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, GMA Network, and TV5/Cignal TV (One Sports).
Local sports
Basketball
- PBA: One Sports (A2Z, One Sports; free TV), PBA Rush (cable), DZSR (radio)
- PBA D-League: One Sports (One Sports; free TV), PBA Rush (cable)
- PCCL: TBD (TV & cable), Facebook (free-streaming)
- Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup: Solar Sports (cable), Filoil EcoOil Sports on Facebook (free-streaming)
- UAAP: One Sports (One Sports; free TV), One Sports+, UAAP Varsity Channel (cable and satellite)
- NCAA: GMA Network (free TV)
- Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League: One PH (free TV), One Sports+ (cable), Facebook (free-streaming), YouTube (free-streaming), Kumu (free-streaming), Media Pilipinas TV (cable)
- Junior MPBL: Media Pilipinas TV (cable), Facebook & YouTube (free-streaming)
- Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3: Facebook (free-streaming), FIBA 3x3 on YouTube (free-streaming)
- National Basketball League (Philippines), Women's National Basketball League (Philippines), National Basketball League-Youth: ALIW 23 (free TV)
- AsiaBasket: Solar Sports (cable), YouTube (free-streaming), Facebook (free-streaming)
- VisMin Super Cup: Facebook (free-streaming)
- Pilipinas Super League: Solar Sports (cable), Facebook & YouTube (free-streaming)
- NAASCU: Facebook & YouTube (free-streaming)
- CESAFI: myTV Cebu (cable), CESAFI on Facebook (free-streaming)
- Universities and Colleges Basketball League: Smart Sports on Facebook (free-streaming), YouTube (free-streaming)
- Sinag Liga Asya: ALIW 23 (free TV), myTV Cebu, Tirad Pass Network & TAP Sports (cable), Blast TV PH (streaming)
Baseball
- UAAP: UAAP Varsity Channel (cable and satellite)
Boxing
- Blow by Blow (with MP Promotions): One Sports (free TV), Media Pilipinas TV (cable)
Football (soccer)
- Ang Liga: Smart Sports on Facebook (free-streaming)
- UAAP: UAAP Varsity Channel (cable and satellite)
- Philippines national football team and Philippines women's national football team matches: One Sports (free TV), One Sports+ (cable), and Pilipinas Live (free-streaming) (live qualifiers (World Cup qualifiers second round and friendlies)
- Philippines Football League: Facebook/YouTube (free-streaming), EXPTV (cable)
- Copa Paulino Alcantara: Facebook/YouTube (via live streaming)
Horse racing
- MetroTurf races: Sistemas Enterprises, Inc.
Volleyball
- Premier Volleyball League: One Sports (free TV), One Sports+ (cable), Smart Gigafest and PVL.ph (streaming), Kumu (free-streaming)
- Spikers' Turf: One Sports (free TV), One Sports+ (cable)
- V-League: Solar Sports (cable), Facebook & YouTube (free-streaming)
- Shakey's Super League: ALIW 23 (free TV), Solar Sports (cable), Plus Network (streaming), Blast TV PH (streaming), Facebook & YouTube (free-streaming)
- UAAP: One Sports (free TV), One Sports+, UAAP Varsity Channel (cable and satellite)
- NCAA: GMA Network (GTV) (free TV)
- Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association: Plus Network (streaming), Facebook & YouTube (free-streaming)
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)
- MPL Philippines: Net 25 (free TV), YouTube (free-streaming)
Other
- Philippine-American Football League: Solar Sports (cable)
- Manila Wrestling Federation
- MWF Aksyonovela TV and special events: Rock MNL (Rock of Manila TV) (free TV), Facebook/YouTube (free-streaming)
- Cockfighting: SLTV (cable), Pitmasters Live (direct-to-satellite via OTB branches, streaming)
Foreign sports
American football
- NFL: Premier Sports (cable), DAZN (online streaming)
- Super Bowl: Premier Sports (cable), DAZN (online streaming)
- USFL: Premier Sports (cable)
- NCAA-Division I FBS: One Sports (free TV), Eurosport (selected events), ACC Network (Youtube, games on demand)
Auto racing
- Formula One: beIN Sports (live races)
- Formula Two: beIN Sports (live races)
- Formula Three: beIN Sports (live races)
- Porsche Supercup: beIN Sports (live races)
- IndyCar Series and Indianapolis 500: One Sports (free TV; Indianapolis 500 only) and TAP Sports (cable and free-streaming)
- NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series: YouTube (delayed free-streaming after US telecast)
- FIA World Touring Car Championship: Eurosport (live races)
- World Rally Championship: beIN Sports (live races)
- MotoGP: SPOTV
- Supercars: beIN Sports (live races)
- Formula E: SPOTV (live races)
- Super GT: YouTube (live and on demand)
- Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters: YouTube (free practice session) and beIN Sports (live races)
- Motocross World Championship: TBD
