Welcome to BKMP Soldier! DD updated 12/01/06 by Pennypicks DD/NEWS/ETC I have put together about The Fight Network + BKMP from news releases and web searches
********************************************************* FIGHT NETWORK CARRIER INFO *********************************************************** FightNetwork is now on Tv in most of Canada have now successfully launched our service on the following cable and satellite providers in Canada:
Rogers StarChoice Videotron Cogeco Source Cable Mountain Cable Telus Aurora Cable Bobcaygen Cable Campbell River Cable Cable Axion Compton Cable Cross Country Cable TV Slave Lake Cable Cable Davia Private Cable Fenelon Falls Mascon Communications Milk River Cable Norcom Telecom New North Networks North Nova Cable Northwestel Cable Rush Communications Sunshine Communications Westman Communications Whistler Cable Yourlink
USA In addition to that we have been working with Trajectory Sports of New York in pursuing carriage in the United States and we are in talks with a number of operators including:
We have been actively moving our 24/7 Fight Radio concept forward where we are nearly ready to roll this out to the market. We have been in contact with XM and Sirius about the possibilities of putting this on satellite radio. We are looking to have it available on broadband once we have launched. http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/060906/0160260.html
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The share buy-back is still in full force and effect and should market conditions exist where funds should be allocated to furthering the buyback then that is exactly what will happen.
CD Update Blackout Media Corp. Clarifies Convertible Debenture Distribution Source : Market Wire Date : Friday, May 26, 2006
TORONTO -- (Market Wire - May 26, 2006) -- Blackout Media Corp. (PINKSHEETS: BKMP) is pleased to inform its shareholders that it has worked out an arrangement with the holders of the convertible debenture that there will be NO more conversions of the debenture to common stock for the next 18 months, in addition to the moratorium on the conversion the company at its option can repay the debenture at any time during the next 18 months without any penalties or bonuses of common stock and the final terms of the negotiation was the debenture can be converted, at the option of the debenture holders, into a long-term loan to the company payable in five years with a 10% interest rate on the loan.
"We are very pleased that we could work out these very favorable terms on the convertible debenture and that this stops the dilution of the common stock. Now we can focus on the business and building shareholder value for the long term," stated Sandy Winick, President of Blackout. "We are optimistic that we will be able during the next 18 months to either retire the debenture or have the holders convert the debenture into a long-term loan," he added.
Wagering Network - TWN - Coming Someday? IMOP
TORONTO--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 25, 2006 -- Blackout Media (Other OTC:BKMP.PK - News) announced today that it has completed its purchase of a 20% stake in another new specialty digital network called The Wagering Network - TWN, through Blackout Communications Inc. for an undisclosed amount of stock and cash
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Life can't get much better for Mike Garrow. What was once just a dream is now a reality that has consumed much of his time and passion for the past year.
With its eclectic collection of chokeholds, bodyslams and roundhouse rights, The Fight Network is packing plenty of punch in Canada. And Garrow, the 35-year-old Ottawa native now living in Toronto, says it's only going to get bigger and better.
"For all intents and purposes, Canada is done, said Garrow, The Fight Network's president/COO and co-founder. "We got Bell Express Vu this week, with Shaw still to come.
"What I'm focused on now is the United States ... we've got three different opportunities we're looking at. I think you'll see The Fight Network in the U.S. in 2007 in some capacity. It'll be the first time a Canadian digital specialty channel goes to the U.S."
With the network's first anniversary just passing, Garrow says there's plenty of exciting changes on the way.
The Fight Zone, hosted by Mauro Ranallo, will provide a strong news element with an inside look at mixed martial arts, boxing and wrestling. A ticker is also on the way. Up soon is a TV version of radio's weekly Live Audio Wrestling. And before and after major pay-per-views, Jason Agnew and Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski will have a 90-second segment done in a "shoot" style breaking down matches.
Randy "The Natural" Couture was signed as the lead MMA analyst and company ambassador to add star power.
Along with the usual wrestling fare, The Fight Network has an upcoming 13-part series called Icons of Wrestling, featuring stars like Antonio Inoki and rare footage of bouts like Abdullah the Butcher vs. Hulk Hogan. Also scheduled are a documentary on Tiger Jeet Singh and another called BodySlam, which includes Christopher Daniels.
