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| Country | Philippines |
|---|---|
| Network | NBA TV |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Solar Entertainment Corporation |
| Sister channels | ETC Shop TV Jack TV Solar Sports Basketball TV |
| History | |
| Launched | October 16, 2010 |
| Closed | October 1, 2019 |
| Replaced by | Solar Sports (Solar Entertainment Corporation) NBA TV Philippines (Cignal TV) |
NBA Premium TV was a Philippine pay television sports-oriented network owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation. The channel is a joint venture between Solar and NBA TV. It was a live simulcast broadcast of NBA TV, the league's dedicated channel in the United States.
On September 25, 2019, it announced on the official Facebook page of Basketball TV (BTV) as well as on its Instagram and Twitter accounts that the channel and BTV will cease their operations on October 1, 2019. The final program to air on this channel was a replay of NBA Playoff Playback on September 30, 2019, before signing off at 12:10 a.m. on October 1, 2019.
Upon the channel's termination, Sky Cable and Cignal in their joint statement said that they were jointly negotiating directly with the NBA to make games and programming available to millions of fans in the Philippines, “We have submitted an offer to the NBA and are awaiting a response.”[1] 10 months later, NBA awarded the broadcast rights of its games to Cignal and its sister stations TV5 and One Sports, with Cignal launching its own channel NBA TV Philippines on July 31, 2020.[2][3][4][5]
- ^ "NBA disappears from pay TV; Sky Cable, Cignal negotiating new deal". Inquirer.net.
- ^ "NBA games return to Philippine television via Cignal-Smart collab". spin.ph.
- ^ Henson, Joaquin M. (July 29, 2020). "NBA is back home". Philstar.com. The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- ^ "Cignal, Smart join forces to deliver live NBA games in PH". Philippine Star. July 27, 2020.
- ^ Villanueva, Eros (July 27, 2020). "How to watch NBA games in the Philippines". ESPN5. Retrieved July 29, 2020.