TAP Sports

TAP Sports (stylized as tap Sports) is a Philippine pay television network of sports channels owned by TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation. It was launched on April 14, 2019, under two separate channels carried by Sky Cable, and was later relaunched the following year.

TAP Sports

Country	Philippines
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	Mandaluyong, Metro Manila
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation
Sister channels	Premier Sports TAP Action Flix TAP Edge TAP Movies TAP TV
History
Launched	April 14, 2019; 6 years ago (2019-04-14)
Former names	TAP Sports 1 (2019–2020)
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)
Samsung TV Plus	Internet Protocol television (Philippines only)

The TAP Sports network has four channels: the main channel itself, and the Premier Sports channels.^[1][2]

History

On April 14, 2019, TAP Sports was launched by TAP DMV on cable provider Sky Cable. Back then, it used to be broadcast on two separate channels covering all live tennis events: TAP Sports 1 (airing the men's ATP tournaments) and TAP Sports 2 (airing the women's WTA tournaments).^[3]

On February 17, 2020, the TAP Sports network was relaunched, this time as a general sports channel replacing TAP Sports 1. On the same day, it launched 4 new sister channels: TAP W (women-centric sports; replacing TAP Sports 2), TAP Edge (action/adventure/outdoor sports; including EDGEsport programming), Premier Tennis (ATP and WTA), and Premier Football (soccer).

On September 20, 2021, TAP DMV launched Premier Sports, a complimentary channel of TAP Sports.

Blast Sports

Blast Sports

Country	Philippines
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	Mandaluyong, Metro Manila
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to 480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation
History
Launched	January 17, 2024; 18 months ago (2024-01-17)
Replaced	PIE Channel (BEAM TV channel space)
Availability
Terrestrial
BEAM TV (Nationwide)	Channel x.2 (DTT)
Streaming media
Blast TV	Internet Protocol television (Philippines only)

Blast Sports is a digital free-to-air sports-oriented channel of TAP DMV. It began its broadcast on BEAM TV's digital terrestrial broadcast nationwide on January 17, 2024 in soft launch mode. The new channel offers selected sporting events that also airs on TAP Sports and Premier Sports.

Programming

List of sports broadcasting rights

Note: Some sporting rights are sublicensed from DAZN and FITE TV.

Auto racing

• IndyCar Series^[4][5]
• FIA World Rallycross Championship (WRC)
• W Series

Badminton

• Badminton World Federation^[4]

Basketball

• EuroLeague^[4]
• Asia Basket
• WNBA^[6]
• NAASCU

Boxing

• Golden Boy Promotions^[4]
• Premier Boxing Champions
• Superbouts^[4]

Cycling

• Tour de Suisse
• Union Cycliste Internationale

eSports

• Arena eSports^[5]
• ELEAGUE
• MPL Philippines

Football

• 2022 FIFA World Cup^[7][8]
• ASEAN Championship

Combat sports

• Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
• UFC

Multi sports

• Paralympic Games^[9]

Volleyball

• Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB)^[4]
• Shakey's Super League^[10]

Wrestling

• WWE^[11][12]
  • WWE Raw
  • WWE SmackDown
  • WWE NXT
• Heroes of Lucha Libre^[13]
• Filipino Pro Wrestling^[13]

Other sports

• EDGEsport
• EDGEsportstories
• NFL (select postseason games only)

Non-sports / sports reality programming

• Action Sports World
• Badminton Unlimited
• BattleBots
• Caffeine and Octane
• Drive
• FIBA Weekly
• Jay Leno's Garage^[13]
• The Mike and Cole Show
• MotorClub
• OnPoint
• Straight Up Steve Austin
• World's Strongest Man
• Monster Jam

Segments

• Ancient Feats
• Peculiar Pursuits
• Larong Lokal
• Unfiltered with Enzo
• Wild World of Sports

Previous programming

• National Basketball League (Australia)^[14][15]
• B.League^[16]
• Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL)
• Enfusion
• Professional Fighters League^[4]
• ONE Warrior Series Philippines^[17]
• Impact Wrestling^[18]
  • Impact!
  • Impact Wrestling Pay-per-view events
• WWE
  • WWE NXT UK
  • WWE Main Event
  • WWE Bottom Line
  • WWE Afterburn
  • This Week in WWE
• Porsche Super Cup
• Chinese Basketball Association
• Sinag Liga Asya^[13]
• Sharks Billiards Association