One Sports

**One Sports** (formerly **ABC Sports** from 2004 to 2008, **Sports5** from 2011 to 2017 and **ESPN5** from 2017 to 2020) is the sports division of TV5 Network, Inc. and jointly-operated with sister company Cignal TV. One Sports supplies and airs major sporting events in the Philippines and the world for free-to-air TV channels TV5, One Sports channel, Cignal-exclusive channels One Sports+, PBA Rush and NBA TV Philippines, and online esports streaming channel GG Network.

Its flagship program is the Philippine Basketball Association, the world's second oldest professional basketball league, since it acquired the television rights from 2004 to 2008 and again from 2011 until now.

## History

### ABC Sports

The network's sports division, then known as ABC Sports, was established in 2004 as a result of ABC-5's acquisition of broadcast rights to the Philippine Basketball Association. The telecasts were known as the *PBA on ABC*, after the disbandment of the broadcasting consortium between NBN-4 and IBC-13. Aside from PBA, ABC Sports also broadcast volleyball games and local boxing bouts, as well as NBA basketball and WWE wrestling matches (in partnership with Solar Entertainment). But after ABC rebranded to TV5 in August 2008, the network still managed to cover the 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference Finals, though it is under the auspices of ABC's blocktimer MPB Primedia, Inc. After which, broadcast rights for PBA, NBA, and WWE were then moved to Solar Sports and RPN starting in the 2008–09 season.

### TV5 Sports

In 2009, ABC Sports, still under management of MPB Primedia, was renamed as TV5 Sports in the interim (does not identify as such), in which the network acquired broadcasting rights to the ASEAN Basketball League (the Philippine team in the league, AirAsia Philippine Patriots, was by-then managed by ABC/TV5 owner Antonio "Tonyboy" Cojuangco, Jr.), U.S. boxing matches, and others.
In 2010, ABL's broadcasting contract with TV5 expired, after TV5 was acquired by MediaQuest Holdings, and was moved to IBC-13 and later, ABS-CBN Sports and Action.

### Sports5

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.

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.

Sports5 is the official TV partner of the Olympic Games in the Philippines from 2014 to 2016. In 2016, Sports5 acquired the Philippine broadcast rights (from ABS-CBN Sports) to air Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on free TV and satellite.

### ESPN5

On October 12, 2017, TV5 announced that it had reached a partnership with ESPN International to re-brand Sports 5 as **ESPN5**; the re-branding took effect the next day, coinciding with game 1 of the PBA Governors' Cup final. As part of the relationship, the channel acquired domestic rights to some of ESPN's U.S. and international programming, including classic boxing matches aired on ESPN Classic (also includes some matches from ESPN2's *Friday Night Fights*), IndyCar Series, the NFL, ESPN Films' documentary series *30 for 30* and *Nine for IX*, *Around the Horn*, *Pardon the Interruption*, U.S. college sports, and the X Games. Although ESPN is a U.S. NBA broadcaster, the league has a separate rights deal with ABS-CBN. The operation includes a local version of ESPN's flagship studio program *SportsCenter*, *SportsCenter Philippines* (which premiered on December 17, 2017), and collaboration between ESPN and TV5 on digital content—having launched a localized version of ESPN.com and the streaming ESPN Player service on January 31, 2018. The partnership marked the return of the ESPN brand to the country since the replacement of ESPN Philippines with Fox Sports Asia. Meanwhile, the re-launch as ESPN5 also caused the delays of many of Viva Television's planned productions for TV5 to late 2020 and early 2021 (especially *Masked Singer Pilipinas* and *Kagat ng Dilim*).

### One Sports

On March 8, 2020, ESPN5 ceased to exist on television and was rebranded as One Sports (named after the then pay television channel of the same name), as both 5 and the new One Sports channel decided to not carry any ESPN5-branded programming on its schedule. The partnership continued however both on online as the ESPN5 webpage it was active and served as the de facto One Sports homepage in the Philippines and on-air as ESPN programs continue to broadcast on both 5 (later reverted back to TV5) and One Sports until October 13, 2021. At the same day, 5 Plus was relaunched as a dedicated channel of One Sports which was moved from being an exclusive-pay television channel to free-to-air and eventually taking over its channel space. Meanwhile, its original pay television counterpart on Cignal was rebranded as One Sports+.

