TV5 is going global with its newest collaboration with the international sports brand ESPN. The long term partnership introduces ESPN 5 that will serve Filipino sports fanatics. TV5’s “Sports 5” will be rebranded as “ESPN 5”, encompassing all sports coverage on TV5. In addition, ESPN will license to TV5 more than 2,500 hours of additional programming per year from its portfolio of sports rights, original programming and studio programs. At the event held at Sports Bar in Sofitel, Vincent “Chot” Reyes, President of TV 5 explained that TV 5 will be re-programmed where in ESPN 5 will take the morning slot with international sports, News program by lunch, block-timers will take the afternoon slot, and local sports programs in the evening to complete the daily programming. “Our partnership with ESPN, long recognised as the worldwide leader in parts, gives us tremendous upside in the quality of sports programming that we…