Liga () was a Philippine
pay television
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channel owned by
Creative Programs, Inc. and
ABS-CBN Sports (content provider). It was the sister channel of
ABS-CBN Sports and Action (S+A) and was launched on January 15, 2018 as the permanent replacement of three CPI-owned channels,
ABS-CBN Regional Channel,
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
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and the
2018 FIFA World Cup
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European Qualifiers in Russia, along with
S+A
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Histor ...
.
Aside from FIFA World Cup, the channel also broadcast local and international sports coverage including the
Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL),
ASEAN Basketball League (ABL),
the Philippine NCAA,
University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP),
Premier Volleyball League (PVL),
Philippine Azkals matches, Pinoy Pride boxing promotions,
ONE Championship fights, and classic basketball and volleyball games from the UAAP.
The channel became the interim replacement of
ABS-CBN Sports and Action (S+A) which ceased free-to-air broadcast operations as ordered by the
National Telecommunications Commission
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(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
ABS-CBN Sports 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
ABS-CBN Sports. Liga channel signed off for the last time on October 29, 2020, ending with ''
Lupang Hinirang
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'', 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!
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, a complementary movie channel consisting of local films and foreign movies, seen on
SkyCable
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and selected provincial cable providers.
Programming
Final programming
*
FIFA
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*
PVL now with
One Sports
*
UAAP now with
One Sports
*
NCAA
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now with
GMA Network
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*
ABL now with
Solar Sports
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*
MPBL now with
A2Z later with
IBC
*
ONE Championship now with
One Sports
Original programming
*''
The Score''
*''Team FitFil'' ''
*''Kalye Confessions''
*''Upfront''
*''Extra Rice''
*''TBH''
*''MPBL Beyond''
See also
*
ABS-CBN Sports (dissolved)
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ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Philippine commercial broadcast network that serves as the flagship property of ABS-CBN Corporation, a company unde ...
(inactive)
*
S+A
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''.
Histor ...
(defunct)
*
Balls (defunct)
*
NBA TV Philippines
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UAAP Varsity Channel
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One Sports
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PBA Rush
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Solar Sports
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References
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Sports television networks in the Philippines
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Television channels and stations established in 2018
2018 establishments in the Philippines
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020
2020 disestablishments in the Philippines
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Defunct television networks in the Philippines