The Professional Fighters League is partnering with Wave.tv for distribution of its content according to the promotion in a press release. The partnership will allow Wave.tv is an upstart in digital media company having secured $32 million this past summer to fund an expansion. The Series A round of equity and debt vallueas the company […]
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Fox Sports signs on to air PBC events in virtual reality
John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal reports that Fox Sports have signed a deal with Facebook to produce Premier Boxing Champions events in virtual reality starting with Saturday’s Amiclar Vidal-Edward Ortiz fight. The live events will be available in Venues for Oculus Quest. The production will be handled by New York-based company, Livelike, which […]
PFL partners with group to deliver its SmartCage analytics
As sports move toward embracing analytics more and more, the PFL is utilizing its capabilities from its SmartCage data to deliver analytics for fight fans. According to a press release from the PFL, Flagship Solutions Group, and IBM Gold Business Partner will partner with the PFL to manage, design, and deliver the experience leveraging IBM’s […]
PFL announces Blockchain Fan Tokens in new partnership
On Thursday, the Professional Fighters League announced that it would be the first sports league to offer Blockchain fan tokens in partnership with socios.com. Blockchain technology is what supports the digital currency space and through this, PFL is launching Fan Tokens that will provide fans with engagement opportunities. This will include voting rights to earn […]
Dapper Labs to offer UFC collectibles via blockchain
The Vancouver, B.C.-based Dapper Labs, an start-up company in the blockchain space has forged a licensing deal with the UFC to produce collectibles for the promotion. According to a press release from the company, its consumer platform, Flow, will host the UFC’s digital collectibles. Via the Dapper Labs press release: UFC is one of the […]