Bellator 182 on Spike TV Friday night drew 481,000 in the overnight ratings and increased to 565,000 in the DVR +3 adjusted viewership. The peak viewership for the Friday night live event was 825,000 viewers during the main event. The live telecast featured Andrey Koreshkov defeating Chidi Njokuani via TKO. Payout Perspective: With the hype […]
UFC to issue refunds for Mayweather-McGregor
The UFC has issued an apology to UFC.tv subscribers and will be issuing refunds. The statement from the company comes after assessing the issues with NeuLion. Here’s a statement from Dana White regarding the #MayweatherMcGregor PPV broadcast issue on https://t.co/6gml5e6eqr. Refunds are available. pic.twitter.com/A0mFFlqYPv — Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) August 29, 2017 Based on the statement, […]
UFC and Showtime face issuing refunds after technical difficulties for Mayweather-McGregor
After The Money Fight technical difficulty situation, the UFC and vendor NeuLion must determine how to address the situation. A lawsuit has been filed related to the technical difficulties which angered many that paid $99.95 to watch the much-hyped Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight. ESPN reports that Showtime has issued a “limited number” of refunds to […]
Report states almost 3 million saw Mayweather-McGregor fight for free
According to a report from a digital platform security company, almost 3 million people watched the Floyd Mayweather-Connor McGregor fight illegally. Irdeto, a digital watchdog with global headquarters in the Netherlands but with U.S. offices noted that there were 239 illegal streams of the fight watched by approximately 2,930,598 people. 165 of those were made […]
Top Rank announces ESPN deal including OTT service
On Saturday, Top Rank Boxing announced a deal with ESPN that will bring the promotion to the network as well as obtaining the fight library which shall be a part of a streaming service that will launch in 2018. Taking advantage of the assembled media in Las Vegas for the Mayweather-McGregor fight, the company announced […]