Basketball TV

Basketball TV or BTV is a 24-hour all-basketball cable channel in the Philippines 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 for 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 for its foreign coverage, BTV was the official carrier of the Philippine Basketball League from April 2007 after gaining the rights from Studio 23. However, the coverage is on a slightly delayed basis at 5:00 PM. In late-2007, the second matchup of a Tuesday gameday is shown on RPN 9 but has since moved to IBC-13 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. As of 2010, the PBL is inactive.
It also covered the Collegiate Champions League tournaments, and in the past saw a few National Capital Region Athletic Association and National Basketball Conference matches.
From 2008-2011, the Philippine Basketball Association was also shown on BTV, although on delay and only one game per day, with the live games aired on RPN and later Studio 23. 
The channel is available throughout Metro Manila through SkyCable and is also available nationwide via Cignal and G-Sat satellite TV, as well as online via iwantv.com.ph (exclusively available for SkyBroadband and Bayan DSL subscribers).
A supplementary channel, NBA Premium TV, was launched in time for the 2010-11 season, featuring over 400 games with no local commercials. The network is available on both HD and SD formats, and is available as a premium subscription plan with additional fees.
==Slogans==
* Basketball Above All! (2006–2010)
* More than a Game (2010–present)
* Home of Heroes (during 2009-10 NBA season)
* This is Real (during 2010-11 NBA season)
* Compelling (during 2011-12 NBA season)
==BTV Programs==
===NBA===
====Current Programs====
* NBA Live (TV show)*
* NBA Action*
* NBA.com Fantasy Insider*
* NBA Gametime Live
* NBA Games
* Real NBA*
* The Beat*
* Inside the NBA*
* The Jump on NBA.COM*
* NBA D-League Central*
* NBA D-League Game of the Week*
* WNBA Games
* WNBA Action**
* NBA Playoffs Playback
* NBA Summer League
* NBA Draft
* One on One with Ahmad Rashad
* Open Court
[*] Note that new episodes of these programs are only available during the NBA season.
[**] New episodes only during the WNBA season.
====Recurring Programs====
* Making the Call with Ronnie Nunn
* NBA Draft Playback
* Sounds of the Finals
* The Run
* Overtime (TV show)
* NBA Stories
* Marv Albert Show
* NBA Greatest Games/Hardwood Classics
* NBA Home Video
* NBA Basketballography
* NBA Specials
* Vintage NBA
* NBA Vault
* NBA Wired
* Books and Basketball
* NBA Journeys
* NBAE Presents
* NBA Fit
* NBA Slideshow
* Real Training Camp
====Local Network Programs====
* Home Shopping Network
====Defunct Programs====
* NBA Jam (TV series) Local or Original Version
* NBA Inside Stuff
* NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad
* NBA 360
* NBA Hoop Party
* NBA TV Top 10 Games of the Week
===FIBA===
* 2008 Beijing Olympics
* 2012 London Olympics
* Stankovic Cup
* FIBA Diamond Ball
* FIBA World Basketball*
* FIBA World Championship
* FIBA Asia Championship
* FIBA Americas Championship
* EuroBasket
[*] - Also currently airing on Solar Sports
===College===
* ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
* NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
* Philippine Collegiate Championship *
* Collegiate Champions League
* National Capital Region Athletic Association
* One U
[*] - Broadcast rights moved to ABS-CBN Sports through Studio 23 and Balls.
===Local leagues===
* Philippine Basketball League
* Nike Elite Camp
* Fil-Oil/Flying V Invitational Cup
* Philippine Basketball Association
* Philippine Women Basketball League
* Liga Pilipinas
===Other foreign leagues===
* Euroleague (briefly moved to ESPN Star Sports in the 2009-10 season)
* National Basketball League
* Chinese Basketball Association
* Liga ACB
===Other===
*Home Shopping Network
*Perspectives Sports Documentary (also airs on Solar Sports)
==External links==
* Official website
* bTV at Telebisyon.net
Category:Television in the Philippines
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2006
Category:Solar Entertainment Corporation
Category:Basketball media
Category:National Basketball Association on television
Category:Sports television networks
Category:Sports television in the Philippines