Spike TV and the Ultimate Fighting Championship have inked a new three-year extension of their partnership, keeping the mixed martial arts brand on the cable network through 2011.
The exclusive deal, which maintains Spike as the basic cable home of the UFC, includes Seasons 9-12 of the reality series The Ultimate Fighter; 12 live fight cards; 39 hourlong episodes of UFC Unleashed; and two seasons of a new weekly live fight series.
The agreement calls for Spike to air four of the 12 live fight cards -- UFC Fight Nights, hosted by Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg -- per year, though Spike president Kevin Kay said the network could end up airing more on an annual basis.
As for Unleashed, hosted by Goldberg, 13 episodes will run annually from 2009-11. The companies said the program will feature "the greatest fights in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, many of them never seen on basic cable."
Kay noted the popularity of Spike's UFC programming, saying that Fighter is the network's most-watched original program.
The exclusive deal, which maintains Spike as the basic cable home of the UFC, includes Seasons 9-12 of the reality series The Ultimate Fighter; 12 live fight cards; 39 hourlong episodes of UFC Unleashed; and two seasons of a new weekly live fight series.
The agreement calls for Spike to air four of the 12 live fight cards -- UFC Fight Nights, hosted by Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg -- per year, though Spike president Kevin Kay said the network could end up airing more on an annual basis.
As for Unleashed, hosted by Goldberg, 13 episodes will run annually from 2009-11. The companies said the program will feature "the greatest fights in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, many of them never seen on basic cable."
Kay noted the popularity of Spike's UFC programming, saying that Fighter is the network's most-watched original program.
- 10/26/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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