ABS-CBN Sports

ABS-CBN Sports
Division of: ABS-CBN Narrowcast
Key people: March Ventosa (Head, ABS-CBN Narrowcast)
Dino Laurena, (Head, ABS-CBN Integrated Sports)
Peter Musngi, (Consultant, ABS-CBN Integrated Sports)
Mico Halili, (Head, ABS-CBN Sports Digital)
Headquarters: Quezon City
Major Broadcasting Contracts: UAAP, NCAA, NBA on free TV, MPBL, Philippines national football team, Nonito Donaire Fights, Top Rank boxing matches
Parent: ABS-CBN
Sister networks: ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN HD, S+A, S+A HD, Liga, Liga HD
Website: sports.abs-cbn.com/

ABS-CBN Sports is a sports division of the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN, which airs some of the notable sporting events in the Philippines.

ABS-CBN Sports began in 1998 as the main broadcaster for the network-backed basketball league Metropolitan Basketball Association which introduced the home-and-away play format in the Philippine basketball landscape. Simultaneous with that (shortly before the MBA collapsed), it acquired the broadcast rights to the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) (NCAA) collegiate basketball leagues, which bolstered Studio 23's ratings and at the same time aligned further toward the said channel's programming thrust to the youth.

ABS-CBN Sports also supplant contents to their sports channel S+A aired on UHF Channel 23 (main channel) and SkyCable Channel 166 (HD channel). The division also maintains their official website, sports.abs-cbn.com, one of the top sports news websites in the Philippines.

Former logo used from 2000 to 2013.

Program line-up

Current exclusive contract

Note: Titles are listed in alphabetical order followed by the year it debuted in parentheses.

Local

International

Current programs

Past programs & notable coverage

Sports broadcasters

Current on-air staff

  • Boyet Sison (HardBall main host and DZMM's FastBreak Host)
  • Dyan Castillejo (Sports Correspondent, Top Rank Boxing Play-by-play, Sports U host and ABS-CBN News sports reporter)
  • Gretchen Fullido (HardBall replacement host)
  • Bill Velasco (HardBall main host)
  • Gretchen Ho (University Town co-host)
  • Christian Luanzon (UAAP/MPBL Basketball Analyst)
  • Freddie Webb (DZMM's FastBreak co-host)
  • Ronnie Magsanoc (NBA on ABS-CBN/UAAP/PVL Lead Play-by-play or Analyst)
  • Bea Daez (UAAP Basketball analyst)
  • Enzo Flojo (UAAP Basketball analyst)
  • Judy Saril (PVL Courtside Reporter)
  • Martin Javier (NCAA/UAAP/PVL Lead Play-by-play)
  • Kyla Realubit (MPBL Courtside Reporter)
  • TJ Manotoc (Sports Correspondent for North America)
  • Roxanne Montealegre (NCAA/PVL Courtside Reporter)
  • Gianna Llanes (MPBL Courtside Reporter)
  • Benjie Paras (NBA on ABS-CBN Lead Analyst)
  • Jayvee Gayoso (MPBL Basketball Analyst)
  • Olsen Racela (NCAA Basketball analyst)
  • Shiela Salaysay (MPBL Courtside Reporter)
  • Renren Ritualo (NCAA Basketball analyst)
  • Rodney Santos (MPBL Basketball Analyst)
  • Nikki Viola (MPBL Courtside Reporter)
  • Cedelf Tupas (MPBL Lead Play-by-play)
  • Andrei Felix (NCAA Lead Play-by-play)
  • Jeanine Tsoi (PVL Courtside reporter)
  • Bonel Balingit (MPBL Basketball analyst)
  • Sel Guevara (MPBL Courtside Reporter)
  • Mico Halili (Head, ABS-CBN Sports Digital and Social Media, UAAP/NCAA Lead Play-by-play and The Score anchor)
  • Boom Gonzalez (NBA on ABS-CBN/UAAP/PVL Lead Play-by-play)
  • Eric Tipan (UAAP/NCAA/PVL Lead Play-by-play)
  • Nikko Ramos (UAAP Play-by-play)
  • Denise Dinsay (PVL Courtside reporter)
  • Anton Roxas (The Score substitute anchor and MPBL/NCAA/UAAP/PVL Lead Play-by-play)
  • Martin Antonio (MPBL Lead Play-by-play/NCAA Basketball Analyst)
  • Migs Bustos (ANC Gametime anchor and UAAP/NCAA Basketball analyst)
  • Marco Benitez (The Score substitute anchor and UAAP Basketball analyst)
  • Vince Velasco (PVL Courtside Reporter)
  • Jing Jamlang (UAAP/PVL Lead Play-by-play)

Past on-air staff

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "TEN REASONS WHY IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE A KAPAMILYA SPORTS FAN". ABS-CBN Social Media Newsroom. April 17, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  2. ↑ "SIGNED AND SEALED: Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League coming to S+A". ABS-CBN Sports. January 10, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  3. ↑ Karlo Sacamos (24 April 2015). "ABS-CBN set to regain TV coverage rights of NCAA from TV5, says source". Sports Interactive Network Philippines.
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