The PBA on NBN/IBC
Format	Sports (basketball) live action
Developed by	Summit Sports
Starring	various PBA on NBN/IBC commentators
Country of origin	Philippines
Language(s)	English, Filipino (NBN) English (IBC)
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Production
Camera setup	multicamera setup
Running time	150 minutes+
Broadcast
Original channel	National Broadcasting Network Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation
Picture format	480i SDTV
Original run	February 23, 2003 – December 14, 2003
Chronology
Preceded by	PBA on Viva TV
Followed by	PBA on ABC

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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 in December 2002. Vintage Television (earlier known as Vintage Enterprises and Vintage Sports) is a sports-oriented media company and became well known as the TV coverage partner of December 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - 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.

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.

One of their first experiments is to have parallel broadcasts to extend product reach beyond traditional PBA fans. It is specifically created to complement and at the same time maximize the two-station set up of the consortium. IBC had a separate pre-game, halftime and post-game show, different graphics, a roster of young DJs and personalities as panelists and an up-beat style of presentation, while NBN kept the traditional panelists and style of covering the games. After a few months, the parallel broadcasts were scrapped and they did simulcasts instead.

On October 29, 2003 IBC stopped its coverage of the games due to unpaid airtime dues from NBN. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. IBC officials claimed that NBN, has failed to pay its airtime dues worth almost 30 million pesos.

Commentators

Play-by-play

NBN's time/score graphic during the 2003 Reinforced Conference Finals.

• Sandy Geronimo
• Mico Halili
• TJ Manotoc
• Sev Sarmenta
• Boom Gonzalez

Analysts

• Norman Black
• Quinito Henson
• Ramon Fernandez

Courtside reporters

• Patricia Bermudez-Hizon
• Jesela Roque
• Mark Zambrano
• Paolo Trillo

See also

• Philippine Basketball Association

Sources

• NBN-4 ready for PBA (Manila Standard-Today)
• Mad scramble for the top position in the PBA (arabnews.com)
• MALACAÑANG STEPS IN AS IBC OFFICERS RESIGN OVER PBA TV COVERAGE (newsflash.org)
• Parallel broadcast of PBA games begins today on IBC (Manila Standard-Today)