Basketball TV
| Basketball TV (BTV) | |
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Basketball TV logo October 16, 2016-present
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| Launched | 1 October 2006 |
| Owned by | Solar Entertainment Corporation |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Slogan | A Decade Unmatched |
| Country | Philippines |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Sister channel(s) |
CT Jack TV NBA Premium TV Solar Sports |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Digital | Channel 22 (Digital test broadcast) |
| Satellite | |
| Cignal | Channel 95 |
| G Sat | Channel 28 |
| Dream Satellite TV | Channel 36 |
| Sky Direct | Coming soon |
| Cable | |
| SkyCable / Destiny Cable | Channel 33 (Digital) |
| Pioneer Cable Vision Inc. (PCVI) (Baybay City, Leyte) | Channel 12 |
| Bukidnon Z5 Cable | Channel 37 |
| Parasat Cable TV (Cagayan De Oro) | Channel 53 |
| Satellite Cable Network, Inc. (Pampanga) | Channel 110 |
| Caceres Cable TV (Naga City) | Channel 50 |
| Cablelink | Channel 225 (Coming Soon) |
| Cable Star Iloilo (Iloilo) | Channel 37 |
| Available on most cable TV systems | And selected cable TV stations nationwide. |
| Streaming media | |
| blink | www.blink-now.com |
Basketball TV or BTV is a 24-hour Filipino all-basketball cable channel based in Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City. It is owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2006, rebranding the Sports Plus channel.
The channel focuses more on showing NBA TV-related programs and also regular NBA games once the season begins. In its initial broadcasts, it has been showing re-runs of the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
Aside from the NBA games, it also shows coverage of the Euroleague and the National Basketball League as well as FIBA-related programming and the 2006 Asian Games and 2008 Olympic Games basketball competitions. The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was shown on BTV including the championship game, as well as the 2008 tournament.
Aside from its foreign coverage, BTV was the official carrier of the Philippine Basketball League from April 2007 until its demise in 2010 after gaining the rights from Studio 23. The coverage was on a slightly delayed basis at 5:00 pm. In late 2007, the second matchup of a Tuesday gameday was shown on RPN but has since moved to IBC on Saturdays at the onset of the season-ending conference because RPN became the exclusive broadcast carrier of C/S. However the PBL was moved back to C/S 9 in November 2008, showing the first game on Tuesday.
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