the first Filipino wholly owned trade newspaper, the now-defunct Philippine IT Update.
The company, then known as PSICOM, rose to fame through the Diary ng Panget tetralogy authored by HaveYouSeenThisGirL.
In August 2013, Viva Communications acquired 50% of the company stocks, and it was later renamed as Viva-Psicom.
The Filipino Channel, commonly known as TFC, is a global subscription television network owned and operated by the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. Its programming is composed primarily of imported programs produced and distributed by ABS-CBN Entertainment and ABS-CBN News, targeting the Filipino diaspora. Available globally on various television platforms, TFC launched on September 24, 1994, and was the world's first trans-Pacific Asian broadcaster.
ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc., doing business as Star Cinema and also known as ABS-CBN Films, is a Filipino film and television production and distribution company headquartered in Quezon City. It is one of the major film studios in the Philippines, along with Viva Films, Regal Entertainment and GMA Pictures. Star Cinema has produced and released most of the highest-grossing Philippine films of all time.
TV5 is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network. It is headquartered in Mandaluyong, with alternate studios located in Novaliches, Quezon City. TV5 serves as the flagship property of TV5 Network, Inc., which is owned by MediaQuest Holdings, the multimedia arm of telecommunications conglomerate PLDT. The network is commonly referred to as "The Kapatid Network", using the Filipino term for "sibling", a branding introduced in 2010.
Cinema One is a Philippine pay television channel targeted to the Filipino diaspora. It is owned by Creative Programs Inc., a subsidiary of Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. Its programming includes a lineup of mainstream and independent local and foreign films distributed by Star Cinema, Regal Entertainment and rarely, OctoArts Films, film-related programming, and original made-for-television films. An international feed called Cinema One Global is also available worldwide as part of TFC premium channels via cable, satellite, iWantTFC and TFC IPTV.
MTV Philippines was a 24-hour music/entertainment television network owned by All Youth Channels, Inc., through a partnership with MTV Networks Asia Pacific. The network originally started its broadcast on January 1, 2001. Two other MTV-branded networks carrying domestic its final broadcast on March 20, 2011, content have since struggled to stay on the air through the 2010s, neither lasting more than four years.
GMA Network Inc., commonly known as GMA, is a Philippine media company based in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. It is primarily involved in radio and television broadcasting, with subsidiaries dealing in various media related businesses. The majority of its profits are derived from publicity and marketing incomes associated to television distribution.
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DXUR, broadcasting as Halo Halo 97.1, is a radio station owned and operated by Viva Live, Inc., a subsidiary of Viva Entertainment. The station's studio and transmitter are located at Unit 49, 4th Floor, Landco Corporate Center Bldg., J.P. Laurel Ave., Bajada, Davao City. It operates daily from 4:00 AM to 10:00 PM.
MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. is a Philippine media company based in Mandaluyong. It is involved in radio and television broadcasting, as well as direct-to-home satellite services and print media. Though an affiliate of telecommunications company PLDT, MediaQuest is owned by the former's Beneficial Trust Fund, a retirement pension plan funded through its Philippine Depository Receipts. PLDT does not directly own any media property as the current 1987 Constitution states that media companies should be 100% owned by Filipinos and the company's major shareholders include foreign entities such as First Pacific and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone.
Cable television in the Philippines was introduced in 1969 with the first commercial service of Nuvue Cablevision ; Satellite television in the Philippines was introduced in 2001 with the first commercial broadcast of Dream Satellite TV ; and IPTV and digital over-the-top streaming services in the Philippines was introduced in 2010 with the first commercial broadcast of iWant TV, before the arrival of international-based streaming services such as iflix and Netflix.
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Cignal TV, Inc., also known by its legal trading name Mediascape Inc., is a Filipino media and telecommunications firm in the Philippines. A wholly owned subsidiary of the media company MediaQuest Holdings under the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund, the firm operates its pay television services, subscription television networks, television and film entertainment production, and fiber broadband internet.
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