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Re:Shazam-like technology used to identify bars illegally st... by kevinmchugh on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @05:59PM (#20169769)
For pay-per-view events there's usually a commercial PPV sales channel as well. Joe Hand Promotions handled it for the UFC up until this year (now it's all under ESPN+). JHP has some formula for determining cost, it's at least partially determined by venue capacity, hence the use of a cover charge.
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Re:Shazam-like technology used to identify bars illegally st... by Fripplebubby on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @09:04PM (#20170983)
I believe UFC still sells with a commercial formula for bars, I don't know if it's through JHP or not, but my understanding is that ESPN+ is for private consumers only
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Re:Shazam-like technology used to identify bars illegally st... by kevinmchugh on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @11:55PM (#20171680)
oh, I thought ESPN+ also was doing the commercial licenses. They might handle the delivery now, but yeah, it's Joe Hand still that does the negotiation.
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