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By Jake Donovan - If there’s a big fight to be seen in the United States, it will appear on either HBO or Showtime – most likely in that order.
That’s become the norm for the past couple of decades, to the point of being accepted by far too many as just the way it is in the sport today.
Premium network EPIX has done everything in its power to change that perception.
“We began with Vitali Klitschko and Odlanier Solis a year ago,” pointed out Travis Pomposello, chief creative officer of Epix who is also in charge of its boxing division as senior vice president. “It was a bust of a fight but having a Klitschko on our air was a blockbuster success.
“Ever since then we’ve been trying to up the ante with each broadcast, and the manner in which we pursue the highest quality of fights.”
EPIX entered the boxing mix last March with the aforementioned heavyweight title fight, in which Solis threatened to make a fight of it before suffering a knockdown and blowing out his knee all in one fell swoop towards then end of the opening round.
More was hoped of the broadcast, though it wasn’t the only downside to the network’s boxing debut. There were also technical difficulties with the online feed at EpixHD.com, though perhaps a good problem as too many subscribers logging on at once to sing on – upwards of 100,000 or so – caused many to miss the undercard portion of the telecast.
The main event went off without a hitch – save for the actual fight itself, though each broadcast improved with time. [Click Here To Read More]
That’s become the norm for the past couple of decades, to the point of being accepted by far too many as just the way it is in the sport today.
Premium network EPIX has done everything in its power to change that perception.
“We began with Vitali Klitschko and Odlanier Solis a year ago,” pointed out Travis Pomposello, chief creative officer of Epix who is also in charge of its boxing division as senior vice president. “It was a bust of a fight but having a Klitschko on our air was a blockbuster success.
“Ever since then we’ve been trying to up the ante with each broadcast, and the manner in which we pursue the highest quality of fights.”
EPIX entered the boxing mix last March with the aforementioned heavyweight title fight, in which Solis threatened to make a fight of it before suffering a knockdown and blowing out his knee all in one fell swoop towards then end of the opening round.
More was hoped of the broadcast, though it wasn’t the only downside to the network’s boxing debut. There were also technical difficulties with the online feed at EpixHD.com, though perhaps a good problem as too many subscribers logging on at once to sing on – upwards of 100,000 or so – caused many to miss the undercard portion of the telecast.
The main event went off without a hitch – save for the actual fight itself, though each broadcast improved with time. [Click Here To Read More]
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