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UFC Hits The Big Screen In 3-D
With UFC® 143: DIAZ vs. CONDIT
 The
Ultimate Fighting Championship®, in conjunction with Cinedigm
Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM) and NCM Fathom, announced that
tickets for the first-ever live, 3-D broadcast of a UFC®
Pay-Per-View event on the Big Screen are on sale now. The
championship fight card, UFC® 143: DIAZ vs. CONDIT, airs live and in
3-D in more than 100 theatres nationwide on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 10
p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT from Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
The night’s main event pits the fiery and unpredictable Nick Diaz
against hard-hitting knockout artist Carlos Condit for the interim
UFC welterweight title. An exciting co-main event features
heavyweight Roy “Big Country” Nelson battling submission ace
Fabricio Werdum.
Tickets for UFC® 143: DIAZ vs. CONDIT are available for purchase now
at www.ufc.com/3D, as well as at theatre box offices across the
country. Fans can visit the website for information on which
theatres will be carrying the event in their respective regions.
“I know the fans love 3-D, so I’m happy to give them this
championship fight live and in 3-D in theatres across the country,”
UFC President Dana White said. “I cannot wait for this fight between
Diaz and Condit to determine the interim UFC welterweight champion!”
For more information or current fight news, visit www.ufc.com. All
bouts live and subject to change.
About Ultimate Fighting Championship®
Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, and headquartered in Las Vegas,
Nev., UFC® is the world’s premier MMA organization and produces over
12 UFC live Pay-Per-View events annually around the globe. This
year, FOX will broadcast four fights annually. In spring 2012, The
Ultimate Fighter®, UFC’s signature weekly reality TV show, debuts on
FX. UFC content is also distributed commercially to bars and
restaurants through Joe Hand Promotions in the U.S.
Globally, UFC programming is broadcast in 150 countries, territories
and jurisdictions, reaching over one billion homes worldwide, in 21
different languages.
UFC® also boasts a powerful presence online, with UFC.com attracting
over seven million unique visitors per month, while also possessing
one of the most powerful social media followings in all of
professional sports. To date, UFC has over six million fans on
Facebook and over 475,000 followers on Twitter. In addition, UFC
President Dana White is one of the most accessible and most followed
executives in sports with more than 1.8 million followers on
Twitter. On January 22, 2011, UFC continued to set trends in social
media, becoming the first major sports league to stream live,
broadcast quality action on Facebook.
Ancillary businesses include best-selling DVDs, a magazine, the
best-selling UFC “Undisputed” videogame franchise distributed by THQ,
UFC GYM®, UFC Fight Club affinity program, UFC Fan Expo® festivals,
branded apparel, trading cards, and articulated action figures.
About Cinedigm
Cinedigm offers a new business model to exhibitors by enabling
theatres to present engaging alternative programming including live
2-D and 3-D sporting events and concerts, shorts, cartoons, live
Q&As, as well as branded entertainment. Recent releases by Cinedigm
include the groundbreaking, LIVE 3-D broadcast of The Foo Fighters
performance, the worldwide LIVE
3-D broadcast of the FIFA World Cup Championship, the BCS
Championship in LIVE 3-D, the Dave Matthews Band 3-D concerts, and
the sold out 3-D PHISH concerts. Cinedigm has also released the
KIDTOONS series for the past six years, a weekly family friendly
matinee series that runs in over 165 theatres across the country.
Cinedigm also provides a number of powerful software applications
that enable exhibitors to enhance and streamline their daily
operations. Additionally, Cinedigm offers precision marketing tools
to dramatically increase exhibitor marketing effectiveness,
including social media initiatives, targeted advertising and
strategic public relations. Cinedigm™ and Cinedigm Digital Cinema
Corp™ are trademarks of Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp.
www.cinedigm.com [CIDM-G]
About National CineMedia (NCM)
NCM operates NCM Media Networks, a leading integrated media company
reaching U.S. consumers in movie theaters, online and through mobile
technology. The NCM Cinema Network and NCM Fathom present cinema
advertising and events across the nation’s largest digital
in-theater network, comprised of theaters owned by AMC Entertainment
Inc., Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK), Regal Entertainment Group
(NYSE: RGC) and other leading regional theater circuits. NCM’s
theater advertising network covers 176 Designated Market Areas® (49
of the top 50) and includes over 18,300 screens (17,300 digital).
During 2010, approximately 700 million patrons attended movies shown
in theaters in which NCM currently has exclusive, cinema advertising
agreements in place. The NCM Fathom Events broadcast network is
comprised of nearly 700 locations in 165 Designated Market Areas®
(all of the top 50). The NCM Interactive Network offers 360-degree
integrated marketing opportunities in combination with cinema,
encompassing 42 entertainment-related websites, online widgets and
mobile applications. National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCMI) owns a
48.7% interest in and is the managing member of National CineMedia
LLC. For more information, visit www.ncm.com. |
