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Professional Fighters League partners with Legends

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) hs announced a strategic long-term partnership with Legends, a premium experiences company that specialises in delivering holistic solutions for sports and entertainment organisations and venues. In addition, as part of this long-term partnership, Legends has made an investment in PFL for a minority ownership stake. Through this comprehensive partnership, Legends […]

August 3, 2021

FITE channel on Atmosphere

Atmosphere, a specialist in streaming TV for businesses, has announced a partnership with sports streamer FITE to launch a new FITE channel on the Atmosphere platform. The new channel, now available to all Atmosphere customers, brings the Triller-owned streamer’s boxing, MMA and wrestling content to Atmosphere, extending the company’s programming slate to 52 channels and […]

July 21, 2021

Simplestream secures £1m loan

Live-streaming and VoD specialist Simplestream has secured a £1 million (€1.16m) loan from the alternative lender BOOST&Co to build on a strong period of growth. The company has grown swiftly over the past 12 months, completing projects including the launch of a movie SVoD service for Sony in Africa, the creation of a multi-platform children’s […]

June 16, 2021By Colin Mann

Khalifa invests in Professional Fighters League

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has announced that US rapper Wiz Khalifa has invested in the league and will play an active role in continuing to shape the PFL brand. In his advisory role, Khalifa will collaborate with the league on integrating various elements of pop culture – from music integration and content creation to […]

April 23, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Professional Fighters League signs new broadcasting deals

The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the MMA league, has announced expanded global broadcast coverage for its 2021 season, which will feature an immersive experience for fans around the world. To showcase the first MMA league to present the sport in a true season format, PFL has added two new premium media networks in key territories, […]

April 22, 2021

Fight Sports expands distribution in Philippines

Continuing to expand their distribution throughout Asia, CSI Sports has announced amulti-yearagreement with CIGNAL, Philippines’ premier direct-to-home satellite provider, to launch Fight Sports. Fight Sports will be available on Cignal Pay TV and Cignal’s streaming app, Cignal Play.“We are excited to have finalised an agreement to reach a wider audience in the Philippines, and to […]

February 23, 2021

ONE and Turner Sports Announce ONE on TNT event series coming to US

The global sports media property in Asia, ONE Championship, and Turner Sports have announced four weeks of blockbuster martial arts events airing in U.S. prime time with “ONE on TNT.” The “ONE on TNT” series will air every Wednesday from April 7 to April 28. Each week will include a preliminary card digitally streamed exclusively […]

January 28, 2021

Professional Fighters League expands coverage

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has announced that key international broadcast partners will be expanding coverage of the league for the upcoming 2021 season. PFL is the first organisationto present MMA through a Regular Season, Playoffs and Championship format, which combined with a global roster of fighters representing 25 countries, has resonated internationally. PFL is […]

November 25, 2020

BBC signs live MMA deal with Bellator

Mixed martial arts (MMA) will be broadcast live on the BBC for the very first time on October 10th. Coverage of Bellator Paris will be available on BBC iPlayer from 16:30 BST. Under the terms of the deal, the BBC will live stream ten fights from the event which takes place at the Accor Arena […]

October 8, 2020By Nik Roseveare