Premier Sports (Philippine TV 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

Premier Football

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

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.

On January 10, 2022, the channel was renamed as Premier Sports 2, eventually adding PGA Tour golf tournaments, rugby and athletics to the lineup.

Programming and coverage rights

See also: TAP Sports § List of sports broadcasting rights

American football

• NFL
• UFL

Athletics

• Wanda Diamond League (shared with Eurosport)

Autoracing

• NASCAR

Golf

• LPGA
• PGA Tour

Combat sports

• 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

• World Rugby Sevens Series

Snooker

• British Open

Soccer (association football)

• 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

• WTA
  • WTA 250
  • WTA 500
  • WTA 1000
  • WTA Finals

Volleyball

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

Other sports

• SailGP (shared with SPOTV)

Non-sports / sports reality programming

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

Previous broadcasting rights

• 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

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

References

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.