PBA on NBN/IBC

The PBA on NBN/IBC
Format	Sports (basketball) live action
Developed by	Summit Sports
Starring	various PBA on NBN/IBC commentators
Country of origin	Philippines
Language(s)	English, Filipino (NBN) English (IBC)
No. of episodes	n/a
Production
Camera setup	multicamera setup
Running time	150 minutes+
Broadcast
Original channel	National Broadcasting Network Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Picture format	480i SDTV
Original run	February 23, 2003 – December 14, 2003
Chronology
Preceded by	PBA on Viva TV
Followed by	PBA on ABC
Related shows	PBA on MBS

The PBA on NBN and The PBA on IBC were presentations of Philippine Basketball Association games on Philippine television networks National Broadcasting Network and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation, respectively. The PBA on NBN and The PBA on IBC succeeded PBA's longtime TV partner Vintage Television.

The coverage of PBA games during this time was highly criticized because of the poor performance of the two networks.

Overview

The consortium of NBN and IBC took over the league's TV coverage after winning the TV rights over the league's longtime TV partner Vintage Television on November 8, 2002. The league considered the NBN-IBC bid because they can provide a wider coverage of the games not only in Metro Manila but also throughout the provinces. The consortium signed an agreement to the PBA to cover the games for three years, paying the league for almost P670 million.^[1]

The first week’s ratings of the games over NBN were negligible when compared to those of IBC which had telecast the games for several years, while even the two networks combined ratings were way below those of Viva TV in 2002. The use of two networks to broadcast the PBA also led to an experiment during the first few months of the season where NBN and IBC would air separate telecasts of a game aimed at different audiences, NBN's broadcasts were more traditionally styled, while IBC's broadcasts were aimed at a younger audience, utilizing a separate pool of younger personalities. The format was eventually dropped and replaced with straight simulcasts later on in the season.

Due to allegations by IBC that NBN had not paid close to 30 million pesos in rights fees, IBC stopped broadcasting PBA games at the end of October 2003. NBN would continue on until the finals of the 2003 Reinforced Conference. The PBA would formerly disband the consortium due to the poor performance and viewership of the telecasts. A bid would be held for a new contract, where the Associated Broadcasting Company was awarded the broadcast rights for the league beginning in the 2004 season

Commentators

Play-by-play

NBN's time/score graphic during the 2003 Reinforced Conference Finals.

• Sandi Geronimo
• Mico Halili
• TJ Manotoc
• Sev Sarmenta
• Noel Zarate

Color

• Norman Black
• Ramon Fernandez
• Danny Francisco
• Quinito Henson
• Leo Isaac

Courtside reporters

• Patricia Bermudez-Hizon
• Mabel Reyes
• Chiqui Roa-Puno
• Lala Roque
• Paolo Trillo
• Mark Zambrano

See also

• Philippine Basketball Association
• List of programs broadcast by People's Television Network
• List of programs broadcast by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation

Sources

1. ^ PBA hands coverage rights to NBN-IBC, June Navarro, Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 9, 2002.

• NBN-4 ready for PBA (Manila Standard-Today)
• Mad scramble for the top position in the PBA (arabnews.com)
• MALACAÑANG STEPS IN AS IBC OFFICERS RESIGN OVER PBA TV COVERAGE (newsflash.org)
• Parallel broadcast of PBA games begins today on IBC (Manila Standard-Today)

Preceded by PBA on Viva TV

PBA TV coverage partners 2003

Succeeded by PBA on ABC