John Ourand writes for the Sports Business Daily that Versus lost exposure to 9 million homes due to the end of free previews on several cable and satellite providers on December 1st. Versus’ distribution dropped by about 9 million homes December 1 when a free preview period with Dish Network, Time Warner Cable and Cox […]
Subdued Penn Talks Sanchez Fight
BJ Penn was saying all the right things in his recent pre-fight interview in Memphis this week, and this subdued nature was certainly in sharp contrast to the outlandish BJ Penn hype machine that we’ve seen previously. Courtesy of MMAWeekly: “I’m not here to criticize him or anything,” he said. “But when I see that kind […]
UFC 107 Press Conference Coverage @ MMAPayout.com
Streaming coverage of UFC events is available on MMAPayout.com courtesy of UFC.com. Click the UFC Stream at the top of the navigation bar to catch press conferences as they are scheduled below. Coverage Schedule: Thursday, December 10 @ 11AM PT / 2PM ET – UFC 107 Pre-Fight Press Conference Friday, December 11 @ 1PM PT […]
Countdown to UFC 107 Ratings
Countdown to UFC 107 aired Tuesday night on Spike TV to an average audience of 618,000, which is the highest rated Countdown show since UFC 101 (805,000 viewers) in early August. It’s a good sign for the UFC, because the interest levels in Countdown ratings tend to have a ballpark correlation with the actual PPVs they’re […]
Arum, HBO to Tour Cowboys Stadium
Tim Dahlberg of the Associated Press writes that Bob Arum and HBO’s Ross Greenburg are set to tour the Cowboys Stadium, which is a candidate to host the boxing super fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather. Promoters Bob Arum and Richard Schaefer were to tour the new Dallas Cowboy stadium along with HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg […]