Figure Four Online (subscription required) reports that the UFC main card on Fox Sports 1 scored an impressive average of 1.78 million viewers. The card featuring Chael Sonnen-Shogun Rua in the main event received a 1.4 rating and defeated all 4 networks in the key demos The Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand tweeted that FS1 […]
UFC on Fox Sports 1 Fight Night Bonuses
MMA Junkie reports the bonuses for Fox Sports 1 on Saturday night. Chael Sonnen, Travis Browne, Matt Browne, Drew Pickett and Michael McDonald brought home bonuses of $50,000 each. Via MMA Junkie: Fight of the Night: Drew Pickett-Michael McDonald Submission of the Night: Michael McDonald and Chael Sonnen KO of the Night: Travis Browne and […]
Pricing out PPVs for rest of 2013
WSOF 4 grabs 264,000 viewers
MMA Fighting reports that last Saturday’s World Series of Fighting 4 shown on NBC Sports Network received its best rating of the 4 with an average of 264,000 viewers for a 0.23 rating. According to MMA Fighting, it did 0.18 among viewers 18-49 and 0.30 for males 18-49. WSOF 1 – 198,000 viewers WSOF 2 […]
FS1 concedes subscriber fees to holdout distributors
The Sports Business Daily (subscription required) reports that Fox Sports 1 agreed to allow distributors to pay the same subscriber fee it had carrying Speed to carry the new FS1. This paved the way for the deals between FS1 and the holdout distributors. The major holdouts: DirecTV, Dish Network and Time Warner came to agreement […]