Earlier this week Top Rank Boxing and truTV announced a deal that would put boxing on the Turner Network starting with live fight cards on Friday, May 1st. truTV is best known for running men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament games during March. Otherwise, most sports fans would not know of the network’s existence. The series will […]
Archives for April 2015
May-Pac PPV will cost $99
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that May 2nd’s long-awaited PPV fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. will have a price point of $99 HD and $89 SD. It will be the highest priced PPV ever. The previous high for a sport PPV was “The One” which featured Mayweather fighting Canelo Alvarez. The […]
Bellator 135 DVR bumps rating up to 670K viewers
MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that the Bellator 135 adjusted viewership drew an additional 70,000 viewers for a total of 677,000 viewers. In addition, the peak for the show went up from the original 922,000 viewers to 984,000. Payout Perspective: The adjusted viewership average is approximately 740,000. The gains from the DVR […]