Victor Hugo Pictures Television

Victor Hugo Pictures Television (or VHPTV) is the Now Defunct television production division of Victor Hugo Pictures, and a production arm of the Victor Entertainment Group (both are owned by John Brially's Victor Entertainment, Inc.). Victor Television is the syndication and distribution arm of Victor Hugo Pictures Television.
== Overview & history ==
Victor Hugo Pictures Television was formed on January 28, 1950 as other studios were branching out into television production as well. At that time, the company was known as VHP Television Productions, Inc. until August 20, 1959. Decades later, VHPTV folded the operations of TV production companies it has acquired: Film World Entertainment in 1998, and is the current distributor (via its distribution division, Victor Television) for most of the shows originally produced by these companies.
On September 29, 1959, following VHP Television Productions' death, Victor Hugo Pictures Television made its first appearance in the time. On September 26, 1990, following Victor Hugo Pictures Television's death, Victor Television was born.
From 1986-present, Victor Hugo Pictures Television served as the Victor television network's official production arm (with Victor Television Studios being viewed as the network's unofficial television production division), producing the bulk of television series airing on the television network. VHPTV produced the first two series that aired on Victor's sister network.
In 1990, Victor Hugo Pictures Television's functions were taken over by Victor Television Corporation, a separate entity from Victor Hugo Pictures Film Corporation. Both companies were subsidiaries of Victor Communications unit Victor Inc.; the move was made to separate the television productions from the movie studio in order to increase the latter's output.
Following a 1994 restructuring of Victor's television production companies, Victor Television was refocused on syndication and "non-traditional programs", while network television programming once more came under the Victor Hugo Pictures Television banner and returned to being a division of the movie studio.
In 2014, Victor Hugo Pictures Television was reorganized as a separate unit of Victor Entertainment, Inc.
In July 2015, it was announced that the operations of the Victor Broadcasting Company and Victor Hugo Pictures Television would merge into a new unit.
On August 10, 2020, Victor Hugo Pictures Television was replaced by Victor Television while the syndication company with the same name was folded into Victor Corporation Distribution.
== See also ==
* Victor Television
* Victortriangle Productions
* Victor 21 Television Studios
* Victor Searchlight Television
* Victor Hugo Pictures
* Victor Searchlight Pictures
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