Fox Sports 1 (FS1) is an American pay television channel that is owned by the Fox Sports Media Group, a unit of Fox Corporation. FS1 replaced the motorsports network Speed on August 17, 2013, at the same time that its companion channel Fox Sports 2 replaced Fuel TV. Both FS1 and FS2 absorbed most of the sports programming from its predecessors, as well as content from Fox Soccer, which was replaced by the entertainment-based channel FXX on September 2, 2013.
Solar Sports is a Filipino 24-hour cable TV sports channel, which serves as the flagship cable channel of Solar Entertainment Corporation, and based in Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The channel was launched on January 1, 1994 and is available for Sky Cable, Cablelink and contract for local cable operators and via livestreaming.
ESPN5 is the sports division of TV5, currently with a partnership agreement with US-based sports network ESPN. ESPN5 supplies and airs major sporting events in the Philippines and the world for free-to-air TV channels 5, 5 Plus and Cignal-exclusive channels One Sports and PBA Rush.
ABS-CBN Sports is the sports division of the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN, which airs some of the notable sporting events in the Philippines.
Kelly Williams is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the TNT KaTropa of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Williams, a former PBA Most Valuable Player, played collegiate basketball at Oakland University, an NCAA Division I school in the United States, and he also represented the Philippines in international competitions.
These are the sports broadcasting contracts in the Philippines. There are four primary local producers of sport programs in the country: Solar Sports, ABS-CBN, GMA Network, and The 5 Network (ESPN5).
Aksyon is the flagship national network news program broadcast by 5 in the Philippines. It consists of two editions: its main primetime edition, also known as Aksyon Prime, broadcasts from 6:00 to 7:00 pm, PST, and is anchored by News5 head Luchi Cruz-Valdes and chief correspondent Ed Lingao, and its noontime public service and news edition, Aksyon sa Tanghali airs from 12:30 to 1:30 pm, PST, and is anchored by Raffy Tulfo.
Aksyon TV was a Philippine free-to-air television network. It was a joint venture of Nation Broadcasting Corporation and TV5 Network, Inc., both under PLDT media arm MediaQuest Holdings. Its programs were primarily produced by TV5's divisions News5 and ESPN5. AksyonTV formerly broadcasts terrestrially through DWNB-TV in Metro Manila, as well as on UHF channel 29 in Cebu, Davao and other relay stations, and on a digital subchannel via channel 5.2 in Metro Manila. It occupies the frequency previously used by MTV Philippines, a subsidiary of MTV Networks Asia Pacific until 2006.
AKTV was the primetime sports programming block in the Philippines. Owned and operated by TV5, it occupied the 5:00 to 11:00pm timeslot of IBC; weekend coverage usually began at 11:00 am to 11:00 pm. It started on June 5, 2011, and it ended in May 2013 due to high airtime costs and low ratings.
The PBA on ESPN5 is the presentation of Philippine Basketball Association basketball games which started in the 2011-12 season. Telecasts are produced by ESPN5, the sports division of TV5 Network Inc., and aired through 5 and simulcasted through livestreaming at ESPN5's official website and YouTube channel. Also, there is a separate coverage in English commentary on PBA Rush starting July 15, 2016.
Kapatid Channel is a Philippine pay television channel owned by multimedia conglomerate TV5 Network. The channel offers programming highlights from the Philippine television channels 5, 5 Plus, Sari-Sari Channel, Colours, One News, One Sports, One PH, PBA Rush and INCTV.
Hyper was a sports and entertainment satellite and cable television channel based in Mandaluyong City. It was owned and operated by MediaQuest Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund through The 5 Network and ESPN 5.
TV5 Network is a Filipino media company based in Mandaluyong City. It is owned by MediaQuest Holdings, an investee company of Philippine telecommunications giant PLDT, through its Beneficial Trust Fund, and headed by business tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan.
SportsCenter Philippines is the flagship newscast of ESPN5, the sports division of TV5 Network. It is the local version of SportsCenter following TV5's partnership with global sports network ESPN after a few years ESPN in the Philippines was hiatus for 5 years after being replaced by Fox Sports Asia. It airs every Mondays & Sundays at 5:00 am, 12:00 pm, and 8:00 pm. on 5 Plus.
One News is a Philippine pay television news channel that was launched on May 2018 exclusively on satellite provider Cignal. One News is the first Cignal channel launched under the One branding, along with the sports channel One Sports and Filipino-language news channel One PH.
The 2018 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup Finals was the best-of-7 championship series of the 2018 PBA Governors' Cup, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs. The Alaska Aces and the Magnolia Hotshots competed for the 18th Governors' Cup championship and the 124th overall championship contested by the league.
5 Plus is a commercial sports-centric terrestrial television network in the Philippines. It is a joint venture of Nation Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) and TV5 Network, Inc., both under PLDT media arm MediaQuest Holdings. 5 Plus is currently carried through analog UHF channel 41 in Metro Manila, as well as in Cebu and Davao via UHF channel 29, and other relay stations; as well as on DWET-TV's digital terrestrial subchannel channel 5.2 in Metro Manila. It operates daily from 5:00 AM to 12:00 MN.
The following is a list of notable events and developments that are related to Philippine sports in 2019.
