Liga () was a Philippine

pay television Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to Subscription business model, subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichan ...

channel owned by Creative Programs, Inc. and

ABS-CBN Sports ABS-CBN Sports was a sports division of the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN, which aired some of the notable sporting events in the Philippines. ABS-CBN Sports began in 1998 as the main broadcaster for the network-backed basketball leagu ...

(content provider). It was the sister channel of

ABS-CBN Sports and Action ABS-CBN Sports and Action (stylized as ABS-CBN Sports+Action or simply S+A or S and A), was a free-to-air television network based in Quezon City. It was owned by ABS-CBN Corporation with some of its programs produced and licensed by ABS-CBN S ...

(S+A) and was launched on January 15, 2018 as the permanent replacement of three CPI-owned channels,

ABS-CBN Regional Channel ABS-CBN Regional Channel was a Philippine pay television channel which aired programming from the regional television and radio stations owned by ABS-CBN. The channel was launched as a test broadcast on 1 August 2016, and was officially launched ...

, Tag TV, and

Hero TV Hero (also known as Hero TV) was a 24-hour Philippine pay television channel created by ABS-CBN's narrowcast arm Creative Programs Inc. from 2005 to 2018. The programming was composed primarily of Filipino-dubbed Japanese anime series. It wa ...

(through its channel space). Liga was the official broadcast partner of the

2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national Association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awa ...

and the

European Qualifiers in Russia, along with S+A. Aside from FIFA World Cup, the channel also broadcast local and international sports coverage including the

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines. History Manny Pacquiao launched the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League on August 29, 2017, starting off as a semi-professional lea ...

(MPBL),

ASEAN Basketball League The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) is a professional men's basketball league in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong/Macau, which includes six teams from Southeast Asian nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), one tea ...

(ABL), the Philippine NCAA,

University Athletic Association of the Philippines The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), established in 1938, is an athletic association of eight Metro Manila universities in the Philippines. The eight-member schools are Adamson University (AdU), Ateneo de Manila Univers ...

(UAAP),

Premier Volleyball League The Premier Volleyball League (PVL) is a women's professional volleyball league in the Philippines organized by Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. The league began in 2004 as the Shakey's V-League, a women's collegiate league. Since 2011, the ...

(PVL),

Philippine Azkals The Philippines national football team (Filipino language, Filipino/ tl, Pambansang koponan ng futbol ng Pilipinas, lit=) represents the Philippines in international association football, football, governed by the Philippine Football Federatio ...

matches, Pinoy Pride boxing promotions,

ONE Championship ONE Championship (formerly ONE Fighting Championship) is a Singaporean combat sports promotion. Founded on 14 July 2011 by entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong and former ESPN Star Sports senior executive Victor Cui, its events have featured mixed ...

fights, and classic basketball and volleyball games from the UAAP. The channel became the interim replacement of

(S+A) which ceased free-to-air broadcast operations as ordered by the

National Telecommunications Commission The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC; fil, Pambansang Komisyon sa Telekomunikasyon) is an attached agency of the Department of Information and Communications Technology responsible for the supervision, adjudication and control over a ...

(NTC) on May 5, 2020, due to the lapsing of ABS-CBN's legislative broadcast franchise. After almost 2 years of broadcast, Liga ceased operations on pay TV effective October 30, 2020 due to the ensuing programming redundancy, lack of advertising support, and cost-cutting measures, as well as the implementation of a retrenchment program covering its business company from August 7, following the House of Representatives' 70-11 vote denying the company a fresh congressional franchise on July 10 and the dissolution of

effective August 31. The last program to air on this channel was a replay of '' UAAP Season 78 men's basketball tournaments finals''. After airing a tribute video showing the past sports coverage, local programs and events produced or sponsored by

. Liga channel signed off for the last time on October 29, 2020, ending with ''

Lupang Hinirang "" ("Chosen Land"), originally titled in Spanish as "" ("Philippine National March"), and commonly and informally known by its incipit "" ("Beloved Country"), is the national anthem of the Philippines. Its music was composed in 1898 by Julián ...

'', an ABS-CBN's official Philippine National Anthem 2011 video before signing off at 12 midnight on October 30, 2020. The channel's cable space was later taken over by Cine Mo!, a complementary movie channel consisting of local films and foreign movies, seen on

SkyCable Sky Cable (stylized as SKYcable) is a cable television service of Sky Cable Corporation in the Philippines. It covers areas across the country with both digital and analog cable services, and it has 700,000 subscribers, controlling 45% of ...

and selected provincial cable providers.

Programming

Final programming

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

* PVL now with

One Sports One Sports (formerly ABC Sports from 2004 to 2008, Sports5 from 2011 to 2017 and ESPN5 from 2017 to 2020) is the sports division of TV5 Network, Inc. and jointly-operated with sister company Cignal TV. One Sports supplies and airs major spor ...

* UAAP now with

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

now with

GMA Network GMA Network (Global Media Arts or simply GMA) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network. It is the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network, Inc. Its first broadcast on television was on October 29, 1961. GMA Network (f ...

* ABL now with

Solar Sports Solar may refer to: Astronomy * Of or relating to the Sun ** Solar telescope, a special purpose telescope used to observe the Sun ** A device that utilizes solar energy (e.g. " solar panels") ** Solar calendar, a calendar whose dates indica ...

MPBL The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines. History Manny Pacquiao launched the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League on August 29, 2017, starting off as a semi-professional lea ...

now with A2Z later with

IBC IBC is an initialism that can stand for: Broadcasting *Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation, Channel 13, Philippines * International Beacon Project, Worldwide network of radio propagation beacons *International Broadcast Centre *International ...

now with

Original programming

*'' The Score'' *''Team FitFil'' '' *''Kalye Confessions'' *''Upfront'' *''Extra Rice'' *''TBH'' *''MPBL Beyond''

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* {{Philippine cable channels Creative Programs Sports television networks in the Philippines Assets owned by ABS-CBN Corporation English-language television stations in the Philippines Television channels and stations established in 2018 2018 establishments in the Philippines Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020 2020 disestablishments in the Philippines ABS-CBN Corporation channels Defunct television networks in the Philippines

Programming

Final programming

Original programming

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