Basketball TV or BTV was a Philippine pay television television sports channel with offices in Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong. It was owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2006, rebranding the Sports Plus channel. On September 25, 2019, it announced on its official Facebook page as well as on its Instagram and Twitter accounts that the channel and NBA Premium TV will cease their operations on October 1, 2019. The final program to air on this channel was a replay of NBA Playoff Playback on 30 September 2019 before signing off at 12:00 m.n. on 1 October 2019.
Upon the channel's termination, Sky Cable and Cignal in their joint statement said that they were jointly negotiating directly with the NBA to make games and programming available to millions of fans in the Philippines. “We have submitted an offer to the NBA and are awaiting a response.” [1]
History[]
The channel focused on NBA TV-related programs and also regular NBA games. In its initial broadcasts, it was 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 showed 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.
BTV was the official carrier of the Philippine Basketball League from April 2007 until the league's demise in 2010 after gaining the rights from Studio 23 (now S+A). 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, National Capital Region Athletic Association and National Basketball Conference games.
From 2008 to 2011, the Philippine Basketball Association games were also aired on BTV (delayed basis and only one game per day), with the live games aired on RPN and later Studio 23 (now ABS-CBN Sports+Action (later known as S+A)).
A supplementary channel, NBA Premium TV (now defunct), was launched in time for the 2010–11 NBA season, featuring over 400 games with no local commercials. The network was available in both high-definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) formats, and was available as a premium subscription plan with additional fees.
On April 10, 2017, Sky Cable, Destiny Cable & Sky Direct dropped Basketball TV along with NBA Premium TV, Jack TV, Solar Sports & CT (now defunct) allegedly due to Sky Cable's unpaid carriage fees. However, on October 16, 2018, the channel was restored on Sky Cable & Sky Direct after 18 months of carriage disputes.[2] On October 28, 2018, the channel was dropped again on Sky Cable & Sky Direct.[3] On January 1, 2019 the channel was restored again on Sky Cable and Sky Direct.[4]
Final programming[]
NBA[]
- NBA Action*
- NBA.com Fantasy Insider*
- NBA Inside Stuff*
- NBA Gametime Live
- NBA Games
- Real NBA*
- The Beat*
- The Starters*
- Inside the NBA*
- The Jump on NBA.com*
- NBA D-League Central*
- NBA D-League Game of the Week*
- WNBA Games
- WNBA Action**
- NBA Playoffs Playback
- NBA Summer League
- NBA Draft
- One on One with Ahmad Rashād
- Open Court
- Hardwood Classics
- NBA Marquee Match-up
- NBA Playoff Playback
- Making the Call with Ronnie Nunn
- NBA Draft Playback
- Sounds of the Finals
- The Run
- Overtime
- NBA Stories
- Marv Albert Show
- NBA Greatest Games / Hardwood Classics
- NBA Home Video
- NBA Basketballography
- NBA Specials
- Vintage NBA
- NBA Vault
- NBA Wired
- Books and Basketball
- NBA Journeys
- NBA Presents
- NBA Fit
- NBA Slideshow
- NBA Jam (local or original version)
- NBA Access with Ahmad Rashād
- NBA 360
- NBA Hoop Party
- NBA TV Top 10 Games of the Week
- Real Training Camp
FIBA[]
- 2008 Beijing Olympics
- 2012 London Olympics
- Stankovic Cup
- FIBA Diamond Ball
- FIBA World Basketball*
- FIBA World Championship
- FIBA Asia Championship
- FIBA Americas Championship
- EuroBasket
[*] – Also currently airing on Solar Sports
College[]
- ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
- NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
- Philippine Collegiate Championship
- One U
[*] – Broadcast rights moved to ABS-CBN Sports through ABS-CBN Sports+Action.
Local leagues[]
- Philippine Basketball League
- Nike Elite Camp
- Fil-Oil / Flying V Invitational Cup
- Philippine Basketball Association
- Philippine Women Basketball League
- Liga Pilipinas
- ASEAN Basketball League
Other foreign leagues[]
- Euroleague (briefly moved to ESPN Star Sports in the 2009–10 season)
- National Basketball League
- Chinese Basketball Association
- Liga ACB
Other[]
- Home Shopping Network
- Shop TV
See also[]
- Solar Entertainment Corporation, official broadcasting
- Solar Sports, Basketball TV sister channel
- NBA Premium TV, Basketball TV sister channel
- PBA Rush
- NBA TV Philippines
References[]
External links[]
- Template:Official website
| Solar Entertainment Corporation |
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| Divisions ETC Productions Subsidiaries Television channels Cable/satellite channels: Radio stations Online service Defunct |
| Free-to-air television networks in the Philippines |
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| Major Minor Specialty Religious Inactive: ABS-CBN franchise renewal controversy 1 = Inactive due to the cease-and-desist order issued by the NTC. |
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