PBA game fans goes nationwide on IBC

October 1, 2012 It is a first on Philippine TV, and for basketball fans and for the sport. Viva-TV will have a new all PBA games goes live nationwide ratings on the Kapinoy network IBC-13. Also, the Sports5 provied PBA on TV5, which airs monthly, while airs every four-times a week on sports channel AKTV and Hyper, and news channel AksyonTV.

The head office of the Intercontinental Broadcasting Corp. (IBC-13) will have more aggressive for surging ahead in the ratings has received reports from all its provincial relay stations that basketball fans have facilities for their allowing telecast the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) games and more Viva-TV programs from continuing to prevent IBC's provincial and relay stations from airing the programs of Viva-TV on IBC-13. Also, sequestered TV network IBC is now a No.3 behind the giant networks ABS-CBN and GMA, according to the survey of AGB Nielsen Media Research.

Channel 13 airs the PBA games on the 5:00 pm-11:30 pm slot bought by Viva Sportsthrough a new blocktime sales agreement which gives the government-sequestered station P11 million per month with Channel 13 for making gaining viewership in posing a challenge to the established shows of rival networks have been given new shows as part of the network's continuing strategy to strengthen its Viva-TV primetime programming on IBC

Teleseryes are being produced in such high numbers that TV networks often run out of actors to cast. Channels 2, 5 and 7 air an average of five teleseryes at night, with four more in the afternoon. Viva-TV intends to beef up its new primetime teleserye programming in the coming months.

James Yap said into their ratings, four-times a week PBAslot on Channel 13 would mean that Viewers of Channel 13will have basketball coming with just one game on Wednesday and Friday while provincial games on Saturdays and also the two-games on Sundays while at the time the same time beefing up its new top-rating Viva-TV programming with Popstar Diaries, Annebishowsa and KC.com, the No.1 phenomenal animated fairy-serye Winx Club, countdown Daily Top 10, movies Viva Box Office and Sinemaks, new comedy show Petra's Panniest, showbiz-oriented show Showbiz Star, soap-opera teleserye Esperanza and 5 Girls and Daddy, teen drama anthology Dear Heart, sitcom Petrang Kabayo and Dalawang Busoy, reality dating-game Sabi Mo Nanay, reality show Pantaxya X and 2NE1 TV, dedicated Especially For You, talent search SM Little Stars, phenomenal game shows 1 vs. 100, The Weakest Link and Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, new anime like Crayon Shin Chan, Cyborg Kurochan and Sailor Moon, and new Korean dramas like Wife Returns, Queen and I, Romance Town and I Need Romance which become the homegrown programs for the top of the ratings.

PBA commissioner Chito Salud, welcomed the coming of the PBA because the biggest players, who will use to air the PBA's home station.