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 One (One Sports).

Solar airs its sports programming on cable channels Solar Sports. It was the official broadcast partners the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics (the latter also aired on TV5, AksyonTV and Cignal-owned Hyper under the Sports5 brand) and the FIBA Basketball World Cup and its qualifying games until 2015, when both event's contract were transferred to Sports5.

ABS-CBN airs its sports programming on UHF ABS-CBN Sports+Action and its HD-simulcast channel ABS-CBN Sports+Action HD. It also airs select boxing matches on its flagship station, VHF Channel 2, notably Pacquiao matches before Solar regained the rights. It is also the broadcast partner of the UAAP and the NCAA, which its primary events includes men's basketball and women's volleyball among others.

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;[1][2] 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. As of November 2019, NBA's broadcasting rights now goes to CNN Philippines for its free-to-air coverage albeit only airing every weekend[3][4], while cable coverage of the NBA still remains pending despite Sky Cable and Cignal going negotiations with the league for its cable rights.

One Sports, the sports arm of One Network/Cignal currently has rights to the Philippine Basketball Association, the Ultimate Fighting Championship, WWE, Impact Wrestling, National Football League and FIBA-related events, which includes the FIBA Basketball World Cup and its qualifying games.

Foreign sports other than the NBA are aired, but on cable channels, notably Solar, the Fox Sports channels (Fox Sports, Fox Sports 2 and Fox Sports 3) and various sports channels like BeIN Sports and Setenta Sports. Sports Illustrated TV (formerly All Sports Network) also airs foreign sports programming, mostly gaining rights for the National Hockey League, National Football League, NASCAR Xfinity and the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series.

Local sports

Basketball

Baseball
  • UAAP: ABS-CBN Sports: ABS-CBN (news reports only), S+A (free TV coverage), S+A HD, Liga (cable)

Boxing
  • Pinoy Pride bouts (with ALA Promotions): ABS-CBN Sports: ABS-CBN, S+A (free TV), S+A HD (cable)

Football (soccer)
  • UAAP: ABS-CBN Sports: S+A (free TV), S+A HD (cable) (all matches starting 2014-15 and finals)
  • Azkals matches: ESPN5: 5 Plus

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

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
  • Arena eSports: TAP Sports
  • ELEAGUE: TAP Sports
  • eGG Network: 5 Plus (free TV; select events only)

Football

Soccer

Futsal

Golf

Ice hockey

Mixed martial arts

Rugby union

Tennis
  • Davis Cup: Rakuten TV (pay-streaming) (starting from finals round in 2019)
  • Fed Cup Fox Sports Asia (cable) (final only, in 2019)
  • ATP: TAP Sports
  • WTA: TAP Sports
  • Australian Open: Fox Sports Asia (cable)
  • French Open: Fox Sports Asia (cable)
  • Wimbledon Championships: Fox Sports Asia cable)
  • U.S. Open: Fox Sports Asia
  • Other tennis tournaments: Fox Sports Asia, beIN Sports, One Sports, Solar Sports and Eurosport

Wrestling

Other sports

References
  1. Murillo, Michael Angelo (September 25, 2019). "BTV and NBA Premium TV to cease broadcast operations on Oct. 1". BusinessWorld. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  2. 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.
  3. "CNN Philippines to air NBA weekend games". CNN Philippines. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  4. "NBA games now available on free TV in PH". Rappler. November 16, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  5. http://tv5.espn.com/story/_/id/24866615/espn5-national-cheerleading-competition-team-again-season-14
  6. 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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