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Philippine Basketball Association Season 37 Games will be aired on AKTV on IBC-13.

PBA commissioner Chito Salud confirmed that TV5 will be the new broadcast and marketing partner of the Philippine Basketball Association. The deal also includes rights on radio broadcast. Games will be broadcast on AKTV. It is TV5′s Prime Time Sports Block on IBC-13.

The rights of the 36th season of PBA is currently with Solar Sports and is being shown on ABS-CBN’s Studio 23. The contract will expire after this season. Both Solar Sports and ABS-CBN did not bid to get the rights of the PBA Games leaving TV5 the lone bidder and now TV5 officially got it.

We could also remember that PBA was on ABC5 (TV5′s former brand name). October will be month of the return of PBA on TV5′s yard.

AKTV is slowly catching the attentions of Sports Fans. A lot of Sports Events are shown on the block including the FIBA Asia 2011 Championship. PBA D-league is shown on AKTV so having PBA’s 37th Season is the icing on the cake. This will surely boost AKTV’s strong sports line-up. Being on Free TV is an advantage because it is the only Prime Time Sports Block in the Philippines. It can bee seen on IBC-13′s Prime Time Block on Free TV and all the cable and satellite providers.