Type | Broadcast television network |
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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
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January 18, 2014 July 10, 2015 (international) January 1, 2016 (high-definition) |
; 3 years ago (terrestrial)
Former names
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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 |
Language |
Filipino (main) English (secondary) |
S+A Global Bro |
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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
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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.