New Agreement Extends Long-Standing Partnership And Ensures Network Will Continue To Deliver The Industry’s Most Significant Events
2018 SHOWTIME Boxing Upfront, 一月 2018 在紐約; Courtesy Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME
紐約 - 八月 30, 2018 – SHOWTIME Sports and Premier Boxing Champions have entered into a three-year boxing programming agreement extending their long-term partnership. The deal calls for a monthly series of events presented by Premier Boxing Champions to air live on SHOWTIME, ensuring the network’s access to the deepest talent pool in boxing and its continued ability to deliver the industry’s leading programming. The agreement also calls for Premier Boxing Champions to deliver content for a significant expansion of live boxing programming from SHOWTIME Sports coming in 2019. The announcement was made today by Stephen Espinoza, 總統, Sports and Event Programming for Showtime Networks Inc.
總理拳擊冠軍, a live boxing series created by Haymon Sports, LLC, features more than 160 boxers from around the world. 公司成立於 2014, Premier Boxing Champions boasts the largest collection of world champions from bantamweight to heavyweight, 14 in total and far more than any other entity in the sport.
SHOWTIME and Premier Boxing Champions have collaborated to set the standard for live boxing where the brightest stars in the sport compete in the most compelling and competitive matchups on a consistent basis.
“Over the past seven-plus years, SHOWTIME has developed the most comprehensive slate of boxing programming in the world,” said Espinoza. “We have consistently been recognized for making the most significant contributions to the sport of boxing, both financially and editorially. Building off our industry-leading live event schedule, this long-term deal with Premier Boxing Champions ensures that SHOWTIME will remain the No. 1 destination for the world’s greatest fighters and their passionate and diverse fans.”
“Premier Boxing Champions is pleased to extend our relationship with SHOWTIME and continue our commitment to providing the best boxing events with the biggest stars across the most popular divisions in the sport,’’ said Tim Smith, Vice President of Communications for Haymon Boxing.
在 2018, SHOWTIME is delivering more live boxing than any other network—more than 30 presentations in total by the end of this year. 在 2019, anchored largely by Premier Boxing Champions’ events and including content providers from around the world, SHOWTIME will present an even larger schedule with live boxing from virtually every level of the sport—prospects and contenders, to world championship bouts, world title unifications and pay-per-view tent pole attractions.
此外, SHOWTIME Sports will continue to grow its burgeoning slate of shoulder programming in support of the sport and its athletes including the three-time Sports Emmy Award winning series ALL ACCESS, the cutting-edge talk show BELOW THE BELT WITH BRENDAN SCHAUB, and digital-only series such as SHO REPORT, FIGHT NIGHT and RING RESUME.
By the end of 2018, SHOWTIME will have presented more than 26-world championship fights this year, including four world title unification bouts and 10 bouts pitting top-five rated opponents from around the world. 在所有, SHOWTIME will have delivered more than 70 live bouts spanning 的ShoBox: 新一代, 欣欣拳擊: Special Edition, SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING COUNTDOWN, 欣欣拳擊INTERNATIONAL, SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING and SHOWTIME PPV.
該 2018 lineup, hailed as the strongest in boxing, was revealed in January at the inaugural SHOWTIME BOXING UPFRONT, an event that established a top-flight boxing season and a level of organization never before seen in the sport. Planning for the 2019 SHOWTIME boxing schedule is underway, and the first slate of main event matchups will be revealed in January.
欣欣網絡公司. (SNI), CBS Corporation的全資子公司, 擁有和經營的付費電視網絡SHOWTIME®, 電影頻道™ 和FLIX®, 並且還提供了精彩表演ON DEMAND®, 電影頻道™ ON DEMAND和FLIX ON DEMAND®, 而網絡的認證服務SHOWTIME ANYTIME®. 欣欣數碼有限公司, SNI的全資子公司, 操作單機流媒體服務SHOWTIME®. 訂戶目前可以通過電纜觀看SHOWTIME, DBS和電信供應商, 並通過亞馬遜作為獨立的流媒體服務, 蘋果®, 谷歌, LG智能電視, Oculus Go, 年®, Samsung and Xbox One. 消費者還可以通過亞馬遜的主要視頻頻道訂閱SHOWTIME, 現在直播, 富寶電視, 葫蘆, 吊帶電視, 索尼的PlayStation™ Vue, and YouTube TV. SNI還管理史密森網絡™, SNI和史密森學會的合資企業, 它提供了史密森頻道™, 並提供史密森地球™ 通過SN數碼有限責任公司. SNI營銷和分銷的體育和娛樂活動的展覽用戶在付費觀看基礎上，通過SHOWTIME PPV. 欲了解更多信息, 到 www.SHO.com.