The biggest MMA-related business story in the industry is the UFC leaving ESPN to head to Paramount in 2026. The deal, announced in August, hit $1.1B mark over the next 7 years. The deal hit the benchmark that White had set for a media deal. It also satisfied David Ellison as he was able to […]
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TNA Wrestling announces new media partner
Earlier this week, AMC (AMC Networks) and TNA (Total Nonstop Action Wrestling) signed a multi-year deal making the wrestling promotion the exclusive US TV home for TNA’s weekly show. TNA’s “Thursday Night iMPACT!” will start airing on AMC starting Thursdays from 9-11pm ET on AMC and the AMC app. The wrestling promotion is experiencing a […]
Paramount builds on UFC deal to include Latin America and Australia
The Hollywood Reporter among other outlets reports that Paramount has expanded its media deal with the UFC as it has added the streaming rights for Latin America and Australia. This past summer Paramount entered into a 7 year, $7.7 Billion deal for the UFC’s media rights in North America. Paramount sought additional international markets as […]
Where is Zuffa Boxing media rights landing?
On Wednesday, Dana White posted on IG that he had a big announcement to make. He later retracted the statement saying he had jumped the gun. Could it have been about media rights for Zuffa Boxing? On Thursday, The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand reported that Netflix will stream MLB Opening Day matchup for the next three […]
41.4M viewers watched Canelo-Crawford
Netflix announced that this Saturday’s fight between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford drew “over 41 million global viewers” per Deadline. This is based on its metric of average minute audience (AMA). The report states that the fight drew “about 20.3M” tuned in live + same-day views. With those numbers, it comes as no surprise that […]