VIVA Entertainment
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VIVA Entertainment, Inc., also known as Viva Entertainment Group is a Philippine entertainment company. Its history started in 1981 when Vicente "Vic" del Rosario, Jr. founded Viva Films.

Divisions

  • Viva Productions, Inc. (VPI)
    • Viva Films
      VIVA Films
      Viva Films is a Filipino film production company which started in 1981. This company is part of the Viva Entertainment Group.-Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion loveteam:...

      • Neo Films
      • Falcon Films
    • Viva Television
      Viva Television
      Viva Television Corporation or Viva Television is one of the ten companies of Viva Entertainment, Inc..-History:To push its software across another medium, Viva Entertainment ventured into television production in 1986 thru local filmdom’s hottest property Sharon Cuneta via The Sharon Cuneta Show...

  • Viva International Pictures (VIP)
  • Viva Sports
  • Viva Cable TV
    • Viva Cinema
      VIVA Cinema
      Viva Cinema is a 24-hour Filipino cable channel owned by Viva Entertainment. This channel was formerly a joint venture with STAR TV until July 31, 2003. Re-launch this February 1, 2009, together with the launch of Cignal Digital TV was tie-up of the launch of the said channel...

       (formerly from STAR TV package)
    • Pinoy Box Office
      Pinoy Box Office
      -About:As the pioneer in the 24-hour all-Filipino movie channel on cable TV , Viva tied up with interested local and global cable TV partners in need of access to its local content library...

       (PBO)
    • Pinoy Extreme
      Pinoy Extreme
      Pinoy Extreme is a 24-hour Filipino cable entertainment channel. A joint venture between Prime Channel Philippines and Viva Entertainment. This channel airs of teleseries, movies, sports and horse racing program which only air every other week...

       (formerly Viva Prime Channel)
    • Viva TV (Viva Television International Channel)
  • Viva Video Inc. (Viva Entertainment's home video subsidiary)
  • Viva Video City
  • Viva Music Group (VMG)
    • Viva Records
      Viva Records (Philippines)
      VIVA Records is Philippine record label. It is subsidiary of VIVA Entertainment.- Artists & Album Releases :* 18 Greatest Hits ** Andrew E.** Basil Valdez ** Jun Pulistico...

    • Vicor Music Philippines
      Vicor Music Corporation
      Vicor Music Corporation is one of the major record labels in the Philippines with a tag-line as "The Home of Original Pilipino Music". Its office is located at 782 Aurora Blvd., Quezon City, Philippines. Established in 1965 by Vic Del Rosario and Orly Ilacad to produce record albums featuring...

    • Terno Recordings
  • Verje Music Publishing (VMP)
  • Harmony Music Publishing
  • Amerasian Recording Studios
  • Viva Artists Agency
  • Viva Concerts & Events
  • Viva Interactive

Viva TV

Viva TV is a 24-hour-a-day Filipino-language
Filipino language
This move has drawn much criticism from other regional groups.In 1987, a new constitution introduced many provisions for the language.Article XIV, Section 6, omits any mention of Tagalog as the basis for Filipino, and states that:...

 channel broadcast from Manila
Manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

, Philippines. Viva TV shows movies from the Philippines such as "Bertud Ng Putik", "Ikar Na Sana" and "Ang Huling Birhen Sa Lupa". The channel also offers other programming such as concerts, TV series, music videos and sports.

It was previously seen on IBC 13
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation is a Philippine VHF television network of the Government Communications Group headed by the Press Secretary. Its studios are located at Broadcast City, Old Balara, Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City and its transmitter is located at the Coca Cola plant,...

, when it bought out Vintage Television
Vintage Television
180px|rightVintage Television is a sports-oriented media company and became well known as the TV coverage partner of Philippine Basketball Association from 1982 to 1999...

 in 1998, and continued until 2002 following the contract expiration with the PBA
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...

. , this channel is converted to a 24-hour Filipino channel for viewers outside in the Philippines.

Viva TV on Satellite/IPTV
Cable/Satellite Provider Ch. # Coverage
Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...

713 USA
World On Demand
World On-Demand
World On-Demand is a 24-hours pay-TV service, introduced by The New Media Group in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia. It is transmitted through broadband networks via an IPTV service and uses its own software platform...

056 Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...


  • With several cable, satellite and IPTV TV affiliates worldwide.

Viva Video Inc.

Viva Video, Inc. (formerly Viva Home Entertainment) is distributor of video products for local and international studios in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. Viva Video, Inc. is the home video division of Viva Entertainment, Inc.

Viva holds licenses for:
  • Cookie Jar Entertainment (formerly Cinar, Filmfair and DIC Entertainment
    DiC Entertainment
    DIC Entertainment was an international film and television production company. In addition to animated television shows such as Ulysses 31 , Inspector Gadget , The Littles , The Real Ghostbusters , Captain Planet and the Planeteers , and the first two seasons of the English adaptation of...

    )
  • 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
    20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
    20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is the home video distribution arm of the 20th Century Fox film studio. It was established in 1976 as Magnetic Video Corporation, and later as 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox Video and FoxVideo, Inc....

  • Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
  • MGM Home Entertainment
    MGM Home Entertainment
    MGM Home Entertainment is the home video and DVD arm of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.-History:The home video division of MGM started in 1979 as MGM Home Video, releasing all the movies and TV shows by MGM. In 1980, MGM joined forces with CBS Video Enterprises, the home video division of the CBS television...

  • Skyfilms
  • Nickelodeon
    Nickelodeon
    Nickelodeon is a US cable TV channel.Nickelodeon may also refer to:-In television:*Spinoffs of the Nickelodeon channel:** Nickelodeon Magazine, a children's magazine.** Nickelodeon Universe, an amusement park....

  • Hit Entertainment
    HIT Entertainment
    Hit Entertainment is a British-American entertainment distribution company established in 1989, and originally the international distribution arm of Jim Henson Productions called Henson International Television...

  • Cartoon Network
    Cartoon Network
    Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....

  • Universal Studios Home Entertainment
    Universal Studios Home Entertainment
    Universal Studios Home Entertainment is the home video division of Universal Pictures...

  • Playboy Home Entertainment

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