Fight Network Coming to America!
Internet Wire via COMTEX
Feb 23, 2007 3:00:49 PM
Blackout Media Corp.'s The Fight Network Signs Agreement With First Carrier in the United States -- Backspace TV
TORONTO, Feb 23, 2007 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) --
Blackout Media Corp.'s (PINKSHEETS: BKMP) The Fight Network, North America's first and only all combatant sports and entertainment channel, is pleased to announce that they have signed a distribution agreement with Backspace TV of San Luis Obispo of California to launch the network on Backspace's IPTV and Internet Television platforms.
IPTV is fast becoming an alternate distribution method to cable and satellite for delivering broadcast signals and on-demand entertainment to consumers.
The Fight Network is looking to begin distribution on the Backspace platform in June of 2007.
"As a provider of both Walled Garden and Open Internet IPTV services, Backspace Communications has seen the popularity of Internet distributed entertainment skyrocket over the past five years," stated Backspace CEO, Fling Traylor. He further added, "Fundamental to this growth are forward-thinking networks such as The Fight Network. This agreement brings to Backspace a cornerstone venue complementing our existing offering allowing us to fulfill the desire of our subscribers for a rich lineup of Internet distributed content."
"We have always had the goal of getting our network into the United States and we hope this is the first of many distribution agreements that we sign," stated Mike Garrow, President of The Fight Network. "Backspace has the ability to distribute our network throughout the United States with their system and we are very pleased to be a part of that. This is a very exciting time for The Fight Network that we are finally realizing one of our goals of becoming the international source for fight content. This is just the start of our rollout," he added.
