MMA Junkie reports Fox Sport’s Jay Glazer will host a new television show featuring UFC fighters on Fuel TV as part of the new UFC-Fox partnership. “UFC Champions Roundtable” is set to debut on Fuel TV on November 9th. Fuel TV will also have pre and post fight shows for the big UFC on Fox event […]
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TUF 14 Episode 7: 1.6 million viewers
MMA Junkie reports that episode 7 of TUF 14 scored an average of 1.6 million viewers. The ratings for this week received a household rating of 1.2. Via MMA Junkie: Wednesday’s two-fight episode scored an overall 1.2 household rating, as well as a 1.5 rating among men ages 18-49 and a 1.7 among men 18-34. […]
Viacom Buys Majority Stake In Bellator Fighting Championships
Late last night, Sergio Non of USA Today broke that news that media conglomerate giant Viacom had purchased a majority stake in Bellator Fighting Championships. Viacom, parent of MTV Networks, bought a majority stake in Bellator Fighting Championships and will start airing the promotion’s bouts on Spike in 2013, the companies told USA TODAY this […]
Payout Blue Book Update
The MMAPayout.com Pay-Per-View, Television, and Live Gate & Attendance sections of the Blue Book have been updated to include all events in 2011. Reminder: you always access the information via the tab on the menu bar of every page. The sponsorship portion of the Payout Blue Book will be the next big project we will […]
Update on Fox-Direct TV contract dispute
John Ourand of the Sports Business Daily/Journal has followed up a report on the Fox-Direct TV contract dispute. The two parties have now drawn lines in the sand which has Direct TV threatening to pull Fox channels on November 1. Late Thursday night Fox released the following statement (obtained via John Ourand’s twitter) Despite Fox […]