Liga (TV channel)

League) was a Philippine pay television channel owned by Creative Programs, Inc. and ABS-CBN Sports as a content provider.

[1][2] Aside from FIFA World Cup, the channel also broadcast local and international sports coverage including the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL), ASEAN Basketball League (ABL), NCAA, University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), Premier Volleyball League (PVL), Philippine Azkals matches, Pinoy Pride boxing promotions, ONE Championship fights, and classic basketball and volleyball games from the UAAP.

The channel became the interim replacement of ABS-CBN Sports and Action (S+A) which ceased free-to-air broadcast operations as ordered by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on May 5, 2020, due to the lapsing of ABS-CBN's legislative broadcast franchise.

After 2 years and 10 months of broadcast, Liga ceased operations on pay TV on October 30, 2020[3] due to programming redundancies, lack of advertising support, and cost-cutting measures, as well as the implementation of a retrenchment program that covers its business from August 7, following a 70-11 vote by the House of Representatives Representative denied the company a new franchise by congress on July 10 and the dissolution of ABS-CBN Sports on August 31.

The last program to air on this channel was a replay of UAAP Season 78 Men's Basketball Finals.