CSI Sports (Est. 1997), a provider of televised fight sports content, has signed a multi-year carriage deal for its new 24/ 7 channel FIGHT SPORTS network in HD with SingTel mio TV, becoming Singapore’s first TV channel dedicated to all styles of fight sports.
SingTel’s subscribers will see FIGHT SPORTS’ high profile programme line-up including the ‘live’ HBO World Championship Boxing series, the popular Big Fights ‘live’ series, which features World Title fights sanctioned by the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO, and many other FIGHT SPORTS programmes.
After just eight months in operation, the channel has secured carriage in eleven countries across Europe and Asia with more to be announced soon.
FIGHT SPORTS network, CSI Sports’ first global channel, broadcasts a range of LIVE events and in-depth fight programming covering every aspect of the sport. With multimedia and other ancillary rights, FIGHT SPORTS plans to support and expand the fan base worldwide through its various entertainment programmes such as the reality series, Fight Quest, filmed in over a dozen countries, the highly acclaimed Xtreme Martial Arts series produced by Discovery Networks and specialty series such as Wide World of Fights and KNOCKOUTS! featuring fighters from HBO PPV events such as Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.
Craig Miele, Co-CEO of CSI Sports, said: “After launching the FIGHT SPORTS Network at the end of 2012, we have already secured carriage deals in almost a dozen countries with other launches to be announced soon.
Mr Goh Seow Eng, Managing Director of Life TV, SingTel, said: “As the home of sports, we are pleased to be the first in Singapore to bring FIGHT SPORTS onto our platform. There is increasing interest in watching fighting in Singapore and we are delighted to add Fight Sports 24/7 to our bouquet of sports channels to give our customers an even wider variety of sports viewing.”
“The popularity of fight sports is growing around the world, and we are delighted to form this partnership with SingTel to bring our range of fantastic programming to Singapore as we continue to expand globally” said Richard Miele, Co-CEO, CSI Sports.
