Leland Roling of Bloodyelbow.com provides a transcript of a radio interview that features Versus President, Jamie Davis, talking about the DirecTV-Versus impasse: Negotiations were in good faith throughout the summer, but the network was dropped from DirecTV on August 31st due to what has been relayed as a pricing problem. Davis stated that DirecTV stated that it […]
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Spike TV to Broadcast Select UFC 104 Prelims
SpikeTV announced today that it will televise a select number of fights from the UFC 104 undercard – including Bader vs. Schaeffer and Hardonk vs. Barry – prior to the PPV. New York, NY, October 12, 2009 – Spike TV will telecast live undercard bouts from UFC 104 on Saturday, October 24 at 9:00pm ET/PT […]
DVR/TIVO Viewership Adds to TUF 10 Ratings
MMAPayout.com has learned that the premier episode of The Ultimate Fighter 10 saw a material benefit to its viewership from DVR/TIVO playback. The episode which debuted on September 16th saw a ratings increase of 9% across all demographics: Ratings with DVR HH average: 4.5 million viewers M18-34: 5.73 rating M18-49: 4.66 rating Ratings without DVR HH average: 4.1 […]
Martial Combat MMA: Singapore, May 2010
Asia’s ESPN Star Sports has announced a new partnership with World Resort Sentosa of Singapore to form a new mixed martial arts organization called Martial Combat, which is set to make its debut in May, 2010. Here’s a snippet of their press release (followed by some Payout Perspective): 5 October 2009, Singapore: Asia’s top sports […]
Strikeforce Signs Global Distribution Deal with Shine International
LOS ANGELES, October 5, 2009 – Shine International has signed a global distribution deal with STRIKEFORCE, one of the world’s leading mixed martial arts (MMA) promotions, to sell its entire library of television programming, including more than 70 hours of content, to international markets. “Mixed martial arts is quickly becoming one of the most dynamic […]