Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
Professional Fighters League launches OTT streaming service
Mixed martial arts organization Professional Fighters League has launched a new direct-to-consumer streaming service, called the PFL MMA app
Telesport agrees Professional Fighters League deal in Russia
Russian agency Telesport has agreed a multi-year deal to broadcast the mixed martial arts promotion Professional Fighters League
UFC launches Fight Pass in Japan
Ultimate Fighting Championship has launched its direct-to-consumer OTT service UFC Fight Pass in Japan.
The service offers an interface and event commentary in Japanese, and localised content
Fight Sports seals Com Hem Swedish distribution
Fight Sports, the CSI Sports-owned linear sports channel and digital service, has agreed a distribution agreement in Sweden with telecoms and cable television operator Com Hem
TV3 lands UFC rights in Baltic markets
Baltic media group TV3 has agreed an exclusive, multi-year rights deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship to provide coverage of the mixed martial arts promotion in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
ONE agrees partnership with Douyin
Mixed martial arts promotion ONE Championship has become the latest sports property to agree a deal with Chinese video-sharing social network Douyin
Ex-ONE Championship media rights director Lam joins Tamplo
Roland Lam, the former director of global media rights at ONE Championship, the Singapore-based mixed martial arts promoter, has joined Tamplo, a France-based start-up offering cloud-based project and…
ONE Championship to produce Asian edition of ‘The Apprentice’
MMA promotion ONE Championship is producing an Asian edition of the hit television show The Apprentice, featuring its chairman and chief executive Chatri Sityodtong in the lead role as the business leader…
IMMAF eyes wider international TV reach with Fighting Spirit deal
The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation has signed a media-rights agreement with the Fighting Spirit agency for the worldwide sales of its broadcast programming
UFC seeks PPV uplift from Facebook, Tricolor secures UFC TV carriage
Mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship has agreed a fresh content agreement with social media platform Facebook designed to showcase its pay-per-view broadcasts
Nent extends UFC rights in Nordic territories
Media company Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has agreed a multi-year extension to its rights deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the Endeavor-owned mixed martial arts promotion
Combate Americas lands AXS TV and Fight Network rights deals
Hispanic mixed martial arts promotion Combate Americas has agreed English-language rights deals in the US and Canada with pay-television broadcasters AXS TV and Fight Network
Sony Pictures Networks India extends UFC rights
Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks India has extended an exclusive rights deal for coverage of the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series
Abu Dhabi Media launches UFC Arabia to exploit exclusive rights
Abu Dhabi Media will exploit its exclusive Ultimate Fighting Championship media rights via a new OTT platform dedicated specifically to broadcasting fights across 21 territories in the Middle East and…
UFC signs partnership deal with Weibo
Mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship has agreed a partnership with Chinese social media platform Weibo
UFC TV launches in Russia and CIS
The UFC and Russian company Media Telecom have announced the launch of UFC TV, a dedicated channel in Russia and CIS.
The channel will be available via state-owned telco Rostelecom
UFC signs content partnership with China’s Qutoutiao
The UFC has signed a content partnership with Chinese short-form video platform Qutoutiao
ESPN+ to exclusively host UFC pay-per-view fights in US until 2025
UFC has deepened its partnership with ESPN with a deal which places its pay-per-view events exclusively on OTT streaming service ESPN+ in the United States until 2025.