Philippine media production company
TVJ Productions, Inc. is a Philippine media production company co-owned byEat Bulaga! Tito Sotto ,Vic Sotto , andJoey de Leon (collectively known as "TVJ ") and media companyMediaQuest Holdings . The company was formed on June 7, 2023, after TVJ severed its ties withTelevision and Production Exponents, Inc. (TAPE), the former producer ofEat Bulaga! due toconflicts between TVJ and the new management .[ 4] [ 5]
The current iteration of the Philippines' longest-running noontime variety and entertainment showEat Bulaga! TV5 , premiered on July 1, 2023, which replacedABS-CBN Studios ' noontime showIt's Showtime 'sAll TV ,[ 6] GMA Network [ 7] GTV .[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] placeholder titleE.A.T. , yet pending a trademark dispute between TAPE, Inc. and TVJ Productions which eventually concluded in favor of the latter.[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
In 2023,MediaQuest Holdings reportedly planned to bring the programsWow Mali Iskul Bukol Tito Sotto ,Vic Sotto , andJoey de Leon .Wow Mali is a comedy gag show known for its candid humor, which aired on TV5 from 1996 to 2008 and again from 2009 to 2015, with De Leon as its main host. In its new version,Eat Bulaga! hostsJose Manalo andWally Bayola were set to appear in some episodes.[ 15]
Television programs As per Philstar.com, MediaQuest Holdings, a media conglomerate owned byManny 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.[ 16]
^ de Castro, Isagani Jr. (June 20, 2023)."Tito, Vic and Joey formally sign contract with TV5; new noon show starts July 1" .Rappler . RetrievedJune 22, 2023 . ^ de Castro, Isagani Jr. (June 20, 2023)."Tito, Vic and Joey formally sign contract with TV5; new noon show starts July 1" .Rappler . RetrievedJune 22, 2023 . ^ "Jane Jimenez-Basas: The message is the medium" . People Asia. October 4, 2023. RetrievedJuly 15, 2024 .^ Santos, Jamil (June 1, 2023)."TAPE Inc., ikinalungkot ngunit iginagalang ang pasya nina Tito, Vic at Joey" .GMA Integrated News (in Tagalog). RetrievedJune 5, 2023 . ^ 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). RetrievedJune 5, 2023 . ^ " .LionhearTV . June 17, 2024. RetrievedJune 17, 2024 .^ Antonio, Josiah (March 20, 2024)." .ABS-CBN News . ^ "Bulaga! ABS-CBN's 'It's Showtime' to air on GMA's GTV channel" .Rappler . June 20, 2023. RetrievedJune 20, 2023 .^ "ABS-CBN and ALLTV partnership is getting stronger; is there more to come?" .LionhearTV . October 21, 2024. RetrievedOctober 30, 2025 .^ "Fact Check: Tito, Vic, Joey's application for Eat Bulaga trademark remains pending" .Rappler . June 9, 2023. RetrievedJune 22, 2023 .^ De Castro, Isagani Jr. (January 6, 2024)."TAPE stops using Eat Bulaga! as Tito, Vic, Joey start using it for noon show" .Rappler the original on January 6, 2024. RetrievedJanuary 6, 2024 . ^ "TVJ Wins Eat Bulaga" .The Philippine Star ^ "IPO cancels 'Eat Bulaga' trademark registration, credits TVJ as original creator" .Manila Standard ^ "[ANALYSIS] A new era of noontime TV: GMA-7 takes in ABS-CBN's 'It's Showtime' . Rappler. April 10, 2024. RetrievedApril 10, 2024 .^ Mallorca, Hannah (June 21, 2023)."TV5 hints relaunch of hit shows 'Wow Mali,' 'Iskul Bukol' .Philippine Daily Inquirer . RetrievedOctober 26, 2025 . ^ Severo, Jan Milo (June 21, 2023)."Not just noontime show: New TVJ Productions to produce movies, etc" .Philstar.com . RetrievedJune 22, 2023 .
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