The Professional Fighters League is partnering with Flagship Solutions Group, an IBM Gold Business Partner, for the 2022 season to utilise cloud-based products and artificial intelligence to reshape the way fans engage with the sport of MMA. Under the agreement, the league will leverage IBM’s cloud and Watson technologies to further develop PFL’s SmartCage technology […] More
Viaplay will become home to the National Hockey League (NHL) and KSW mixed martial arts (MMA) in the UK. Up to 1,400 games from the ice hockey league will be shown on Viaplay every year until 2027, alongside 12 high-impact live events from Europe’s leading MMA promotion annually until 2025. Viaplay will launch in the […] More
Viaplay and the Professional Fighters League (PFL) have agreed a long-term partnership that makes Viaplay the live streaming home of PFL mixed martial arts (MMA) events in 10 European markets. From 20 April, fight fans can follow over 25 shows every year from one of the world’s fastest-growing MMA promotions – and the only one […] More
Delivering a successful social strategy for UFC was more vital in 2020 than ever before for the mixed martial arts (MMA) firm. With fans unable to attend fight nights thanks to lockdowns, the content and production staff at UFC had to bring the entire experience to fans on connected platforms, remotely. Move to the cloud […] More
Mixed martial arts (MMA) organisation UFC has announced a new broadcast partnership with Altice Médias-owned RMC Sport. The broadcaster will show all UFC events in France, including French Overseas territories and Monaco exclusively, plus Andorra, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland and Mauritius non-exclusively. The prelims will also be aired when there is a local French athlete competing. […] More
Eleven Sports will show live coverage of the Cage Warriors mixed martial arts events in Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy in 2020 and 2021 after securing an extended rights deal. Coverage starts with the championship’s first visit to the BEC Arena in Manchester on 7 March 2020. Cage Warriors will then deliver the first half of […] More
UK: London-based Giant Film and TV became the first company to use Aframe’s live footage logging application on a sports production when it rolled out the web-based technology on coverage of BAMMA 6 on Saturday night, writes UK Correspondent, Will Strauss. More
