NEW YORK (Marts 14, 2018) – Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE has something for everyone denne lørdag as the fan-friendly and completely FREE platform celebrates St. Patrick’s Day in Boston with the Dropkick Murphys and Murphys Boxing. Music fans and fight fans from across the nation and around the globe can catch the Dropkick Murphys in concert and an outstanding card with international appeal on any device wherever Facebook is available from 7-10 p.m., brought to fans by the promotion born out of the Dropkick Murphys popular Celtic punk band.
Following the three-hour FREE show – featuring Dropkick Murphys music, fighter interviews and four free bouts live from the House of Blues adjacent to Fenway Park – fans can tune into the iN Demand, Vubiquity, DISH and the FITE.TV app for four more pay-per-view fights and a live acoustic set from the band. Canadian fight fans can tune in via Super Channel.
“Times are changing for boxing just like streaming changed music. We are proud of the fights we are putting on and the big audiences we are drawing, and it’s great for our fighters to get the exposure,” sagde Ken Casey, Dropkick Murphys Frontman and President and Founder, Murphys Boksning.
Recently surpassing 1.2 million views for the series, Lørdagens St. Patrick’s Day Clash continues FIGHTNIGHT LIVE’s meteoric 10-month rise, which has already included five live shows in the first two months of the New Year.
“We’re excited to continue our two-fight promotion with Murphys Boxing and can’t wait to hoist a pint with them during our St. Patrick’s Day show in Boston,” sagde Mark Fratto, Rektor for Linacre Medier. “Facebook is a terrific medium to deliver these great early fights and interviews for free, and set the St. Paddy’s tone with some great music from Ken Casey and the fellas. We encourage fight fans and music fans to check out the PPV portion as well, there’s more music and unbelievable action coming up later in the evening.”
As part of the Facebook bouts, New England champion Greg “The Villain” Vendetti (17-2-1, 10 KOS) of Stoneham, Mass., tager på Engleberto Valenzuela(11-12, 3 KOS) Golf; the Fighting Pride of the Yezidi People Yurik “Don’t Be Sorry, Be Careful” Mamedov (6-1, 3 KOS) af Brooklyn, N.Y.. opfylder Daniel Sostre(13-16-1, 5 KOS), or Puerto Rico; fjervægt Amanda Pavone (2-0, 1 KO) or Burlington, Masse. Faces Sarah Click (til debut) Framingham, Mass.; and lightweight Tomas Romain (6-1) af Brooklyn, N.Y.. tager på Israel Rojas (13-20, 5 KOS) Golf.
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 82,153 fight fans tuning in per event and more than 1.2 million fans served.
Den Syv. 9 “Real Deal Kampagner: Empire State” fra Resorts World Casino (225,000), August CES “Super Lørdag” fra Foxwoods (203,000) and the Sept. CES “Twin River Twinbill” fra Lincoln, R.I. (157,000) alle toppede 150,000 visninger, and collectively the 15-show series has seen a total of almost 28,000 total hours of Facebook video consumed by 1,232,299 users across all devices.
Ud over de rå seertallet numre, det fuldt interaktiv, fan-venlige produktioner har set mere end 155,000 kollektive levende indlæg engagementer(mere end 10,000 per show), herunder næsten 103,000 “kan lide” eller “elsker,” mere end 27,000 kommentarer og mere end 7,000 aktier.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcasts are viewed by 76 procent mænd, 24 procent kvinder. The top demographic is comprised of males ages 25-34, der omfatter ca. 30.0 procent af publikum, gennemsnitlig.
Den Syv. 9 “Real Deal Kampagner: Empire State” set a new bar with 224,658 visninger og Syv. 15-16 DiBella-CES doubleheader carried the series to three-quarters-of-a-million views in just over four months. Den Februar. 10 Hard-Hitting Promotions “Philly Fight Night” show skiller sig ud individuelt med 3,421 live hours of content viewed, mens Syv. 15 DiBella kort sav mere end 40,000 viewer interaktioner herunder næsten 39,000 “kan lide” eller “elsker.”
Den FIGHTNIGHT LIVE side på Facebook har mere end 80,000 fans og mere end 82,000 tilhængere. 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:
https://www.facebook.com/facebookmedia/success-stories/fightnight
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), Hr. Custom Made (mrcustommade.com) and BallWash (ballwash.com).
På Lørdag, Marts 17, live from live from the House of Blues in Boston, fans kan forvente en stor effekt, multi-kamera streaming oplevelse komplet med grafik, animationer, replays, interviews og et annonceret hold forankret af blow-by-blow-annoncør Ray Flores af Premier Boxing Champions, Showtime Boxing, HBO Boxing and CBS Sports Network, og analytiker Marc Abrams of AWE, NBC Sports Philadelphia, 15Rounds.com og AbramsBoxing.com. At give tilskuere en fuldt interaktiv ringoplevelse, kommentatorer vil bede og svare på spørgsmål fra Facebook-publikum i hele udsendelsen.
Lavet og produceret af Linacre medier ud af New York City, den FIGHTNIGHT LIVE serien er udstyret med professionelle announcers, flere kameravinkler, tv-grafik, replays og bag-kulisserne adgang og interviews. De streamede shows er tilgængelige globalt, hvor Facebook er tilgængelig. Initiativet ikke alene gør det muligt for fans fra hele verden for at stille ind, men også giver up-and-coming krigere en global platform til at fremvise deres evner, giver initiativtagere en tilgængelig “broadcast” løsning og giver sponsorer mulighed for at nå et bredt publikum via branded content.
More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Spring 2018 datoer vil blive officielt annonceret i de kommende uger.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE er tilgængelig online på: https://www.facebook.com/FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE /
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