Viva Cinema (formerly Viva TV) is a Philippine entertainment

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owned by

Viva Communications Viva Communications Inc., formerly known as Viva Entertainment Inc. and simply Viva, is a Philippine media and entertainment company headquartered in Pasig City. It was founded on November 11, 1981, by Vic del Rosario and his sister Tess Cruz. ...

, available on

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and cable TV providers.

History

The channel was launched as Viva Cinema on February 1, 2009, the day

Cignal Digital TV Cignal (pronounced as ''signal'') is a Philippine satellite television and IPTV provider, owned by Cignal TV Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the MediaQuest Holdings Inc. under the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund. Cignal's prepaid electronic ...

also began operation. The channel's programming line-up consisted of previous teleseries produced by

Viva Television Viva Television Corporation is a Philippine television production company owned by Viva Communications. History Viva Communications ventured into television production in 1986 with '' The Sharon Cuneta Show''. Cuneta's big screen success easily ...

, Filipino films and Hollywood films, as well as televised interviews related to upcoming domestic and international films. On July 16, 2012, the channel was relaunched as Viva TV, and began broadcasting music videos, talk shows, reality series, concerts and behind the scenes from films featuring some of

artists, including

Sarah Geronimo Sarah Asher Tua Geronimo-Guidicelli (, , born July 25, 1988) is a Filipino singer, performer and actress. Geronimo rose to prominence after winning the television singing contest '' Star for a Night'' earning her a recording contract with Viv ...

Anne Curtis Anne Curtis-Smith(; born 17 February 1985) is a Filipino-Australian actress, model, television host, entrepreneur and recording artist. She is dubbed as the "''Multimedia Superstar''" for her talent and influence. Curtis has received numerou ...

KC Concepcion Maria Kristina Cassandra "KC" Cuneta Concepcion (; born April 7, 1985) is a Filipino actress, singer, dancer, TV host, entrepreneur, socialite and humanitarian. She has had lead roles in Philippine films '' For The First Time'' (2008) and ''Whe ...

, among others. After nine years and sixteen days, Viva TV ends its broadcast operations on July 31, 2021, and it has reverted to Viva Cinema effective on August 1, 2021, after the former transitioned to and merged with

' television production arm unit while the latter returned its broadcast operations as the third incarnation channel featuring archived movies produced and distributed by

Viva Films Viva Films is a Philippine film production company established under Viva Communications. It was founded on November 11, 1981, by Vic del Rosario Jr. History Veering away from the Sharon Cuneta- Gabby Concepcion tandem, Viva became home to q ...

which were produced up to the year 1995 (since August 2022, until 1996), as well as ''Island Living'' and concerts.

Final programs (as Viva TV)

* Anong Ganap? (2017–2021 Viva TV; still airs on PBO and streaming via VivaMax) * Daily Top 10 (2012–2021) * OPM TV (2017–2021) * Especially4 You (2012–2021) * ANNEbishowsa (2012–2021) * Live at Amerasian (2012–2021) * Rap Sessions (2014–2021) * Karaokray (2012–2021) * Dobol or Samting (2014–2021) * Pinoy Star Stories (2012–2021) * Front Row (Concerts from Viva Live) (2012–2021) * #JADINE (2014–2020) * Wapak (2012–2021) * StarBiz * Star Yayey (2012–2021) * CineBest (a Filipino movies from PBO) (2017–2021) * SinePalooza (a Hollywood movies from TMC) (2017–2021) * Star Homes (2017–2021) * The Jon Santos Show (2012–present) * Chillin' with Chicser (2013–2021) * Oh My Guardians (2017–2021)http://www.amirapress.com/tag/viva-tvs-1st-series-oh-my-guardians * OneSong (2018) * Pantaxa *

Popstar Diaries ''Popstar Diaries'' is a Philippine television show on Viva TV with a slogan "It's the Pop Princess uncovered". Originally, it is a program shown at Pinoy Box Office channel from September 4, 2010 to 2019. Overview The show focuses on the profe ...

(2012–2019) * KC.Com * Becky Nights * Petra's Panniest * The OPM Show

References

External links

Official Website
* * {{Programs Viva Entertainment Television channels and stations established in 2009 Television networks in the Philippines Entertainment companies of the Philippines Filipino-language television stations Mass media in Metro Manila Television in Metro Manila

History

Final programs (as Viva TV)

See also

References

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