TAP Sports
TAP Sports (stylized as tap Sports) is a Philippine pay television network of sports channels owned by TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation. It was launched on April 14, 2019 under two separate channels carried by Sky Cable, and was later relaunched the following year.
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| Country | Philippines |
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| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Mandaluyong, Metro Manila |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to 480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation |
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| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Cable | |
| Sky Cable (Metro Manila) |
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| Cablelink (Metro Manila) |
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| Air Cable (Pampanga and Rizal) |
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| Royal Cable (Laguna) |
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| Parasat (Cagayan de Oro) |
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| Available on other cable systems in the Philippines | Check local listings |
| Satellite | |
| Cignal (Nationwide) |
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| G Sat (Nationwide) | TAP Sports: Channel 32 (SD) |
| SatLite (Nationwide) | TAP Sports: Channel 56 (SD) |
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| TAP Go | Internet Protocol television (Philippines only; requires monthly subscription) |
| PremierFootball.ph | Watch Live (Philippines only; requires monthly subscription) |
The TAP Sports network has four channels: the main channel itself, Premier Tennis, Premier Football and Premier Sports.[1][2]
History
On April 14, 2019, TAP Sports was launched by TAP DMV on cable provider Sky Cable. Back then, it used to be broadcast on two separate channels covering all live tennis events: TAP Sports 1 (airing the men's ATP tournaments) and TAP Sports 2 (airing the women's WTA tournaments).[3]
On February 17, 2020, the TAP Sports network was relaunched, this time as a general sports channel replacing TAP Sports 1. On the same day, it launched 4 new sister channels: TAP W (women-centric sports; replacing TAP Sports 2), TAP Edge (action/adventure/outdoor sports; including EDGEsport programming), Premier Tennis (ATP and WTA), and Premier Football (soccer).
On September 20, 2021, TAP DMV launched Premier Sports, a complimentary channel of TAP Sports.
Sister channels
Premier Tennis
Premier Tennis is a dedicated tennis channel. It broadcasts all of the ATP and WTA tournaments throughout the year.
Premier Football
Premier Football is a dedicated football (soccer) channel. It broadcasts selected coverages of international football leagues.
Premier Sports
Premier Sports is a secondary sports channel. It serves as a complimentary channel for TAP Sports. It will air top-notching international sport events from UFC, NFL, Formula One, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, among others. It made test broadcast on September 20, 2021, and made its full launch on October 1.[4]
Programming
List of sports broadcasting rights
Note: Some sporting rights are sublicensed from DAZN and FITE TV.
Auto racing
- NTT IndyCar Series
- FIA World Rallycross Championship
- Formula E
- W Series (Championship)
Badminton
Basketball
Cycling
eSports
- Arena eSports
- ELEAGUE
Football (soccer)
Mixed martial arts
Multi Sports
Volleyball
Wrestling
- Impact Wrestling[5]
- WWE[6][7]
- WWE Raw
- WWE NXT
- WWE NXT UK
- WWE Main Event
- WWE Afterburn
- This Week in WWE
Other sports
Non-sports programming
- Action Sports World
- Badminton Unlimited
- BattleBots
- Caffeine and Octane
- Drive
- FIBA Weekly
- Golf Academy
- Jay Leno's Garage
- School of Golf
References
- "Premier Football Channel launches 'English Premier League' exclusively in PH this September". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 10 September 2020.
- "English Premier League games to air on Philippine TV". Rappler. 10 September 2020.
- "New SKYcable Channels to Spice Up Your Summer". Sky Cable. 24 April 2019.
- "New channels on Cignal starting September 2021". Cignal TV. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- "IMPACT Wrestling Announces New Media Rights Deal with TAP DMV in the Philippines". PRWeb. 29 August 2019.
- "World Wrestling Entertainment now available on Tap on Sky Cable". LionhearTV. March 2020.
- "Expanded deal inked for NXT broadcasts in the Philippines". BusinessWorld. 6 July 2021.
