Premier Sports (Philippine TV channel)

Philippine pay sports television channel

Television channel

Premier Sports

Country| Philippines
Broadcast area| Philippines
Headquarters| Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines
Programming
Language(s)| English
Picture format| 1080i (HDTV)
(downscaled to 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner| TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation
Sister channels|

* TAP Action Flix
* TAP Edge
* TAP Movies
* TAP Sports
* TAP TV

History
Launched|

* Premier Football: February 17, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-02-17)
* Premier Sports: October 1, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-10-01)
* Premier Sports 2: January 10, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-01-10)

Former names| Premier Sports 2: Premier Tennis (2020–2022)
Links
Website| www.tapdmv.com
Availability
Streaming media
Blast TV| Internet Protocol television (Philippines only; requires monthly subscription)
Cignal Play| Watch Live (Philippines only; requires monthly subscription)

Premier Sports is a 24-hour Philippine pay television channel dedicated to sporting events owned by TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation. It serves as a "secondary" sports channel of TAP Sports.

It made its official launch on October 1, 2021, as a direct response to the closure of the Fox Sports channels for the said region.[1][2][3]

## Sister channels

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### Premier Football

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Premier Football is a dedicated football channel. It broadcasts selected coverages of international football leagues. It was launched on February 17, 2020.

### Premier Sports 2

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Premier Sports 2 is a second sports channel under the Premier brand. It primarily broadcasts WTA tennis and PGA Tour golf tournaments, as well as rugby and athletics.

It was launched on February 17, 2020, as Premier Tennis, which broadcasts all of the ATP and WTA tournaments throughout the year.

## Programming and coverage rights

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See also: TAP Sports § List of sports broadcasting rights

### American football

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* NFL
* UFL

### Athletics

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* Wanda Diamond League (shared with Eurosport)

### Autoracing

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* NASCAR

### Golf

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* LPGA
* PGA Tour

### Combat sports

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* Cage Warriors
* Combate Global
* UFC
* UFC Classics
* UFC Fight Night events
* UFC Reloaded
* UFC Submissions
* Dana White's Contender Series
* Superbouts boxing events

### Rugby union

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* World Rugby Sevens Series

### Snooker

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* British Open

### Soccer (association football)

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* Bundesliga
* DFB-Pokal
* Serie A
* Eredivisie
* A-League Men (in 2024-25 shared with SPOTV)
* Chinese Super League
* K League 1
* Canadian Premier League
* UEFA
* UEFA Nations League
* 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
* UEFA Euro 2028 qualification
* UEFA Weekly Magazine
* AFC
* FIFA
* Philippines Football League

### Tennis

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* WTA
* WTA 250
* WTA 500
* WTA 1000
* WTA Finals

### Volleyball

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* FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League
* FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League

### Other sports

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* SailGP (shared with SPOTV)

### Non-sports / sports reality programming

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* Golf Academy
* School of Golf
* Trans World Sport
* The Ultimate Fighter

### Previous broadcasting rights

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* Premier League (2020–2022)
* Scottish Professional Football League (2020–2022)
* Formula One
* All Elite Wrestling
* AEW Dynamite
* AEW pay-per-view events
* Saudi Pro League
* UEFA
* UEFA Champions League
* UEFA Europa League
* UEFA Conference League
* UEFA Super Cup

## See also

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* TAP Sports
* Fox Sports Asia
* Solar Sports
* One Sports
* BeIN Sports
* SPOTV

## References

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1. ^ "New channels on Cignal starting September 2021". Cignal TV. September 1, 2021.
2. ^ "New Cignal channel Premier Sports to show UFC fights". Spin Life. September 3, 2021.
3. ^ "Cignal offers free viewing for 11 new channels to all new and active subscribers". Manila Bulletin. September 3, 2021.

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TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation

Pay television channels|

* Premier Sports
* Premier Sports 2
* Premier Football
* TAP Action Flix
* TAP Edge
* TAP Movies
* TAP Sports
* TAP TV

Free-to-air (digital terrestrial)|

* Blast Sports

Digital media|

* Blast TV
* Laff
* Crime TV
* Comic U
* Game Show Central
* Blast Cinema
* Family Movies
* Fear
* Blast Action
* Reality TV
* Talk Shows
* Showcase Drama
* Studio Universal
* Setanta Sports

Defunct brands|

* EDGEsport Philippines
* Premier Tennis
* TAP W
* TAP Go

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Pay-TV channels and networks based in the Philippines

