BoxNation on Virgin Media?

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Chad

Press release today regarding Boxnation:
"The Board announces that, following an approach from a significant private investment, it has decided to withdraw its current plan to IPO on AIM and is to carry out a strategic review across the Company, which will see the underlying business and management team strengthened."

Sounds like it's Rainham Steel that has invested in the company. Perhaps they disagreed with the timing of the IPO route which Richard Brooke was pursuing. It looks like they have recruited a professional manager, Jim McMunn, to review how the channel is run. If McMunn turns the company around, it could be worth substantially more than if it floated tomorrow.

[thatllbeme]

boxnation have announced a deal with toprank starting in may!

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by thatllbeme

boxnation have announced a deal with toprank staring in may!

Bit more info on that here. http://www.frankwarren.com/news/pres...nk-events.html

[thatllbeme]

that's a year old

[Chad]

Originally Posted by thatllbeme

boxnation have announced a deal with toprank starting in may!

It's fantastic news:

http://www.worldboxingnews.net/news/...-top-rank.html

The deal with Golden Boy runs out this month. I've no idea if it has been renewed or not. Hopefully we'll hear something about that soon.

[thatllbeme]

it will probably be just buncey announcing something that's just them getting 2 toprank shows and him saying they have a deal with them making us think more of it

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chad do you think the new investment might be BTsport and maybe this is why theres no HD on virgin media yet?

[Chad]

Originally Posted by thatllbeme

chad do you think the new investment might be BTsport and maybe this is why theres no HD on virgin media yet?

I really don't know. My initial reaction was Bill Ives.

[thatllbeme]

back to the golden boy deal ive seen an interview yesterday with eddie hearn and kugan cassius on ifilm where he basically says sky have no interest in the international shows at the moment due to viewing figures so I think its guaranteed they will announce a new deal with boxnation!

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Chad

I really don't know. My initial reaction was Bill Ives.

Don't want to but in too much, but as suggested earlier, I'm sure it's him aka Rainham Steel. Why? If another company had invested then they would probably have joined the board of directors. Two people have joined the board - both from Rainham Steel. "Alongside Bill Ives the Company also welcomes Alison Chapman, who has been Financial Director at Rainham Steel for the past 13 years, as Finance Director at the Company."
Draw your own conclusions.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Don't want to but in too much, but as suggested earlier, I'm sure it's him aka Rainham Steel. Why? If another company had invested then they would probably have joined the board of directors. Two people have joined the board - both from Rainham Steel. "Alongside Bill Ives the Company also welcomes Alison Chapman, who has been Financial Director at Rainham Steel for the past 13 years, as Finance Director at the Company."
Draw your own conclusions.

you are not butting in
mate I think you're right I think that is exactly what has happened

[Chad]

Surprisingly Eurosport have picked up the UK rights to show Klitschko Vs. Leapai on the 26th April.

[Anypermitedroute]

what else is on that night chad?, not ususal for Channel 5, Sky and boxnation to miss a Klitschko fight, is there other big events on the same time/day?

[Chad]

Originally Posted by Anypermitedroute

what else is on that night chad?, not ususal for Channel 5, Sky and boxnation to miss a Klitschko fight, is there other big events on the same time/day?

Nothing else confirmed however Ricky Hatton does have a card on that night featuring European and Commonwealth title fights. Hatton was supposed to have a TV deal with Boxnation but hasn't put any shows on yet. Maybe this will turn out to be his first?

[Risco]

Still no news on HD?

[Chad]

Originally Posted by Risco

Still no news on HD?

The channel has been offered to Virgin Media but no deal concluded yet. I wouldn't however blame Virgin Media for the delay. I think there is a few "demands" that Boxnation are placing on the channel.

On SKY the channel doubles up as a PPV channel. If you subscribe to Boxnation, you get to watch the Boxnation HD channel for free. If you don't subscribe, and want to watch a fight, you have to order the event in the same way as you would a SKY Box Office PPV. If you record from the channel, regardless of whether your a regular subscriber or not, you only get 7 days to watch the show before it gets auto-deleted from your SKY+ box. Alternatively if start to watch a recording, you only get 24 hours to watch the broadcast before it auto-deletes.

It's a very strange set up. It's not really a full time HD channel. Even if you are a subscriber you have to make a dummy purchase for £0.00 to record from the channel. It's all very complex. Boxnation themselves acknowledge this.

I'm sure Boxnation want to launch the channel in the same way on Virgin Media. It's likely Virgin can't be doing with the technical fannying around involved.