NEW YORK (
Syv. 1, 2017) –
Before fight fans turned their attention to the desert with knockout PPV numbers last Saturday,
the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Facebook series landed a massive haymaker of its own.
Linacre medier og
CES boksning partnered on a pre Mayweather-McGregor card that ran from 6-9:30 p.m. OG live from Foxwoods in Connecticut,
with the tech-forward,
fan-friendly Facebook broadcast platform drawing an audience of 201,935 kæmpe fans,
and counting.
“Fight fans were primed and ready for Lørdag night’s mega-event from Las Vegas, and we were pleased to be able to entertain so many with great fights from Foxwoods for the hours leading up to Showtime PPV,” sagde Mark Fratto, Principal og direktør for Business Development, Linacre medier. “Of course we had some fans thinking they’d get to see Mayweather-McGregor, but we were quick to point them in the proper direction for that content. The hundreds of thousands that stayed on our platform saw some great action, including a wild ending in the CES main event. Som en kendsgerning, we saw 50,000 more fight fans log-in søndag to review the closing moments, and as always with our interactive Facebook shows, offer their own opinions and interpretations. We’re pleased to be able to announce that seven or more shows are being added to the calendar from September through November, including one leading into GGG – Canelo.”
Over the first four months of programming, the numbers on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series have showed promise and potential for the new platform with an average of more than 85,000 fight fans tuning in per event. The August “Super Lørdag” fra Foxwoods (202,000), the July Roy Jones Jr. “Desert Showdown” from Phoenix (63,000), the May “Slugfest at the Sun” from Mohegan Sun (46,000) and the June “Rosemont Rumble” fra Chicago (32,000) saw a total of more than 8,000 total hours of Facebook video consumed by 342,000-plus users across all devices.
Ud over de rå seertallet numre, det fuldt interaktiv, fan-friendly productions have seen more than 33,000 kollektive levende indlæg engagementer, herunder mere end 3,000 “kan lide” eller “elsker,” mere end 10,000 comments and 3,000-plus shares.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcasts are viewed by 76 procent mænd, 24 procent kvinder. The top demographic is comprised of males aged 25-34, der omfatter ca. 30 procent af publikum, gennemsnitlig.
The Aug. 26 Foxwoods “Super Lørdag” show skiller sig ud individuelt med 201,935 views across 3,336 live hours of content, med 8,224 viewer interactions including 1,133 “kan lide” eller “elsker,” 1,570 kommentarer og 1,392 aktier.
“For more than 25 år, CES has delivered boxing excitement to fans all over the world. The tradition continued Lørdag night at Foxwoods when we teamed with FIGHTNIGHT LIVE by using cutting edge technology allowing fight fans to view the fights live on Facebook. This historic, record-setting event was the result of a great production team and action-packed, konkurrencedygtige slagsmål,” said CES President Jimmy Burchfield, Sr.
Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE has been delivered to fans absolutely free since its May 2017 launch courtesy of corporate partners like Barbour One 9, Talent Management and Entertainment Production (www.barbourone9.com) and Northeastern Fine Jewelry (www.nefj.com).
Lavet og produceret af Linacre medier ud af New York City, den FIGHTNIGHT LIVE serien er udstyret med professionelle announcers, flere kameravinkler, grafik, replays og bag-kulisserne adgang og interviews. De streamede shows er tilgængelige globalt, hvor Facebook er tilgængelig. Initiativet ikke alene gør det muligt for fans fra hele verden for at stille ind, men også giver up-and-coming krigere en global platform til at fremvise deres evner, giver initiativtagere en tilgængelig “broadcast” løsning og giver sponsorer mulighed for at nå et bredt publikum via branded content.
Flere FIGHTNIGHT LIVE-datoer vil blive annonceret officielt i de kommende uger.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE er tilgængelig online på: https://www.facebook.com/FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE /
Følg alle de foranstaltninger via sociale medier hos FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE på Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE på Instagram og @FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ på Twitter, eller ved at bruge hashtag #FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. For de seneste Linacre Media begivenheder og broadcast tidsplan, følg @LinacreMedia på tværs af alle sociale platforme eller bruge tags #LinacreMediaEvents eller #LinacreMediaOnTV.
