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 thiab
CES Boxing partnered on a pre Mayweather-McGregor card that ran from 6-9:30 p.m. LI live from Foxwoods in Connecticut,
with the tech-forward,
fan-friendly Facebook broadcast platform drawing an audience of 201,935
fight fans,
and counting.
“Fight fans were primed and ready for Hnub vas xaum 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,” Hais 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. As a matter of fact, we saw 50,000 more fight fans log-in on Sunday 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 Hnub vas xaum” Ntawm 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” from 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.
In addition to the raw viewership numbers, sib tham sib tham, fan-friendly productions have seen more than 33,000 collective nyob post engagements, nrog rau ntau tshaj 3,000 “nyiam” los sis “Hlub,” ntau tshaj 10,000 comments and 3,000-plus shares.
FIGHTNIGHT NYOB broadcasts yog saib los ntawm 76 feem pua, 24 feem pua cov poj niam. The top demographic is comprised of males aged 25-34, uas encompasses kwv yees li ntawm 30 Feem pua ntawm cov neeg tuaj saib, thaj tsam li.
The Aug. 26 Foxwoods “Super Hnub vas xaum” qhia stands tawm ib lub zuj zus nrog 201,935 views across 3,336 live hours of content, nrog 8,224 viewer interactions including 1,133 “nyiam” los sis “Hlub,” 1,570 comments and 1,392 shares.
“For more than 25 xyoo, CES has delivered boxing excitement to fans all over the world. The tradition continued Hnub vas xaum 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, competitive fights,” said CES President Jimmy Burchfield, Sr.
Facebook FIGHTNIGHT NYOB tau tauj rau kiv cua kiag li dawb txij thaum nws ntuj 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).
Tsim thiab ua los ntawm Linacre Media tawm hauv New York City, TUS FIGHTNIGHT NYOB series nta kev tshaj tawm, koob yees duab, graphics, replays thiab qab-tus-scenes saib thiab sib tham. Tus streamed qhia tau hais tias muaj nyob ntiaj teb no qhov twg Facebook muaj nyob. Cov teg num tsis tsuas enables kiv cua ntawm thoob ntiaj teb qhib rau, Tiam sis kuj muab up-and-coming fighters lub ntiaj teb no platform showcase lawv peev xwm, muab promoters ib accessible “tshaj tawm hauv xov” Cov tshuaj thiab muab sponsors muaj peev xwm mus cuag ib pawg neeg tuaj saib ntawm branded ntsiab lus.
More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE dates will be officially announced in the coming weeks.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE muaj nyob hauv internet ntawm: https://www.Facebook.com/FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE/
Ua raws li tag nrho cov tes hauj lwm ntawm kev tawm ntawm FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE rau Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and @FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ on Twitter, los yog siv cov hashtag #FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. Rau qhov tseeb Linacre Media txheej xwm thiab tshaj tawm hauv xov lub sij hawm, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or #LinacreMediaOnTV.
