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>http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/436259/EFC-Africa-coming-to-65000000-US-homes/ > > >Johannesburg, South Africa – In a deal that massively >increases EFC Africa’s global reach, the best of African MMA >is now being broadcast to over 65 million homes in the USA. > >CSI Sports is a US-based broadcast giant that distributes >fight-related content to more than 50 channels worldwide and >in the USA. In a landmark deal with EFC AFRICA, bouts from the >latest and future EFC AFRICA events are being broadcast as >part of CSI’s Fight Sports™ programming block, a >collection of more than 50 hours per week of world class >combat sport action. > >EFC AFRICA joins the ranks of other international sporting >properties that have been broadcast by CSI SPORTS including >the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), HBO's Championship >Boxing, WEC and K-1. > >"CSI Sports has a history of introducing and growing some of >the top MMA and fight sports brands in the world," says EFC >AFRICA president Cairo Howarth, "we are very pleased that they >have chosen EFC AFRICA to be the next big brand to showcase in >the USA.” > >International content agent, CONTENT TELEVISION, concluded the >deal. "CSI Sports will help introduce EFC AFRICA to the >mainstream in the USA," says Jonathan Ford, executive vice >president of CONTENT TELEVISION. “We are expecting huge >growth for 2013 as the Extreme Fighting Championship continues >with its rapid worldwide broadcast expansion.” > >This latest international television broadcast deal has pushed >the total number of homes where the EFC AFRICA episodes are >available in to over 130 million worldwide. As well as the 65 >million new homes in the USA, the action packed episodes are >currently being broadcast every day to over 25 million homes >throughout Europe and the Middle East on EXTREME, a premium >sport television network available on the Sky and Virgin >platforms. The episodes are also flighted throughout Canada on >Fight Network, and every day on Fox FX throughout Africa. > >“EFC AFRICA is now on television literally every day in at >least 130 million homes around the world,” says Howarth. >“This is unheard of for a sport promotion from Africa, and >on top of all this, every event is broadcast live to hundreds >of millions more worldwide. The return on investment for our >brand and our sponsors has been phenomenal.” > >To see the daily TV broadcast schedule of EFC AFRICA episodes >in your country, visit the following websites: >
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