Basketball TV
| Basketball TV (BTV) | |
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| Launched | 1 October 2006 |
| Owned by | Solar Entertainment Corporation |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Slogan | More than a Game |
| Country | Philippines |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Sister channel(s) | CT Jack TV Shop TV NBA Premium TV Solar Sports |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Digital | Channel 22 (Digital test broadcast) |
| Satellite | |
| Cignal TV | Channel 54 (SD) |
| G Sat | Channel 28 |
| Dream Satellite TV | Channel 36 |
| Cable | |
| SkyCable | Channel 33 (Digital) |
| Destiny Cable | Channel 33 (Digital) |
| Cable Star Iloilo (Iloilo) | Channel 37 |
| Parasat Cable TV (Cagayan De Oro) | Channel 53 |
| Satellite Cable Network, Inc. (Pampanga) | Channel 110 |
| Caceres Cable TV (Naga City) | Channel 50 |
| Cablelink | Channel 225 (Coming Soon) |
| Available on most Cable TV systems. | And selected Cable TV Stations nationwide. |
| Streaming media | |
| blink | www.blink-now.com |
Basketball TV or BTV is a 24-hour Filipino all-basketball cable channel based in Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City. It is owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2006, rebranding the Sports Plus channel.
The channel focuses more on showing NBA TV related programs and also regular NBA games once the season begins. In its initial broadcasts, it has been showing re-runs of the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
Aside for the NBA games, it also shows coverage of the Euroleague and the National Basketball League as well as FIBA related programming and the 2006 Asian Games and 2008 Olympic Games basketball competitions. The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was shown on BTV including the championship game, as well as the 2008 tournament.
Aside for its foreign coverage, BTV was the official carrier of the Philippine Basketball League from April 2007 until its demise in 2010 after gaining the rights from Studio 23. The coverage is on a slightly delayed basis at 5:00 pm. In late-2007, the second matchup of a Tuesday gameday is shown on RPN but has since moved to IBC on Saturdays at the onset of the season-ending conference because RPN became the exclusive broadcast carrier of C/S. However the PBL was moved back to C/S 9 in November 2008, showing the first game on Tuesday.
It also covered the Collegiate Champions League tournaments, and in the past saw a few National Capital Region Athletic Association and National Basketball Conference matches.
From 2008−2011, the Philippine Basketball Association was also shown on BTV, although on delay and only one game per day, with the live games aired on RPN and later Studio 23 (now ABS-CBN Sports+Action).
The channel is available throughout Metro Manila through SkyCable and is also available nationwide via Cignal and G-Sat satellite TV and other contract for local cable operators Nationwide, as well as online (exclusively available for SkyMobi subscribers).
A supplementary channel, NBA Premium TV, was launched in time for the 2010–11 season, featuring over 400 games with no local commercials. The network is available on both HD and SD formats, and is available as a premium subscription plan with additional fees.
Contents
BTV Programs
NBA
Current Programs
- NBA Action* (also aired on ABS-CBN Sports+Action and NBA Premium TV)
- NBA.com Fantasy Insider*
- NBA Inside Stuff* (also aired on ABS-CBN Sports+Action and NBA Premium TV)
- NBA Gametime Live
- NBA Games
- Real NBA*
- The Beat*
- The Starters*
- Inside the NBA*
- The Jump on NBA.COM*
- NBA D-League Central*
- NBA D-League Game of the Week*
- WNBA Games
- WNBA Action**
- NBA Playoffs Playback
- NBA Summer League
- NBA Draft
- One on One with Ahmad Rashad
- Open Court
- NBA Hardwood Classics
- NBA Marquee Match-up
- NBA Playoff Playback
[*] Note that new episodes of these programs are only available during the NBA season.
[**] New episodes only during the WNBA season.
Recurring Programs
- Making the Call with Ronnie Nunn
- NBA Draft Playback
- Sounds of the Finals
- The Run
- Overtime (TV show)
- NBA Stories
- Marv Albert Show
- NBA Greatest Games/Hardwood Classics
- NBA Home Video
- NBA Basketballography
- NBA Specials
- Vintage NBA
- NBA Vault
- NBA Wired
- Books and Basketball
- NBA Journeys
- NBAE Presents
- NBA Fit
- NBA Slideshow
- Real Training Camp
Local Network Programs
- Shop TV (also aired on GMA Network, GMA News TV, ETC, 2nd Avenue, Jack TV and Solar Sports)
Defunct Programs
- NBA Jam (TV series) (Local or Original Version)
- NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad
- NBA 360
- NBA Hoop Party
- NBA TV Top 10 Games of the Week
FIBA
- 2008 Beijing Olympics
- 2012 London Olympics
- Stankovic Cup
- FIBA Diamond Ball
- FIBA World Basketball*
- FIBA World Championship
- FIBA Asia Championship
- FIBA Americas Championship
- EuroBasket
[*] - Also currently airing on Solar Sports
College
- ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
- NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
- Philippine Collegiate Championship *
- Collegiate Champions League
- National Capital Region Athletic Association
- One U
[*] - Broadcast rights moved to ABS-CBN Sports through ABS-CBN Sports+Action and Balls.
Local leagues
- Philippine Basketball League
- Nike Elite Camp
- Fil-Oil/Flying V Invitational Cup
- Philippine Basketball Association
- Philippine Women Basketball League
- Liga Pilipinas
Other foreign leagues
- Euroleague (briefly moved to ESPN Star Sports in the 2009-10 season)
- National Basketball League
- Chinese Basketball Association
- Liga ACB
Other
- Home Shopping Network
See also
- Solar Entertainment Corporation, Official broadcasting
- Solar Sports, Basketball TV sister channel
- NBA Premium TV, Basketball TV sister channel
- ABS-CBN, official broadcasting on free TV partner on FIBA Basketball World Cup and NBA games in the Philippines
- TV5, official broadcasting on free TV partner on Gilas Pilipinas and FIBA Basketball World Cup
External links
- Official website
- bTV at Telebisyon.net
