The 2007 Southeast Asian Games officially known as the 24th Southeast Asian Games was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat), Thailand from 6 to 15 December 2007, with 475 in 43 sports and disciplines featured in the games.
At this time to prepare the coverage, ABS-CBN executives, led by chairman, president and CEO Eugenio Lopez III that the broadcast rights of the regional multi-sport event. This company, along with the Philippine Sports Commission and Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation to sign an agreement to air this event in February 24, 2006, three months after the Philippines hosted the Southeast Asian Games.
Thus, the ABS-CBN corporation, it's sports division ABS-CBN Sports, it's TV channels, ABS- CBN and UHF network Studio 23, cable channels Balls and DZMM TeleRadyo and AM radio station DZMM, along with GMA-7, ABC-5 and government station NBN-4 and IBC-13, and radio stations DZXL RMN Manila 558, DZBB Radyo Bisig Bayan 594, DZRH, DZSR Sports Radio 918, Radyo Inquirer 990, 92.3 xFM, iFM 93.9, RW 95.1 FM, 96.3 WRocK, Barangay LS 97.1, MOR 101.9 My Only Radio For Life, YES FM 101.1, 102.7 STAR FM and 106.7 Dream FM to cover this regional sporting event live nationwide and worldwide on all platforms - TV, Radio, Internet via Facebook and Youtube on PC, smartphones and tablets.
This coverage was powered by Philippine Olympic Committee, Philippine Sports Commission and UCare, co-presented by the Department of Tourism, Alaxan FR and Petron, and in part by Pride Detergent, Unique Toothpaste, Smart Dishwashing, StarWax Floor Wax, Shield Bath Soap, White Rose Kojic Whitening Soap, Senokot, White Flower, Symdex D, Meralco, Jollibee, Hapee, Capsulac, Accel, MC Billboards, Tanduay, Nestle Milo, Globe, TM, PLDT, Smart, Facebook, Friendster, Multiply, Twitter, YouTube, SM Supermalls, Eyeberry, Dunkin Donuts, Cherry Mobile, Fukuda, My Juiz, AICS, Manila Bulletin, 2GO, GES, Steeltech Colored Roofing and M Lhuillier Financial Services, Inc.
The contract signing between GMA and Solar Entertainment for the coverage of the Southeast Asian multi-sport event was held last October 29 at the Manila Polo Club in Makati City.
Spotted at the contract signing were: GMA Chairman and CEO Atty. Felipe Gozon, GMA president Gilberto R. Duavit, Jr., GMA senior vice president for Entertainment Wilma Galvante, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Felipe Yalong and Solar Entertainment chairman Wilson Tieng.
Rival network GMA having their banners and pins for the event.
The title of the coverage to be known as A Time for Heroes.
The opening ceremony which divided into eight segments was held on 6 December 2007 at 7 p.m. (8 p.m. local time) at the 80th birthday stadium.
The country is looking to improve its 6th place finish where it hauled 41 gold, 91 silver and 96 bronze medals.
4-time swimming gold medalist Miguel Molina was named the Most Valuable Male Player of the 2007 SEA Games, the third Filipino (and also the third Filipino swimmer) to bag the major award for outstanding SEA Games performance after Akiko Thomson in 1989 Kuala Lumpur Games and Eric Buhain in the 1991 Manila Games.
Aside from Molina is no other than De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Tankers and Philippine Columbian Association (PCA) Stingrays member and 2007 UAAP Swimming Championship Men's Division MVP Ernest Lorenzo "Enchong" Dee in lane 8 of men's 100-meter butterfly finals last Sunday, December 9, 2007.
Aside from swimmers Molina, Dee and Aguilar are other veterans of the games are triathletes Claire Adorna, LC Langit and Nikko Huelgas, diver Shiela Mae Perez, boxer Harry Tanamor, figure skater Michael Christian Martinez, football players James and Phil Younghusband, marathon runners Eduardo Buenavista and Mary Joy Tabal, rugby player Andrew Wolff, snooker Rubilen Amit, taekwondo jin Japoy Lizardo, table tennis player Ian Lariba, tennis player Cecil Mamiit and weighlifter Hidilyn Diaz.
The SEA Games responsibility was handed over to Laos, host of the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in which the Deputy Prime Minister of Laos, Somsavat Lengsavad received the games flag as its symbol.
Atom Araullo, Pia Arcangel, Paolo Bediones, Arnold Clavio, Mike Enriquez, Butch Francisco, Angelique Lazo, Vicky Morales, Connie Sison, Jessica Soho, Tito Sotto and Mel Tiangco at the Westside Studio of Broadway Centrum and Studio 2 of GMA Network Center are anchors and hosts of this coverage.
It is the most-watched television coverage next to the Second EDSA Revolution that deposed President Joseph Estrada and installed Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as president, the World Youth Day 1995 in Manila to see Pope John Paul II, when the closing mass held at the Quirino Grandstand, Rizal Park was the largest papal crowd in history, until being surpassed on January 18, 2015 during the visit of Pope Francis and 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
