Sports broadcasting contracts in the Philippines

These are the sports broadcasting contracts in the Philippines. There are four primary local producers of sport programs in the country: Solar Sports, TAP Sports, ABS-CBN (ABS-CBN Sports), GMA Network, and TV5/Cignal TV (One Sports).^{[citation needed]}

Local sports[]

Basketball[]

• PBA: One Sports: TV5, One Sports (free TV), PBA Rush (cable)
• PBA D-League: One Sports: One Sports (free TV), PBA Rush (cable)
• PCCL: TBD
• Filoil Flying V Preseason Cup: One Sports: One Sports (free TV),
• UAAP: One Sports: One Sports (free TV), One Sports+ (cable and satellite)
• NCAA: GMA Network (free TV)
• Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League: A2Z (free TV), Facebook and iWantTFC (free-streaming)
• Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3: BEAM TV (free TV)

Baseball[]

• UAAP: TBD

Boxing[]

• Pinoy Pride bouts (with ALA Promotions): TBD

Football (soccer)[]

• UAAP: TBD
• Azkals matches: One Sports
• Philippines Football League: 1Play Sports (streaming via Facebook/YouTube), EXPTV (cable)

Horse racing[]

• Santa Ana races: Apollo Technologies Facebook live streaming
• San Lazaro races: San Lazaro Broadcasting Network, Gametime TV our Facebook live streaming
• MetroTurf races: Sistemas Enterprises, Inc.

Volleyball[]

• Premier Volleyball League: One Sports (free TV), One Sports+ (cable), Smart Gigafest and PVL.ph (streaming)
• Philippine Super Liga:TBD
• UAAP: One Sports(free tv) One Sports+(cable)
• NCAA: GMA Network

Rugby[]

• Matches of the Philippine Volcanoes: Solar Sports

Cheerleading[]

• National Cheerleading Championship: ESPN5 production on TV5 and One Sports (highlights of regional qualifiers and national finals)^[1]

eSports[]

• Electronic Sports and Gaming Summit: One Sports (free TV), GG Network (streaming)
• The Nationals: eGG Network (cable), One Sports production for One Sports (free TV), GG Network (streaming)
• Others: D5Studio via GG Network (streaming)

Other[]

• Philippine-American Football League: Solar Sports (cable)
• Manila Wrestling Federation
  • MWF Aksyonovela TV and special events: YouTube (free-streaming)

Foreign sports[]

American football[]

• NFL: TBD
• Super Bowl: TBD
• NCAA-Division I FBS: One Sports (free TV), Fox Sports Asia, Eurosport (selected events)

Auto racing[]

• Formula One: Fox Sports Asia
• Formula Two: Fox Sports Asia
• Formula Three: Fox Sports Asia
• Porsche Supercup: Fox Sports Asia
• IndyCar Series and Indianapolis 500: One Sports (free TV; Indianapolis 500 only), TAP Sports (cable and free-streaming), and Fox Sports Asia (cable)
• NASCAR Cup Series: Fox Sports Asia (primary Fox Sports 3, alternate Fox Sports)
• NASCAR races other than the Cup Series (Xfinity Series and Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series): Sports Illustrated TV, (cable), YouTube (delayed free-streaming after US telecast)
• FIA World Touring Car Championship: Eurosport (live races), Fox Sports Asia (Fox Sports 3, highlights)
• World Rally Championship: N/A
• MotoGP: Fox Sports Asia
• Supercars: Fox Sports Asia and beIN Sports (live races)
• Formula E: Fox Sports Asia and DAZN (live races)
• Super GT: Youtube (live and on demand)
• Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters: Youtube (free practice session), DTM Grid (live races), beIN Sports (highlights)
• Motocross World Championship: Fox Sports Asia
• International Motor Sports Association: YouTube (delayed free-streaming after US telecast), IMSA.TV (live)
• FIA World Rallycross Championship: TAP Sports
• ADAC GT Masters: Youtube (live qualify and races)

Baseball[]

