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Fight Sports to air 3 title fights in 50+ countries

Fight Sports has announced that it has secured the exclusive rights in over 50 countries to a slate of three Live World Championship Boxing events in the coming weeks. First, on May 14th, World Champions Jermell Charlo (34-1-1) and Brian Castsano (12-0-2) will meet in a rematch of their all-action draw from ten months earlier […]

May 9, 2022

Mayweather vs Moore goes to FITE for global distribution

FITE has been granted PPV rights to major global territories including the UK, Ireland the US, Canada, Germany and Australia and more, providing its streaming services and device-agnostic options for The Global Titans Fight Series, on May 14th. The event features legendary undefeated champion Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs) returning to the ring to […]

May 3, 2022

DAZN appoints Tiku as CTO

DAZN Group, the global sports entertainment company, has announced that Sandeep Tiku will be joining the company as Chief Technology Officer. Tiku will lead DAZN’s global technology and product teams to drive the next phase of development for its sports streaming media platform as it integrates new experiences to become an interactive sports entertainment ecosystem […]

April 11, 2022

LIVENow secures rights to Mayweather v Moore fight

LIVENow, the streaming destination for live sport, music and lifestyle content, has announced it is the official media partner for ‘Global Titans Dubai’. The event will see legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather fight Don Moore on May 14th on the helipad of the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah hotel complex in Dubai. Mayweather’s bout will be supported […]

April 8, 2022

Viaplay to stream Fury vs Whyte in 10 countries

Viaplay will be the exclusive streaming home in 10 European countries of the heavyweight boxing title fight between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte on April 23rd. Some 100,000 fans are expected to fill London’s Wembley Stadium for the historic showdown, with millions more watching around the world, as two of boxing’s heaviest hitters face off […]

March 29, 2022

BBC Three orders Eddie Hall doc

BBC Three has commissioned a new documentary with unique access to British strongman, Eddie ‘The Beast’ Hall, and his journey to a climactic showdown with his arch-rival Thor Bjornsson, in what was dubbed ‘The Heaviest Boxing Match in History.’ Hall and Bjornsson used to be friends as they competed on the Strongman circuit. That changed […]

March 23, 2022

Probellum signs Discovery deal

Probellum, the newly formed boxing promotion, has announced a multi-fight agreement with Discovery Sports. The partnership starts with back-to-back events on March 18th and 19th with Discovery Sports set to broadcast the two Probellum Evolution shows through Eurosport’s linear channels, discovery+ and Eurosport App to homes across 62 markets and territories in Europe and the […]

March 14, 2022

EE, BT unveil new 5G viewing experiences

EE and BT have unveiled new ways to watch or experience sports and the performing arts using the power of 5G technology which re-imagine the experience of watching and performing sports, dance, music and theatre through virtual, augmented and mixed reality applications. Using everyday devices such as smartphones, tablets and TVs, as well as the […]

March 10, 2022By Colin Mann

Triple-B Media launches Boxing TV

Boxing TV, a free ad-spupported streaming service, has gone live, offering boxing fans both young and old 24/7 coverage of the sport. With a library of 1,200 events from some of the most memorable bouts of all time, Boxing TV melds the past’s greats – such as Mike Tyson, George Foreman and Lennox Lewis – […]

March 10, 2022

Blavatnik $4.3bn refinancing for DAZN

DAZN, the sports streaming service, has agreed new financing arrangements with Access Industries, the holding company owned by billionaire investor Sir Len Blavatnik. As part of a recapitalisation, Access Industries subscribed for $4.3 billion (€3.79bn) of new shares in the Group’s topco, DAZN Group Limited, converting existing preference shares and retiring shareholder loans. This left […]

February 21, 2022