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Subscribers spanning Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Pacific Islands will have access to the exclusive linear broadcast transmission of Bellator\u2019s world championship events from venues around the world. There is also the potential for further collaboration with Bellator to stage fight events in Asia in the future. Owned and operated by Viacom, Bellator MMA is available to nearly 1 billion people in more than 160 countries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The introduction of Bellator MMA on Paramount Channel is significant as we are amplifying Paramount\u2019s focus on distinctive high-quality programming, offering viewers exclusive fight sports entertainment in addition to movies of various genres,\u201d said Paras Sharma, the senior VP and general manager for Southeast Asia at VIMN. \u201cMore importantly, with the flourishing MMA scene and appetite for fight content in Southeast Asia, this addition can\u2019t be more timely as we bring the pure adrenaline of Bellator to many MMA fans in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has acquired rights from Electus International to air the mixed martial arts franchise Bellator MMA in a multi-market, pan-Asian deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":4665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[959,960,259,96,789],"class_list":["post-4664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bellator-mma","tag-electus-international","tag-paramount-channel","tag-viacom-international-media-networks","tag-viacom-international-media-networks-vimn-asia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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