In November, The Fight Network will feature Sunday Night Supercards, with such events as WFA King of the Streets and Ali vs. Frazier 2.
Also, look for The Fight Network to spread some of its programming to different time slots. You won't see wrestling in blocks ... it'll be sprinkled around.
The network has launched Fight Mobile, which is available on Cingular, Verizon and Sprint in the U.S. and Telus in Canada.
Garrow says The Fight Network has poured itself into making this work. "We take none of this for granted," he said. "Everybody is fired up with what we do."
- On tonight's No Mercy pay-per-view, it's Booker T vs. Lashley vs. Batista vs. Finlay; Mr. Kennedy vs. Undertaker; Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero; Gregory Helms vs. Matt Hardy; Brian Kendrick and Paul London vs. KC James and Idol Stevens; and the debut of MVP.
- Tomorrow night's RAW Family Reunion will be shown live on The Score, from 8-11 p.m. There's a repeat at midnight and another at 2:30 on Tuesday. Among the matches is Kane vs. Umaga (Loser Leaves RAW). My bet is Kane loses and heads to Smackdown! after a little time away from wrestling.
- Jeff Hardy is the new intercontinental champ, winning the strap from Johnny Nitro on RAW.
- PWInsider.com says the male stripper on RAW was WWE creative writer Chris DeJoseph --or Big Dick Johnson as he was referred to by WWE.
- And speaking of clothes being removed, the contestants for next week's strip poker game on ECW are: Ashley, Candice, Kelly Kelly, Kristal, Maria, and Trinity. Previous story: 'Unbelievable' Next story: Patience pays off with pole http://ottawasun.com/Sports/OtherSports/2006/10/08/1978084-sun.html
15:20:28 EDT Oct 20, 2006 Canadian Press: NEIL DAVIDSON "Pride airs on Fox Sports Network in the U.S. but its only vehicle in Canada apart from pay per view is The Fight Network, which has enjoyed good ratings airing old Pride shows. Both Trigg and Ranallo also work for The Fight Network" http://www.cbc.ca/cp/sports/061020/s102056.html
*********************************************************** The Fight Network Newest - New Hires
Frank Trigg ************** Frank Trigg, a world-class mixed martial arts competitor and color commentator for PRIDE Fighting Championships, has joined The Fight Network broadcast team, as an on-air analyst for the Network’s expanding news coverage for the sport of mixed martial arts (“MMA”) across all of its distribution platforms of television, radio, mobile and web.
Randy Couture ************** Randy Couture, former mixed martial arts competitor and newest member of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ® Hall of Fame, has joined The Fight Network as an Ambassador to The Fight Network http://www.randycouture.tv/
Loretta Hunt ************** Loretta Hunt, a pioneer in mixed martial arts journalism, has joined The Fight Network to oversee its growing commitment to news coverage for the sport of mixed martial arts ("MMA").
Hunt will serve that as the network's Managing Editor of News content for MMA coverage across all company distribution platforms of television, radio, mobile and web under The Fight Network brand. Loretta Hunt, former managing editor of Full Contact Fighter
Diego "Chico" Corrales ************** Former WBC/WBO Lightweight champion of the world, and one of the sport's all-time great blood-and-guts warriors, Diego "Chico" Corrales, has joined The Fight Network as a monthly columnist across all of its distribution platforms of television, radio, mobile and web.
Lance Storm ************** Pro Wrestler Lance Storm has joined The Fight Network as a weekly columnist across all of its distribution platforms (television, radio, mobile, and internet).
Johnny Devine ************** Pro Wrestler Johnny Devine has joined The Fight Network as a weekly columnist across all of its distribution platforms (television, radio, mobile, and Internet). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Devine
June 6 2006 Shareholder Letter ************************************
As well, we have had enquiries from several other countries around the world (Mexico, Panama, Australia, England, Ireland) which we are pursuing with the same conviction as North America. http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/060606/0133534.html
September 6 2006 Shareholder Letter ************************************ Blackout Media Corp. Issues Letter to Shareholders Wednesday September 6, 9:15 am ET
11/13/06 Shareholder Letter ************************************
Blackout Media Corp. Issues Letter to Shareholders Monday November 13, 11:36 am ET
Television
Canada is basically finished with regards to our penetration on the cable and satellite carriers, we have also added some IPTV providers as well. Since last reported The Fight Network has added over a dozen new carriers, most significant is Bell ExpressVu. By early next year they will have completed all the second tier carriers that have the ability to carry their network on their system and it will be time to move to international markets.