• Major League Baseball: Fox Sports Asia (primary Fox Sports 2, Fox Sports 1 or Fox Sports 3 alternate during golf events)
• Australian Baseball League: YouTube (free-streaming), Fox Sports Asia (finals only; cable)
• World Baseball Classic: Solar Sports
• Korean Baseball Organization: Fox Sports Asia (cable)
• Chinese Professional Baseball League: Twitter Video and Periscope (live streaming of select English-language broadcasts, since 2020)
• Cuban National Series: Youtube (live free-streaming since 2020 via Game Time platform of the World Baseball Softball Confederation)
• Panamanian Professional Baseball League: Youtube) (live free-streaming courtesy of Sertv)

Basketball[]

Solar formerly held the rights to the National Basketball Association until September 30, 2019, when its contract with the league expired, shutting down cable channels Basketball TV and NBA Premium TV;^[2][3] the expiration of Solar's NBA contract ended ABS-CBN's free-to-air broadcast rights to air NBA games, which is also from them and also ended Fox Sports' coverage of the NBA.

NBA announced on July 27, 2020 that it has signed a multi-year partnership with Cignal TV and Smart Communications to bring NBA games and programming to fans in the Philippines through free-to-air, satellite television and over-the-top streaming. Starting July 31, to coincide with the 2019–20 NBA season restart, free-to-air channels TV5 and ONE Sports will broadcast live NBA games for the first time, including four games every week. Cignal TV, on the other hand, launched an NBA-dedicated channel via NBA TV Philippines, which broadcasts live NBA games 7 days a week (including Finals).^[4]

• NBA: One Sports (free TV, Monday and Friday), TV5 (free TV, weekends), NBA TV Philippines (cable, 24 hours), NBA League Pass (pay-streaming)^[5]
• WNBA: NBA TV Philippines (cable, 24 hours)
• NCAA Men's Division I: 5 Plus (free TV) and Fox Sports (cable)
• McDonald's All-American Game: Fox Sports Asia (cable), 5 Plus (free TV Delayed telecast)
• Euroleague: EuroLeague TV (pay-streaming) and TAP Sports (cable, free-streaming)
• EuroCup Basketball: EuroLeague TV (pay-streaming)
• FIBA national team tournaments: 5, One Sports (free TV), One Sports (cable)
• FIBA Intercontinental Cup: Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch (free-streaming)
• ASEAN Basketball League: TBD
• NBL Australia: TAP Sports (cable, fstreaming)

Boxing[]

• Top Rank* bouts: One Sports (free TV), FITE TV (pay-streaming)
• Premier Boxing Champions:
  • Manny Pacquiao bouts (with ALV Events International): TV5, GMA (free TV, slightly delayed), Sky, Cignal and G Sat (pay-per-view), Radio GMA (radio), TAP Go, Upstream and FITE TV (pay-streaming)
• Golden Boy bouts: DAZN (streaming), Sky and Cignal (pay-per-view), FITE TV (pay-streaming), TAP Sports (cable)
• Matchroom bouts: DAZN (streaming), TAP Sports (cable)
• Superbouts: TAP Sports (cable)
• World Class Boxing bouts (with Golden Boy Promotions): 5, 5 Plus (free TV), Solar Sports (cable)
• World Boxing Super Series: TBA

(*) Even though Pacquiao is under Top Rank, his bouts are aired on GMA and Solar Sports due to his status as a GMA contract artist and under airtime contract with Solar Entertainment Corporation until 2016.

eSports[]

• Arena eSports: TAP Sports
• ELEAGUE: TAP Sports
• eGG Network
• Ginx TV
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup: TBD

Football[]

Soccer[]

