FanDuel TV Inks Deal With ONE Championship to Deliver Martial Arts Occasions to Community and FanDuel+
– ONE 164: Pacio vs Brooks might be first stay occasion this Saturday –
– Official partnership kicks off January 20 with weekly content material –
NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — ONE Championship (ONE), the biggest martial arts group on this planet, and FanDuel, the premier on-line gaming firm in North America, have inked a brand new deal that may deliver ONE Championship’s action-packed martial arts occasions to the newly launched FanDuel TV community.
The partnership, that includes weekly Asia primetime occasions formally kicks off on Friday, January 20. To offer viewers an early preview of the content material to come back, FanDuel TV may also air ONE 164: Pacio vs. Brooks this Saturday, December 3.
This partnership with ONE will mark the primary time that martial arts occasions can be found on FanDuel TV, offering followers and viewers with a brand new avenue to attach with the game by way of viewership and wagering.
“We’re desperate to proceed increasing the number of content material we’re providing at FanDuel TV to introduce our viewers to rising sports activities,” mentioned Mike Raffensperger, Chief Business Officer, FanDuel. “We have lengthy revered the content material the ONE Championship workforce is producing and are trying ahead to bringing their motion to our viewers by way of FanDuel TV and FanDuel+.”
“We’re thrilled to hitch the FanDuel TV lineup and provides our passionate U.S. viewers one more strategy to interact with ONE Championship,” mentioned Chatri Sityodtong, Chairman and CEO, ONE Championship. “Having a top quality associate in FanDuel will assist elevate the profile of our firm within the area and supply their viewers with action-packed martial arts occasions like they’ve by no means seen earlier than.”
This new content material providing joins an already strong lineup of unique exhibits on the community together with Kay Adams’ morning present Up & Adams; the just lately launched NBA-centric present Run It Again with Michelle Beadle, Chandler Parsons and Shams Charania; Extra Methods To Win with Lisa Kerney; in addition to FanDuel’s signature horse racing protection and syndicated content material from Pat McAfee and The Ringer. In continued efforts to diversify content material, FanDuel TV and FanDuel+ are additionally airing greater than 3,000 hours of stay sports activities together with worldwide basketball league motion from the Nationwide Basketball League (NBL) Australia’s skilled league, the Chinese language Basketball League, in addition to the French and German professional leagues as a part of a licensing settlement with Sportradar.
FanDuel TV is broadly distributed on linear tv by way of main cable and satellite tv for pc distributors together with Comcast Xfinity, Spectrum, Verizon FIOS, DirectTV, DISH, Cox Communications, YouTubeTV, and Hulu.
FanDuel+ could be downloaded on Roku, Amazon Fireplace, Apple TV related gadgets and is free to look at utilizing a FanDuel account quantity.
ONE Championship is a top-five international sports activities property for digital viewership and engagement, in keeping with Nielsen. ONE occasions signify the total spectrum of martial arts, with world-class athletes representing greater than 80 international locations competing throughout MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing, submission grappling and extra.
ONE Championship was supported by the Talisman Company in negotiations with FanDuel TV.
About FanDuel TV & FanDuel+
FanDuel Group launched FanDuel TV and its new OTT platform FanDuel+ in September 2022 as a broadly distributed linear cable community and OTT channel. FanDuel TV has shortly established itself as a vacation spot for stay sports activities and complementary sports activities programming together with award profitable horse racing protection, skilled basketball and unique exhibits together with “Up and Adams” hosted by Kay Adams, “Extra Methods to Win” hosted by Lisa Kerney and “Run it Again” co-hosted by Michelle Beadle and Chandler Parsons and syndicated content material from Invoice Simmons The Ringer community. Each FanDuel TV and FanDuel+ are the primary linear/digital networks devoted to sports activities wagering content material and delivering extra stay sports activities programming than another community in America. FanDuel+ is free to obtain for present FanDuel prospects with accounts on any of its sportsbook, on line casino, horse racing or day by day fantasy platforms.
About FanDuel Group
FanDuel Group is an revolutionary sports-tech leisure firm that’s altering the way in which customers interact with their favourite sports activities, groups, and leagues. The premier gaming vacation spot in the US, FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of main manufacturers throughout gaming, sports activities betting, day by day fantasy sports activities, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media. FanDuel Group has a presence throughout all 50 states with roughly 17 million prospects and practically 30 retail places. The corporate relies in New York with places of work in California, New Jersey, Florida, Oregon, Georgia, Portugal, Romania and Scotland. It is community FanDuel TV and FanDuel+ are broadly distributed on linear cable tv and thru its relationships with main direct-to-consumer OTT platforms. FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Leisure plc, the world’s largest sports activities betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of worldwide acknowledged manufacturers and a constituent of the FTSE 100 index of the London Inventory Trade.
About ONE Championship™
ONE is the world’s largest blended martial arts group, rating among the many world’s prime 5 sports activities properties for viewership and engagement with a cumulative attain of over 400 million followers, in keeping with Nielsen. ONE produces and distributes world-class occasions throughout greater than 150 international locations, that includes martial artists and World Champions from over 80 nations and all types of martial arts together with MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and extra. ONE could be seen on most of the largest international free-to-air and digital broadcasters, together with Prime Video Sports activities, ELEVEN Sports activities, Star Sports activities, Beijing TV, iQIYI, One Sports activities, Abema, IB, NET TV, Vidio, Startimes, Mediapro, Thairath TV, VieOn, Skynet, Mediacorp, Spark Sport, Match TV, Dubai Sports activities, beIN SPORTS, Globo and extra.
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