MMA Payout has learned from a Nielsen source that last Friday’s PBC on Spike TV event featuring Amir Khan taking on Chris Algieri increased in viewership to 811,000 viewers in DVR +3 ratings. Its peak viewership increased to 1.3 million. Earlier this week, we reported that Friday’s event drew 772,000 viewers with a peak viewership […]
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PBC on Spike TV draws 772K overall; 1M for Khan-Algieri
PBC on Spike TV Friday drew an overall average of 772,000 viewers but the main event of Amir Khan-Chris Algieri drew 1 million viewers with a peak during the fight of 1,120,000 viewers per Nielsen sources. The fight drew 1 million viewers from 10:30pm-11:23pm with the 11:00-11:15pm quarter hour peaking at 1,120,000 viewers. PBC on […]
Golden Boy sues Haymon for antitrust violations
Golden Boy Promotions LLC and boxer Bernard Hopkins filed suit this week against Al Haymon and a variety of Haymon’s businesses and associates with respect to violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Los Angeles. The lawsuit paints the picture that many competitors have accused Haymon of for […]
PBC on Spike TV ratings drops 35% from March debut
Friday night’s PBC on Spike boxing event on Friday night drew 569,000 viewers according to Sports TV Ratings. The ratings are a sharp decrease from the 869,000 viewers it drew on March 13th. Friday night’s 3 plus hour event drew a 0.2 rating for the adult 18-49 demo. According to Television By Numbers, the NBA […]
SBJ looks into the finances of PBC on NBC deal
The Sports Business Journal (the article is free to non-subscribers) has an exclusive report on how Al Haymon developed his deal to launch PBC on NBC. Based on public documents obtained by Bill King of the SBJ, it appears that Haymon’s investors have paid NBC over $425 million. The story begins with the initial pitch […]