• FIFA World Cup: TBA (2022 finals), UEFA.tv (free-streaming for UEFA qualifiers), and MNC Media (Indonesia) (free-streaming for AFC qualifiers from third round)
• FIFA Women's World Cup:TBD (2023)
• FIFA Youth World Cups (U-20 (from 2020) and U-17): TAP Sports (cable, streaming)
• AFC Asian Cup: TBA (2023)
• AFC Champions League: MNC Media (Indonesia) (2021-2024)
• AFC Cup: MNC Media (Indonesia) (2021-2024)
• A-League: beIN Sports (cable)
• FFA Cup: beIN Sports (cable)
• W-League: beIN Sports (cable)
• Chinese Super League: TAP Sports/Premier Football (cable, pay-streaming)
• J.League: YouTube (free-streaming) (live coverage for Cup (prime stage only) and J2 matches only, with highlights of all three leagues and a cup matches, from MW19 in 2020 one J1 live match per week also included)
• K-League: TAP Sports/Premier Football (cable, pay-streaming), YouTube (free-streaming) (one match per week via COPA90)
• Arabian Gulf Cup: Facebook and YouTube (four matches per week via 1PlaySports)
• Thai League 1: Facebook and YouTube (four matches per week via 1PlaySports)^[6]
• UEFA European Championship: LIVEnow
• UEFA European Qualifiers: UEFA.tv (free-streaming)
• UEFA Nations League: UEFA.tv (free-streaming) (2020-21 only)
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: UEFA.tv (free-streaming)
• UEFA boys and girls Youth Championships (U-17 and U-19): UEFA.tv (free-streaming)
• UEFA Champions League: TAP Sports/Premier Sports (cable, pay-streaming)
• UEFA Europa League: TAP Sports/Premier Sports (cable, pay-streaming)
• UEFA Super Cup: TBA
• UEFA Youth League: TBA
• UEFA Women's Champions League: DAZN (2021-2025)
• Premier League: TAP Sports/Premier Football (cable, pay-streaming), DAZN (highlights only) (until 2021–22)
• FA Cup: beIN Sports (cable)
• FA Community Shield: beIN Sports (cable)
• Scottish Professional Football League: TAP Sports/Premier Football (cable, pay-streaming)
• La Liga: beIN Sports (cable)
• Serie A: beIN Sports (cable)
• Coppa Italia: TBA
• Supercoppa Italiana: TBA
• Ligue 1: beIN Sports and TV5 Monde Asie (cable)
• Coupe de la Ligue: beIN Sports (cable)
• Coupe de France: beIN Sports (cable)
• Trophée des Champions: beIN Sports (cable)
• Bundesliga: TBD
• DFB-Pokal: TAP Sports/Premier Football (cable, pay-streaming)
• Eredivisie: TAP Sports/Premier Football (cable, pay-streaming)
• Ekstraklasa: OZ (pay-streaming)
• Russian Premier League: YouTube (pay-streaming)
• Russian Super Cup : Youtube (free-streaming)
• Danish Super League: Fox Sports Asia (cable) (2019–present (originally aired from June 2020), remaining matches in 2019–20)
• DBU Pokalen: Fox Sports Asia (cable) (three matches (both semi finals and a final) in 2019–20)
• ÖFB Cup: beIN Sports (cable) (final only)
• CONCACAF Gold Cup: beIN Sports (cable)
• Major League Soccer: beIN Sports (cable)
• Canadian Premier League: TAP Sports/Premier Football (cable, pay-streaming)
• Liga 1 (Indonesia): TBD

Futsal[]

• UEFA Futsal Champions League: UEFA.tv (free-streaming) (final four only)

Golf[]

• PGA Tour: One Sports, CNBC Asia and GolfTV (pay-streaming)
• PGA Champions Tour: One Sports
• European Tour: One Sports (free TV), Fox Sports Asia (cable)
• Asian Tour: One Sports (free TV), Fox Sports Asia (cable)
• World Golf Championships: GolfTV (pay-streaming)
• Masters Tournament: Fox Sports Asia (cable), One Sports (free TV delayed)
• USGA: Fox Sports Asia (cable) and One Sports (free TV; delayed)
• Presidents Cup: One Sports Plus (cable), One Sports (free TV; delayed), Fox Sports Asia (cable/satellite)
• Ryder Cup: One Sports, Fox Sports Asia (cable)

Hockey[]

