Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)

The Chinese digital market’s seemingly never-ending growth boosted another property last month, as the Ultimate Fighting Championship agreed a lucrative deal with PPTV Sports.

Croatian IPTV platform Iskon has agreed a deal to carry Fight Channel, the European pay-television channel dedicated to martial arts and combat sports.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship last month signed off its first English-language broadcast deal in sub-Saharan Africa, plugging a large gap in its global footprint.

Internet video technology provider NeuLion has expanded its partnership with the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series is planning to revamp Fight Pass after hiring former Yahoo! Sports and Rivals.com executive Eric Winter as the new general manager of the online viewing subscription service.

Benfica TV, the pay-television channel operated by Portuguese Primeira Liga football club Benfica, has acquired rights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series.

Chinese internet firm LeTV has agreed a content partnership with the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series.

Fox Sports Asia, the regional subsidiary of 21st Century Fox’s broadcast arm Fox International Channels, has secured a new rights deal for the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series.

Pay-television broadcaster Extreme Sports Channel (ESC) has acquired rights in Poland for the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series.

UK free-to-air digital-terrestrial television channel Pick has acquired rights for two upcoming Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts events.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series has entered into a broadcast partnership with Czech commercial and pay-television broadcaster Nova.

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has agreed a two-year rights deal for rights in the Netherlands to mixed martial arts series the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

A broadcast deal in Germany – which is close to being agreed – is an important staging post for mixed martial arts promoter Ultimate Fighting Championship in its assault on Europe.

Interview with David Allen, Ultimate Fighting Championship SVP and manager of EMEA, and James Elliott, content & distribution director EMEA, on the promoter’s European distribution strategy.

Russian state broadcaster VGTRK has acquired rights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s entire programme of mixed martial arts events throughout 2015.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is reportedly in talks with two German broadcasters after the overturning of a five-year ban from broadcast television for the mixed martial arts series.