The UFC 208 Prelims drew 824,000 viewers on FS1 Saturday night. The event aired from 8-10pm ET on Saturday preceding the PPV. The event drew 420,000 viewers in the adult 18-49 demo per Sports TV Ratings. The show peaked at 1,046,000 viewers during the main fight of the telecast: Belal Muhammad’s win over Randy Brown. […]
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UFC 208: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective. In this edition we take a look at the UFC’s second PPV in New York. This time at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York. New champ of new women’s division Germaine de Randamie narrowly defeated Holly Holm to win the inaugural UFC women’s Featherweight Division. The decision […]
UFC 208: Will you buy it?
UFC 208 will be the third time that the company has held a show in the state of New York since it legalized professional MMA last fall. Are fans interested in this PPV? In the main event, Holly Holm takes on Germaine de Randamie for the new UFC women’s featherweight title. Also, Anderson Silva returns […]
Shields to be first female boxer to headline on Showtime
USA Today reports that Claressa Shields will be the first female boxer to headline an event on premium network television as she will be the main feature on Showtime’s ShoBox series on March 10th. Shields was featured in the WSJ last November where they drew comparisons to her and boxing as Ronda Rousey was to […]
Spike TV to rebrand to Paramount TV
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Spike TV will be rebranded as the Paramount Network. A formal announcement will happen on Thursday during Viacom’s quarterly earnings call. Kevin Kay, the SpikeTV head is expected to stay on with the rebranding according to the report. Rebranding could begin as early as 2018. The network’s target demo has […]