TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation (TAP DMV) is a Philippine

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company which oversees the operations of its 24-hour linear

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. It is founded by Renen and Celinda De Guia (owners of

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company Ovation Productions) and former

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chief operating officer Peter Chan Liong. TAP DMV owns 8 pay television channels and has programming/coverage rights agreement with international broadcasters such as

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and DAZN Group.

History

TAP DMV was founded on February 1, 2018. It launched EDGEsport Philippines on the same year under a branding license agreement from its owner

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. It aired action-centric and combat sports. In July 2021, TAP DMV signed a licensing rights with Filipino boxing icon

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to secure exclusive broadcast rights of his recently concluded bout against Yordenis Ugas via its own cable channels. In August 2021, TAP DMV was awarded the local rights to the

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games.

Assets

Channels

Current channels

* TAP Edge - Drama-centric entertainment channel. It airs canned shows from the U.S. focusing on action and crime/suspense drama series, and news/current affairs. Formerly a dedicated EDGEsport and other action sports programming channel. *

TAP TV TAP TV (stylized as tap TV) is a 24-hour Philippine pay television channel owned by TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation. It is launched on April 14, 2019. A former sports channel, it currently broadcasts as a general entertainment channel s ...

- Lifestyle and general entertainment channel. It airs canned shows from the U.S. focusing on variety and talk shows, reality drama, and movies. The channel was originally a female-centric sports channel known as TAP Sports 2 and later TAP W. *

TAP Movies TAP Movies is a Philippine pay television channel dedicated to Hollywood films owned by TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2021. Programming Much like other English-language movie channels, TAP Movies mainly c ...

- All-movie channel. It airs mainstream Hollywood films from

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and other film studios. It was Launched in October 2021. *

TAP Action Flix TAP Movies is a Philippine pay television channel dedicated to Hollywood films owned by TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2021. Programming Much like other English-language movie channels, TAP Movies mainly ca ...

- dedicated movie channel which currently airs action, crime and thriller movies. It was launched in October 2021. * TAP Sports - 24-hour sports channel. Formerly known as TAP Sports 1, the channel carries a variety of sporting events such as the Euroleague,

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, and

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among others. *

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- Complimentary channel of the TAP Sports network. The channel will air top-notching international sport events from

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among others. It was launched in October 2021. * Premier Sports 2 - Counterpart channel to Premier Sports. It broadcasts all of the

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and WTA tournaments throughout the year, as well as rugby union and athletics. The channel was originally a dedicated tennis channel known as Premier Tennis where it broadcast

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and WTA tournaments. * Premier Football - Dedicated football (soccer) channel. It broadcasts selected coverages of international football leagues, including the

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, the

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, and others.

Former channels

* EDGEsport Philippines * Premier Tennis * TAP Sports 1 * TAP Sports 2 * TAP W

TAP Go

TAP Go is TAP DMV's official over-the-top (OTT) app and browser-based subscription service which allows users to stream Live TV Channels and Video On Demand content over the internet. It contains

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of the company's cable channels and selected live sporting events, restricted to Philippine territory only. In November 2020, TAP Go suspended its operations indefinitely to give way for system maintenance, although its sister site (PremierFootball.ph) continues to operate. The service was resumed on August 14, 2021. TapGo is available to download on IOS Devices through App Store and Android Devices through Google Play. It can also be accessed through web browser on http://tapgo.tv.

References

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