ONE FC Announce Media Deal
Wow, You turn you back for 5 minutes and press releases come from all directions.
Today ONE FC announced that they had signed exclusive television broadcast rights with Media Nusantara Citra’s (MNC) Global TV channel for Indonesia, giving them exclusive rights to air all of their shows for 2012 in Indonesia.
Whether that means ONE FC branded events only or joint branded events like the one’s with Dream is not clear from the press release.
HERE IS THE FULL PRESS RELEASE
ONE Fighting Championship™ signs exclusive television broadcast rights to Media Nusantara Citra’s (MNC) Global TV channel for Indonesia
8 December 2011 – Indonesia: Asia’s largest and most prestigious mixed martial arts (MMA) organization ONE Fighting Championship™, has sold the exclusive television broadcast rights to air its content in Indonesia to the nation’s largest and only integrated media company, Media Nusantara Citra (MNC). The content is slated to air on MNC’s free-to-air and highest rated sports channel, Global TV.
Global TV will be the only television channel provider to bring ONE Fighting Championship™ every month, to viewers in Indonesia on its 30 transmission sites covering some 200 cities and towns across the country. This will be the the largest broadcast of MMA in Indonesia. ONE Fighting Championship™ will also be hosting its first ever event in Indonesia on 11 February, 2012 at the Kelapa Gading Sports Mall.
FOBI (Federasi Olahraga Beladiri Indonesia) was established more than 10 years ago and the organization’s contribution for the sport of martial arts has been well known throughout Indonesia. As the governing body of the sport of professional MMA in Indonesia, it is FOBI’s responsibility to ensure the growth of the sport and all parties involved. FOBI’s President, Mr Setya Novanto, has been known for years throughout Indonesia for his passion and dedication for the development of the sport.
Mr. David Audy Fernando, President Director of MNC and Global TV shares with great enthusiasm, “Global TV has always been at the forefront of bringing high quality new television content to Indonesians. ONE Fighting Championship™ is undoubtedly the best MMA content in Asia and it is a coup for us to have successfully bought the exclusive rights to air all of their shows for 2012 in Indonesia. We are very excited to have secured the opportunity to broadcast this to our viewership nationwide.”
CEO and Owner of ONE Fighting Championship™, Mr Victor Cui said, “Indonesia has always had a huge fan following for professional fighting. We cannot wait to hold our first event for the 2012 season right here in Jakarta on 11 February and are very pleased to have MNC’s Global TV as our partner in bringing the best of Asian MMA events the world has ever seen!”CEO of Makhota Promotion, Mr Raja Sapta Oktohari said, “Makhota Promotion, together with our Singapore partner, ESS Group, is committed to bringing world-class events to the Indonesian market. We are excited to work with MNC’s Global TV and ONE Fighting Championship™ to give Indonesian fans unprecedented access to world-class MMA events on-screen and in Indonesia.”
ONE Fighting Championship™ has also confirmed a partnership with World Boxing Association (WBA) legend, Chris John as the Brand Ambassador for Indonesia. John is the current WBA Super World featherweight boxing champion and the third Indonesian to ever win a boxing world title.
About ONE Fighting Championship™
Headquartered in Singapore, ONE Fighting Championship™ (http://www.onefc.com) is Asia’s largest mixed martial arts organization. ONE Fighting Championship hosts the most prestigious mixed martial arts events in Asia and is the only Asian MMA organization with a pan-Asian media broadcast.
About Media Nusantara Citra (MNC)
Media Nusantara Citra (“MNC”) is the largest and only integrated media company in Indonesia with operations encompassing content production, content distribution, three nationwide free-to-air television networks with more than 40% audience share, 24 hour program TV channels, newspaper, tabloid, magazine, radio networks, online media, value added services, advertising agency and talent management. MNC has the largest content library in Indonesia, reaching more than 100,000 hours of entertainment and news content, which is increasing by more than 15,000 hours yearly.
About Global TV
Global TV is an Indonesian private television station based in West Jakarta. It was established in early January 1, 1998 and first went on air on January 1, 2001 with MTV programming. The station airs news and sports such as F1, A1 and it also broadcasts MTV programs and Nickelodeon cartoons regularly. Global TV has 30 transmission sites covering some 200 cities and towns across the country. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Media Nusantara Citra (MNC) which also owns RCTI and MNCTV.
About the Makhota Promotion – ESS Group Partnership
Makhota Promotion is an established promoter, bringing high quality sports and entertainment events to the Indonesian market. ESS Group is a Singapore based company, which works with international brands, such as ESPN and MTV, to develop leading events in the region. This partnership successfully brought Formula Drift Asia to Indonesia and terrestrial broadcast for the Guinness World Series of Pool for the first time in 2011. Looking ahead, the partnership remains committed to bringing world-class sports and entertainment to Indonesia and creating winning partnerships.
Fight Card
These are just some of the fighters who will be in action at the Kelapa Gading Sports Mall on February 11th:
Ole Laursen
Philippines
Muay Thai World Champion
ESPN Martial Combat Champion
Igor Gracie
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Champion
Kevin Belingon
Philippines
URCC Champion
Yodsanan Sityodtong
Thailand
WBA Boxing World Champion
Yuya Shirai
Japan
DEEP champion
Youne “Indra” Victorio Senduk
Indonesia
SEA Games Silver Medalist
PLUS:
Winner of the Cage Fighting Championship (CFC) bantamweight title fight between Gustavo Falciroli and Nick Honstein.
The following is not part of the press release but is the site editors own thoughts.
*The Bit about Chris John is a move that puzzles the hell out of me they have made Chris John the Current WBA Super World Featherweight boxing champion a ‘Brand Ambassador for Indonesia’ That’s rather like making Johnny Wilkinson, Englands famous rugby kicker an Ambassador for Football in England. Similar games but really miles apart.
As the UFC have already shown a boxer stands very little chance against a decent MMA fighter as James ‘Lights Out’ Toney got shut down very easily by Randy Couture, and Toney had been a world boxing champion at three different weights.
Is there no respected MMA figure from Indonesia who deserved a chance to have that role and doesn’t Chris John have a more important role keeping his boxing career on track?*
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