BoxNation on Virgin Media?

[thatllbeme]

between now and the xmas new year quiet period boxing fans in ukcould have a better selection of fights on the various tv channels and internet feeds!

November

Saturday 2nd:
towers v brown,coyle v simpson,campbell v Connelly-sky sports
golovkin v stevens,afolabi v janik,abdusalamov v perez-sky sports

Friday 8th:
haskins v booth,francis v ajisafe,fury v gegeshidze-eurosport

Saturday 9th:
martirosyan v Andrade,donaire v darchinyan,garcia v Martinez-boxnation

Thursday 14th:
Joshua v TBA,prizefighter heavyweights-sky sports

Friday 15th:
arnfield v Maxwell,khan v slavchev-?

Saturday 16th:
degale v davis,daws v TBA-channel 5
ward v rodriguez,huerta v arrellano-boxnation
adamek v glazkov,chilemba v gbenga-?
tua v Ustinov-?

Friday 22nd:
murray v TBA,hanrahan v TBA-Coldwell tv app
saunders v TBA,vallily v TBA,leather v TBA-boxnation

Saturday 23rd:
hernandez v Alekseev,gutknecht v sukhotsky-boxnation
froch v groves,crolla v gethin,quigg v TBA-sky box office
pacquia v rios,gradovich v dib,ruis jr v hamer-boxnation

Saturday 30th:
chisora v modugno,cleverly v ammann,skeete v lynes-boxnation
Stevenson v bellew,kovalev v sillakh-sky sports

December

Friday 6th:
singleton v TBA-?
love v TBA,jack v TBA,bey v TBA-?
wlodarczyk v fragomeni-?(possibly espn)

Saturday 7th:
sturm v barker-sky sports
smith v blackledge,mathews,ormond,butler v Montoya,selkirk v heffron-boxnation
mallignaggi v Judah,alexander v porter,trout v lara,bika v dirrell-boxnation
rigondeaux v agbeko,macklin v nelson,kirkland v tapia-?

Wednesday 11th:
wood v murray-?

Friday 13th:
woodhouse v TBA,gaynor v TBA,hughes v TBA-Coldwell tv app

Saturday 14th:
brough v TBA,dodd v TBA,davies jr v TBA-Coldwell tv app
dickens v wale,askin v TBA,burnett v TBA-?
braemer v oliveira,britsch v TBA-boxnation
Mitchell v TBA,purdy v bundu,joshua v darch,ryder v TBA-sky sports
broner v maidana,thurman v karass,santacruz v seda,ortiz v TBA-boxnation

Saturday 21st:
Martinez v mathebula-?
hall v malinga,gavin v TBA-boxnation

[Chad]

The mount of boxing available on TV at the moment is incredible. The next 6 weeks are going to be fantastic.

[thatllbeme]

more stuff getting added to the boxnation schedule today with rabchenko v vitu 16th November and buncey will be announcing more on his show

[Chad]

The impression given through out the year by Frank Warren was that a HD channel would be up and running by the end of the year. This article however suggests it's not even close to launching:

http://www.newsuk24.com/news/frank-w...c-bout/related

"SPORTS PROMOTER Frank Warren plans to float Box Nation, the cable television station devoted to boxing that he set up two years ago. Nation Media, the channel’s parent company, hopes to raise about £5m from an AIM listing to fund expansion overseas, buy the rights to more events and create a high-definition version of the station. It is run by Richard Brooke, who was finance director at BSkyB."

Worrying that they need to raise money in order to launch.

[thatllbeme]

frank warren is on the bunce hour tonight!

[Chad]

David Price has signed for Sauerland:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/box...exclusive.html

The deal means he'll remain on Boxnation.

[johnasimmons]

Originally Posted by Chad

David Price has signed for Sauerland:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/box...exclusive.html

The deal means he'll remain on Boxnation.

But probably fighting out of Germany...

[Chad]

Some interesting updates in regards to Boxnation.

SKY and Boxnation have agreed a commercial partnership to offer Boxnation to pubs and clubs.

http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/...e.aspx?id=4569

Some more information on the flotation of Boxnation on AIM.

Executive Chariman Richard Brooke said: "We will be launching a new HD channel in the first quarter of 2014 as part of our drive to deliver the best service to our customers,” he added.

“The funds we raise during the IPO [initial public offering] process will be used to increase the number of high quality boxing matches broadcast, launch the HD [high definition] channel, develop international expansion, develop increased Pay Per View capabilities and provide general working capital."

Here is some really interesting reading the flotation of Boxnation:

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article...2050700217221U

[Chad]

More interesting new regarding the future of Boxnation:

http://www.sportbusiness.com/tv-spor...lotation-plans

"Box Nation is currently only available in the UK, but it is running a test transmission in China."

[Chad]

Boxnation HD to launch on 8th February 2014

http://www.boxnation.com/boxing-news/

[Chad]

Boxnation has a countdown clock to the launch of their HD channel:

http://www.boxnation.com/hd?utm_sour...18d6-302604485

The channel will launch on 15th February rather than the 8th.

Originally Posted by Chad

Boxnation has a countdown clock to the launch of their HD channel:

http://www.boxnation.com/hd?utm_sour...18d6-302604485

The channel will launch on 15th February rather than the 8th.

I would love to know why it cannot be launched on VM on the 15th Feb, is it an exclusive deal with SKY or is their another reason for this absense on VM?

[Chad]

Originally Posted by mhatter67

I would love to know why it cannot be launched on VM on the 15th Feb, is it an exclusive deal with SKY or is their another reason for this absense on VM?

I sent Boxnation an e-mail asking last week and got a reply back from the Chairman of the company!

The channel will be on SKY from launch. The plan is to have the channel on the Virgin Media platform as soon as possible. It's not a SKY exclusive. I suppose they could be negotiating a carriage deal as we speak.

Originally Posted by Chad

I sent Boxnation an e-mail asking last week and got a reply back from the Chairman of the company!

The channel will be on SKY from launch. The plan is to have the channel on the Virgin Media platform as soon as possible. It's not a SKY exclusive. I suppose they could be negotiating a carriage deal as we speak.

Thanks for the info Chad I was thinking how scary Buncie would be in HD, maybe being on SD does not seem that bad after all

[Chad]

Originally Posted by mhatter67

Thanks for the info Chad I was thinking how scary Buncie would be in HD, maybe being on SD does not seem that bad after all

Buncey and Lillis in HD