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TVJ Productions, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
FoundedJune 7, 2023; 10 months ago (2023-06-07)
HeadquartersTV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan Sts., Mandaluyong, Metro Manila,
Philippines
Key people
Manny Pangilinan
(Co-owner)
Vicente "Tito" Sotto III
(Co-founder, CEO, President & Chairman)[1]
ProductsTelevision programs
Owner

TVJ Productions, Inc. is a Philippine media production company co-owned by Eat Bulaga! hosts Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, and Joey de Leon (collectively known as TVJ) and media company MediaQuest Holdings. The company was formed on June 7, 2023, after TVJ severed its ties with Television and Production Exponents, Inc., the former producer of Eat Bulaga! due to internal conflicts between TVJ and the new management.[2][3]

Projects[edit]

The current iteration of the Philippines' longest-running noontime variety and entertainment show Eat Bulaga!, co-produced by TVJ Productions and TV5, premiered on July 1, 2023, which replaced the latter's simulcast of ABS-CBN Studios's noontime show It's Showtime.[4] The show was then known by its placeholder title E.A.T., pending a trademark dispute between TAPE, Inc. and TVJ Productions which eventually concluded in favor of the latter.[5][6][7]

Apart from Eat Bulaga!, the company is exploring other production interests for the possible revival of Iskul Bukol and aired the revived Wow Mali: Doble Tama in which Joey de Leon would pass his mantle to the JoWa tandem (Jose Manalo and Wally Bayola).[8]

Since 2024, the production started to produce its Lenten Drama Special for Eat Bulaga!, a tradition that was already started when the show was still produced by TAPE Inc. The production is the first edition to broadcast on TV5, ending its 27-year stint with GMA Network and 32-year stint with TAPE Inc., following the departure of the original host from the said network and production company on May 31, 2023.

Ownership[edit]

As per Philstar.com, MediaQuest Holdings, a media conglomerate owned by PLDT-Cignal-TV5 Chairman Manny V. Pangilinan, through MQuest Ventures agreed to acquire more than half (51%), a majority of company shares of the production company owned by TVJ themselves.[9]

  • MediaQuest Holdings (MQuest Ventures) - 51%
  • Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, & Joey de Leon (TVJ) - 49%

References[edit]

  1. ^ de Castro, Isagani Jr. (June 20, 2023). "Tito, Vic and Joey formally sign contract with TV5; new noon show starts July 1". Rappler. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  2. ^ Santos, Jamil (June 1, 2023). "TAPE Inc., ikinalungkot ngunit iginagalang ang pasya nina Tito, Vic at Joey". GMA Integrated News (in Tagalog). Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  3. ^ Siazon, Rachelle; Maglipon, Jo-Ann Q. (June 1, 2023). "Tito Sotto on the day TVJ left TAPE: "Parang sila ang may-ari sa amin. Nakakapikon na."". Philippine Entertainment Portal (in Tagalog). Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  4. ^ "Fact Check: Tito, Vic, Joey's application for Eat Bulaga trademark remains pending". Rappler. June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  5. ^ De Castro, Isagani Jr. (January 6, 2024). "TAPE stops using Eat Bulaga! as Tito, Vic, Joey start using it for noon show". Rappler. Archived from the original on January 6, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  6. ^ ""TVJ Wins Eat Bulaga". The Philippine Star. December 6, 2023.
  7. ^ ""IPO cancels 'Eat Bulaga' trademark registration , credits TVJ as original creator". Manila Standard. December 6, 2023.
  8. ^ Mallorca, Hannah (June 21, 2023). "TV5 hints relaunch of hit shows Wow Mali, and Iskul Bukol". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  9. ^ Severo, Jan Milo (June 21, 2023). "Not just noontime show: New TVJ Productions to produce movies, etc". Philstar.com. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
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