in pacquiao's native country of the philippines, solar entertainment held broadcast rights to the fight, reportedly paying $10 million (php 440 million). the telecast was made available via commercial free pay-per-view on the television providers cignal and skycable, and at the locations of theatre chain sm cinema (including imax theaters) and the mall of asia arena. unlike previous pacquiao fights, whose free-to-air rights were held by gma network as part of a sub-licensing arrangement, a "slightly-delayed" telecast of the fight was simulcast by solar sports, gma and the rival commercial networks abs-cbn and tv5. solar sports president wilson tieng said that pacquiao personally requested the joint broadcast due to its historic nature, and that "everybody agreed to set aside all their differences to make sure that this will become the biggest event ever in philippine television history." gma held exclusive radio rights to the fight.