PBA on NBN/IBC

*The PBA on NBN/IBC*
The PBA on NBN/IBC
Genre	PBA game telecasts
Presented by	various PBA on NBN/IBC commentators
Country of origin	Philippines
Original languages	English, Filipino (NBN); English (IBC)
No. of episodes	n/a
Production
Camera setup	multicamera setup
Running time	150 minutes or until game ends
Production company	Summit Sports
Original release
Network	National Broadcasting Network; Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Release	February 23 –; December 14, 2003
Related
	PBA on MBS

The PBA on NBN and The PBA on IBC were brandings used for presentations of Philippine Basketball Association games produced by Summit Sports and was aired on Philippine television networks National Broadcasting Network and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation, respectively in 2003. The PBA on NBN and The PBA on IBC succeeded PBA's longtime TV partner Vintage Television.

The coverage of PBA games during this time was highly criticized because of the poor performance of the two networks.

Overview

The consortium of NBN and IBC took over the league's TV coverage after winning the TV rights over the league's longtime TV partner Vintage Television on November 8, 2002. The league considered the NBN-IBC bid because they can provide a wider coverage of the games not only in Metro Manila but also throughout the provinces. The consortium signed an agreement to the PBA to cover the games for three years, paying the league for almost P670 million.^[1]

The first week’s ratings of the games over NBN were negligible when compared to those of IBC which had telecast the games for several years, while even the two networks combined ratings were way below those of Viva TV in 2002. The use of two networks to broadcast the PBA also led to an experiment during the first few months of the season where NBN and IBC would air separate telecasts of a game aimed at different audiences, NBN's broadcasts were more traditionally styled, while IBC's broadcasts were aimed at a younger audience, utilizing a separate pool of younger personalities. The format was eventually dropped and replaced with straight simulcasts later on in the season.

Due to allegations by IBC that NBN had not paid close to 30 million pesos in rights fees, IBC stopped broadcasting PBA games at the end of October 2003 after seven years of airing. NBN would continue on until the finals of the 2003 Reinforced Conference. The PBA gave the consortium a formal notice on December 1, 2003 to settle their debts of unpaid rights fees, that reached up to P134 million, plus the P60 million penalty due to the stoppage of IBC to simulcast the league's games, else their contract will be terminated. A bid would be held for a new contract, where the Associated Broadcasting Company (now TV5 Network, Inc.) was awarded the broadcast rights for the league beginning in the 2004 season

Commentators

Play-by-play

Color

Courtside reporters

Sources

^ PBA hands coverage rights to NBN-IBC, June Navarro, Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 9, 2002.

Preceded by PBA on Viva TV	PBA TV coverage partners 2003	Succeeded by PBA on ABC

[1] PBA hands coverage rights to NBN-IBC, June Navarro, Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 9, 2002.

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