The Staff at MMAJunkie have revised their report stating that WEC 49 garnered an average audience of 244,000. The official numbers have been reported as 324,000 on the average with a peak of 528,000. However, initial reports of an average audience of just 244,000 viewers have since been revised, and industry sources have indicated to […]
Archives for June 2010
WWE and YouTube Enter Partnership
The WWE has announced a multi-year partnership with YouTube that will make full episodes of WWE content available on the popular video sharing website. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. and YouTube announced today a multi-year partnership that will make full episodes of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, WWE NXT, WWE Superstars and ECW available at WWE’s official […]
Toronto Sports Bar Ripe for UFC Viewing Party
Don Muret of the Sports Business Journal reports on the desire of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment to turn its Real Sports Bar and Grill into a quasi closed-circuit destination for its Air Canada Center in Toronto. Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment’s new sports bar next to Air Canada Centre will sell plenty of beer […]
TUF 11 Finale: 1.4 HH
MMAPayout.com has learned that the TUF 11 Finale on Spike TV drew a 1.4 HH rating on the strength of 2 million average viewers over its three hour broadcast on Saturday night. However, the show peaked at 2.4 million viewers for the main event that saw Court McGee defeat Kris McCray. The program also garnered […]
UFC 115 PPV Prediction: 460,000
MMAPayout.com uses statistical regression analysis to match both the viewership numbers from Spike TV’s Countdown to UFC and the live gate figures reported by athletic commissions against the PPV buyrate numbers for each UFC event. The analysis produces a linear equation, which can then be used to take new Countdown or gate information and predict […]