Sports5

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Not to be confused with Sport 5, an all-sports channel in Israel.

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Sports5
Division of: TV5 Network, Inc.
Key people: Chot Reyes (Head, Sports5 and Digital5)
Vitto Lazatin (Vice-president, Sports5)
Headquarters: Mandaluyong City
Slogan: Sports you watch, sports that matter.
Parent: TV5 Network, Inc.
Sister networks: TV5, AksyonTV, Catsup, 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 and former Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes, Reyes is also the head of Digital5, while former Solar Sports personality Vitto Lazatin is the vice-president.

History

Sports5 is the Sports division arm of TV5 Network, Inc.. In 2011, TV5 and IBC, inked a blocktime deal which subsequently became AKTV. It was launched on May 5, 2011 through a marathon held at the Mall Of Asia Grounds in Pasay City.

From then on, Sports5 obtained rights to air major sporting leagues and events like the Philippine Basketball Association, United Football League and the NCAA (returned to ABS-CBN Sports in 2015).

Until its flagship primetime sports block's closure in 2013, most of its programs are aired on IBC through its programming block AKTV. From June 2013 onwards, most of its sports coverages are shown 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. In 2016, Sports5 acquired the Philippine broadcast rights (from ABS-CBN Sports) to air Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on free TV and sattelite.[1]

Current Programs

TV5/AksyonTV

TV5/Hyper

AksyonTV

Standalone TV programs

  • Football Younghusband Instructionals
  • Tiutorials
  • Dare The Younghusbands
  • Sports 360

Sports5.ph

  • They Call Me Coach
  • No Holds Barred: We Ask The Questions, You Get The Answers
  • The Bro Show
  • SelFie!
  • Kicksplorer
  • The Perfect Round
  • Nth Degree
  • Full Court Report
  • GG Network

Contracts

  • Olympics official broadcaster for the Philippines (2014-2016)

Previous Programs

Block

Programs

Sports5.ph

  • Speedo G-League

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 [2]

See also

References

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External links

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