Basketball TV

Basketball TV (BTV)

Basketball TV logo
Launched 1 October 2006 (2006-10-01)
Owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Slogan More than a Game
(2010-2016)
A Decade Unmatched
(2016-present)
Country Philippines
Language English
Broadcast area Nationwide
Sister channel(s) CT
Jack TV
NBA Premium TV
Solar Sports
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital Channel 22
(Digital test broadcast)
Satellite
Cignal Channel 54
G Sat Channel 28
Dream Satellite TV Channel 36
Sky Direct Coming soon
Cable
SkyCable / Destiny Cable Channel 33 (Digital)
Pioneer Cable Vision Inc. (PCVI) (Baybay City, Leyte) Channel 12
Bukidnon Z5 Cable Channel 37
Parasat Cable TV (Cagayan De Oro) Channel 53
Satellite Cable Network, Inc. (Pampanga) Channel 110
Caceres Cable TV (Naga City) Channel 50
Cablelink Channel 225 (Coming Soon)
Cable Star Iloilo (Iloilo) Channel 37
Available on most cable TV systems And selected cable TV stations nationwide.
Streaming media
blink www.blink-now.com

Basketball TV or BTV is a 24-hour Filipino all-basketball cable channel based in Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City. It is owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2006, rebranding the Sports Plus channel.

History

The channel focuses more on showing NBA TV-related programs and also regular NBA games once the season begins. In its initial broadcasts, it has been showing re-runs of the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and the 2006 FIBA World Championship.

Aside from the NBA games, it also shows coverage of the Euroleague and the National Basketball League as well as FIBA-related programming and the 2006 Asian Games and 2008 Olympic Games basketball competitions. The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was shown on BTV including the championship game, as well as the 2008 tournament.

Aside from its foreign coverage, BTV was the official carrier of the Philippine Basketball League from April 2007 until its demise in 2010 after gaining the rights from Studio 23. The coverage was on a slightly delayed basis at 5:00 pm. In late 2007, the second matchup of a Tuesday gameday was shown on RPN but has since moved to IBC on Saturdays at the onset of the season-ending conference because RPN became the exclusive broadcast carrier of C/S. However the PBL was moved back to C/S 9 in November 2008, showing the first game on Tuesday.

It also covered the Collegiate Champions League tournaments, and in the past saw a few National Capital Region Athletic Association and National Basketball Conference matches.

From 2008 to 2011, the Philippine Basketball Association was also shown on BTV, although on delay and only one game per day, with the live games aired on RPN and later Studio 23 (now ABS-CBN Sports+Action).

The channel is available throughout Metro Manila through SkyCable and is also available nationwide via Cignal and G-Sat satellite TV and other contract for local cable operators nationwide, as well as online (exclusively available for SkyMobi subscribers).

A supplementary channel, NBA Premium TV, was launched in time for the 2010–11 season, featuring over 400 games with no local commercials. The network is available in both high-definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) formats, and is available as a premium subscription plan with additional fees.

Programs

NBA

Current programs

[*] New episodes of these programs are only available during the NBA season.

[**] New episodes only during the WNBA season.

Recurring programs

Local network programs

Defunct programs

FIBA

[*] – Also currently airing on Solar Sports

College

[*] – Broadcast rights moved to ABS-CBN Sports through ABS-CBN Sports+Action.

Local leagues

Other foreign leagues

Other

See also

References

    External links

    Pay TV channels and networks based or exclusive in the Philippines
    ABS-CBN Corporation
    Solar Entertainment Corporation
    Viva Entertainment
    TV5 Network
    Fox Networks Group Philippines
    GMA Network
    Religious
    Regional
    Others
    Philippine-only feed
    Defunct/Inactive
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