Fight Sports Lands on Sweden’s Com Hem

CSI Sports, after being awarded a five-year license in the Swedish DTT networks, has signed a long-term carriage deal for Fight Sports, its 24/7 HD network, with Com Hem and the brand Boxer in Sweden.

Through the deal, Fight Sports is now Scandinavia’s first dedicated network to support the entire genre through exclusive events and original programming. Fight Sports distribution in Sweden alone is now close to reaching 1 million subscribers.

Fight Sports’ programming lineup includes high-profile live world title boxing events (WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO), world championship kickboxing, MMA and multiple martial arts tournaments from around the world, with exclusive original programming covering reality, documentary and specials. In addition, the Com Hem and Boxer viewers can enjoy past fights from some of history’s most exciting championship boxing events and classic fights with legendary fighters such as Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Oscar De La Hoya and George Foreman.

Richard and Craig Miele, founders of CSI Sports, said: “We are proud to announce the launch of Fight Sports on Com Hem and Boxer and look forward to cultivating both the passionate and emerging fan base across Sweden with some of the best fights supported by our exclusive programing and original series, all in one destination.”

They added: “Our ever-growing investments in the most high profile live events and original programming continues to benefit the subscribers of our existing and new carriage partners, like Com Hem. We are very pleased to be part of the Com Hem and Boxer group of channels and we look forward to building Fight Sports into a leading sports channel in Sweden.”

Joakim Öhrström, director of product broadband and TV head at Com Hem, said: “We believe Fight Sports will make our already popular TV service even more attractive. The channel will be included in the Silver & Gold packages at Com Hem and Mix & Max packages at Boxer. It will also be eligible for the customers who have packages of channels in FLEX 8 & 16.”