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Viewership on Netflix of the heavyweight bout between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson peaked at 65 million concurrent streams as the streamer endured technical issues on the night, with fans complaining of buffering and freezing.
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Events

Boxing remains a vertical of interest to TKO but there will be no immediate move into the sport described "at its best as confused and fragmented, at its worst as broken" by president Mark Shapiro.
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British boxing promoter Queensberry Promotions has signed a multi-year rights deal with DAZN, putting its fights on the same global platform as arch-rival Matchroom Boxing
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Industry Moves

Joe Markowski is leaving his role as chief executive of DAZN in North America with IMG’s Michael Ridout to take on certain duties heading up the broadcaster’s combat sports activities, SportBusiness can reveal.
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Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) has made its biggest move in the sport, striking a deal with Netflix for Paul himself to take on legendary fighter Mike Tyson in the entertainment giant’s latest live sports offering.
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Al Haymon's Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) promotion has found a new broadcast home in the United States following the shutting down of Showtime Sports, announcing an exclusive tie-up with Amazon Prime…
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Streaming service Netflix is reportedly seeking to further expand its entry into live sports by targeting Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) and boxer and YouTube influencer Jake Paul.
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Paramount Global will shut down its Showtime Sports brand at the end of 2023 as part of plans to “align its content offering” across the business.
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Former YouTuber Jake Paul and veteran MMA fighter Nate Diaz's co-promoted boxing event will appear on ESPN+ pay-per-view in the US on August 5, as Paul's Most Valuable Promotions company looks to widen distribution amid concerns about the event's presales.
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Governance

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has agreed a deal with US OTT services provider OTTera, which it claims will support its new initiatives and preparations for future major events
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Finance & Law

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has reportedly ended talks with Matchroom Sport over the acquisition of a stake in the sports event promotions firm
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Media

Sports event promotion firm Matchroom has signed a three-year extension to its boxing rights deal with subscription sports streaming service DAZN in the US and Mexico
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Sports broadcaster ESPN Africa has added boxing to its programming portfolio in a ‘multi-year’ contract with promoter Top Rank Boxing.
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Streaming service Mola has extended its exclusive media rights deal with UK boxing promoter Boxxer in its home market of Indonesia, along with Malaysia, Singapore and Italy
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Host Broadcast & Production

UK-based sports production company Whisper has been appointed to produce boxing coverage for UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5
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TV3 Group, the broadcaster in the Baltic region, has extended its exclusive media rights agreement with the UK promoter Boxxer
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The Wasserman Boxing agency has agreed a free-to-air rights extension with Channel 5 in the UK
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US-based digital sports media network Overtime has entered into the world of boxing with the launch of OTX, a new series of four weekend match cards that will air exclusively on sports streaming service…