TAP Sports (stylized as tap Sports) is a

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pay

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of sports channels owned by

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

. It was launched on April 14, 2019, under two separate channels carried by

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, and was later relaunched the following year. The TAP Sports network has four channels: the main channel itself, and the Premier Sports channels.

History

On April 14, 2019, TAP Sports was launched by TAP DMV on cable provider

. Back then, it used to be broadcast on two separate channels covering all live tennis events: TAP Sports 1 (airing the men's

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tournaments) and TAP Sports 2 (airing the women's WTA tournaments). 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.

Programming

List of sports broadcasting rights

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Badminton

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Boxing

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Football

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Mixed martial arts

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Multi Sports

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Volleyball

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Wrestling

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Non-sports programming

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References

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