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Type | Free-to-air television network |
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Branding | S+A |
Country | Philippines |
Founded | January 18, 2014 |
TV stations | List of stations |
Headquarters | ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Mother Ignacia Street, corner Sgt. Esguerra Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City |
Area | Defunct |
Owner | ABS-CBN Corporation |
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Launch date | January 18, 2014 June 2015 (international) January 1, 2016 (high-definition) | (terrestrial)
Dissolved | May 5, 2020 December 2, 2020 (international) (6 years, 10 months and 14 days) | (legislative franchise lapsed)
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Affiliation(s) | AMCARA Broadcasting Network |
Language | Filipino (main) English (secondary) |
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Country | United States |
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Network | S+A |
Headquarters | Daly City, California |
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Language(s) | Filipino (main) English (secondary) |
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Owner | ABS-CBN Corporation |
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History | |
Launched | July 10, 2015 |
Closed | December 2, 2020 |
Replaced by | Cine Mo! Global |
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ABS-CBN Sports and Action (stylized as ABS-CBN Sports+Action or simply S+A or S and A),[1] was a free-to-air television network based in Quezon City. It was owned by ABS-CBN Corporation with some of its programs produced and licensed by ABS-CBN Sports. In Metro Manila, Sports + Action broadcast terrestrially and through DTT through DWAC-TV (UHF channel 23), the frequency once used by the defunct national television network Studio 23 until its closure on January 16, 2014, with most of its UHF affiliate stations in the provinces owned by AMCARA Broadcasting Network.[2][3] It began its operations on January 18, 2014, yet it did not become the company's sole channel for sports until the shutdown of subscription-based counterpart Balls by the end of 2015.[4][5][6] Its simulcast high-definition channel was exclusively available on Sky Cable, Destiny Cable and Sky Direct since 2016, while its international feed (carried with the same channel name) carried worldwide through The Filipino Channel. Sports + Action's programming is composed primarily of sports coverage such as MPBL, ABL, UAAP, NCAA, Pinoy Pride fights, BVR, PVL and ONE Championship. The program line up of Sports + Action included other sports-related programming, news coverages and blocktimers. S+A broadcast Mondays to Saturdays from 5:00 am to 1:00 am and Sundays from 4:00 am to 1:00 am.
On May 5, 2020, the station's broadcasting activities, together with that of its sister television and radio stations ABS-CBN, DZMM, and MOR Philippines, were signed off the air at 7:52 pm following the cease-and-desist order (CDO) issued by the National Telecommunications Commission due to the expiration of ABS-CBN's legislative license to operate. S+A continued to air internationally through The Filipino Channel until December 2.
On January 5, 2022, its former UHF frequencies (channel 23 and 43) were assigned by the NTC to Aliw Broadcasting Corporation (for channel 23) and Swara Sug Media Corporation (for channel 43).[7]