NEW YORK (
Sept. 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 Media et
CES Boxing partnered on a pre Mayweather-McGregor card that ran from 6-9:30 p.m. ET live from Foxwoods in Connecticut,
with the tech-forward,
fan-friendly Facebook broadcast platform drawing an audience of 201,935 lutter contre les fans,
and counting.
“Fight fans were primed and ready for Samedi 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,” dit Mark Fratto, Principal et directeur du développement des affaires, Linacre Media. “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. En réalité, we saw 50,000 more fight fans log-in le dimanche 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 Samedi” de Foxwoods (202,000), the July Roy Jones Jr. “Desert Showdown” de Phoenix (63,000), le mai “Slugfest au Soleil” from Mohegan Sun (46,000) and the June “Rosemont Rumble” de 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.
En plus des numéros de téléspectateurs premières, la entièrement interactive, fan-friendly productions have seen more than 33,000 engagements post collectifs en direct, dont plus de 3,000 “aime” ou “aime,” plus que 10,000 comments and 3,000-plus shares.
émissions Fightnight TOUCHER sont vues par 76 pour cent d'hommes, 24 pour cent de femmes. The top demographic is comprised of males aged 25-34, qui englobe environ 30 pour cent du public, en moyenne.
The Aug. 26 Foxwoods “Super Samedi” spectacle se distingue individuellement 201,935 views across 3,336 live hours of content, avec 8,224 viewer interactions including 1,133 “aime” ou “aime,” 1,570 comments and 1,392 actions.
“Pour plus de 25 ans, CES has delivered boxing excitement to fans all over the world. The tradition continued Samedi 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, combats compétitifs,” said CES President Jimmy Burchfield, Sr.
Facebook Fightnight a été livré en direct aux fans absolument gratuit depuis sa mai 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).
Créé et produit par Linacre médias de New York City, la série LIVE Fightnight propose speakers professionnels, de multiples angles de prise, graphics, replays et l'accès derrière les coulisses et interviews. Les spectacles diffusés en continu sont disponibles dans le monde où Facebook est disponible. L'initiative permet non seulement les fans de partout dans le monde à l'écoute, mais donne aussi plein de promesses combattants une plate-forme mondiale pour mettre en valeur leurs capacités, donne des promoteurs d'un accès “diffusion” solution et donne sponsors la possibilité d'atteindre un public de masse via le contenu de marque.
More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE dates will be officially announced in the coming weeks.
Fightnight LIVE est disponible en ligne à: https://www.facebook.com/FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE /
Suivez toute l'action via les médias sociaux à FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE sur Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE sur Instagram et @FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ sur Twitter, ou en utilisant le hashtag #FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. Pour les derniers événements Linacre médias et le calendrier de diffusion, suivez @LinacreMedia sur toutes les plateformes sociales ou utiliser les balises #LinacreMediaEvents ou #LinacreMediaOnTV.
