ESPN 5
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| Division of: | TV5 |
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| Key people: |
Patricia Bermudez-Hizon (Head, ESPN 5) Dong Capinpuyan (Head of Production) Dyana Garcia (Head of Administration) |
| Headquarters: | Mandaluyong City |
| Parent: |
TV5 (under partnership agreement with ESPN Inc.) |
| Sister networks: |
TV5 AksyonTV Hyper PBA Rush |
| Website: | ESPN5 |
ESPN5 (formerly ABC Sports from 2004 to 2008 and Sports5 from 2011 to 2017) is the sports division of TV5, currently with a partnership agreement with US-based sports network ESPN. ESPN 5 supplies and airs major sporting events in the Philippines and the world for free TV channels TV5, AksyonTV and Cignal-exclusive channels Hyper and PBA Rush.
The world's second oldest professional basketball league, Philippine Basketball Association, was its flagship program since it acquired the television rights from 2004 to 2008 and from 2011. It is headed by veteran sportscaster Patricia Bermudez-Hizon.
In 2011, TV5 and IBC, inked a blocktime deal which subsequently became AKTV. It was launched on May 5, 2011 through a marathon held at the Mall Of Asia Grounds in Pasay City.
From then on, Sports5 obtained rights to air major sporting leagues and events like the Philippine Basketball Association, United Football League and the NCAA (returned to ABS-CBN Sports in 2015).
Until its flagship primetime sports block's closure in 2013 due to high blocktime costs and poor ratings, most of its programs are aired on IBC through its programming block AKTV. From June 2013 onwards, most of its sports coverages are shown on TV5, AksyonTV and Hyper. It is headquartered at TV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan st., Mandaluyong City.
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