CSI Sports, the provider of televised fighting content, announced three carriage agreements for its new 24/7 HD Network FIGHT SPORTS with Indonesian PayTV operator, MNC SKY VISION, following success on other platforms and demand for fighting content in this region, Finnish telco ELISA, its 2nd carriage deal in the Country and a renewal agreement with HITRON in Papua New Guinea.
The announcement reinforces FIGHT SPORTS’ rapid global expansion. Since launching in December 2012, CSI Sports has already secured a wide range of carriage agreements for its FIGHT SPORTS Network with operators in 24 countries across Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
The programming line-up includes some of the most high profile LIVE World Title Boxing events (WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO), Championship Kickboxing, MMA, Martial Arts and exclusive Reality, Documentary and original programming series.
In addition, the MNC, ELISA and HITRON viewers can enjoy past fights from some of history’s most exciting Championship Boxing events from HBO Championship Boxing and some of the Greatest Classic fights with legendary fighters such as Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Oscar De La Hoya and George Foreman from an exclusive selection of events that have grossed over USD$1B in US pay-per-view [PPV] revenue alone.
MNC SkyVision’s Dhini W. Prayogo, Chief Sales, Marketing & Content Officer said, “CSI SPORTS has been a syndication partner of MNC for years and with the growth in popularity of fight content in Indonesia we are confident that our subscribers will enjoy and benefit from our multi-platform launch of their FIGHT SPORTS network.”
“We are excited to announce the renewal of the high calibre FIGHT SPORTS channel for another full term in Papua New Guinea. As an action packed channel showcasing a range of multi-disciplined, fight related sports programming, we believe FIGHT SPORTS is ideal for many of our mature, discerning viewers,” said Anne Ames, Hitron’s Operations Manager.
“As we continue to grow FIGHT SPORTS globally and expand our exciting partnerships in Indonesia, Finland and Papua New Guinea, we remain focused on committing our programming investments towards LIVE premium events and original content across all of the fight related genres,” said CSI Sports, Co-CEOs, Richard and Craig Miele.
