TAP TV (stylized as tap TV) is a 24-hour

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pay

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owned by

TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation (TAP DMV) is a Philippine media and entertainment company which oversees the operations of its 24-hour linear television channels and a digital over-the-top media service. It is founded by Renen and Celinda ...

. It is launched on April 14, 2019. A former sports channel, it currently broadcasts as a

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channel since November 4, 2020.

History

On April 14, 2019, TAP DMV launched a secondary channel of

TAP Sports TAP Sports (stylized as tap Sports) is a Philippine pay television network of sports channels owned by TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation. It was launched on April 14, 2019, under two separate channels carried by Sky Cable, and was later rel ...

, focusing on airing live coverages and highlights of every WTA tournaments. On February 17, 2020, the WTA events (along with its men's counterpart ATP) were moved to a new tennis-dedicated channel Premier Tennis, while TAP Sports 2 was reformatted as TAP W and began shifting its focus on women's sports. On November 2, 2020, TAP DMV relaunched TAP W as TAP TV, reformatted as a general entertainment channel. The first program aired on TAP TV was ''

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''.

Programming

TAP TV's current schedule consists of canned programming from the

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and

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, and has programming distribution/output arrangements with

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, and

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. It includes news, talk shows, reality dramas & lifestyle.

Current programs

* ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Heads Up!'' * ''Miracle Hunter'' * ''

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'' * '' Who Do You Think You Are? USA'' * ''Design Junkies'' * ''Superfoods: The Real Story'' * ''Culinary Bluprint'' * ''ES.TV'' * '' Hell's Kitchen USA'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' KBYN: Kaagapay ng Bayan'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''The Wine Show'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''10 Things You Don't Know'' * ''Celebrity Obsessed'' * ''

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Sports

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Special events coverage

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(since 2020)

Former programs

* '' Daily Pop'' * '' Ellen's Design Challenge'' * '' Good Girls'' * ''Hit Flix'' (formerly ''TAP TV Sunday Movies'') * '' Little Big Shots USA'' * '' Little Big Shots: Forever Young''

References

{{Philippine cable channels Television in the Philippines English-language television stations in the Philippines Television channels and stations established in 2019 Women's interest channels Television networks in the Philippines 2019 establishments in the Philippines TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation