In 1997, VCI established its own talent agency, Viva Artists Agency (VAA).[4]
In 1999, the company acquired Vintage Television (VTV) following the effects of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, making the Velez group being part of VCI. In February 2000, Vintage Television was renamed as Viva TV, a primetime sports and entertainment programming block on IBC, which ran until March 1, 2003.[5]
In 2013, Viva Communications acquired PSICOM Publishing Inc. from the Gabriel family, and later renamed as Viva PSICOM Publishing Corporation.[6]
In 2016, VCI established its food and beverage division, Viva International Food and Restaurants, with the grand opening of Botejyu restaurant in the Philippines, with its first store at SM Mall of Asia in Pasay.[7]
In 2019, Viva Communications joined the local-language film consortium Globalgate Entertainment, which is led by American mini-major film studio Lionsgate.[8]
On January 29, 2023, during the second anniversary of Vivamax, the company launched its second streaming platform, Viva Prime, later renamed Viva One in February.[10]
Divisions
Viva Communications logo from May 2010 to March 2018.
Viva TV Plus (formerly known as Viva TV) is a Philippine international television channel owned by Viva Communications, that was launched in 2005. The channel broadcasts 24/7.
Halo Halo Radio is a brand name for Viva's radio stations. It was launched as Oomph! Radio before the end of 2014 following the acquisition of Ultimate Entertainment and its FM stations (but spun-off its concert/theatrical production arm and became Ultimate Shows, which remained owned by the Manalang family), thus it is Viva's new venture into radio broadcasting. Its format playlist consisted of local and international songs.
In May 2016, Viva Live briefly dropped the Oomph! Radio brand and went to an independent branding among stations by adding 70s, 80s and 90s music to its playlist, despite retaining its format and the Ultimate Radio name. In July 2016, however, Viva Live brought back the Oomph! Radio brand and its Top 40/OPM format. In February 2017, the Oomph! Radio brand was dropped permanently due to management decision.
In May 2017, Oomph! Radio was relaunched as Halo Halo Radio, an all-OPM station. With this launch, Halo Halo Radio became the de facto provincial counterpart of Manila-based Pinas FM 95.5 (a radio station of Iglesia ni Cristo's for-profit broadcast arm Eagle Broadcasting Corporation), the country's first all OPM radio station.
Viva Video Inc. (formerly Viva Home Entertainment, doing business as Viva Video) is the exclusive distributor of video products for local and international studios in the Philippines. Viva Video is the home video affiliate of Viva Communications Inc.
Viva Video is the home video and DVD distribution arm of Viva Communications with the exclusive distributor of video products including films and television series.
Video City was the video retail affiliate of Viva Video, the home video unit of Viva Communications, Inc. As of 2015, all of the stores in the country are closed.
Viva Sports
Viva Sports is a sports division of Viva Communications that was launched in 1996 showcases the previous boxing fights of Manny Pacquiao as Blow By Blow aired on IBC 13 & Viva Boxing Greats on RPN 9 & also the throwback episodes of a basketball coverage of PBA and a billiards game of Efren Bata Reyes, Dennis Orcollo, Antonio Gabica and Francisco Bustamante.
Viva Artists Agency Inc. (VAA) is a talent agency owned by Viva Communications that was founded in 1997. The agency is currently headed by Veronique del Rosario-Corpus.
Vivamax (stylized in lowercase) is a Philippine subscription video on-demandover-the-topstreaming service owned and operated by Viva Communications, that was launched on January 29, 2021. The service mainly distributes television series and films produced by Viva.
Viva One (formerly Viva Prime) is a Philippine subscription video on-demandover-the-topstreaming service owned and operated by Viva Communications, that was launched on January 29, 2023. It is the second video on demand streaming service of the company after Vivamax.
Viva-Psicom Publishing
Viva PSICOM Publishing Corporation (Viva PSICOM) is a publishing company jointly owned by Viva Communications and the Gabriel family. It was founded in 1990 by Arnel Jose Gabriel as a small desktop publisher, which later evolved into publishing the first Filipino wholly owned trade newspaper, the now-defunct Philippine IT Update.
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