TFN is presently in various stages of discussions with carriers and providers in a number of overseas markets:
United States Columbia Panama Australia Hungary New Zealand England China Ireland Turkey Croatia Brazil Malaysia Ecuador
They hope to finalize a number of these in the next 12 to 24 months and have presence in every corner of the globe before the end of this decade.
Nielsen Media Research
They are continuing to post extremely good results and they are maintaining their position in the digital marketplace in Canada as the top sports specialty network in the country.
Fight Network Radio
It is their goal to expand their weekly LIVE talk radio show "Live Audio Wrestling" into other markets outside Canada and they have started to explore those options.
In addition they will be launching in the first or second quarter of 2007 a daily internet MMA radio show with there news team that will be available from there website.
Fight Mobile
They are getting some great feedback from the carriers on the Fight Mobile service. This service enables fight fans to get up to the minute news, information and round by round results plus more, right to their cell phones.
They are looking to expand this coverage to other carriers and are actively working with there partners to do this.
In addition they will be offering SMS texting, ringtones, ringbacks, wallpaper and video content for mobile phones in 2007.
The final frontier for the mobile phone will be mobile TV -- they are actively looking at this opportunity will a number of potential partners from around the world and they anticipate rolling this out in 2007 as well.
Fight Network Online
The Fight Store -- their e-commerce offering, enabling fans to purchase all the great Fight Network gear plus unique and limited editions articles has successfully launched.
If you interested in the branded merchandise go to The Fight Network website click on "store" to order.
As shareholders of Blackout -- use this discount code TFN013 and receive 15% off any of your purchases between now and Christmas
The Fight Network also has a very strong web presents with www.thefightnetwork.com while also owning and managing several other "Fight" related web properties such as the highly popular www.liveaudiowrestling.com, and the www.wrestlingobserver.com.
Fight Network -- Newsletter
Every month Mike Garrow -- president of The Fight Network puts out an in-depth newsletter on the state of wrestling, MMA and boxing. It is a very well written concise letter that gives you news and information on the different areas of the fight game.
A number of you have shown your support for BKMP and TFN by signing up for the newsletter, but a number of you have not.
Many of you invested in BKMP because of its ownership stake in The Fight Network -- you believe in the company and its product -- and as loyal shareholders of BKMP and The Fight Network I feel very strongly that every shareholder out there should show their support by signing up for the newsletter.
I want to see each and every one of you out there signing up for The Fight Network's monthly newsletter and supporting the company.
Fight Network Personnel
For those who haven't keep up with the resent additions over the past several months to the Fight Network family I just wanted to recap them for you as they have added a number of key personnel:
1. Mauro Ranallo -- some people in the MMA industry consider Mauro to be the best on air talent in the business, we happen to agree with them.
2. Loretta Hunt -- probably the best news reported in MMA has taken over as editor of the MMA news section of our website.
3. Jason Abelson -- a well know and respected boxing reporter -- who has taken over the managing our boxing news section of The Fight Network website.
4. Randy "the Natural" Couture -- MMA legend and hall of fame member has come aboard on The Fight Network as an ambassador for the Network and will be doing a number of additional things with the network.
5. Frank Trigg -- a world-class mixed martial arts competitor and color commentator for PRIDE Fighting Championships has joined The Fight Network broadcast team, as an on-air analyst for the Network's expanding news coverage for the sport of mixed martial arts.
6. Diego " Chico " Corrales -- has joined The Fight Network as a monthly columnist for boxing across all of its distribution platforms.
Stock Buy-Back
There have been no changes in the share buy back since last reported.
There are other opportunities that we are looking at, which will be release to the shareholders as they evolve.
I truly believe that this will be a great year for the company and the future is looking very bright and extremely optimistic.
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December is here and the holiday season is upon us. To celebrate this month, which features pillar to post action from coast to coast, we will be sending out a special edition newsletter on Friday December 8th. It will provide a complete rundown of all the great holiday programming and new business developments along with a special merchandising discount code offer to all newsletter subscribers as a way to say thanks for all your support over the year. For more details visit our website at www.thefightnetwork.com.
Kind Regards,
Mike Garrow President The Fight Network Inc.
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