- 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: YouTube (free-streaming MLB Game of the Week), MLB.TV (online only)
- Australian Baseball League: YouTube (free-streaming)
- World Baseball Classic: SPOTV (cable live broadcasts) and YouTube (free-streaming)
- Korea Baseball Organization: SPOTV
- 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 Sports platform of the World Baseball Softball Confederation)
- Dominican Professional Baseball League: MLB.TV (online only)
- Panamanian Professional Baseball League: YouTube (live free-streaming courtesy of Sertv beginning 2021 season)
- Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League: YouTube (free-streaming)
- Colombian Professional Baseball League: YouTube (live free-streaming via official league YouTube page beginning 2021 season)
- Roberto Clemente Baseball League: YouTube, Facebook and Twitter (free-streaming)
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 and Finals), NBA TV Philippines (cable, 24 hours), NBA League Pass (pay-streaming)[5]
- WNBA: NBA TV Philippines (cable, 24 hours)
- NCAA Men's Division I: One Sports
- McDonald's All-American Game: One Sports
- EuroLeague: EuroLeague TV (pay-streaming) and TAP Sports (cable, free-streaming)
- EuroCup: EuroLeague TV (pay-streaming)
- FIBA national team tournaments: TV5, One Sports (free TV), One Sports+ (cable)
- FIBA Intercontinental Cup: Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch (free-streaming)
- ASEAN Basketball League: YouTube (free-streaming)
- NBL Australia: Setanta Sports (streaming)
- B.League Japan: Solar Sports
Boxing
- Top Rank* bouts: One Sports (free TV), FITE TV (pay-streaming), YouTube (free-streaming) (selected fights)
- 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.ph 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): TV5, One Sports (free TV), Solar Sports (cable)
- Dream Boxing: DAZN:October 2022 to October 2025, all fights
- Other boxing events, including exhibition boxing events: Fight Sports (cable), FITE (pay-streaming)
(*) 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 Esports TV
- Techstorm TV
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup: Solar Sports
Football
Soccer
- FIFA World Cup: TAP Sports/Premier Sports (cable, pay-streaming for finals, plus all 2026 UEFA qualifiers), FIFA+ (free-streaming up to 4 matches per month for 2026 CONMEBOL qualifiers plus all African qualifiers matches), Fanatiz (pay-per-view streaming all matches live, exclude ARG, BOL, and BRA home matches), and CONMEBOL TV (ARG and BRA home qualifiers only, including both Superclasico matches)
- FIFA Women's World Cup: Pilipinas Live/Cignal TV (One Sports)
- FIFA U-20 World Cup: FIFA+ (free-streaming)
- FIFA U-17 World Cup: FIFA+ (free-streaming)
- FIFA Club World Cup: SpoTV and FIFA+ (2022-present)
- AFF Championship: MNC Media (Indonesia)
- AFC Asian Cup: TBA
- AFC Champions League: MNC Media (Indonesia)
- AFC Cup: MNC Media (Indonesia)
- A-League Men: TAP Sports/Premier Football (cable, pay-streaming)
- Australia Cup: YouTube (free-streaming)
- A-League Women: SpoTV (cable, pay-streaming)
- Chinese Super League: TAP Sports/Premier Football (cable, pay-streaming)
- J.League: YouTube (free-streaming)
- K-League: TAP Sports/Premier Football (cable, pay-streaming)
- UEFA European Championship: TAP Sports/Premier Football (cable, pay-streaming)
- UEFA European Qualifiers: TAP Sports/Premier Football (cable, pay-streaming)
- UEFA Nations League: TAP Sports/Premier Football (cable, pay-streaming)
- 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 Europa Conference League: UEFA.TV (delayed free-streaming after European telecast)
- UEFA Super Cup: TAP Sports/Premier Sports (cable, pay-streaming)
- UEFA Youth League: DAZN
- UEFA Women's Champions League: DAZN (2021-2025)
- Premier League: Setanta Sports
- FA Cup: beIN Sports (cable)
- FA Community Shield: beIN Sports (cable)
- FA Women's Super League: W-Sport
- Scottish Professional Football League: Setanta Sports (pay-streaming)
- La Liga: beIN Sports (cable)
- Serie A: beIN Sports (cable)
- Coppa Italia: Youtube
- Supercoppa Italiana: Youtube
- Ligue 1: beIN Sports and TV5 Monde Asie (cable)
- Coupe de France: DAZN
- Trophée des Champions: beIN Sports (cable)
- Bundesliga: TAP Sports/Premier Football (cable, pay-streaming)
- DFB-Pokal: TAP Sports/Premier Football (cable, pay-streaming)
- Frauen-Bundesliga: W-Sport and DFB Play
- Eredivisie: TAP Sports/Premier Football (cable, pay-streaming)
- Vrouwen Eredivisie: W-Sport
- Ekstraklasa: OneFootball
- Danish Super League: OneFootball (free-streaming)
