TAP Sports
Television channel
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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.
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| Country | Philippines |
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| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Mandaluyong, Metro Manila |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to 480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | April 14, 2019 |
| Former names |
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| Links | |
| Website | tapdmv |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Cignal TV Nationwide | Channel 94 |
| SatLite Nationwide | Channel 56 |
| Sky Cable Metro Manila | Channel 188 (HD) |
| SkyTV Metro Manila | Channel 166 |
| Sky Direct Nationwide | Channel 46 |
| G Sat Nationwide | Channel 32 |
| 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
| Country | Philippines |
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| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Mandaluyong, Metro Manila |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to 480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation |
| History | |
| Launched | January 17, 2024 |
| Replaced | PIE Channel (BEAM TV channel space) |
| Replaced by | UFC TV (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 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.
The channel ceased broadcast on BEAM TV on September 1, 2025. It was replaced by UFC TV on its channel space. Meanwhile, the channel continued streaming on Blast TV.
Programming
List of sports broadcasting rights
Note: Some sporting rights are sublicensed from DAZN and FITE TV.
Auto racing
Badminton
Basketball
- Liga ACB
- Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (shared with Solar Sports under sub-licensing)
Billiards
- Sharks Billiards Association (co-shared with One Sports, RPTV and PTV Sports Network)
Boxing
- Golden Boy Classics
- Premier Boxing Champions
- Superbouts[4]
Cycling
eSports
- Arena eSports[5]
- ELEAGUE
- MPL Philippines
Football
Combat sports
Multi sports
Volleyball
Wrestling
- TNA Wrestling[10]
- Heroes of Lucha Libre[11]
- Filipino Pro Wrestling[11]
- Women of Wrestling
Other sports
Sports reality / magazine programming
- Drive
- Jay Leno's Garage[11]
- 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)[12][13]
- B.League[14]
- EuroLeague (now moved on One Sports and its live streaming, Pilipinas Live starting the 2025–26 season)
- Enfusion
- Professional Fighters League[4]
- ONE Warrior Series Philippines[15]
- WWE (now moved to Netflix since January 2026)[16][17]
- WWE Raw
- WWE SmackDown
- WWE NXT
- WWE NXT UK
- WWE Main Event
- WWE Bottom Line
- WWE Afterburn
- This Week in WWE
- Porsche Super Cup
- Chinese Basketball Association
- Sinag Liga Asya[11]
- WNBA[18]
- NAASCU
- Action Sports World
- Badminton Unlimited
- BattleBots
- Caffeine and Octane
- FIBA Weekly
- The Mike and Cole Show