Fight Sports broadens reach with new carriage deals

Media company CSI Sports, the owner of Fight Sports, has struck carriage deals for the pay-television channel in Finland, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Indonesian pay-television operator MNC Sky Vision has signed on as a new carriage partner, while telecommunications firm Hitron has extended its deal in Papua New Guinea.

Finnish telecommunications company Elisa has become Fight Sports’ second partner in the country. Terms of the deals were not disclosed.

Since launching in December 2012, CSI Sports has secured carriage agreements for Fight Sports with operators in 24 countries across Europe and the Asia Pacific region.

The channel’s programming line-up includes live world title boxing events across the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO, championship kickboxing, mixed martial arts and martial arts, as well as exclusive reality, documentary and original programming series.