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06-06-2011, 11:20 AM
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|  Dana White Announces UFC Pay-Per-Views and Events Coming to XBox Live
Dana White Announces UFC Pay-Per-Views and Events Coming to XBox Live | MMAWeekly.com  Quote:
UFC pay-per-views are coming to Xbox Live through streaming on demand as announced by UFC President Dana White on Monday.
White appeared at the E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, making the announcement about the new platform.
According to White, the UFC pay-per-views will be available on the Xbox Live service in a new deal the promotion signed with Microsoft. White also stated other events like the UFC weigh-ins would be available through Xbox Live.
The details of the deal regarding when the service would become available were not announced, but the UFC will be coming to Xbox Live sooner rather than later.
Xbox Live subscriptions through the streaming service run users anywhere from $9.99 a month to $59.99 for an entire year.
The UFC has been stressing the importance of branching out into new avenues in regards to their programming onto different formats like over the internet and now through the Xbox Live service.
The UFC already offers pay-per-views through their website with additional content as well as multiple camera angles and other add-ons to enhance the viewing audience.
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06-06-2011, 11:23 AM
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wow another business savy move by Dana... he really seems to have a sense where the future of advertising and media output is going and is acting quickly on it
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06-06-2011, 11:43 AM
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^^^agree.
Smart move
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06-06-2011, 11:44 AM
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I thought about this a long time ago, its a great idea. However, xbox live can be verry laggy.
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06-06-2011, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by CtGreat  I thought about this a long time ago, its a great idea. However, xbox live can be verry laggy. | Really I've had Xbox Live for a few years now and never had lag issues outside of online gaming.
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06-06-2011, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement Really I've had Xbox Live for a few years now and never had lag issues outside of online gaming. | I meant in online gaming. I cant imagine thousands of people streaming a live event over live without the servers overloading and going very slow.
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06-06-2011, 12:31 PM
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I think it'll work as well as the Netflix and ESPN360 add ons do. I've not had many problems with those at all.
Great move by the UFC.
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06-06-2011, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by rodneykm I think it'll work as well as the Netflix and ESPN360 add ons do. I've not had many problems with those at all.
Great move by the UFC. | True, I forgot that Netflix is streamed also.
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06-06-2011, 07:24 PM
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A smart move but from a fan standpoint, what's the point? This only makes sense to me if they are offered at a reduced rate. If it's still $50, why not just order it through your dish or cable providers and not have to worry about any lag? Is this supposed to reach people who don't have dish or cable (are there any??) The likelihood of someone having internet for XBL but not one of the others seem slim to nil, IMO.
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Originally Posted by snakeofdoom A smart move but from a fan standpoint, what's the point? This only makes sense to me if they are offered at a reduced rate. If it's still $50, why not just order it through your dish or cable providers and not have to worry about any lag? Is this supposed to reach people who don't have dish or cable (are there any??) The likelihood of someone having internet for XBL but not one of the others seem slim to nil, IMO. | o you would be surprised my friend... i know plenty of college kids who have XBL but dont have cable.. this seems like one of the target markets to me... imagine being able to have everyone on your floor pitch in, sneak a case or 2 into a room and watch the UFC.. i sure as hell wish i had that when i was in the dorms.. but even now i dont have cable because i watch all of my TV on the computer, but would watch on XBL (if i had it im a die hard sonybot) so i could have it on my TV..
i really only watch TV during football season other than that its growing obsolete.. and this is a growing problem in television that Dana sees and is anticipating everything going online (ive watched a few events on UFC.tv and it is stellar and in HD with no lag) so Dana is setting the trend and everyone else will SOON be following in suit
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