TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation


TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation is a Philippine media and entertainment company which oversees the operations of its 24-hour linear television channels and a digital over-the-top media service. It is founded by Renen and Celinda De Guia and former Solar Entertainment Corporation chief operating officer Peter Chan Liong.
TAP DMV owns 8 pay television channels and has programming/coverage rights agreement with international broadcasters such as Comcast, Paramount Skydance, Sony Pictures, ITV Studios, DAZN Group, Endeavor, and CJ ENM.

History

TAP DMV was founded on February 1, 2018. It launched EDGEsport Philippines on the same year under a branding license agreement from its owner IMG. It aired action-centric and combat sports.
In September 2020, TAP DMV acquiring most of the former ABS-CBN Sports assets.
In July 2021, TAP DMV signed a licensing rights with Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao to secure exclusive broadcast rights of his recently concluded bout against Yordenis Ugas via its own cable channels. In August 2021, TAP DMV was awarded the local rights to the 2020 Summer Paralympics games. In August 2023, TAP DMV partnered with Converge ICT, and launched over-the-top streaming service named BlastTV.

Assets

Channels

Current channels

TAP Go was TAP DMV's official over-the-top app and browser-based subscription service which allows users to stream Live TV Channels and Video On Demand content over the internet. It contained livestreaming of the company's cable channels and selected live sporting events, restricted to Philippine territory only. In November 2020, TAP Go suspended its operations indefinitely to give way for system maintenance, although its sister site continues to operate. The service was resumed on August 14, 2021. The service was relaunched in October 2022 with additional live TV channels from third-party content providers like Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific, Paramount Networks EMEAA, Rock Entertainment Holdings, and ABS-CBN. In addition, TAP Go has also offers in-house FAST/linear channels through a partnership with Endeavor Streaming, namely: Laff, Crime TV, Comic U, and Game Show Central.
The service was discontinued on November 3, 2023 when TAP Go merged its content into BlastTV.

Blast TV

Blast TV is a over-the-top service in partnership with Converge ICT Solutions Inc. which provided shows and channels with content from NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, MGM Television, Lionsgate, and CJ ENM. The service offers TV channels of different genres as well as online Video On Demand and catch up content. The service is also the exclusive home of Studio Universal in the Philippines, which operates both as a linear channel and a VOD content library from NBCUniversal.
The service is available for subscription and is included at no extra cost for Converge FiberX subscribers as well as for Globe At Home broadband subscribers.