By Popular Demand, More NBA and PBA Games on IBC

March 17, 2014

IBC will now air at least seven live PBA games per week and the NBA games aired with the addition of a Monday morning games and the second game of a Sunday regular season.

After the highly successful broadcast of the Philippine Cup playoffs, the PBA and NBA, Viva Sports and IBC have agreed to make some changes to the ongoing Commissioner’s Cup schedule beginning today.

Mondays, Saturdays and Sundays will now be a regular part of the NBA morning schedule and special Tuesday playdate scheduled for March 25. The PBA running behind schedule, and preparation time a must for the Gilas players, the playdate is an absolute necessity for the league to devote to the national cause.

In addition, IBC will now air the doubleheaders of the PBA games, as opposed to only one during the Philippine Cup and early in the Commissioner’s Cup. As a result, The Kapinoy Network will now have at least seven live games per week as opposed to only five in the original setup.

Meanwhile, the Kapinoy network will broadcast two games live on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays in the originalformat will remain the same, on Wednesday and Friday for the first game at 4:30 to 6:30  p.m. and the second game airing live 'via satellite' at 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. On weekends, the provincial games on Saturdays and the first game at 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. and second game at 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Also, IBC News Network (INN) will still carry all the games live.

Thanks to the addition of a PBA and NBA games, IBC′s ‘Panalo Weekend’ schedule will now be as follows:

Wednesday and Friday
 * 04:30 – PBA first game (LIVE)
 * 06:30 – Express Balita (LIVE)
 * 07:30 – PBA second game (LIVE)
 * 09:30 – Your Heart, My Love
 * 10:00 – Crazy Little Thing Called Love
 * 10:30 – La Madrastra
 * 11:00 – My Love Patzzi
 * 11:30 – Ronda Trese (LIVE)

Saturdays
 * 09:45 – NBA (Live via satellite)
 * 12:00 – Lunch Break (LIVE)
 * 02:30 – PBA (LIVE)
 * 04:30 – Friends 4Ever
 * 05:15 – Express Balita Weekend (LIVE)
 * 05:45 – Bitag
 * 06:15 – Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
 * 07:00 – Whattaboys
 * 07:45 – Sandy's Romance
 * 08:30 – Once Upon a Time
 * 09:15 – Born to be a Superstar (LIVE)
 * 10:00 – Sir Chief Loves Maya
 * 10:45 – Happy TODAS
 * 11:45 – DMZ-TV

Sundays
 * 02:30 – PBA first game (LIVE)
 * 04:30 – CelebrityDATcom (LIVE)
 * 05:00 – PBA second game (LIVE)
 * 07:00 – The Million Second Quiz
 * 08:00 – Express Balita Weekend (LIVE)
 * 08:30 – Born to be a Superstar (LIVE)
 * 09:45 – Last Fool Show
 * 10:30 – Sunday Sinemaks

The PBA Commissioner’s Cup will be taking a break from April 3-6 to give way to the All-Star Game, which is expected to bring back the PBA All-Stars vs. Gilas format of the previous year. The single-round nine-game eliminations will end on April 20.