TVJ Productions, Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
FoundedJune 7, 2023 (2023-06-07)
HeadquartersTV5 Media Center, 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

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 Entertainment'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 currently airs 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]

Ownership

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

  1. ↑ de Castro, Isagani Jr. (20 June 2023). "Tito, Vic and Joey formally sign contract with TV5; new noon show starts July 1". Rappler. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  2. ↑ Santos, Jamil (1 June 2023). "TAPE Inc., ikinalungkot ngunit iginagalang ang pasya nina Tito, Vic at Joey". GMA Integrated News (in Tagalog). Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Siazon, Rachelle; Maglipon, Jo-Ann Q. (1 June 2023). "Tito Sotto on the day TVJ left TAPE: "Parang sila ang may-ari sa amin. Nakakapikon na."". Philippine Entertainment Portal (in Tagalog). Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Fact Check: Tito, Vic, Joey's application for Eat Bulaga trademark remains pending". Rappler. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  5. ↑ De Castro, Isagani Jr. (2024-01-06). "TAPE stops using Eat Bulaga! as Tito, Vic, Joey start using it for noon show". Rappler. Archived from the original on 2024-01-06. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  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 (21 June 2023). "TV5 hints relaunch of hit shows Wow Mali, and Iskul Bukol". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  9. ↑ Severo, Jan Milo (21 June 2023). "Not just noontime show: New TVJ Productions to produce movies, etc". Philstar.com. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
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