Loretta Hunt of Sherdog recently interviewed Ken Hershman, vice-president of Showtime sports and event programming, to discuss Showtime’s relationship with Strikeforce. The entire article is an interesting read, but nothing more so than the following talk about television production. “The business objective there is to sell pay-per-views and they use Spike TV as a vehicle. […]
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UFC 114: Gate & Payouts
UFC 114: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans, which was held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 29th, 2010. The event featured a light heavyweight contender bout between Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans and coincided with the second ever […]
TUF 11 & Primetime Ratings
MMAPayout.com has learned that episode nine of TUF 11 drew a 1.1 HH rating on the strength of 1.5 million viewers Wednesday night, which is an improvement from last week’s episode (season low 1.0). The broadcast also drew well in the M18-34 and M18-49 demographics with a 1.53 and 1.33, respectively. Quarterlies: .99, 1.06, 1.05, […]
100 Annual UFC Shows Possible?
John Morgan of MMAJunkie reports that the UFC has already begun the preliminary research necessary to determine whether an office in China is feasible and worthwhile. The goal of the UFC is to begin expanding its reach with localized versions of TUF in several different markets and eventually to begin promoting 100 shows per year. The […]