Jerry Milani sent along the following:
INTERNATIONAL FIGHT LEAGUE, ALFRED HABER DISTRIBUTION ANNOUNCE ADDITION
OF HBO LATIN AMERICA AS FIRST SPANISH LANGUAGE BROADCAST PARTNER
IFL Programming To Reach Latin America, Brazil and the Caribbean in
2008
NEW YORK, December 17, 2007 — The International Fight League (OTC.BB:
IFLI) and Alfred Haber Distribution (AHDI) today announced that HBO
Latin America, one of the fastest growing entertainment channels in Latin
America will begin showing IFL content beginning in 2008. It is the
IFL’s first Spanish Language partnership, and will cover Latin
America, Brazil and the Caribbean.
“Serving one of the fastest growing demos for Mixed Martial Arts, the
Hispanic market both in the United States and abroad, is a major
priority for the IFL in 2008,” said IFL CEO Jay Larkin. “We are very
pleased to be able to start that progress with one of the hallmark brands
in all of broadcasting, HBO, and its Latin American arm.”
HBO Latin America joins an ever-growing international TV lineup for IFL
programming, which includes MyNetworkTV, HDNet and FSN in the United
States, MBC in the Middle East and parts of Africa, Star TV in Asia,
CanWest Global and Fox Sports Canada in Canada, EGO in Israel, ITV in the
United Kingdom, TV4 in Sweden and Armed Forces Television worldwide.
Just completing its first full season of operation, IFL programming
will now be seen in over 300 million homes worldwide.
About HBO Latin America Group
HBO Latin America GroupSM is composed of affiliates of Time Warner
Entertainment Company, L.P., Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., The Walt
Disney Company and Ole Communications Group. The HBO Latin America
GroupSM of companies own, operate and distribute the leading cable and
satellite programming services in Latin America, Brazil and the Caribbean,
including HBO, HBO Plus, Cinemax, Cinemax Prime, E! Entertainment
Television, A&E Mundo, The History Channel, Sony Entertainment
Television and Warner Channel. HBO Latin America GroupSM also distributes The
Disney Channel and AXN in Latin America.
About Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc.
ALFRED HABER, INC. and ALFRED HABER DISTRIBUTION, INC., established 39
years ago, together form the world's largest distributor of U.S.
Network (CBS, ABC, NBC and FOX) reality, music and event specials, and are
major independent distributors of reality and documentary series,
mini-series and made-for-television motion pictures for the U.S. and the
international television marketplace. More information is available at
www.alfredhaber.com.
About the IFL
International Fight League (IFL) has its headquarters in New York
and offices in Las Vegas. For more information about IFL, please see:
www.ifl.tv.
