PBA on ABC

The PBA on ABC/TV5
Genre	Sports (basketball) live action
Developed by	ABC Sports
Starring	various PBA on ABC/TV5 commentators
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language(s)	Filipino, English
No. of episodes	n/a
Production
Executive producer(s)	Bobby Barriero
Camera setup	multicamera setup
Running time	150 minutes+
Release
Original network	ABC/TV5
Picture format	480i SDTV
Original release	February 22, 2004 – August 20, 2008
Chronology
Preceded by	PBA on NBN/IBC
Followed by	PBA on Solar TV
Related shows	PBA on Sports5

The PBA on ABC (later renamed as The PBA on TV5) was a presentation of Philippine Basketball Association games by the Associated Broadcasting Company. The PBA on ABC premiered on February 22, 2004, replacing the previous broadcaster of the games, National Broadcasting Network and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (PBA on NBN/IBC).

Due to poor performance and disappointing ratings, the PBA disbanded a broadcasting consortium between the National Broadcasting Network and the Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation after the 2003 season, and took bids on a new broadcast contract for the league. In January 2004, the PBA began a contract with the Associated Broadcasting Company to broadcast PBA games for one year, beating bids from Solar Sports and a group led by former Vintage Television owner Bobong Velez. The new ABC operation picked up talent from the former NBN/IBC coverage, including Mico Halili, Quinito Henson, Paolo Trillo and Norman Black. Ed Picson was also hired by ABC, after a two-year hiatus from covering the PBA due to a fallout between him and Viva-TV in 2002.

After the 2004-05 PBA Philippine Cup, the league and the network extended the contract for the 2005 Fiesta Conference. After the contract expired in 2005, despite a low amount of money offered, the league chose ABC over Solar Sports, who had a much bigger bid than the former. ABC and the PBA then signed a three-year deal that expired after the 2007-08 season.

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