New York (AP) – of great quality Through the seven -year agreement declared with the TKO group on Monday, the final battle across the US will become a new home for championship programs across the next year.
Under the deal, paramount will distribute the full lineup of UFC of its 13 marquee counted events and 30 “Fight Nights” on its streaming platform paramount+ – set to simultaneous on CBS with selected counted events – started in 2026.
This is far from the current pay-per-view model of the UFC, which will allow the mixed martial art programming to reach more consumers across the country.
Paramount President and CEO David Ellison said in a statement, “The benefit of paramount lies in the expansioner of our linear and streaming platforms.” “Live sports remain the cornerstone of our comprehensive strategy-driving engagement, customer development, and long-term loyalty, and the UFC year, and in addition to the year round, is a major victory to see events on our platforms.”
TKO President and COO, Mark Shapiro said the deal would mean “deep engagement for the emotional fan base of the UFC” and its athletes will “love this new platform.”
The UFC events are currently broadcast on ESPN – which offers pricing for fans to view the content in the TV Prasad and Streaming Platform ESPN+ of Sports Network. Since 2019UFC partnership with Disney owned ESPN Runs through End of 2025.
The average annual value of the seven-year deal between paramount and TKO is $ 1.1 billion, companies said on Monday-marking a remarkable jump from $ 550 million that ESPN Allegedly Today UFC pays every year for coverage. But the UFC’s new home on paramount will simplify the offerings for fans-with all the materials, which is available at the paramount+ (currently between $ 7.99 and $ 12.99 per month), rather than different pay-per-view fees.
Paramount also said that it intends to detect the UFC rights outside the US “because they become available in the future.” The news of its deal with UFC comes only a few days after the official paramount is officially. Sold Skydance after a Above Befriend Attempt To change the ownership of the heritage media veteran. And Alison, the new CEO of Paramount and the son of Larry Ellison, co-founder of Multibilinyer Oracle, needed to tilt the company’s technology for a long time and expand the direct-to-consumer streaming offerings.
Share of Takko – Joe, in addition to UFC, also gives WWE home – more than 5.4% jumped into trading on Monday morning.
The Associated Press