Domestic

| ABS-CBN Corporation|

* ANC
* Cine Mo!
* Kapamilya Channel
* Knowledge Channel
* TeleRadyo Serbisyo1
* The Filipino Channel

| Creative Programs|

* Cinema One
* Jeepney TV
* Metro Channel
* Myx
* America

|

Solar Entertainment Corporation|

* Solar All Access
* Solar Sports

Viva Communications|

* PBO
* TMC
* Viva Cinema

PLDT
(MediaQuest Holdings)|

| TV5 Network|

* AksyonTV5
* International5
* Kapatid Channel

|

Cignal TV|

* BuKo2
* NBA TV Philippines1
* PBA Rush
* Sari-Sari Channel1
* TVUP2
* UAAP Varsity Channel2

| One Network Media Group|

* One News2
* One PH2
* One Sports+2

|

GMA Network, Inc.|

* GMA Life TV
* GMA News TV
* International5
* GMA Pinoy TV

Government of the Philippines
(PCO)|

* Congress TV
* Radyo Pilipinas 1 Television

G Sat
(Global Satellite Technology Services)|

* Music Quest
* One Media Network

Manila Jockey Club|

* Gametime TV
* SLBN Sportsnet

TAP Digital Media Ventures|

* Premier Football
* Premier Sports
* Premier Sports 2
* TAP Action Flix
* TAP Edge
* TAP Movies
* TAP Sports
* TAP TV

International

| The Walt Disney Company|

* Star Bharat3
* Star Gold3
* StarPlus3

|

Paramount Global
(PIN Philippines)|

* MTV 90s
* MTV Live
* Nickelodeon3
* Nick Jr.3

Rock Entertainment Holdings|

* CinemaWorld
* Global Trekker
* Love Nature
* Rock Action1
* Rock Entertainment1
* Rock Extreme1

A&E Networks Philippines|

* Crime & Investigation Network1
* History1
* Lifetime1

Celestial Tiger Entertainment Philippines|

* Celestial Classic Movies3
* Celestial Movies Pinoy1
* Kix3
* Thrill3

Warner Bros. Discovery
(Warner Bros. Discovery Philippines)|

| WarnerMedia|

* Cartoon Network3
* Cartoonito3
* Cinemax3
* CNN3
* HBO3
* HBO Family3
* HBO Hits3
* HBO Signature3
* HLN
* Warner TV3

|

Discovery Philippines|

* Animal Planet3
* Asian Food Network3
* Discovery Asia3
* Discovery Channel3
* Discovery Science
* DMAX
* Eurosport3
* Eve
* Food Network
* HGTV3
* Rugby Pass TV3
* TLC3

JJ MediaWorks
(Plus Media Networks)|

* Aniplus3
* K-Plus3

Comcast
(NBCUniversal Philippines)|

* CNBC Asia
* DreamWorks Channel3
* Golf Channel2
* Sky News

KC Global Media|

* Animax3
* AXN3
* One TV

BBC Studios|

* BBC Earth
* BBC Lifestyle
* BBC News

Jungo TV|

* Front Row Channel2
* Hallypop2
* Scream Flix2

Mediahouse/Club TV|

* Health & Wellness3
* Ginx TV3
* Luxe & Life3
* Motorvision TV3
* My Cinema Europe3
* Pet & Pal3

Rewind Networks|

* HITS3
* HITS Movies3
* HITS Now3

Mimyuni Media Entertainment|

* Chillayo
* Cinemachi Action
* Cinemachi Docu
* Cinemachi Family
* Cinemachi Xtra
* Homey's
* Lolly Kids
* Planet Fun
* Sportyfy
* Wow!

Eclat Entertainment|

* SPOTV
* SPOTV2

Miscellaneous

| Religious|

* 3ABN
* CMN Radio
* Daystar TV
* EWTN
* GOOD TV
* Great Commission Television
* LifeTV
* Mensahe TV
* Oras Ng Himala Channel
* SMNI
* The Edge Radio
* TBN Asia
* TBN Inspire
* TOP Channel
* Truth Channel
* TV Maria
* Word of God Network

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Regional|

* APM TV (Davao)
* Bandera News TV (Palawan)
* Brigada News TV (General Santos)
* Cebu Living Channel (Cebu)
* PEP TV (Pampanga)
* Digicast Negros (Western Visayas)
* DXDD Radio-Television (Ozamiz)
* Forerunners Network (Davao)
* Island Living Channel (Bacolod)
* Lahi TV (Batangas, Quezon, Zambales)
* Lambo MisOr TV (Cagayan de Oro)
* My TV (Cebu)
* Newsline Philippines (Davao and General Santos)
* RNG (Luzon)
* Royal Cable TV6 (Laguna)
* Sibya TV (Cebu)

Others|

* DZRH News Television
* EZ Shop
* Filipino TV
* Karera Channel
* MJCI-SLBN Sportsnet (San Lazaro)
* PRCI (Santa Ana Park)
* MetroTurf
* KPOP HD
* Living Asia Channel
* Locale
* NAIA
* Pinoy Xtreme
* Pop Life TV
* STV
* Radyo Bandido TV
* Rock of Manila TV
* RPN USA
* SLTV
* The Aquarium Channel HD
* tvQ2
* ZIQ TeleVshop

