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ESPN5
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Launched February 22, 2004 (2004-02-22) (as ABC Sports)
May 5, 2011 (2011-05-05) (as Sports5)
October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12) (as ESPN5)
Division of TV5
Owner
TV5 Network
(under partnership agreement with ESPN Inc.)
Key people



  • Chot Reyes (President, TV5 Network, Inc.)

  • Lloyd Manaloto (Business Unit Head, ESPN5)


  • Patricia Bermudez-Hizon (Head, ESPN5/Sports5 Productions)

  • Michael VIllar (Production Unit Head, ESPN5)
Headquarters Mandaluyong City
Formerly known as


  • ABC Sports (2004–2008)

  • Sports5 (2011–2017)
Sister network
The 5 Network
AksyonTV
Hyper
PBA Rush
Official website Official website

ESPN5 (formerly ABC Sports from 2004 to 2008 and Sports5 from 2011 to 2017) 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 TV channels The 5 Network, AksyonTV and Cignal-exclusive channels Hyper and PBA Rush.


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.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 ABC Sports


    • 1.2 TV5 Sports


    • 1.3 Sports5


    • 1.4 ESPN5




  • 2 Current programs


    • 2.1 5 Network


    • 2.2 5 Network/Hyper


    • 2.3 AksyonTV


    • 2.4 PBA Rush




  • 3 Previous programs


    • 3.1 Block


    • 3.2 Programs


    • 3.3 Sports5.ph




  • 4 Sports broadcasters


    • 4.1 Current on-air staff


    • 4.2 Past on-air staff




  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





History



ABC Sports


The network's sports division, then known as ABC Sports, was established in 2004 as a result of ABC-5's acquisition of broadcast rights to the Philippine Basketball Association. The telecasts were known as the PBA on ABC, after the disbandment of the broadcasting consortium between NBN-4 and IBC-13. But after ABC rebranded to TV5 in August 2008, the network still managed to cover the 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals. The league's broadcast rights were then moved to Solar Sports and RPN-9 starting in the 2008-09 season.



TV5 Sports


In 2009, ABC Sports was renamed as TV5 Sports in the interim, in which the network acquired broadcasting rights to the ABL, U.S. boxing matches, and others.
In 2010, ABL's broadcasting contract with TV5 expired and then moved to IBC-13.



Sports5


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 due to high blocktime costs and poor ratings, 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 st., 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 satellite.[1]



ESPN5


On October 12, 2017, TV5 announced that it had reached a partnership with ESPN International to re-brand Sports 5 as ESPN5; the re-branding took effect the next day, coinciding with game 1 of the PBA Governors' Cup final. As part of the relationship, the channel acquired domestic rights to some of ESPN's U.S. and international programming, including boxing, IndyCar Series, the NFL, U.S. college sports, and the X Games. Although ESPN is a U.S. NBA broadcaster, the league has a separate rights deal with ABS-CBN. The operation includes a local version of ESPN's flagship studio program SportsCenter, SportsCenter Philippines (which premiered on December 17, 2017), and collaboration between ESPN and TV5 on digital content—having launched a localized version of ESPN.com and the streaming ESPN Player service on January 31, 2018. The partnership marked the return of the ESPN brand to the country since the replacement of ESPN Philippines with Fox Sports Asia.[2][3][4][5]



Current programs



5 Network



  • 30 for 30

  • Around the Horn

  • Boxing's Greatest Fights

  • ESPN College Basketball

  • ESPN Top Rank Boxing

  • Heavy Hitters

  • High Noon

  • NCAA March Madness

  • NFL

  • Pardon the Interruption

  • Philippine Basketball Association

  • Philippine Super Liga

  • SportsCenter Philippines



5 Network/Hyper




  • Ultimate Fighting Championship (including UFC Fight Night matches)

  • UFC Now

  • UFC Presents

  • UFC Unleashed

  • UFC Ultimate Insider

  • The Ultimate Fighter



AksyonTV



  • Blancpain GT Series Asia

  • PBA Developmental League



PBA Rush



  • Basketball Science

  • The Chasedown

  • PBA Rulebook

  • Swagg Anatomy

  • Shootaround

  • Basketball Almanac



Previous programs



Block



  • AKTV (2011–2013)


Programs




  • ASEAN Basketball League (2009–2010)


  • PBA on ABC/TV5 (2004–2008)


  • NCAA Philippines (2012–2015; returned to ABS-CBN Sports)

  • Ringside (2004–2008)


  • NBA (2007–2008)

  • 2011 Philippine Open Pool Championship

  • MVP Cup

  • 2005 Southeast Asian Games

  • 2012 London Olympic Games Sports Coverage

  • 2018 Winter Olympics

  • 2018 Asian Games

  • Shakey's V-League

  • Ronda Pilipinas

  • Nike Rise

  • Filsports Basketball Association

  • Pacific Xtreme Combat

  • Sports 360


  • Manny Pacquiao presents Blow by Blow

  • United Football League

  • United Regional Basketball League



Sports5.ph


  • Speedo G-League


Sports broadcasters



Current on-air staff




  • Don Allado (PBA Rush Basketball analyst)

  • Paolo del Rosario (MoneyBall host, PBA Rush Lead play-by-play, Courtside reporter, Shootaround host)

  • Chuck Araneta (PBA on ESPN5/PBA Rush Lead play-by-play, Courtside reporter)

  • Charlie Cuna (PBA on ESPN5 Lead play-by-play)

  • Selina Dagdag (PBA on ESPN5 Courtside reporter)

