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The UFC Alone Isn’t Enough Streaming Punch for David Ellison’s Paramount

It didn’t take long for David Ellison, the fresh-faced millennial owner and CEO of Paramount Skydance, to make a statement.

Paramount, ESPN deals with UFC, WWE bring out steel chairs in sports streaming cage match

The meet and greet was at UFC 306 at the Sphere in Las Vegas nearly a year ago. In the luxury box of TKO Holdings, which owns ...

UFC leaving ESPN, signs deal to air fights on Paramount, streaming network

This deal comes one week after ESPN cut a deal with another TKO company, WWE, to air all of its premium live events on the ...

Paramount acquires UFC rights in 7-year, $7.7 billion deal with TKO Group

Paramount will become the new home to all UFC events in the U.S., while UFC's CEO says the White House may host a July 4 ...

Paramount, UFC and the biggest question for streaming sports fans

As these shifts take place, the media industry is about to go through a major test: how many people are willing to pay for a ...

Your Paramount Plus subscription just got a major upgrade — here's what's coming

The era of pay-per-view fights that ESPN utilized looks to be ending as all of the fights will stream on Paramount+ as part ...

Paramount Plus will soon become the exclusive home to the UFC

The Disney-owned ESPN currently holds the rights to the UFC, with its ESPN Plus streaming service airing events on a pay-per-view basis. As noted by CNBC, ESPN paid an average of $500 million annually ...

Dana White admittedly surprised UFC ended up at Paramount, teases White House card possibly airing on CBS

The UFC had multiple suitors interested in landing the promotion’s broadcast rights deal, but in the end, Paramount ponied up ...