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BRO (TV channel)

S+A
Type Broadcast television network
Branding S+A
Country Philippines
Slogan Sumasaludo sa Pusong Palaban ng Lahing Pilipino (Salute to the Defiant Heart of Filipino Generation)
TV stations List of stations
Headquarters ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Mother Ignacia Street, corner Sgt. Esguerra Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City
Broadcast area
Nationwide
Owner ABS-CBN Corporation
AMCARA Broadcasting Network
Key people
March Ventosa (Head, ABS-CBN Narrowcast)
Dino Laurena (Head, ABS-CBN Sports)
Vince Rodriguez (Head, S+A and Production)
Launch date
January 18, 2014 (2014-01-18); 3 years ago (terrestrial)
July 10, 2015 (international)
January 1, 2016 (high-definition)
Former names
Studio 23 (1996–2014)
Balls (2008–2015; cable/HD channel)
Picture format
480i (SDTV) 4:3
1080i (HDTV) 16:9
Sister network
ABS-CBN
Official website
sports.abs-cbn.com/SportsAndAction
Language Filipino (main)
English (secondary)
S+A Global
Bro
Launched July 10, 2015
Owned by ABS-CBN
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Slogan "Work Hard. Play Harder"
Country United States
Language Filipino
English
Broadcast area Worldwide
Headquarters 150 Shoreline Drive Redwood City, California 94065-1400
Formerly called Pinoy Central TV (2001-2007)
Kapamilya Channel (2007-2011)
Bro (2011-2015, 2017-present)
Sister channel(s) Cinema One, Myx TV, The Filipino Channel
Website www.tfc-usa.com
Availability
Satellite
OSN (MENA) Channel 701 (SD)

ABS-CBN Sports and Action (stylized as ABS-CBN Sports+Action or simply S+A or S and A), is a Filipino commercial broadcast television network based in Quezon City. It is owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation with some of its programs produced and licensed by ABS-CBN Sports. In Metro Manila, Sports + Action is being broadcast terrestrially and thru digital terrestrial television through DWAC-TV (UHF channel 23), the frequency once used by the defunct national television network Studio 23 until its closure on January 16, 2014. It began its operations on January 18, 2014, yet it did not became the company's sole channel for sports until the shutdown of cable counterpart Balls by the end of 2015. Its high-definition channel is exclusively available in SKYcable, Destiny Cable and Sky Direct subscribers since 2016 while its international feed (carried with the same channel name) is being carried worldwide through The Filipino Channel (cable, satellite, IPTV, online video streaming, and video on demand). Sports + Action's programming is composed primarily of sports coverage such as UAAP, NCAA, National Basketball Training Center, BVR, PVL, ONE Championship, URCC, and ABL. The program line up of Sports + Action also includes other sports-related programming and blocktimers.

According to ABS-CBN Narrowcast Head March Ventosa, the division started developing the concept of a sports channel of free television for a year. Also with its launching, the management decided to drop the strong Studio 23 branding for it is well associated with entertainment programs of which the former channel only carries 30 percent of sports related / male-dominant content.


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