Sports Desk (TV program)

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Sports Desk
Also known asSolar SportsDesk
Genre Sports news
Created by Solar Entertainment Corporation
Developed by Nine Media Corporation
Radio Philippines Network
CNN Philippines/CNN
StarringAndrei Felix (Morning Anchor)
Charles Tiu (Evening Anchor)
Country of originPhilippines
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerItos Valdez
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network Solar Sports
Release2004 (2004) 
2007 (2007)
Network Solar News Channel/9TV
ReleaseDecember 3, 2012 (2012-12-03) 
March 13, 2015 (2015-03-13)
Network CNN Philippines
ReleaseMarch 16, 2015 (2015-03-16) 
January 26, 2024 (2024-01-26)

CNN Philippines Sports Desk (formerly Solar SportsDesk, or simply Sports Desk) was a Philippine sports news television program broadcast by CNN Philippines. It is CNN Philippines' go-to program for all-sports news, specials, and interviews with sports personalities here and around the world, hosted by sports journalist Charles Tiu on primetime and Andrei Felix on weekday mornings (also a sports anchor on CNN Philippines New Day and the morning edition of Newsroom). Sports Desk airs on weekdays at 10am (with a replay at 2:30pm) and 10pm, with a weekend recap edition on Saturdays at 12:30pm. on May 1, 2023, the show will air on Primetime Weeknights at 8:30 pm.

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The program aired its last broadcast on January 26, 2024, as CNN Philippines ceased live news operations on the morning of January 29 ahead of the network's closure on January 31. It was replaced by Starting Lineup on RPTV in its timeslot.

History

Sports Desk was first broadcast on cable TV channel Solar Sports from 2004 to 2007 and returned on Solar News Channel by December 3, 2012, with a simulcast on Solar Sports until August 2014 following SNC's rebrand as 9TV.

As part of the expansion, Sports Desk also serves as a sports segment on some CNN Philippines newscasts. However, when major rolling news stories break across their timeslots, the Sports Desk program would either interrupt or pre-empt its normal broadcast. For instance, should the morning edition be pre-empted by a rolling coverage, a replacement live broadcast will take place at the 2:30 pm rerun timeslot.

On September 4, 2017, the primetime edition of Sports Desk was moved to an earlier timeslot at 6:30pm, after News Night divides its full hour single newscast into two 30-minute editions. Three months later, on December 16, Halili stepped down from his anchor role as he left the CNN franchise. The program's basketball analyst Charles Tiu, brother of PBA veteran Chris Tiu, was named as an interim host for the early evening and late night editions.

The 6:30pm edition of SportsDesk aired its final episode on December 29, 2017, to give way to the full-time relaunch of Amanpour. [1] The cancellation was part of the network's reorganization. The remaining two editions remain intact.

In March 2020, Sports Desk halted its productions due to the Enhanced community quarantine in Luzon caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the news segment on various newscasts continued to air.

In 2021, after a year of absence, Sports Desk returned on the air albeit on a weekday morning basis.

Anchors

Final

Former

Correspondent

Final

Former

Awards

KBP Golden Dove Awards (Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas)

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