Professional Fighters League (PFL) & Kiswe Mobile Join Forces to Enhance PFL Fight Night Events with Multi-language Commentar...
12 July 2018 - 8:13AM
Business Wire
Using Kiswe’s Innovative Technology, MMA
Fans Around the World Now Able to Watch PFL’s Debut Season Events
in Multiple Languages
Today, the Professional Fighters League (PFL) and Kiswe Mobile
(Kiswe) announced that the PFL will leverage Kiswe’s technology to
stream their 2018 Thursday night fight events in multiple languages
around the world. The unique partnership continues PFL’s commitment
to provide a best-in-class fan experience to the over 300 million
MMA fans around the world. PFL’s fans can now experience the thrill
of live-streamed PFL events in their own languages, narrated by
their favorite local MMA experts and social influencers.
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“PFL will continue to embrace the power of industry-leading
technology to enhance our events for fans in the arena and the
millions watching at home,” said Pete Murray, CEO of PFL.
“Our partnership with Kiswe allows us to optimize the experience
for MMA fans across the globe and allows our viewers to connect
more deeply with the league, our fighters and the can’t-miss action
we deliver on Thursday nights.”
Kiswe technology has already been used to provide real-time
Spanish commentary from retired MMA fighter Manny Rodriguez for the
live action that took place at PFL1, the league’s season opener on
June 7th at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, PFL2, the
second regular season event at the Chicago Theatre, and PFL3, the
third regular season event at The Smith Center at The George
Washington University. As the season unfolds, PFL will add
commentary in additional languages, including Russian and
Portuguese, for the global audiences who cheer on PFL’s roster of
72 elite international fighters.
“Multi-language commentary is a great tool to engage a global
audience, and we are proud to help the Professional Fighters League
reach their worldwide audience more effectively,” said Mike
Schabel, CEO of Kiswe Mobile. “Using cloud-scale video
technology, we can now help PFL and other content owners transform
their live global feeds into streams that are relevant for each
audience segment, at a scale, cost, and reliability that has never
before been achieved.”
The 2018 PFL season features 126 fights on Thursday nights in
seven regular-season events, bracket-style “win or go home”
playoffs, and a $10 million post-season prize pool—the largest
prize pool in the history of MMA. The season began with 12 athletes
in each of six different weight-classes. Eight fighters from each
class will earn their way into the playoff round, and one fighter
in each division will earn the title of champion.
U.S.-based and international fans can watch all PFL regular
season, playoff, and championship fights—over 66 hours of live
action—for free. In the United States, all of the PFL regular
season events air live on Thursday in primetime exclusively on
NBCSN, and stream live on NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, and
pflmma.com. Outside the U.S., Facebook streams up to six hours of
free, live coverage for each event. In the U.S., fans can watch the
first three hours of coverage of each event on Facebook.
About Professional Fighters League™
The Professional Fighters League presents MMA for the first time
in the sport format where individuals compete in a regular season,
“win-or-go-home” post-season, and championship. Co-founded by
Donn Davis, Russ Ramsey, and Mark Leschly, the
Professional Fighters League is backed by an ownership group of
sports, media, and business titans. The PFL 2018 Season has 72
fighters in six weight-classes, competing in the regular season on
Thursday nights in June, July, and August. The top eight in each
weight-class face off in single-elimination playoff fights on
Saturday nights in October and the PFL season concludes December 31
with six championship bouts back-to-back with a $10 million prize
pool. Watch the entire PFL season action beginning June 7 live on
NBC Sports Network (NBCSN), Facebook Watch, and PFLmma.com. For
more visit www.PFLmma.com.
About Kiswe™
Kiswe has pioneered cloud-based interactive video solutions that
transform linear TV content into personalized and interactive
mobile video experiences which significantly increase audience
engagement. Kiswe partners with visionaries in sports and music to
lead the shift in how digital video content is consumed by creating
experiences that unlock the interactive functionality of digital
devices. Kiswe is headquartered in Murray Hill, NJ and has offices
in New York City, Washington D.C., Belgium, and Korea. To learn
more about Kiswe Mobile, visit www.Kiswe.com.
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