Epix To Air Live Heavyweight Boxing Event

By R. Thomas Umstead
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Pay TV service Epix is stepping into the boxing ring to distribute
the March 19 Vitali Klitschko- Odlanier Solis heavyweight championship
fight from Germany.

The live boxing event is the first live sports telecast for the Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer
Studios and Lionsgate-owned network, and the first heavyweight fight to
be telecast live on American television since 2009 when ESPN Classic
televised the Vitali Klitschko-Juan Carlos Gomez WBC heavyweight title fight.

"We
are pleased to bring this exciting heavyweight championship to American
boxing fans on television and online," said EPIX President and CEO Mark
Greenberg in a statement.

The service is available to over 30
million homes nationwide through distribution partners including Charter
Communications, Cox Communications, DISH Network, Mediacom
Communications, NCTC, Suddenlink Communications and Verizon FiOS, said
EPix officials.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.