Following the closure of ABS-CBN Sports after 70 congressmen denied ABS-CBN Corporation's new franchise, One Sports replaced certain programming such as the NFL, NCAA (US), with some sports whose rights were previously held by ABS-CBN Sports, such as the NBA, ONE Championship and UAAP.

## Current programs

### One TV

* *National Basketball Association (NBA)*
* *ONE Championship*

### A2Z/PinoyNews & Studio TV

* *Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)*

### One Sports

* *30 for 30*
* *AFC Cup*
* *AFF Championship*
* *Asian Tour*
* *Badminton Asia Championships (national teams and individuals)*
* *Boxing's Greatest Fights*
* *European Tour*
* *National Basketball Association (NBA)*
* *National Cheerleading Championship*
* *PBA 3x3*
* *PBA Developmental League (PBA D-League)*
* *Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)*
* *Philippine Collegiate Champions League*
* *Premier Volleyball League*
* *SM-National Basketball Training Center League*
* *Spikers' Turf*
* *Philippines national football team (The Azkals)*
* *The Game*
* *The Nationals*
* *Top Rank Boxing*
* *University Athletic Association of the Philippines*
* *WWE Raw*
* *WWE SmackDown*

### One PH

* *Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League*

### One Sports+

Further information: One Sports (TV channel) § One Sports+ current programming
* *The Game* Template:Small

### PBA Rush

* *Basketball Science*
* *The Chasedown*
* *PBA Rulebook*
* *Swagg Anatomy*
* *Shootaround*
* *Basketball Almanac*
* *The Huddle* (simulcast on One PH and One Sports channel)
* *Step Back*
* *Jumpball* (simulcast on One PH and One Sports channel)

### NBA TV Philippines

Further information: NBA TV Philippines
* *NBA Hype*
* *NBA Spotlight*

### GG Network

* *Electronic Sports and Gaming Summit* events
* *The Nationals*
* *Geeks and Gamers Guide*

## Previous programs

### Programs

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* ASEAN Basketball League (2009–2010)
* PBA on ABC/TV5 (2004–2008)
* NCAA Philippines (2012–2015; returned to ABS-CBN Sports)
* Philippine Super Liga (2015-2020)
* Ringside (2004–2008)
* NFL (2017-2020, terminated after acquiring ABS-CBN Sports rights)
* NCAA (2017-2020, terminated after acquiring previously held rights from ABS-CBN Sports)
* 2011 Philippine Open Pool Championship
* MVP Cup
* 2005 Southeast Asian Games
* 2007 Southeast Asian Games
* 2012 London Olympic Games Sports Coverage
* 2018 Winter Olympics
* 2018 Asian Games
* Shakey's V-League (2005-2006)
* Ronda Pilipinas
* Nike Rise
* Filsports Basketball Association
* Pacific Xtreme Combat
* Sports 360
* SportsPage
* IndyCar Series
* Formula E
* Manny Pacquiao presents Blow by Blow
* The Ultimate Fighter
* Ultimate Fighting Championship
* UFC Now
* UFC Presents
* UFC Unleashed
* UFC Ultimate Insider
* United Football League
* United Regional Basketball League
* Universities and Colleges Basketball League