Field[]

• FIH
  • Men's and Women's Pro Leagues: beIN Sports and Fox Sports Asia

Ice[]

• National Hockey League: NHL.tv
• International Ice Hockey Federation events: Solar Sports (selected events)

Mixed martial arts[]

• Bellator MMA: Kix, Paramount Network Asia
• ONE Championship: TV5 (free TV), One Sports
• Ultimate Fighting Championship: Fox Sports Asia (cable), UFC Fight Pass (streaming), One Sports (free TV; UFC Fight Night events)
• Cage Warriors: Cignal (cable)
• Enfusion: TAP Sports (cable)
• Professional Fighters League: TAP Sports (cable)

Rugby union[]

• Rugby World Cup: TBD (2023)
• Asia Rugby Championship: Asiarugby.tv (free-streaming)
• Six Nations Championship: Rugby Pass (cable, pay-streaming)
• EPCR: beIN Sports (cable, pay-streaming)
  • Heineken Champions Cup
  • European Rugby Challenge Cup
• World Rugby Sevens Series: Worldrugby.tv (free-streaming)
• Aviva Premiership: Premier Sports (pay-streaming)
• International rugby events: Rugby Pass (cable, pay-streaming)

Tennis[]

• Davis Cup: Rakuten TV (pay-streaming) (finals tournament only)
• Fed Cup TBD
• ATP: TAP Sports/Premier Tennis (cable and streaming)
• WTA: TAP Sports/Premier Tennis (cable and streaming)
• Australian Open: Fox Sports Asia (cable)
• French Open: Fox Sports Asia (cable)
• Wimbledon Championships: Fox Sports Asia (cable)
• U.S. Open: Fox Sports Asia
• Other tennis tournaments: Fox Sports Asia, beIN Sports, One Sports, Solar Sports and Eurosport

Wrestling[]

• WWE
  • WWE Raw: One Sports (free-to-air; 1-hour version); TAP Sports (cable)
  • WWE Smackdown: One Sports (free-to-air; 1-hour version); One Sports+ (satellite/cable)
  • WWE NXT: TAP Sports (cable); WWE Network (pay-streaming)
  • WWE NXT UK: TAP Sports (cable); WWE Network (pay-streaming)
  • 205 Live and monthly pay-per-view events: WWE Network (pay-streaming)
• Impact Wrestling
  • Impact!: TAP Sports (cable); FITE TV (pay-streaming)
  • Pay-per-view events: FITE TV (pay-streaming)
• All Elite Wrestling
  • AEW Dynamite: FITE TV (pay-streaming)
  • Pay-per-view events: FITE TV (pay-streaming)
• Lucha Underground: Kix (cable)
• Ring of Honor: FITE TV (pay-streaming)

Other sports[]

• Aquatics: Fox Sports Asia (highlights and selected events), One Sports (U.S. NCAA swimming events), Solar Sports (FINA Swimming WC, Diving GP/WS and Water Polo League), Eurosport (European Swimming Championships), beIN Sports (International Swimming League)
• Cricket: Youtube (free) (Caribbean Premier League), Fox Sports Asia and DD National (selected events) (cable and online streaming)
• Gymnastics: One Sports (U.S. NCAA gymnastics events)
• Darts: Fox Sports Asia, Solar Sports, Eurosport (selected events)
• Badminton: Tap Sports (BWF), One Sports (Badminton Asia)^[7]
• Bull riding: Fox Sports Asia (Fox Sports 2 and 3) (events of Professional Bull Riders)
• Australian rules football: ABC Australia (events of the Australian Football League)

Major events[]

• 2020 Summer Olympics: TV5, One Sports, One Sports+ (cable), Cignal (cable; both freeview and pay-per-view), beIN Sports (cable), Olympic Channel (free-streaming), Smart Gigafest (free/premium streaming; 16 channels)
• 2020 Paralympic Games: TAP Sports (cable), TAP Go (pay-streaming)
• Asian Games: TBA (2022)
• Southeast Asian Games: TBA (2021)

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