PBA on ABC

The PBA on ABC/TV5
Genre Sports (basketball)
live action
Developed by ABC Sports
Starring various PBA on ABC/TV5 commentators
Country of origin Philippines
Original language(s) Filipino, English
No. of episodes n/a
Production
Executive producer(s) Bobby Barriero
Camera setup multicamera setup
Running time 150 minutes+
Release
Original network ABC/TV5
Picture format 480i SDTV
Original release February 22, 2004 – August 20, 2008
Chronology
Preceded by PBA on NBN/IBC
Followed by PBA on Solar TV
Related shows PBA on AKTV

The PBA on ABC (later renamed as The PBA on TV5) was a presentation of Philippine Basketball Association games by the Associated Broadcasting Company (now TV5 Network, Inc.). The PBA on ABC premiered on February 22, 2004, replacing the previous broadcaster of the games, National Broadcasting Network and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (PBA on NBN/IBC).

History

Due to poor performance and disappointing ratings, the PBA disbanded a broadcasting consortium between the National Broadcasting Network and the Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation after the 2003 season, and took bids on a new broadcast contract for the league. In January 2004, the PBA began a contract with the Associated Broadcasting Company to broadcast PBA games for one year, beating bids from Solar Sports and a group led by former Vintage Television owner Bobong Velez. The new ABC operation picked up talent from the former NBN/IBC coverage, including Mico Halili, Quinito Henson, Paolo Trillo and Norman Black. Ed Picson was also hired by ABC, after a two-year hiatus from covering the PBA due to a fallout between him and Viva-TV in 2002.

After the 2004-05 PBA Philippine Cup, the league and the network extended the contract for the 2005 Fiesta Conference. After the contract expired in 2005, despite a low amount of money offered, the league chose ABC over Solar Sports, who had a much bigger bid than the former. ABC and the PBA then signed a three-year deal that expired after the 2007-08 season. Citing financial constraints, ABC backed out of bidding for a new contract beginning in the 2008-09 season. After a bidding war with ABS-CBN, Solar Sports (alongside was awarded the new contract.

ABC then decided not to join the bidding process for the 2008-09 season's PBA coverage, citing financial constraints. Solar Sports, through local network Radio Philippines Network (RPN), would the new broadcast partner of the PBA for the following season.

Even though the network would be dropping the PBA, ABC still rebranded their PBA coverage during their August 2008 relaunch as TV5 in the middle of the 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals (which would also be the final games shown by the network). The final PBA game shown on ABC/TV5 was Game 7 of the Fiesta Conference finals between the Air21 Express and Barangay Ginebra Kings on August 20, 2008. Mico Halili and Paranaque councilor Jason Webb were the commentators for its last run.

Commentators

Play-by-play

PBA on ABC's time/score bug during the 2006-07 PBA Philippine Cup.

Color

Courtside reporters

Previous commentators and courtside reporters

See also

Preceded by
PBA on NBN
PBA on IBC		 PBA TV coverage partners
2004–2008 		Succeeded by
PBA on Solar TV
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