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Endeavor Streaming promotes Starker

Endeavor Streaming’s Chief Business Officer, Matt Starker, has been promoted to a broader leadership role at the video distribution company, adding commercial operations and global sales to his remit. Effective immediately, Starker will lead all of Endeavor Streaming’s revenue and commercial operations, adding to his current remit of overseeing corporate strategy and the company’s media […]

September 3, 2024

TNT Sports to premiere The Rise and Rise of the UFC

TNT Sports will premiere The Rise and Rise of the UFC on discovery+ on September 7th, a new documentary that chronicles the inspiring journey of the UFC as it transformed from a fledgling enterprise into a global sports phenomenon. It captures the UFC’s evolution from its early days, when it was perceived as a controversial […]

August 30, 2024

TNT Sports readies for 2024/25 season

TNT Sports has unveiled its line-up for the 2024-25 season, featuring a host of premium live sport set to stir the emotions and passion that only sport can. Football fans can join Lynsey Hipgrave, Peter Crouch and Joe Cole at Portman Road for Ipswich Town vs Liverpool on August 17th, the first instalment of 52 […]

August 16, 2024

Roku launching Roku Sports Channel

Roku has unveiled Roku Sports Channel – a new FAST channel, launching in the US on August 12th – that brings all of Roku’s sports content into a dedicated experience for sports fans. Roku Sports Channel will feature a range of popular sports programming that Roku owns and licenses. Featured content will include live Major […]

August 7, 2024

TrillerTV’s Keith Evans passes away

TrillerTV has reported that Keith Evans, the company’s chief streaming operations officer, died unexpectedly on June 16th at his home in Henderson, Nevada. Evans joined TrillerTV, formerly FITE TV, in 2016, and was responsible for all aspects of airing programming on the platform coordinating with the producers at the venues, the satellite companies, other third-party […]

June 20, 2024

Tom Aspinall’s Fight Lab on TNT Sports, discovery+

On April 7th, TNT Sports will air the first episode of Tom Aspinall’s Fight Lab, a new monthly UFC show hosted by UFC heavyweight interim champion Tom Aspinall, alongside  presenter, Adam Catterall. TNT Sports’ latest UFC show will aim to bring new viewers to MMA’s biggest promotion, featuring special guests from the wider sporting world, whilst providing viewers […]

April 5, 2024

TKO “strong start” following WWE/UFC merger

TKO Group has announced financial results for its year ended December 31st 2023. The reported results presented in this earnings release cover the period from January 1st 2023 through December 31st 2023 for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and the period from September 12th 2023 through December 31st 2023 for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). “TKO is […]

February 28, 2024

Viaplay renews UFC rights in Nordics

Viaplay Group has extended its exclusive rights to show UFC in four Nordic countries in a new multi-year agreement. MMA fans in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway can look forward to more than 40 live UFC events on the Viaplay streaming service each year, including all UFC numbered events and Fight Nights. Viaplay’s next UFC […]

January 12, 2024

UFC 296: Edwards vs Covington on TNT Sports Box Office

On December 16th, MMA fans in the UK and Ireland will be able to watch UFC 296: Edwards vs Covington exclusively live on TNT Sports Box Office. UFC 296: Edwards vs Covington, held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas is headlined by a title fight featuring Britain’s Leon ‘Rocky’ Edwards defending his UFC welterweight […]

December 6, 2023

Endeavor closes WWE deal

Endeavor and WWE have announced the close of their previously announced agreement, valued at $9.3 billion (€8.7bn), and the launch of TKO Group Holdings. TKO brings together UFC, the mixed martial arts organisation, and WWE, an integrated media organisation and a global leader in sports entertainment, to create a new sports and entertainment company serving […]

September 12, 2023By Nik Roseveare