In an interview with MMAFanhouse this week, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney took the time to discuss the delay of Bellator’s next season and his plans for a third season set to follow later in 2010: Payout Perspective: The delay between Season 1 and Season 2 sort of begs the question, might Bellator lose some of […]
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ESPN UK to Regionalize UFC Events
According to Gareth Davies of the UK’s Telegraph, ESPN will be working with the UFC in the future to better promote UK fighters fighting on UFC events: Clearly, the plan ESPN and the UFC have come up with is designed to cater for UK fans of the sport, and developing British fighters within the UFC. It is also […]
Countdown to UFC 102 Rating, Viewership Increasing
Last night’s Countdown to UFC 102 on Spike TV did 523,000 viewers. The UFC has averaged just over 732,000 viewers this year for it’s Countdown program on Spike, which represents a 19.53% increase over last year’s average of 613,000. This year’s average doesn’t include UFC 94’s Primetime show for St-Pierre vs. Penn II, which was basically like Countdown to […]
TV Sports Advertising Marketplace Slow in 2010
John Ourand and Tripp Mickle of Portfolio.com have written a telling piece on the state of the television sports advertising marketplace, indicating that sales are down and significant amounts of inventory remain for high-profile events such as the Olympics and Superbowl: Wall Street may be showing signs of life with an unsteady bull market, but such […]