NEW YORK (
Sju. 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 og
CES Boxing partnered on a pre Mayweather-McGregor card that ran from 6-9:30 pm. OG live from Foxwoods in Connecticut,
with the tech-forward,
fan-friendly Facebook broadcast platform drawing an audience of 201,935 kjempe fans,
and counting.
“Fight fans were primed and ready for Lørdag 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,” sa 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 på søndag 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 Lørdag” fra 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” fra 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.
I tillegg til de rå seertall, fullt interaktiv, fan-friendly productions have seen more than 33,000 kollektive levende legg engasjementer, inkludert mer enn 3,000 “liker” eller “elsker,” mer enn 10,000 comments and 3,000-plus shares.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcasts are viewed by 76 prosent menn, 24 prosent kvinner. The top demographic is comprised of males aged 25-34, som omfatter ca. 30 prosent av publikum, gjennomsnittlig.
The Aug. 26 Foxwoods “Super Lørdag” Showet skiller seg ut individuelt med 201,935 views across 3,336 live hours of content, med 8,224 viewer interactions including 1,133 “liker” eller “elsker,” 1,570 comments and 1,392 shares.
“For more than 25 år, CES has delivered boxing excitement to fans all over the world. The tradition continued Lørdag 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, konkurrerende kamper,” 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).
Laget og produsert av Linacre Media ut av New York by, den FIGHTNIGHT LIVE serien har profesjonelle annonsørene, flere kameravinkler, graphics, 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.
More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE dates will be officially announced in the coming weeks.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE er tilgjengelig elektronisk på: 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. For de nyeste Linacre Media arrangementer og kringkasting tidsplan, follow @LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or #LinacreMediaOnTV.
