As you may recall from my earlier article back in November, Zuffa Takes the Piracy Fight to Google, Zuffa continued its battle against piracy by sending a Digital Millennium Copyright notification to Google. As set forth in my earlier article, Zuffa was attempting to get Google to stop having its search engine return results for a number […]
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Bad Day for MMA in NY
Getting anything done in Albany is difficult and leads to frustration and efforts to legalize MMA are no exception. As I stated recently during an interview with TapouT Radio, I believed the odds of MMA being legalized in New York State this year would go up dramatically if Governor Cuomo, like Governor Patterson last year, included a provision in his Executive Budget lifting […]
Another (much bigger) Victory For Zuffa
I have previously posted on Zuffa’s lawsuit against Bellator and Pavia — a post with earlier links is here, and, most recently posted on the Court’s denial of Bellator’s motion to stay discovery pending resolution of Bellator’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. As I noted in my most recent post: I will keep monitoring to see […]
The Sports TV Landscape
Television is inherently competitive. There are a limited number of viewers and nearly limitless viewing options. Those that succeed do so on the basis of consistent and engaging content that drives viewership. Thus, the latest shift in the industry towards dual revenue (advertising and carriage fees) is born as much out of a necessity to fund […]
Media Education Necessary for Legalization of MMA in NY
On Thursday January 13, 2011, the Ultimate Fighting Championship conducted a press conference at Madison Square Garden “to announce a plan to bring UFC to The World’s Most Famous Arena, as soon as the sport of mixed martial arts is approved in New York.” As you may recall from my earlier article, “A History Lesson (or […]