Viva-TV is the NBA and PBA for a new home

March 31, 2013

MANILA, Philippines – Viva-TV on IBC, the home to the primetime network of the NBA and the PBA now carrying station. This means Viva Sports will continue to produce the games will only buy airtime from Channel 13. Meanwhile, the PBA also airing on TV5's UHF sports channel AKTV, the news channel AksyonTV and the cable sports network Hyper along with the NCAA, NBA, FIBA, NBA D-League, PBA D-League, PXC, UFL and WWE.

As the National Basketball Association and the Philippine Basketball Association are in the same station. The PBA announced has approved the proposal of Viva Sports to the broadcast and coverage of the PBA games into a five-times-a week with just one game on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 6:30 p.m. (beaten than flagship news programs TV Patrol and 24 Oras) and Saturdays at 8 p.m. (against drama anthologies Maalaala Mo Kaya and Magpakailanman), and the two-games also on Sundays at 4 p.m.

The PBA games will now be seen on the sequestered TV station IBC. “The board’s decision ensures that our fans will continue to enjoy our PBA games for the 38th season,” said commissioner Chito Salud. “It has always been the primary consideration of the board that our games are brought to a wider and younger audience.” In Viva-TV shows, with the hit phenomenal cartoons like Pop Pixie, Barbie and Winx Club, hit anime Cyborg Kurochan, hit telenovelas like Teresa, Rosalinda and Palabra de Mujer, and hit asianovelas My Daughter the Flower.

Viva-TV on IBC, an entertainment network on a primetime block, became the new home station for the NBA games and the PBA games that Viva Sports will producing on Philippine television. IBC's commitment to be more competitive in the industry. IBC-13's immediate goal is to be number 3 with a powerhouse line-up of brand new shows aims to increase the revenues, net profit and income with the world-class, quality, popular, top-rating and award-winning homegrown programming during the primetime slot with the PBA beaten than primetime shows from Channel 2 and 7 while a broadcast the games in IBC’s primetime block renamed Viva-TV, continue to cover the season, saying that IBC and Viva will now have a sports programs. PBA tickets range from P150 to P350 while venue rentals vary from P20,000 to P35,000 or a percentage of the gate, whichever is higher.

Another source said one-game weekday matches may not sit well with the PBA fans, even if these games feature crowd favorites, like Barangay Ginebral San Miguel, San Mig Coffee Mixers, Barako Bull Energy Cola, Meralco Bolts, Milo Energy Drink, Petron Blaze Boosters, Air21 Express, Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, Alaska Aces, Talk N' Text Tropang Texters and GlobalPort Batang Pier watching favorite teams in action, including the the Rookie Draft, the Philippine Cup, the Commissioners' Cup and the Governors' Cup, and on Sundays also ion halftime, topped with live guest performances from your favorite Viva stars.

Meanwhile, the NBA games will showing on IBC throught the sports programs of Viva Sports. A total of two games being aired every weekend on Saturdays at 6 p.m. and Sundays at 12:15 p.m. (an alternative to the Sunday musical variety shows ASAP and Party Pilipinas), which is the home to the L.A. Lakers, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Aklahoma City Thunder, Dallas Mavericks, Chicago Bulls, Denver Nuggets, Miami Heat, New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Cleveland Cavaliers, the Orlando Magic, the Washington Wizards, the Brooklyn Nets, the Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers, the Golden State Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers, the L.A. Clippers, Phoenix Suns, the Houston Rockets, the Memphis Grizzles and New Orleans Hornets, including the Pre-Season, Regular Season, NBA Playoffs and NBA Finals.

Solar Sports on the other hand, will still showing 7-8 regular NBA fares on cable throught Basketball TV and on free TV broadcaster with ABS-CBN and Studio 23.

The changes, Viva Sports said, counteract the growing opposition posted by soap operas and game shows being aired by other networks during the nightcap of the league's usual doubleheader. Aside from the NBA and PBA, the single game days are projected to help boost Channel 13's own game shows are produced by Viva Television like Who Wants to be a Millionaire and The Weakest Link for the million-peso prize and the popular talent search show contest Born to be a Star for the singing star fans.

Those shows help bring in the money for IBC-13 with the revenues and income will now put the NBA and PBA in the Viva-TV primetime lineup on Channel 13 by the government sequestered station. Other sponsors included Alaska, MILO, Pharex, McDonald’s, Microtel Hotel, Molten, Selecta Oreo Ice Cream and Selecta Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Cookies, Outlast Batteries, and Globe Prepaid.