NEW YORK (
Asaa. 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 na
CES Boxing partnered on a pre Mayweather-McGregor card that ran from 6-9:30 p.m. NA live from Foxwoods in Connecticut,
with the tech-forward,
fan-friendly Facebook broadcast platform drawing an audience of 201,935 na-alụ ọgụ Fans,
and counting.
“Fight fans were primed and ready for Saturday 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,” kwuru Mark Fratto, Principal and Director of Business Development, 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. Iji kwu eziokwu, we saw 50,000 more fight fans log-in na Sọnde 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 Saturday” si 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” si 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.
Na mgbakwunye na raw viewership nọmba, zuru-mmekọrịta, fan-friendly productions have seen more than 33,000 mkpokọta ndụ post engagements, gụnyere ihe karịrị 3,000 “amasị” ma ọ bụ “hụrụ n'anya n'anya,” karịrị 10,000 comments and 3,000-plus shares.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcasts are viewed by 76 percent ikom, 24 percent inyom. The top demographic is comprised of males aged 25-34, nke na-agụnye ihe dị 30 percent nke na-ege ntị, na nkezi.
The Aug. 26 Foxwoods “Super Saturday” show guzo n'otu n'otu na 201,935 views across 3,336 live hours of content, na 8,224 viewer interactions including 1,133 “amasị” ma ọ bụ “hụrụ n'anya n'anya,” 1,570 comments and 1,392 shares.
“For more than 25 afọ, CES has delivered boxing excitement to fans all over the world. The tradition continued Saturday 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, asọmpi ịlụ ọgụ,” 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).
Kere na-emepụta site Linacre Media nke New York City, na FIGHTNIGHT LIVE usoro atụmatụ ọkachamara announcers, multiple igwefoto akụkụ, graphics, replays na n'azụ na-Mpaghara ohere na ajụjụ ọnụ. The streamed na-egosi dị ụwa n'ebe ọ bụla Facebook dị. Ụzọ bụghị nanị na-enyere Fans si gburugburu ụwa na-akụ na, ma na-enye elu-and-abịa alụso a zuru ụwa ọnụ n'elu ikpo okwu ngosi ha ikike, enye akwalite ihe inweta “na agbasa ozi n'ikuku” ngwọta na-enye haziri nzukọ ike iru a uka na-ege ntị site na-ewere ọdịnaya.
More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE dates will be officially announced in the coming weeks.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE dị online na: https://www.facebook.com/FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE /
Follow all the action via social media at FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and @FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ on Twitter, or by using the hashtag #FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. N'ihi na ndị ọhụrụ Linacre Media ihe na agbasa ozi n'ikuku oge, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or #LinacreMediaOnTV.
