Sports5

Not to be confused with Sport 5, an all-sports channel in Israel.
Sports5
Division of: TV5 Network, Inc.
Key people: Chot Reyes, Department Head
Vitto Lazatin, Manager
Headquarters: Mandaluyong City
Slogan: Sports you watch, sports that matter.
Parent: TV5 Network, Inc.
Sister networks: TV5, AksyonTV, AKTV (2011-2013), Hyper
Website: Sports5

TV5 Sports or Sports5 (formerly ABC Sports from 2004 to 2008) is a division of TV5 Network, Inc., which airs many of the sports events in the Philippines. The world's second oldest professional basketball league, Philippine Basketball Association, was its flagship program since it acquired the television rights from 2004 to 2008 and from 2011.

It is headed by five-time PBA champion coach Chot Reyes, while its founding head Vitto Lazatin (once a personality from Solar Sports) is the manager.

Until its closure in 2013, most of its programs are aired on IBC through its programming block AKTV and now on TV5, AksyonTV and Hyper. It is headquartered at TV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan sts., Mandaluyong City. Sports5 is the official TV partner of the Olympic Games in the Philippines from 2014 to 2016.

Current

AKTV's former logo used from September 23, 2011 to May 31, 2013.

TV5/AksyonTV

Standalone TV programs

Sports5.ph

Previous

Upcoming

Sports

Event Air Date Casts Crew Copyright holder Genre Source
2016 Summer Olympics 5–21 August 2016 TBA Sports5 Switzerland International Olympic Committee International Multi-sporting Event [1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2014/01/20/1280670/olympics-comes-tv5

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