Blast TV is a Philippine over-the-top streaming media and

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service owned by

TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation (TAP DMV) is a Philippine Mass media, media and entertainment company which oversees the operations of its 24-hour linear television channels and a digital media, digital over-the-top media service. It is f ...

. The service offers in-house linear streaming channels, as well as

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content from

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FilmRise FilmRise is an American media company, headquartered in New York City, that operates a film and television studio and a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) network. As of November 2024, the FilmRise app has reported more than 31.5 milli ...

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and

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. In addition, Blast TV also houses

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. The service is available to

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and

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broadband subscribers.

History

As TAP Go

The service traced its origins in 2020 as TAP Go, a streaming service offering live channels from TAP DMV and live sporting events. TAP Go was suspending its operations in November 2020, but continues to stream live football on its sister site PremierFootball.ph. The service resumed in August 2021, coinciding with TAP DMV's coverage of

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's recently concluded bout against Yordenis Ugas on its own cable channels. TAP Go was relaunched in October 2022 with additional live TV channels from third-party content providers like

Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific is a division of Warner Bros. Discovery that operates several television channels in Asia and Australasia, along with the Discovery+ streaming service. In April 2022, WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks Asia- ...

, Rock Entertainment Holdings, and

ABS-CBN ABS-CBN is a leading Philippine media and content company. It serves as the flagship media brand of ABS-CBN Corporation, a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings Corporation. Once the country's largest free-to-air television network, ABS-CBN has since ...

. In addition, TAP Go has also offers in-house

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/linear channels through a partnership with

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, namely: Laff, Crime TV, Comic U, and Game Show Central.

As Blast TV

In August 2023, TAP DMV and

Converge ICT Converge ICT Solutions Inc., doing business as Converge (also known as ComClark in Pampanga), is a telecommunication service provider in the Philippines. It operates fiber optic broadband networks, Internet Protocol television (marketed as Co ...

formally launched Blast TV, originally a

-oriented streaming service that offers linear channels and video on-demand content. On September 18, 2023, TAP DMV launched a new hub for Blast TV called

, a linear channel and video-on-demand. On November 3, 2023, TAP DMV officially shut down the TAP Go service, with its entire content were merged into Blast TV. On January 20, 2024, TAP DMV announced that it will launch a new hub for

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within the Blast TV service, after the latter signed a content licensing agreement with

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. On May 23, 2025, Paramount+ was launched as Blast TV's content hub.

Content and availability

As of 2024, Blast TV offers in-house linear channels (Laff, Crime TV, Comic U, Game Show Central, Blast Cinema, Family Movies, Fear, Blast Action, Reality TV, Talk Shows, and Showcase Drama) in addition to its own cable channels that are also streamed on the said service, as well as third-party channels including from

( tvN Asia and tvN Movies Pinoy). In addition, Blast TV also houses the

hub, which features content library from NBCUniversal; and

Setanta Sports Setanta Sports Media is a sports television company based in Dublin, Ireland and in Tbilisi, Georgia, broadcasting throughout select Eurasian countries, and the Philippines. The company was formed in 1990 to facilitate the broadcasting of Iris ...

, which broadcasts live coverages of selected matches from the

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La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

and the

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. The service is available free of charge for Converge FiberX subscribers (including Surf2Sawa and Bida Fiber plans) as well as for Globe At Home broadband subscribers (both Prepaid and Postpaid), but requires user membership. Subscription for non-telco partners is also available on a monthly payment basis. On May 2025, Blast TV becomes available for

Dito Telecommunity Dito Telecommunity Corporation (stylized as DITO), formerly known as Mindanao Islamic Telephone Company, Inc. or Mislatel, is a telecommunications company in the Philippines which is also engaged in the business of multimedia and information te ...

mobile subscribers thru both paid subscription with Dito prepaid and free streaming via Dito mobile application.

References

{{VOD services TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation Philippine entertainment websites Video on demand services 2020 establishments in the Philippines Internet properties established in 2020

History

As TAP Go

As Blast TV

Content and availability

See also

References