SES Video and InDemand are teaming to offer a 4K feed of the first Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) set for June 2 at 9 p.m. from the Cheyenne Ice Events Center in Wyoming.

SES said the 4K event, produced by Multivision Media, will be available nationally to cable and IPTV service providers that are signed on for its pre-packaged 4K offering.

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Based on those partners, the following MVPDs would be eligible to provide the 4K feed of the bare-knuckle PPV card: Armstrong Utilities, Aureon Network Services, Dish Network, enTouch Systems, EPG Chattanooga, Foothills Communications, Guadalupe Valley (GVTC), Highlands Cable Group, Hotwire Communications, Jackson Energy Authority, KPU Telecommunications, Sjoberg’s Cable TV, Buckeye Broadband, Margaretville Telephony Company, Marquette Adams, Midco, Midwest Video Solutions, Oneida Cablevision, Service Electric Cable TV, Skitter Inc., Wherever TV, and WideOpenWest. Verizon Fios and Frontier Communications are also testing 4K TV with SES.

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SES didn’t announce which MVPDs are on board for tomorrow’s 4K offering, but noted that the 4K version of the event will be delivered on the SES Events channel, one in a lineup that is hosted on the SES Ultra HD platform. SES has used that channel to deliver other sporting events in 4K, including Bellator: Sonnen vs. Silva Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and select coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games from PyeongChang.

“The SES Events channel is readily available for live events to virtually every Pay TV operator across North America,” Steve Corda, VP of media platforms, SES Video in North America, said in a statement.

Brian Ricco, executive producer for MultiVision Media, told Multichannel News R. Thomas Umstead that all major cable distributors, as well as DirecTV and Dish Network, will offer the event. “This is not an underground event; this is going to be in big arenas featuring full-blown productions,” he told Umstead.

The BKFC’s first card, featuring 12 bouts, is retailing for $29.99. SES has been asked if the 4K version of the PPV event will be offered for the same price.

“Events like the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship are immersive building blocks toward an exciting future in Ultra HD television,” noted John Schultz, VP of broadcast operations for InDemand, which is co-owned by Comcast, Charter Communications, and Cox Communications.

Other channels in SES’s pre-packaged Ultra HD lineup include Fashion One 4K, NASA TV UHD, 4K Universe, Insight TV, C4K360, Funbox UHD, Travelxp 4K, Nature Relaxation 4K, The Country Network, UHD1, and the SES 4K channel (a developmental incubator for emerging content producers). 

With the season crossing into the second half, NBA Digital and InDemand are teaming on a free preview of the league's out-of-market package this week.

NBA League Pass is available as a freeview from Monday Jan. 19 through Sunday, Jan. 25 to digital subscribers of Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Cablevision, Bright House Networks and Verizon FiOS, plus smaller In Demand affiliates around the nation.

The package offers customers up to 40 live out-of-market games per week across 10 channels. Basketball fans can order NBA League Passat the half-season package price, which includes digital and mobile access, of $99, or four installments of only $24.75. With the package's purchase, subscribers can access NBA League Pass Digitalon an authenticated basis.

In addition to the digital access, NBA League Pass presents  creative and free enhancements, including game replays, dual feeds, a mosaic channel, a stats channel and HD games as follows*:

SAME-DAY REPLAYS: The service re-airs every game in the package starting approximately one hour after the final buzzer so that fans can see NBA action they might have missed.  Each game is replayed in its entirety and repeats continuously overnight and the next day, on the same channel, until the following day’s live matchups begin. Games are available in both SD and HD (varies by system).

DUAL FEEDS: For many games, subscribers also receive innovative dual-feed telecasts, which deliver home-team plus visiting-team local market broadcasts so fans can choose the announcers they prefer.

MULTI-SCREEN MOSAIC: Package subscribers receive the popular rotating mosaic of multiple screens that give simultaneous snapshots of all the live-action games being played around the league, along with scores, time clocks and channel locations. The NBA LEAGUE PASS mosaic can be found on the last channel (10th) of the system’s package lineup. (Mosaic may occasionally be pre-empted to accommodate live games.)

STATS CHANNEL: The NBA LEAGUE PASS Stats Central is a live source for scores, statistics, game previews, game recaps and schedule information. This can be found on the ninth channel of the system’s package lineup. (Stats channel may occasionally be pre-empted to accommodate live games.)

NBA LEAGUE PASS DIGITAL ON NBA.COM:  This feature allows package subscribers to watch NBA LEAGUE PASS games live online at NBA.com or on authenticated mobile devices.  It is included for NBA LEAGUE PASS TV subscribers once their subscription is verified. Complete activation instructions and details are available at: www.nba.com/activate.

The package runs until the last day of the regular season, April 15.. More information about NBA League Pass, cable offerings, game schedules and channel numbers are available at www.getbasketball.com  and general information is at NBA LEAGUE PASS. Customers can order by calling 1-888-SPORTS-iN (888-776-7874) or their local cable provider. Blackout and other restrictions apply.

