TAP TV

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TAP TV
CountryPhilippines
Broadcast areaNationwide
HeadquartersMandaluyong, Metro Manila
Programming
LanguageEnglish
Picture format1080i HDTV
Ownership
OwnerTAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation
Sister channels
History
LaunchedApril 14, 2019
Former names
  • TAP Sports 2 (2019–2020)
  • TAP W (2020)

TAP TV (stylized as tap TV) is a 24-hour Philippine pay television channel owned by TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation.[1] It is launched on April 14, 2019. A former sports channel, it currently broadcasts as a general entertainment channel since November 4, 2020.[2][3]

History

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On April 14, 2019, TAP DMV launched a secondary channel of TAP Sports, focusing on airing live coverages and highlights of every WTA tournaments. On February 17, 2020, the WTA events (along with its men's counterpart ATP) were moved to a new tennis-dedicated channel Premier Tennis, while TAP Sports 2 was reformatted as TAP W and began shifting its focus on women's sports.

On November 2, 2020, TAP DMV relaunched TAP W as TAP TV, reformatted as a general entertainment channel. The first program aired on TAP TV was The Today Show.[4]

Programming

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TAP TV's current schedule consists of canned programming from the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, and has programming distribution/output arrangements with Comcast (NBCUniversal, Peacock, and Sky UK), Paramount Skydance (Paramount+, CBS Studios and Paramount Television Studios) and ITV Studios. It includes news, talk shows, reality dramas & lifestyle.

Current programs

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Former programs

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References

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