## Sports broadcasters

### Current on-air staff

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* Chuck Araneta (PBA on One Sports, PBA Rush Lead play-by-play, Courtside reporter)
* Aaron Atayde (PBA Rush Lead Play by Play)
* Billie Capistrano (PVL play by play)
* Charlie Cuna (PBA on One Sports play-by-play)
* Selina Dagdag-Alas (PBA on One Sports Courtside reporter)
* Apple David (PBA on One Sports Courtside reporter)
* Paolo del Rosario (PBA Rush Lead play-by-play, Courtside reporter, Shootaround host, The Game host)
* Richard del Rosario (PBA on One Sports, PBA Rush Basketball analyst)
* Tony Dela Cruz (PBA on One Sports Basketball analyst)
* Jolly Escobar (PBA on One Sports/PBA Rush Basketball analyst)
* Neil Flores (PVL Volleyball analyst)
* Noreen Go (PVL Volleyball analyst)
* Boom Gonzales (PVL Lead play by play, NBA Hype Host, The Game Weekend host)
* Ryan Gregorio (PBA on One Sports Lead Basketball analyst)
* Mico Halili (Creative Director for sports program and sports digital properties, Cignal TV, Hotseat host)
* Quinito Henson (PBA on One Sports Lead Basketball analyst)\*
* Gretchen Ho (sports correspondent to the 2020 Summer Olympics)
* Andy Jao (PBA on One Sports/PBA Rush Basketball analyst)\*
* Carla Lizardo (PBA on One Sports Courtside reporter)
* Magoo Marjon (PBA on One Sports Lead play-by-play)
* Carlo Pamintuan (PBA Rush Basketball analyst, play-by-play, Courtside reporter, Shootaround host)
* Ali Peek (PBA Rush Basketball analyst)
* Mozzy Ravena (PVL Volleyball analyst)
* Anne Remulla-Canda (PVL Volleyball analyst)
* Ivy Remulla (PVL Volleyball analyst)
* Chiqui Reyes (PBA Rush Play-by-play)
* Eric Reyes (PBA on One Sports Basketball analyst)
* Sev Sarmenta (PBA on One Sports Lead play-by-play)\*
* Anthony Suntay (PVL play-by-play)
* Jutt Sulit (PBA Rush Lead play-by-play, Courtside reporter)
* Denise Tan (PBA on One Sports Courtside reporter)
* Ayie Tinsay (PVL courtside reporter)
* Eric Tipan (PVL play-by-play)
* Charles Tiu (PBA Rush Basketball analyst)
* Carmela Tunay (The Game host)
* Jong Uichico (PBA Rush Basketball analyst)
* Dominic Uy (PBA on One Sports Basketball analyst)
* James Velasquez (PBA Rush/PBA on One Sports Lead play-by-play)

* - *currently on hiatus due to COVID-19 Pandemic*

### Past on-air staff

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* Peaches Aberin
* Mica Abesamis
* Don Allado
* Mara Aquino
* Ramon Bautista
* Patricia Bermudez-Hizon
* Mich Del Carmen-Elorde
* Janeena Chan
* Rheema Chanco
* Ai Dela Cruz
* Lia Cruz
* Stephanie Cueva
* Rizza Diaz (now on One News)
* Joy Delorey
* Rado Dimalibot
* Kenneth Duremdes (Currently as commissioner of MPBL)
* Amanda Fernandez
* Jayvee Gayoso
* Sel Guevara
* Vince Hizon
* Jing Jamlang
* Jojo Lastimosa
* Vitto Lazatin
* Laura Lehmann Pessumal
* Frankie Lim
* Miakka Lim
* Cesca Litton-Kalaw
* Chino Lui Pio
* Peter Martin
* Butch Maniego†
* Ronnie Magsanoc
* TJ Manotoc (Currently ABS-CBN News Bureau chief for North America)
* Eric Menk
* Jessica Mendoza
* L.A. Mumar
* Lyn Olavario
* Renz Ongkiko
* Chiqui Pablo
* Erika Padilla-Cariaso
* Benjie Paras
* Barry Pascua†
* Ed Picson
* Nikko Ramos (moved to ABS-CBN Sports)
* Chot Reyes (Currently head coach of TNT Tropang Giga)
* Trish Roque
* Jinno Rufino
* Judy Saril (moved to ABS-CBN Sports)
* Angelika Schmeing-Cruz
* Boyet Sison
* Niña Sison
* Jannelle So
* Luigi Trillo
* Jason Webb
* Mon Liboro
* Jude Turcuato (currently works as VP and Territory Head of Fox Networks Group Philippines)
* Sam YG
* Mark Zambrano (now on One News)
* Noel Zarate

## See also

* ABS-CBN Sports
* One TV
* One Sports (TV channel)
* Philippine Basketball Association
* PBA Rush
* PBA on NBN/IBC
* PinoyNews
* Studio TV

## External links

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