In Demand has reached a renewal with Zuffa LLC to continue to distribute UFC pay-per-view bouts to more than 50 million households across the U.S., while affording a host of new options for affiliates and consumers.

The multiyear pact, financial terms of which were not disclosed, follows the recent expiration of the parties' contract. The new agreement, coming shortly after UFC 182 (pictured) not only ensures that the UFC's biggest events remain available to residential pay--per-view households, but for the first time affords affiliates electronic sell-through rights of the cards, as well as the ability to proffer subscription service UFC Fight Pass to their authenticated video subscribers. 

In addtion, the deal will see InDemand play a greater role in helping affiliates sell UFC PPV cards to commercial establishments in their territories.

In Demand said it will deliver every UFC PPV event and purchasers will enjoy longer viewership windows via video on demand and TV Everywhere.. In Demand said TVE availability will vary initially, depending on when affiliates add UFC action to the platforms.

All events are offered in both standard- and high-definition formats, plus a separate Spanish-language feed.

“We have been proud to be a part of UFC’s growth from their launch on PPV to their current status as the gold-standard for Mixed Martial Arts, worldwide,' said In Demand executive vice president of proramming and general counsel Michael Berman. "This new deal ensures that we will continue our long-term relationship by not only distributing their core PPV events, but we will also be an intrinsic part of their next generation of growth through subscription and digital ownership of the UFC’s compelling content.”

Noted UFC chief content officer  Marshall Zelaznik:: “It is great to continue our rewarding and long-lasting relationship with In Demand. The ability of UFC to deliver our best and most meaningful fights and events to so many fans in the years to come is great news for our sport, our brand and our partners. This partnership will allow us to continue to be the world’s leading PPV content provider.” 

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Phil Lesh will close out 2014 with a pay-per-view show at favored Grateful Dead venue The Capitol Theater, ahead of the band’s 50th anniversary.

The New Year’s Eve Show is being produced and distributed by Live Alliance and Multivision Media, with pay-per-view purveyor InDemand making the show available to cable subscribers.

Billed as PHILRAD, bassist Lesh will be joined by current “friends” Joe Russo’s Almost Dead from the refurbished Capitol Theater in Port Chester, N.Y., a venue loved by the Dead in its early days. The show is sold-out.

Carrying a suggested retail of $19.95, Phil Lesh Live From The Capitol Theater  will air live on PPV and be streamed in the high-definition format on Dec. 31 at 9 p.m. (ET). 6 p.m. (PT).

Dead fans are hoping for a tour of its surviving members in 2015, following the announced dissolution of Further, Lesh’ and Bob Weir’s band, in November.

Live Alliance and Multivision Media released Lauryn Hill’s July concert from Brooklyn Bowl, which remains on pay-per-view through the end of the year. Peter Shapiro owns Brooklyn Bowl, as well as The Capitol.  

InDemand Productions is at the2014 Toronto International Film Festival to film celebrity interviews in partnership with Indiewire, as a means to help stoke buys for films in their video-on-demand window.

The production arm of the pre-eminent distributor of transactional movies to Movies On Demand on cable is shooting these interviews at TIFF that will be edited and distributed to top cable providers, including Xfinity (Comcast), Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Bright House Networks to help them drive customer awareness and buys of these titles when they hit the VOD window. This promotional content gets participating films added exposure during their MOD premieres. 

All told, the interviews can be seen in over 50 million homes, either through cable barker channels, system websites, in social media and other digital outlets, such as an InDemand's ongoing partnership with independent film website Indiewire.

Within the past year alone, the company sat down with over 100 stars, including some of Tinseltown's toniest, Cate Blanchett, Sir Ben Kingsley, Paul Rudd, Daniel Radcliffe, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Salma Hayek, Nicolas Cage and the cast of Game of Thrones. InDemand's “Contender Conversations” interview series was a cornerstone of the cable industry’s 2014 Awards Season MOD marketing campaign.

Since 2012, In DemandProductions has covered TIFF, South by Southwest, AFI Fest, Comic-Con International, New York Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, plus many red carpet premieres and junkets to shoot promotional videos which support films’ VOD airings on behalf MOD on cable nationwide. The division produces interviews from on-site studios, during bi-weekly NYC shoots and via international mobile production services.

"InD Productions brings movie-lovers closer to top talent through our original branded ‘promotainment,’ which reaches a wide multi-platform cable audience," said InDemand vice president of creative services Brendan Connors. "This compelling content raises awareness of titles on behalf of studios, producers and MSOs.  It’s a win-win featuring the greatest cast ever.”

InD Productions will be located at the Hyatt Regency in Toronto from Sept. 5-8.  To contact their producers about promotional opportunities, e-mail them at productions@indemand.com.