IBC-13 to cover major SEA Games events

February 15, 2013

IBC-13 as the Kapinoy network will now airing its Viva-TV programming on primetime and devote huge airtime for its coverage of the 27rd Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines.

Although IBC-13 and Viva Sports has deal with the Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee, the Eric Canoy-owned network has been mapping up plans to come up with a coverage at par with international standards.

The most popular events in the country will be covered by Viva-TV on IBC. Among the events to be covered by Viva-TV are athletics, boxing, volleyball, badminton, bowling, billiards, taekwando, wushu, football and basketball should this be included in the SEAG calendar.

"This will be our contribution to the country. We expect this SEA Games to produce new Filipino sporting heroes and we want to bring the exploits of our Kapinoy on the TV sets the best way we can," said chairman Eric Canoy and president and CEO Boots Anson-Roa with Viva chairman and CEO Vic del Rosario, Jr.

Actually, Philsoc is awarding the exclusive TV rights of the games to composed of government-owned networks like IBC-13 and PTV-4, as well as major networks like ABS-CBN and GMA. When IBC and Viva Sports serves as the lead host broadcaster of its technical expertise, huge personnel and equipment. Also, the coverage of TV5, AksyonTV and AKTV during December 2013 christmas day.

Also offering athletics to IBC-13 when the two parties have yet to come to an agreement. "We've need different equipment in covering track and field events," said Rosario.

IBC-13 kicks off its full-blown coverage of the games on Viva-TV with the airing of the opening ceremonies on April 6, 2012 starting at 2:30 p.m. Before that, the network features primers in the run-up to the games.