Sports broadcasting contracts in the Philippines

These are the sports broadcasting contracts in the Philippines. There are four primary local producers of sport programs in the country: Solar Sports, Tap Sports, ABS-CBN (ABS-CBN Sports), GMA Network, and TV5/Cignal TV (One Sports).

Local sports

Basketball

Baseball

Boxing
  • Pinoy Pride bouts (with ALA Promotions): TBD

Football (soccer)

Horse racing
  • Santa Ana races: Apollo Technologies Facebook live streaming
  • San Lazaro races: San Lazaro Broadcasting Network, Gametime TV our Facebook live streaming
  • MetroTurf races: Sistemas Enterprises, Inc.

Volleyball

Rugby
  • Matches of the Philippine Volcanoes: Solar Sports

Cheerleading

eSports

Other
  • Philippine-American Football League: Solar Sports (cable)
  • Manila Wrestling Federation
    • MWF Aksyonovela TV and special events: YouTube (free-streaming)

Foreign sports

American football

Auto racing

Baseball

Basketball

Solar formerly holds the rights to the National Basketball Association until September 30, 2019, when its contract with the league expired, shutting down cable channels Basketball TV and NBA Premium TV;[2][3] the expiration of Solar's NBA contract ended ABS-CBN's free-to-air broadcast rights to air NBA games, which is also from them and also ended Fox Sports' coverage of the NBA.

NBA announced on July 27, 2020 that it has signed a multi-year partnership with Cignal TV and Smart Communications to bring NBA games and programming to fans in the Philippines through free-to-air, satellite television and over-the-top streaming. Starting July 31, to coincide with the 2019–20 NBA season restart, free-to-air channels TV5 and ONE Sports will broadcast live NBA games for the first time, including four games every week. Cignal TV, on the other hand, launched an NBA-dedicated channel via NBA TV Philippines, which broadcasts live NBA games 7 days a week (including Finals).[4]

Boxing

(*) Even though Pacquiao is under Top Rank, his bouts are aired on GMA and Solar Sports due to his status as a GMA contract artist and under airtime contract with Solar Entertainment Corporation until 2016.

eSports

Soccer

Futsal

Golf

Field

Ice

Mixed martial arts

Rugby union

Tennis

Wrestling

Other sports

References
  1. http://tv5.espn.com/story/_/id/24866615/espn5-national-cheerleading-competition-team-again-season-14
  2. Murillo, Michael Angelo (September 25, 2019). "BTV and NBA Premium TV to cease broadcast operations on Oct. 1". BusinessWorld. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  3. Terrado, Reuben (September 25, 2019). "Basketball TV, NBA Premium TV to cease operation on Oct. 1". Spin.ph. GMA New Media. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  4. "NBA games return to Philippine television via Cignal-Smart collab". Spin.ph. GMA New Media. July 27, 2020.
  5. Morales, Luisa (July 27, 2020). "NBA returns to Philippine television with TV5, One Sports". Philstar.
  6. "1 Play Sports on Instagram: "🇹🇭 We are delighted to announce that 1 Play Sports will be broadcasting the Thai League LIVE on Facebook and YouTube from tomorrow with…"". Instagram. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  7. Badminton Asia (2020-01-28). "Badminton Asia Team Championships 2020 Group Stage Resultspic.twitter.com/mcRyUqPvZp". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
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