Basketball TV

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Basketball TV

Basketball TV logo
Launched October 1, 2006
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Slogan More than a Game!
Website http://www.btv.com.ph
Availability
Satellite
Cignal Digital TV Channel 54 (Digital)
G Sat Channel 28
Dream Satellite TV Channel 36
Cable
Cable Star Iloilo Channel 37
Parasat Cable TV Channel 53

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

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 for 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 for 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 is on a slightly delayed basis at 5:00 pm. In late-2007, the second matchup of a Tuesday gameday is shown on RPN but has since moved to IBC[citation needed] 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 2008−2011, 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, as well as online via iwantv.com.ph (exclusively available for SkyBroadband and Bayan DSL 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 on both HD and SD formats, and is available as a premium subscription plan with additional fees.

Slogans

  • Basketball Above All! (2006–2010)
  • More than a Game! (2010–present)
  • Home of Heroes (during 2009-10 NBA season)
  • This is Real (during 2010-11 NBA season)
  • Compelling (during 2011-12 NBA season)

BTV Programs

NBA

Current Programs

[*] Note that new episodes of these programs are only available during the NBA season.

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

Recurring Programs

Local Network Programs

  • Home Shopping Network

Defunct Programs

FIBA

[*] - Also currently airing on Solar Sports

College

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

Local leagues

Other foreign leagues

Other

  • Home Shopping Network

External links

Lists of TV programs broadcast by country
President
Wilson Y. Tieng
Chairman/CEO
William Y. Tieng
Vice Chairman
Willy Y. Tieng
Subsidiaries
Broadcast television networks
Cable/Satellite television networks
Joint ventures
Defunct television networks
1Joint venture with Radio Philippines Network
2Joint venture with Southern Broadcasting Network
3Joint venture with Universal Networks International
Local television cable channels in the Philippines
Creative Programs (ABS-CBN)
Solar Entertainment
Mediaquest (TV5)
Viva
STAR TV/FOX (Philippines)
Sony
Universal
FUBC
Catholic Media Network
Regional
Others
Philippine-only feed
Defunct/Inactive
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