FIBA, basketball’s international governing body, has renewed its long-standing partnership in the Philippines with satellite broadcaster Cignal TV.
The new four-year agreement includes free-to-air (FTA), pay-TV, and streaming rights, providing multi-platform coverage of FIBA competitions.
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FIBA events will be broadcast on FTA channels One Sports and RPTV, pay-TV channels One Sports+ and PBA Rush, and OTT platforms Pilipinas Live, Cignal Play, and Cignal Super.
The Pilipinas Live app will also offer video on demand for all FIBA games, as well as exclusive curated content, including game and player highlights.
Cignal will broadcast games from all of FIBA's major events and qualifiers. This will include the 2027 men’s FIBA Basketball World Cup and, notably, the 32nd edition of the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup, which will be hosted in the Philippines in 2027.
FIBA’s deal with Cignal will now extend into a second decade, with the broadcaster first partnering with the federation in 2017.
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By GlobalDataFrank Leenders, director general of FIBA Media and Marketing Services, said: “As we saw at the last FIBA Basketball World Cup, the passion for basketball in the Philippines is incredible, and Cignal has already proven how important it is to have a respected and valued broadcast partner who can meet that voracious appetite for the sport.
"Growing the FIBA game globally is something we always have in our minds, and the acceleration in popularity shows no signs of slowing down – thanks to the work of our broadcast partners such as Cignal.”
Last month, international sports broadcaster ESPN renewed its rights deal with FIBA in Australia and expanded its relationship with the governing body by becoming its exclusive broadcast partner in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands for the next four-year cycle.
