The PBA on Viva TV was a presentation of Philippine Basketball Association
games on Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation by VIVA Entertainment after The PBA on V iva TV the company absorbedVintage Sports. Developed Viva Sports by Starring various PBA on Viva Contents TV commentators
History Country of Philippines
origin Commentators Play-by-play Original Filipino, English Color language(s) Courtside Reporters Production See also Camera multicamera setup References setup Running 2 hours (airs History time Wednesdays and Fridays) In 2000, Vintage Television was bought by media giant Viva Entertainment. Prior to 4 hours (airs the acquisition, Vintage Television have signed a three-year broadcast deal with the Saturdays and PBA in 1999 worth 770 million pesos. They defeated GMA Network, in its bid to Sundays) enter into the sports broadcasting scene following ABS-CBN's coverage of the then- Release existing Metropolitan Basketball Association. Original Intercontinental From 2000 to 2001, Viva TV broadcast PBA games on Sundays, Wednesdays and network Broadcasting Fridays with out of town games covered on Saturdays either live, tape-delay or aired Corporation days later. In 2002, at Viva's request, the league scheduled its games on Tuesdays Picture 480i SDTV and Thursdays with one game from 6-8, and two double-headers on Saturdays and format Sundays to accommodate the airing of the local version of two popular game shows that was also produced by them; (The Weakest Link and Who Wants To Be A Original February 20, 2000 – Millionaire). This led to a sudden decrease in ratings and the league shifted back its release December 25, 2002 2001 schedule at the start of the semifinals of theCommissioner's Cup. Chronology Preceded PBA on Vintage Noli Eala and Ed Picson were the main play-by-play commentators from 2000 to by Sports 2002. However, Picson left the network at midseason following a fallout between him and the network. He would return to cover PBA games for the PBA on ABC Followed PBA on NBN/IBC broadcast in 2004. by Related PBA on Vintage At the end of the 2002 season, Viva left a significant amount of debt to the league. shows Sports They tried to bid for a new contract with the league but was defeated by the NBN- IBC consortium.
Viva-TV aired its last PBA games on Christmas Day 2002 during Game 4 of the 2002 All-Filipino Cup between the Coca-Cola Tigers and the Alaska Aces. Incoming commissionerNoli Eala and Tommy Manotoc were the commentators for its last run.
Commentators Play-by-play Noli Eala Mon Liboro Chino Trinidad Ed Picson Benjie Santiago Anthony Suntay
Color Quinito Henson Paolo Trillo TJ Manotoc Tommy Manotoc Ron Jacobs Yeng Guiao
Courtside Reporters Dong Alejar Chiqui Roa-Puno Jannelle So
See also Philippine Basketball Association PBA on ESPN 5 List of programs broadcast by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
References Succeeded by Preceded by PBA TV coverage partners PBA on NBN PBA on Vintage Sports 2000–2002 PBA on IBC
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