Pinoy Box Office
Introduction '''Pinoy Box Office''' ('''PBO'''; stylized in lowercase as '''pbo''') is a Philippine pay television film channel owned by 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''. Former PBO logo used from August 1, 2003 to February 28, 2015Former PBO logo used from March 1, 2015 to October 18, 2020
History Plans to launch the channel were unveiled in December 1994, with the launch date set to somewhere between June and August of 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, meaning Viva Cinema would be closed down on July 31, 2003.On August 1, 2003, Viva Cinema was rebranded as '''Pinoy Box Office'''.On August 1, 2021, after Viva TV was renamed as Viva Cinema, PBO carries the films that Viva produced since 1996 (in August 2023 Produced since 1998). In the coming years, it is set to broadcast only the movies they produced from 2001 onwards.
Movie Jocks *Phoemela Baranda (2014–present)*Roxee B (2014–present)*Bea Rose Santiago (2016–present)*Mayton Eugenio (2016–present)*Shy Carlos (2017–present)*Bea Binene (2018-present)* Kylie Verzosa (2016-present)
See also * Viva Entertainment* Viva Television* Viva Films* Viva Cinema (formerly known as Viva TV)* Cinema One* Cine Mo! * I Heart Movies* SolarFlix
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