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Country | Philippines |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide and Worldwide |
Network | TV5 Network |
Affiliates | One Sports |
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Language(s) | English (main) Filipino (secondary) |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to 16:9 480i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Cignal TV, Inc. (MediaQuest Holdings Inc.) Philippine Basketball Association |
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History | |
Launched | July 5, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-07-05) |
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Website | cignal |
PBA Rush is a 24/7 exclusive channel of Cignal, which has been currently airing games of the Philippine Basketball Association. The channel is patterned after NBA TV and was launched on July 5, 2016. The 3-year partnership agreement between Cignal and the PBA was signed on July 17, 2016, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, 2 days after the opening of the 2016 PBA Governors' Cup.[1][2]
Aside from the live telecast of the PBA games (in English commentary), other programming included in PBA Rush are same-day replays of PBA games (in mostly Tagalog commentary), games from the PBA D-League,[2] (also in mostly Tagalog commentary) and behind-the-scenes shows such as Kuwentong Gilas.[1] The channel currently focuses on the ongoing season and conference.[1][3]
The channel is aired on Channel 90 in standard definition and Channel 260 in high definition. Some programs of PBA Rush, are also aired international on the Kapatid Channel and AksyonTV International.
(*) also aired on Kapatid Channel (international) and AksyonTV International.
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1Joint venture with Viva Entertainment 2Partnership agreement with ESPN Inc. 3Partnership with Bloomberg L.P. 4Joint venture with NBA TV 5Joint venture with APT Entertainment 6Joint venture with UAAP |
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1Joint venture with Viva Entertainment 2Partnership agreement with ESPN Inc. 3Joint venture with NBA TV 4 Joint venture with APT Entertainment 5Joint venture with the UAAP |