MeTV Network, Inc teams with International Fighting Championships (IFC) and Fighting com to launch `FightTV(tm)`, the first IPTV channel devoted to mixed martial arts programming

Released on = March 15, 2007, 7:39 am

Press Release Author = MeTV Network

Industry = Media

Press Release Summary = "FightTVT", a 24/7 mixed martial arts channel. FightTV
shows some of the best fights from the biggest names in MMA including Chuck "The
Iceman" Liddell, Tim Sylvia, Caesar Gracie, Jens "Little Evil" Pulver, Renato
"Babalu" Sorbral, Anthony "Mad Dog" Macias, and Vladimir "The Janitor" Matyushenko

Press Release Body = Los Angeles, California; March 15, 2007 - MeTV Network, Inc.
the niche Internet protocol television (IPTV) programming specialist, announced
today that it has teamed with the IFC, one of the oldest and best regarded mixed
martial arts promoters, and Fighting.com to launch "FightTVT", a 24/7 mixed martial
arts channel. FightTV shows some of the best fights from the biggest names in MMA
including Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell, Tim Sylvia, Caesar Gracie, Jens "Little Evil"
Pulver, Renato "Babalu" Sorbral, Anthony "Mad Dog" Macias, and Vladimir "The
Janitor" Matyushenko. The channel contains countless hours of great, hard hitting
fights. As an added bonus for viewers, for the first thirty days, FightTVT will be
entirely commercial free!

"Mixed Martial Arts is one of the fastest growing sports in America", said Jeff
Pescatello, co-founder of MeTV. "You would think that in a world of 200 or more
cable and satellite channels you could find a channel dedicated to mixed martial
arts, but you can't, so we teamed with IFC and Fighting.com and launched one",
continued Pescatello.

"We have a world-wide fan base. MMA is a big sport in the United Kingdom, Japan,
Brazil, and Russia. Our fans are really passionate about the sport. I think they
are going to love FightTV because it provides them with access to the best fights
from the best fighters in the sport all day long and for free" said Howard
Petschler, Founder of the IFC.

"Our traffic at www.Fighting.com over the past several months has increased
ten-fold. I think the efforts of the Ultimate Fighting Championships, Inc. ("UFC")
has really stirred a lot of excitement about MMA lately" said Todd Wooten, General
Manager of Fighting.com. While Spike Network shows a couple of hours of 'The
Ultimate Fighter" and other UFC programming per week, there is clearly demand for a
24/7 MMA network", continued Wooten.

FightTV is an advertising supported network that is free to everyone that wants it.
There are no limits about how long or how often you watch. That is because MeTV
uses free streaming technology from Jetcast, Inc. to provide very high quality
streams to an unlimited size audience. "The Jetcast technology will allow us to
launch literally hundreds of new niche channels this year" said Pescatello.
FightTVT can be found at www.fighting.com or www.jetcast.com.

MeTV will license FightTVT to companies looking to add high-quality IPTV programming
to their offerings.

About MeTV Network, Inc.
MeTV has been providing IPTV programming and solutions to companies like Microsoft,
Korea Telecom (KT), and others since 1998. MeTV has one of the largest catalogs of
music, movies, sports, and entertainment programming available for Internet
delivery. For more information about MeTV, please go to www.metv.com.


Web Site = http://www.Fighting.com

Contact Details = Jeff Pescatello
contact@MeTV.com
(775) 766-5260

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