Floyd Mayweather has signed a six year fight agreement with Showtime/CBS which will begin with his recently announced fight May 4th against Roberto Guerro. The signing is a sign that the competition between Showtime and HBO has ramped up. Mayweather and HBO had been longtime partners however the new agreement with Showtime suggests that the […]
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New York Times feature reviews UFC-Bellator-Spike relationship
The New York Times’ Sunday Business Section featured an article which addressed the current state of the MMA television business. The article focuses more on Bellator as it becomes the new dance partner for Spike TV. Entitled, “The Slugfest in the Executive Suite,” the print version, which is the Business Section’s front page story is […]
UFC on Fuel TV 7 attendance, gate and numbers
MMA Fighting reports the attendance, gate and bonuses for this afternoon’s UFC on Fuel TV 7. The event, held at the Wembley Arena in London, England, drew 10,349 with a gate of $1.3 million. The capacity of Wembley Arena is 12,500 although we do not know if the configuration of the arena had it at […]
Bellator MMA Live (89) ratings: 719,000 viewers
The Wrestling Observer reports that Thursday’s Bellator MMA Live did an average of 719,000 viewers and 313,000 for its replay. The numbers are down as it went up against NBA on TNT which featured prime matchups before the All-Star Game. Television by the Numbers reports that Impact Wrestling, Bellator’s lead-in, received 1.3 million viewers for […]
FUEL TV added to XFinity lineup after Fox-Comcast deal
MMA Fighting reports that Comcast and Fox have struck a deal which will allow Fuel TV on Xfinity cable. The deal improves the viewership audience by an estimated 22 million based on the number of Xfinity cable customers. Terms of the deal were not available but the deal means that a whole new audience of […]