PBA on Viva TV

The PBA on Viva TV
Format	Sports (basketball) live action
Developed by	Viva Sports
Starring	various PBA on Viva TV commentators
Country of origin	Philippines
Language(s)	Filipino, English
No. of episodes	n/a
Production
Camera setup	multicamera setup
Running time	2 hours (airs Tuesdays and Thursdays) 4 hours (airs Saturdays and Sundays)
Broadcast
Original channel	Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Picture format	480i SDTV
Original run	February 20, 2000 – December 25, 2002
Chronology
Preceded by	PBA on Vintage Sports
Followed by	PBA on NBN/IBC
Related shows	PBA on Vintage Sports

The PBA on Viva TV was a presentation of Philippine Basketball Association games on Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation by VIVA Entertainment after the company absorbed Vintage Sports.

History

In 2000, Vintage Television was absorbed by media giant VIVA Entertainment and signed a three year deal worth 770 million pesos. The consortium defeated GMA Network, in its bid to enter into the sports broadcasting scene following ABS-CBN's coverage of the then-existing Metropolitan Basketball Association.

From 2000 to 2001, Viva broadcast PBA games on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays with out of town games covered on Saturdays either live, tape-delay or aired days later. In 2002, at Viva's request, the league scheduled its games on Tuesdays and Thursdays with one game from 6-8, and two double-headers on Saturdays and Sundays to accommodate the airing of the local version of two popular game shows that was also produced by them; (Weakest Link and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire). This led to a sudden decrease in ratings and the league shifted back its 2001 schedule at the start of the semifinals of the Commissioner's Cup.

Noli Eala and Ed Picson were the main play-by-play commentators from 2000 to 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 broadcast in 2004.

At the end of the 2002 season, Viva left a significant amount of debt to the league. 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 commissioner Noli Eala and Tommy Manotoc were the commentators for its last run.

Commentators

Play-by-play

• Noli Eala
• Boom Gonzalez
• Mon Liboro
• Ed Picson
• Benjie Santiago
• Anthony Suntay

Color

• Quinito Henson
• Paolo Trillo
• TJ Manotoc
• Tommy Manotoc

Courtside Reporters

• Dong Alejar
• Chiqui Roa-Puno
• Jannelle So

See also

• Philippine Basketball Association
• List of programs broadcast by Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation

Preceded by PBA on Vintage Sports

PBA TV coverage partners 2000–2002

Succeeded by PBA on NBN PBA on IBC