- DBU Pokalen: Eleven Sports (free-streaming)
- CONCACAF: YouTube (free-streaming)
- Major League Soccer: Apple TV+ (pay-streaming via MLS Season Pass until 2032)
- National Women's Soccer League: W-Sport
- Canadian Premier League: TAP Sports/Premier Football (cable, pay-streaming)
- Saudi Professional League: SpoTV (until 2024—25)
Futsal
- UEFA Futsal Champions League: UEFA.tv (free-streaming) (final four only)
Golf
- PGA Tour: Premier Sports, CNBC Asia and GolfTV (pay-streaming)
- PGA Champions Tour: Premier Sports
- European Tour: One Sports, SPOTV
- Asian Tour: One Sports, SPOTV
- World Golf Championships: GolfTV (pay-streaming)
- Masters Tournament: SPOTV
- USGA: One Sports
- Presidents Cup: One Sports+ (cable), One Sports (free TV; delayed)
- Ryder Cup: One Sports, Premier Sports (cable)
- LIV Golf: SPOTV (cable)
Hockey
Field
- FIH
- Men's and Women's Pro Leagues: beIN Sports
Ice
- National Hockey League: NHL.TV (pay streaming), ESPN Australia (in select regional cable services via NHL on ESPN)
- International Ice Hockey Federation events: Solar Sports (selected events)
Kickboxing
- King of Kings: DAZN:October 2022 to October 2025, all fights
Mixed martial arts
- Bellator MMA: Kix, Paramount Network Asia
- Bushido MMA: DAZN:October 2022 to October 2025, all fights
- Cage Warriors: Premier Sports (cable)
- Combate Global: Premier Sports (cable)
- Enfusion: TAP Sports (cable)
- ONE Championship: One Sports (free TV), One Sports+
- Professional Fighters League: Solar Sports (cable)
- Ultimate Fighting Championship: Premier Sports (cable), UFC Fight Pass (streaming)
Rugby union
- Rugby World Cup: beIN Sports (2019-present)
- Asia Rugby Championship: Asiarugby.tv (free-streaming)
- Six Nations Championship: Premier Sports (cable, pay-streaming)
- EPCR: Premier Sports (cable, pay-streaming)
- World Rugby Sevens Series: Worldrugby.tv (free-streaming), Premier Sports (cable)
- Aviva Premiership: Premier Sports (pay-streaming)
- International rugby events: Rugby Pass (cable, pay-streaming)
Tennis
- ATP: beIN Sports
- WTA: Premier Sports 2 (cable and streaming)
- Australian Open: beIN Sports
- French Open: beIN Sports
- Wimbledon Championships: SPOTV
- U.S. Open: SPOTV
- Other tennis tournaments: beIN Sports, One Sports, Solar Sports and Eurosport
Professional wrestling
- WWE
- WWE Raw: TAP Sports (cable)
- WWE SmackDown: TAP Sports (cable)
- WWE NXT: TAP Sports (cable)
- WWE Premium Live Events: Disney+ Philippines (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: Premier Sports (cable); FITE TV (pay-streaming)
- AEW Rampage: Premier Sports (cable); FITE TV (pay-streaming)
- Pay-per-view events: FITE TV (pay-streaming)
- Ring of Honor: FITE TV (pay-streaming)
- New Japan Pro-Wrestling: FITE TV (pay-streaming)
Volleyball
- FIVB
- FIVB Volleyball Nations League: TV5/Cignal TV (One Sports) (from 2023)
Other sports
- Aquatics: 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)
- Athletics: Premier Sports 2 and Eurosport (Diamond League)
- Cricket: YouTube (free) (Caribbean Premier League) and DD National (selected events) (cable and online streaming)
- Gymnastics: One Sports (U.S. NCAA gymnastics events)
- Darts: Solar Sports, Eurosport (selected events)
- Badminton: SPOTV (BWF), TAP Sports/Premier Sports(Badminton Asia)[6]
- Bull riding: TBD
- Australian rules football: ABC Australia (events of the Australian Football League and AFL Women's)
- Sailing: Premier Sports and SPOTV (SailGP)
- Cycling: Eurosport (Tour de France)
- Outdoor/extreme sports: EDGEsport
Major events
- 2020 Summer Olympics, 2022 Winter Olympics, 2024 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: TV5/Cignal TV (One Sports) (cable and FTA), Pilipinas Live (online streaming) (2023)
- Southeast Asian Games: TV5/Cignal TV (One Sports) (2023)
References
- ↑ "ESPN5, NCC team up anew for 'Fearless' season". October 2, 2018.
- ↑ Murillo, Michael Angelo (September 25, 2019). "BTV and NBA Premium TV to cease broadcast operations on Oct. 1". BusinessWorld. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ↑ Terrado, Reuben (September 25, 2019). "Basketball TV, NBA Premium TV to cease operation on Oct. 1". Spin.ph. GMA New Media. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
- ↑ "NBA games return to Philippine television via Cignal-Smart collab". Spin.ph. GMA New Media. July 27, 2020.
- ↑ Morales, Luisa (July 27, 2020). "NBA returns to Philippine television with TV5, One Sports". Philstar.
- ↑ Badminton Asia (January 28, 2020). "Badminton Asia Team Championships 2020 Group Stage Resultspic.twitter.com/mcRyUqPvZp". Twitter. Retrieved February 7, 2020.