IBC Sports relaunch this May 3

May 3, 2014

Viva Sports recently signed a P600-million blocktime contract with IBC Sports, the country's leader in sports production and marketing of the sequestered turned the broadcasting giant Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), a deal, which is the companys long-running with Jojo Lastimoa, IBC Sports head.

This is the first time ever as part of IBC Sports, Viva Sports, which covers the Philippine Basketball Association for radio and television and Solar Sports cover the National Basketball Association, will account for 76 percent of IBC-13's total homegrown programming of The Kapinoy Network in both daytime, primetime and late-night. In primetime hours, Viva will control about 45 percent of total programming using much of this on sports.

IBC chairman Eric Canoy disclosed that the P600-million contract has a provision that would allow IBC Sports to airing of the PBA from Viva Sports and NBA from Solar Sports to aired on Channel 13, thanks to Dong Alejar, the sports programming head of IBC Sports.

Under the agreement between IBC Sports, Viva Sports and Solar Sports, priority will be given to the installation of a brand new and powerful 60-kilowatt transmittr and the refurbishing and upgrading of netwrk stations in key provincial areas as a prelude to a nationwide like via satellite.