Television channel
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| Country | Philippines |
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| 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 | |
| History | |
| Launched |
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| Former names | Premier Sports 2: Premier Tennis (2020–2022) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| 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.
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.
Programming and coverage rights
See also: TAP Sports § List of sports broadcasting rightsAmerican football
Athletics
- Wanda Diamond League (shared with Eurosport)
Autoracing
Golf
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
Snooker
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
Volleyball
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
- Saudi Pro League
- UEFA
See also
References
- "New channels on Cignal starting September 2021". Cignal TV. September 1, 2021.
- "New Cignal channel Premier Sports to show UFC fights". Spin Life. September 3, 2021.
- "Cignal offers free viewing for 11 new channels to all new and active subscribers". Manila Bulletin. September 3, 2021.
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