  • Apple David (SportsCenter Philippines contributor, PBA on ESPN5 Courtside reporter)


  • Tony Dela Cruz (PBA on ESPN5 Basketball analyst)

  • Rizza Diaz (PBA on ESPN5 Courtside reporter)

  • Amanda Fernandez (PBA Rush Basketball analyst, Lead play-by-play, Courtside reporter, SportsCenter Philippines anchor)


  • Ryan Gregorio (PBA on ESPN5 Basketball analyst)


  • Quinito Henson (PBA on ESPN5 Basketball analyst)

  • Andy Jao (PBA on ESPN5 Basketball analyst)

  • Carla Lizardo (SportsCenter Philippines substitute anchor, PBA on ESPN5 Courtside reporter)


  • Magoo Marjon (PBA on ESPN5 Lead play-by-play, SportsCenter Philippines anchor)

  • Carlo Pamintuan (PBA Rush Basketball analyst, Lead play-by-play, Courtside reporter, Shootaround host)


  • Ali Peek (PBA Rush Basketball analyst)

  • Chiqui Reyes (PBA Rush Lead Play-by-play)

  • Eric Reyes (PBA on ESPN5 Basketball analyst)

  • Sev Sarmenta (PBA on ESPN5/PSL Lead play-by-play)

  • Denise Tan (PBA on ESPN5 Courtside reporter)

  • Charles Tiu (PBA Rush Basketball analyst)

  • Tex Suiter (PSL Volleyball analyst)


  • Jong Uichico (PBA Rush Basketball analyst)

  • Chiqui Pablo (PSL Volleyball analyst)

  • Dominic Uy (PBA on ESPN5 Basketball analyst)

  • James Velasquez (PBA Rush/PBA on ESPN5/PSL Lead play-by-play)


  • Aaron Atayde (SportsCenter Philippines anchor)


  • Jinno Rufino (SportsCenter Philippines anchor)


  • Eric Menk (SportsCenter Philippines contributor)

  • Richard del Rosario (PBA Rush Basketball analyst)

  • Anthony Suntay (PSL Lead play-by-play)

  • Noel Zarate (PSL Lead play-by-play)


  • Lia Cruz (SportsCenter Philippines anchor)

  • Mich Del Carmen (SportsCenter Philippines contributor)


  • Patricia Bermudez-Hizon (Head, ESPN5/Sports5 Production)


  • Chot Reyes (President of TV5 Network, Inc.)

  • Chino Lui Pio (SportsCenter Philippines reporter)

  • Jutt Sulit (PBA Rush Lead play-by-play)


  • Cesca Litton-Kalaw (PBA on ESPN5/PSL courtside Reporter)

  • Lyn Olavario (SportsCenter Philippines reporter)

  • Renz Ongkiko (SportsCenter Philippines reporter)



Past on-air staff



  • Ramon Bautista

  • Mara Aquino

  • Ai Dela Cruz

  • Rado Dimalibot

  • Jing Jamlang (moved to ABS-CBN Sports)


  • Kenneth Duremdes (Currently as commissioner of MPBL)

  • Jolly Escobar

  • Jayvee Gayoso (moved to ABS-CBN Sports)


  • Sel Guevara (moved to ABS-CBN Sports)


  • Mico Halili (currently as digital head of ABS-CBN Sports)

  • Vince Hizon

  • Jojo Lastimosa

  • Frankie Lim

  • Miakka Lim

  • Peter Martin

  • Butch Maniego†


  • Ronnie Magsanoc (moved to ABS-CBN Sports)*

  • Jessica Mendoza

  • L.A. Mumar

  • Peaches Aberin

  • Erika Padilla

  • Trish Roque

  • Rheema Chanco

  • Stephanie Cueva

  • Joy Delorey

  • Boyet Sison (moved to ABS-CBN Sports)


  • Benjie Paras (moved to ABS-CBN Sports)

  • Barry Pascua†

  • Nikko Ramos (moved to ABS-CBN Sports)

  • Judy Saril (moved to ABS-CBN Sports)

  • Angelika Schmeing-Cruz

  • Niña Sison

  • Luigi Trillo

  • Jason Webb

  • Sam YG

  • Jannelle So

  • Ed Picson

  • Mon Liboro

  • Jude Turcuato (currently works as VP for Territory and Head of Fox Networks Group Philippines)

  • Vitto Lazatin

  • TJ Manotoc (returned to ABS-CBN Sports)



See also



  • Philippine Basketball Association

  • The 5 Network

  • Hyper

  • PBA Rush

  • PBA on NBN/IBC

  • ABS-CBN Sports



References





  1. ^ "TV5 gets rights to air UFC fights as Balls Channel announces it is going off the air". Spin.ph. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Bolante, Mikkel (October 12, 2017). "ESPN-5 IS HERE - TV5 announces partnership with 'Worldwide Leader in Sports'". Interaksyon. Retrieved October 12, 2017.


  3. ^ Melvin, Paul (October 11, 2017). "TV 5 AND ESPN COLLABORATE TO LAUNCH ESPN 5 IN THE PHILIPPINES" (Press release). ESPN. Retrieved October 12, 2017.


  4. ^ Isaga, JP (October 12, 2017). "ESPN returns to Philippine TV with TV5 partnership". Rappler. Retrieved October 12, 2017.


  5. ^ "ESPN launches New Digital Gateway with the Philippines Edition of ESPN.com and ESPN Player". Manila Bulletin. January 31, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2018.




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