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Pinoy Box Office

Philippine pay television film channel

Summary

Philippine pay television film channel

Field	Value
name	Pinoy Box Office
logo	Pinoy Box Office logo.svg
logo_caption	"Una Ka Rito"
launch_date
picture_format	480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
country	Philippines
area	Worldwide
language	Filipino
English
network	Viva Networks
owner	Viva Communications
former_names	Viva Cinema (1996–2003)
sister_channels	Viva Cinema
Tagalized Movie Channel
Sari-Sari Channel
Viva TV Plus
terr_serv_1	Cignal TV
(Nationwide)
terr_chan_1	Channel 41
terr_serv_2	SatLite
(Nationwide)
terr_chan_2	Channel 31
terr_serv_3	SkyTV
(Metro Manila)
terr_chan_3	Channel 91
terr_serv_4	G Sat
(Nationwide)
terr_chan_4	Channel 45

a television channel formerly known as Viva Cinema until 2003

1080i (HDTV) English Tagalized Movie Channel Sari-Sari Channel Viva TV Plus (Nationwide) (Nationwide) (Metro Manila) (Nationwide)

Pinoy Box Office (PBO; stylized in lowercase as pbo) is a Philippine pay television film channel owned by the Philippine media company Viva Communications. Its programming consists of films produced and distributed by Viva Films. Aside from films, PBO occasionally plays music videos from recording artists under Viva, concerts of its artists, and some original TV series and a few talk shows (including Anong Ganap) exclusive to the channel and Island Living. [[File:PinoyBoxOffice.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Former PBO logo used from August 1, 2003 to February 28, 2015]]

History

Plans to launch the channel were unveiled on December 7, 1994, with the launch date set to somewhere between June and August 1995. It would be broadcast using the then-new AsiaSat 2 satellite. STAR and Viva would co-produce 130 new titles a year.

The channel was originally launched as Viva Cinema on May 6, 1996, in partnership between Viva Entertainment in the Philippines and Star TV (later simply rebranded as STAR in 2001) in Hong Kong.

On July 10, 2003, STAR announced that the joint venture with Viva Entertainment would not be renewed after Viva Entertainment acquired the remaining stake of the channel from STAR Group Limited, meaning Viva Cinema would be closed down on July 31, 2003. On August 1, 2003, Viva Cinema was rebranded as Pinoy Box Office.

PBO officially launched on August 1, 2003, replacing Viva Cinema in its channel space. This followed the termination of the brand licensing agreement between Viva Entertainment and STAR Group Limited, resulting in Viva Cinema’s closure on July 31, 2003.

On August 1, 2021, after Viva TV was renamed as Viva Cinema, PBO features films produced and distributed by Viva Films which were released at most 26 years behind the current year, as well as Anong Ganap?.

Movie Jocks

Phoemela Baranda (2014–present)
Roxanne Barcelo (2014–present)
Bea Santiago (2016–present)
Mayton Eugenio (2016–present)
Shy Carlos (2017–present)
Bea Binene (2018–present)
Kylie Verzosa (2016–present)

References

"Pinoy Box Office".
(8 December 1994). "Star to launch Filipino film service". Business Times.
"Pinoy Box Office".

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