Philippine-only feed|

* ANTV
* Astro
* BOO3
* eGG Network
* Bloomberg Asia3
* CNA3
* Da Vinci Kids3
* Euronews
* FashionTV3
* Gone Viral TV
* Mezzo Live HD
* Moonbug Kids
* Outdoor Channel3
* Stingray Group
* Stingray CMusic3
* Stingray iConcerts3
* Techstorm3
* Trace Partners
* Trace Sport Stars
* Trace Urban
* tvN3

Global-based feed|

* ABC Australia
* ABP News3
* Abu Dhabi TV
* Al Jazeera English
* Arirang TV
* B4U Movies3
* CBeebies
* CCTV
* CCTV-4
* CGTN
* China Times
* CTI
* CTV
* CNC World
* CTS
* Doordarshan
* DD National
* DD Sports
* DW-TV
* EBC Taiwan
* EBC Asia
* EBC Drama
* EBC Movie
* EBC News
* English Club TV3
* Fox News
* FTV
* FTV News
* Fight Sports3
* France 24
* Hunan Television
* KBS World
* Lotus Macau
* MBC TV
* NHK
* NHK World-Japan
* NHK World Premium
* Phoenix Chinese Channel
* Phoenix InfoNews Channel
* Rai Italia
* RT
* Saudi 1
* SBS
* TRT World
* TTV
* TV5Monde
* TVBS-Asia
* TVE Internacional
* Tzu Chi
* USA Today
* USA Today News3
* USA Today Sports3
* Voice of America
* Xing Kong
* YTN
* Zee TV

Defunct/inactive

* 2nd Avenue
* 8TriTV
* 9TV
* ABN
* ABS-CBN
* HD
* ABS-CBN Regional Channel
* ANteve
* Asianovela Channel
* AXN Beyond
* BabyFirst3
* BabyTV3
* Balls
* BTV
* BBC World News
* BeTV
* beIN Sports 1
* beIN Sports 2
* beIN Sports 3
* Bloomberg TV Philippines
* Boomerang3
* Bro
* Blink Cinema/My Movie Channel
* Catsup
* CgeTV
* CGMA
* Chase
* Channel V
* Philippines
* Chinese Entertainment Channel3
* Colours
* Comedy Central
* CT
* Cube iTV
* C/S
* C/S Origin
* DepEd TV2
* Discovery Travel & Living
* Discovery Turbo
* Disney Channel3
* Disney Junior3
* Disney XD
* Diva
* Diva Universal
* DYAB TeleRadyo (Cebu)
* DXAB TeleRadyo (Davao)
* E!
* E! Philippines
* EDGEsport
* ESPN Philippines
* ETC
* Flip TV
* Fox
* Fox Action Movies3
* Fox Crime
* Fox Family Movies3
* Fox Filipino
* Fox Life
* Fox Movies
* Fox Sports
* FX
* FYI
* Gem TV3
* Global Pinoy Cinema
* GNN
* H2
* Hallmark Channel
* Hero
* Hillsong Channel
* Home Popcorn Channel
* Hyper
* i Channel
* Inquirer 990 Television
* Isla
* Jack City
* Jack TV
* Juan Sports Channel
* K Movies Pinoy
* Kapamilya Box Office
* Karaoke Channel
* English Karaoke Channel
* Filipino Karaoke Channel
* Lakbay TV
* Lifestyle
* Liga
* Link TV
* Makisig Network
* MaxTV
* Maxxx
* Metro TV
* MMDA TeleRadyo
* Movie Central
* MTV Asia3
* MTVph
* MTV Philippines
* MTV Pinoy
* National Geographic3
* Nat Geo Adventure3
* Nat Geo People3
* Nat Geo Wild3
* NBA Premium TV
* O Shopping1
* One Screen
* PCOO TV (RTVM)
* Paramount Network3
* Pilipinas HD
* Pinoy Blockbuster Channel
* Pinoy Central TV
* Premier Tennis
* Real Cebu Television
* Red by HBO3
* S+A
* HD
* Global
* Salaam TV
* Setanta Sports
* Sarimanok Channel 37
* Sarimanok News Network
* Setanta Sports
* SineBox
* Shop @ Home
* Shop Japan
* Sky 1
* Sky News
* Sony Channel
* Solar News Channel
* Solar TV
* Southspot
* Sports Illustrated TV
* Sports Plus
* Star Chinese Channel3
* Star Chinese Movies3
* Star Movies
* Star Sports
* Star World
* Stingray Classica
* Tag
* Talk TV
* TAP Sports 1
* TAP Sports 2
* TAP W
* Telenovela Channel
* TCM
* TeleAsia
* TeleRadyo
* TGC
* Toonami
* Travelxp
* TV Shop Philippines
* TV Window Shop
* Universal Channel
* Value Vision
* Velvet
* VID-OK
* Viva Prime Channel
* Viva TV
* WakuWaku Japan
* Weather Information Network
* Winner TV Shopping
* WINS Channel
* Yey!
* Zee Sine
* ZooMoo3

1 Joint venture.
2 Partnership.
3 Distribution.
4 Continued broadcast on international and online.

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