Velvet (TV channel)

Velvet
Velvet channel logo
Launched	January 1, 2008
Closed	January 1, 2014
Network	ABS-CBN Studio 23 (now ABS-CBN Sports+Action)
Owned by	Creative Programs, Inc.
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Slogan	Home of the Most Prestigious Red Carpet Events
Country	Philippines
Language	English
Broadcast area	Defunct
Headquarters	Quezon City, Philippines
Sister channel(s)	ANC, DZMM TeleRadyo, Cinema One, Hero, Knowledge Channel, Lifestyle Network, Cge TV, Myx, Balls, Jeepney TV

Velvet was a Filipino cable television network based in Quezon City. It was owned and operated by Creative Programs, Inc. (now ABS-CBN Cable Channels), a wholly owned subsidiary of the media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. The primary focus of the network was into women-oriented general entertainment programming.^[1]

Channel Information

Velvet had a sneak preview on SkyCable channel 25 since November 2007, together with Maxxx and Balls. Velvet was officially launched on January 1, 2008. Velvet also aired selected shows on Studio 23 (now ABS-CBN Sports+Action).

The channel went off the air at the midnight on January 1, 2014. Miss Universe 2013 was the last program of Velvet before it permanently signed off.

Most of the channel's programming and specials were moved to Lifestyle.

Description

Velvet is the result after the contract of Solar Entertainment's 2nd Avenue expired with SkyCable. Velvet is fairly similar in theme and audiences with ETC and 2nd Avenue typically appealing to the female-audience genre with a range from pre-adolescent to the late-thirties age bracket . Velvet features programs based on entertainment news & specials, game shows, stand-up comedy acts, drama, reality series and award shows.

Final Program Line-Up

Series

• 10 Things I Hate About You
• 18 to Life
• 90210 (Season 1 to 5)
• A Gifted Man
• Accidentally on Purpose
• American Princess
• All About Aubrey
• America's Next Top Model (Cycles 1 to 12)
• America's Prom Queen
• The Apprentice (Season 4 to 7)
• Asia's Next Top Model
• Australia's Next Top Model
• Awkward.
• Bad Girls Club (Seasons 8 & 9)
• Big Day
• Big Love
• Big Rich Texas
• Biography
• Blue Bloods (Seasons 1 to 3)
• Blush: The Search for the Next Great Makeup Artist
• Born to Dance
• Bridalplasty
• Brothers & Sisters (Season 5)
• Britain's Next Top Model
• Canada's Next Top Model
• CBS Evening News
• Celebrity Apprentice (Seasons 5 to 7)
• Celebrity Fit Club
• Charmed
• The Choice
• The Comeback
• Comedy Central Roast
• Cougar Town
• Crossing Jordan
• Crowned
• Dallas Divas & Daughters
• Dance Moms
• Denise Richards: It's Complicated
• Dexter (Seasons 4 & 5)
• Dirt
• Dirty Soap
• Don't Forget the Lyrics!
• Downtown Girls
• E! News Weekend
• E! True Hollywood Story
• Excused
• Extreme Close-Up
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
• Everybody Loves Raymond
• Fashion Police
• Five Days
• Fly Girls
• Geordie Shore
• Gigantic
• Girlfriends
• Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys
• Gigolos
• Glamour Belles
• Good Morning America
• The Good Wife (Seasons 1 to 4)
• Got to Dance (Seasons 1 to 4)
• Harper's Island
• The Hasselhoffs
• Hawaii Five-0 (Seasons 1 to 3)
• Hey Paula
• High Society
• Holly's World
• Hollyscoop
• Hollywood Squares
• House of Lies (Seasons 1 to 2)
• Huff
• Huge
• I Know Kids Like a Star
• I Really Knew Me
• I Want To Be a Hilton
• I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
• Ice Loves Coco
• Iconoclasts
• Inside the Actor's Studio
• Is She Really Going Out with Him?
• The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency (Season 3)
• Jeopardy!
• Jersey Shore (Seasons 1 to 4)
• Judging Amy
• Keeping Up with the Kardashians (Seasons 1 to 6)
• Kell on Earth
• Kid Nation
• Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami
• Kourtney and Kim Take New York
• Khloé & Lamar
• Life Unexpected
• Living Lohan
• Lost in Austen
• Louie Spence's Showbusiness
• Love You To Death
• Made in Chelsea
• Make It or Break It
• Make Me a Supermodel U. K.
• Married to Rock
• Medium
• Mel B: It's a Scarry World
• Melrose Place
• Miss Guided
• Mobbed
• The Mortified Sessions
• Nearly Famous
• The Next Best Thing
• The Nine Lives of Chloe King
• No Ordinary Party
• Nurse Jackie (Seasons 1 to 4)
• Old Skool with Terry & Gita
• On The Red Carpet
• On The Road with Austin & Santino
• Paradise Hotel
• Perfect Catch
• Pineapple Dance Studios
• Pretty Wild
• Queen Bees
• The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Seasons to 3)
• The Real Housewives of Miami (Seasons 1 & 2)
• Reality Hell
• Ringer
• Running In Heels
• Running Russell Simmons
• RuPaul's Drag Race (Seasons 4 & 5)
• The Sarah Silverman Program
• Savannah
• The Secret Lives of Dancers
• Secrets of Aspen
• Shear Genius (Season 2)
• Shedding for the Wedding
• The Short List
• The Sing-Off
• So You Think You Can Dance (Seasons 5 to 9)
• The Soup and The Soup Presents
• Spelling Manor Series
• The Spin Crowd
• Streets of Hollywood
• Style by June
• Stylista
• Summerland
• Tabatha's Salon Takeover (Season 2)
• Tell Me You Love Me
• Texas Women
• 'Til Death
• Tipping the Velvet
• Three Rivers
• Tough Love (Seasons 4 & 5)
• Work of Art: The Next Great Artist
• Unleashed by Garo
• Victoria Silvstedt: My Perfect Life
• The View
• Watch Over Me
• Wheel of Fortune
• When Women Rule the World
• Whittaker Bay
• Wife Swap
• Wildest TV Show Moments
• Will & Grace
• Worst Week

Movies and Entertainment Specials

• FlickFest Matinee
• Flick Pick
• Spotlight
• Velvet Entertainment Specials

Annual Events & Specials

• Binibining Pilipinas (2012)
• BRIT Awards 2012
• The Comedy Awards (2011–2013)
• Oscars (2008–2013)
• Club Elite 2012
• The Royal Variety Performance 2011
• Elite Model Look (2011)
• Primetime Emmy Awards (2008–2013)
• Guys' Choice Awards (2012)
• Miss Universe (2008–2013)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011)
• Teen Choice Awards (2011–2013)
• Tony Awards (2008–2009; 2012–2013)
• Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2010–2012)

References

1. (For Velvet TV Channel Article on abs-cbn.com)

External links

• Official Website
• Multiply Website
• Facebook Website