Basketball TV

Infobox TV channel
name = Basketball TV
logofile = BasketballTVSolar.jpg
logoalt = Basketball TV logo
logosize = 100px
launch = October 1, 2006
slogan = Basketball Above All!
web = [http://www.btv.com.ph http://www.btv.com.ph]
owner = Solar Entertainment Corporation
cable serv 1= Global Destiny Cable
cable chan 1= Channel 34|
-And selected Cable TV Stations nationwide.

Basketball TV or BTV is a 24-hour all-basketball cable channel in the Philippines owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It was launched in October 1, 2006, rebranding the Sports Plus channel.

The channel focuses more on showing NBA TV related programs and also regular NBA games once the season begins. In its initial broadcasts, it has been showing re-runs of the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and the 2006 FIBA World Championship.

Aside for the NBA games, it also shows coverage of the Euroleague and the National Basketball League as well as FIBA related programming and the 2006 Asian Games basketball competitions.

The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was shown on BTV including the championship game.

With Solar Sports gaining TV rights for the 2008 Olympic Games, it is pressumed that the basketball games are to be shown on BTV, although no announcement has been made yet.old

Aside for its foreign coverage, BTV is the official carrier of the Philippine Basketball League since April 2007 after gaining the rights from Studio 23. However, the coverage is on a slightly delayed basis at 5:00 PM. In late-2007, the second matchup of a Tuesday gameday is shown on RPN 9 but has since moved to IBC-13Fact|date=September 2008 on Saturdays at the onset of the season-ending conference because RPN became the exclusive broadcast carrier of C/S.

It also covered the last two Collegiate Champions League tournaments, and in the past saw a few National Capital Region Athletic Association and National Basketball Conference matches.

The channel is available exclusively in Metro Manila through Global Destiny Cable as of 2008. It used to be available exclusively on SkyCable, but the two parties ceased their partnership at end of 2007. All cable companies in the provinces can put the channel without having to worry about exclusive rights.

BTV Programs

NBA

* NBA Live (TV show)
* NBA Action
* The Run
* Overtime (TV show)
* NBA Stories
* Marv Albert Show
* NBA Fantasy Hoops
* NBA Jam (TV series) Local or Original Version
* NBA Greatest Games
* NBA Hardwood Classics
* NBA Home Video
* NBA Basketballography
* NBA Specials
* NBA Inside Stuff
* NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad
* NBA Games
* Vintage NBA
* NBA Vault
* NBA 360
* NBA Hoop Party

FIBA

* 2008 Beijing Olympics
* Stankovic Cup
* FIBA Diamond Ball
* FIBA World Basketball
* 2006 FIBA World Championship
* FIBA Asia Championship 2007 - Philippines games, the semifinals and the final round.
* FIBA Americas Championship 2007 - USA games and the semifinals and the final round.
* EuroBasket 2007 - Spain games, the semifinals and the final round.

College

* 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
* 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
* Philippine Collegiate Championship
* Collegiate Champions League
* National Capital Region Athletic Association
* One U

[*] All NCAA basketball tournaments (Pac-10, ACC, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament) will be moved to Balls starting November 2008.

Local leagues

* Philippine Basketball League
* Nike Elite Camp
* Fil-Oil/Flying V Invitational Cup
* Philippine Basketball Association*

[*] Encore telecast right after the live games shown on C/S 9

Other foreign leagues

* Euroleague
* National Basketball League
* NBDL
* Chinese Basketball Association

Other

*Home Shopping Network

ee also

* C/S
* ETC
* Jack TV
* 2nd Avenue
* Solar Entertainment Corporation
* Solar Sports

External links

* [http://www.btv.com.ph Official website]