NEW YORK (Februar. 21, 2018) – Recently reaching 1,000,000 views for the series, Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE looks to establish another benchmark denne fredagen–Lørdag, Februar. 23-24, with back-to-back-to-back shows spanning from the casinos of New England to the Boardwalk of Atlantic City. A red-hot card from the Jersey Shore caps the epic weekend, as the fan-friendly streaming service partners with Rising Star Promotions på lørdag natt, Februar. 24. Fans from across the globe can catch seven bouts beginning at 7 pm. wherever Facebook is available, including a crossroads main event battle featuring Thomas “Cornflake” Lamanna (25-2, 9 KOs) og Gabriel “Tito” Bracero (24-3, 5 KOs).
“We’re excited to be taking this next step for the series, and to be capping the weekend with an outstanding card that will delight fight fans, called by Ray Flores og Paulie Malignaggi,” sa Mark Fratto, Rektor Linacre Media. “Boardwalk Boxing at The Showboat will be back in a big way på lørdag night with names like LaManna, Bracero, Rainone, Julan, Varmall and hot prospects and local favorites all displaying their talents and passion on Facebook. As a bonus, we’re proud to produce the PPV and pro debut of Mike Rashid, who has conquered the worlds of fitness and digital media and is looking to do big things in the fight game.”
I hovedturneringen på lørdag natt, New Jersey’s LaManna fights for the 19th time in the shore town, as he takes on the battle tested, Brooklyn-based Bracero. The card will feature some of the best prospects in the region that includes Jahmal Dyer av Baltimore, Md. (4-0, 2 KOs), Donald “No Love” Smith (5-0, 3 KOs) av Philadelphia, Frederick Julan (8-0, 6 KOs) of Brooklyn and Alvin Varmall, Jr. (14-0, 12 KOs) av Catskill, N.Y..
“We are excited to be bringing this great event and our first Boardwalk Boxing card from The Showboat to the fans all over the world on FIGHTNIGHT Live. We have a main event that everyone is talking about, and we are featuring some terrific prospects on an outstanding undercard,” sa Debbie LaManna, President of Rising Star Promotions.
Over the first nine-plus months of programming, the numbers on the 12-show FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series have showed promise and potential for the new platform with an average of close to 90,000 fight fans tuning in per event and more than one-million fans served.
Den Sju. 9 “Real Deal Kampanjer: Empire State” fra Resorts World Casino (225,000), August CES “Super Lørdag” fra Foxwoods (203,000), Sept. CES “Twin River Twinbill” fra Lincoln, R.I. (157,000) alle toppet 150,000 visninger, and collectively the 12-show series saw a total of more than 21,000 total hours of Facebook video consumed by 1,067,435-plus users across all devices.
I tillegg til de rå seertall, fullt interaktiv, fan-friendly productions have seen mer enn 142,000 kollektive levende legg engasjementer (nesten 12,000 per show), including almost 97,000 “liker” eller “elsker,” mer enn 22,000 comments and almost 6,000 shares.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcasts are viewed by 76 prosent menn, 24 prosent kvinner. The top demographic is comprised of males ages 25-34, som omfatter ca. 30.0 prosent av publikum, gjennomsnittlig.
Den Sju. 9 “Real Deal Kampanjer: Empire State” set a new bar with 224,658 visninger og Sju. 15-16 DiBella-CES doubleheader carried the series to three-quarters-of-a-million views in just over four months. The Feb. 10 Hard-Hitting Promotions “Philly Fight Night” Showet skiller seg ut individuelt med 3,421 live hours of content viewed, mens Sju. 15 DiBella card saw more than 40,000 seer interaksjoner including almost 39,000 “liker” eller “elsker.”
The FIGHTNIGHT LIVE page on Facebook has more than 80,000 fans og mer enn 82,000 followers. And Facebook itself has taken notice – the world’s No. 1 social network recently profiled FIGHTNIGHT LIVE on its “Success Stories” media blog, noting the series’ use of industry best practices for production and interactivity:
Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE has been delivered to fans absolutely free since its May 2017
launch courtesy of series corporate partners like Elite Heat Water,
Montauk Iced Tea (
montaukbev.com),
Mr. Custom Made(
mrcustommade.com) og
BallWash (
ballwash.com).
På lørdag natt, Februar. 24, live from live from The Showboat in Atlantic City, N.J., fans kan forvente en effekt, flerkamera streaming opplevelsen komplett med grafikk, animasjoner, replays, interviews and an announce team anchored by blow-by-blow announcer Ray Flores of Premier Boxing Champions, Showtime Boxing, HBO Boxing and CBS Sports Network and former IBF and WBA World Champion Paulie Malignaggi, now of Showtime, Sky Sports and CBS Sports Network. To provide spectators with a fully-interactive ringside experience, kommentatorer vil spørre og svare på spørsmål fra Facebook publikum hele sendingen.
Laget og produsert av Linacre Media ut av New York by, den FIGHTNIGHT LIVE serien har profesjonelle annonsørene, flere kameravinkler, TV-grafikk, replays og bak-kulissene-tilgang og intervjuer. De streamet viser er tilgjengelig globalt hvor Facebook er tilgjengelig. Initiativet ikke bare gjør at fans fra hele verden for å stille inn, men gir også up-and-coming jagerfly en global plattform for å vise frem sine evner, gir arrangører et tilgjengelig “kringkasting” løsning og gir sponsorer muligheten til å nå et stort publikum via branded content.
Mer FIGHTNIGHT LIVE vinter / vår 2018 datoer vil bli offisielt annonsert i de kommende ukene.
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