FITE

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Short description: Combat sports streaming service
FITE
Owned byTriller, Inc
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersUniondale, New York, U.S.
Sofia, Bulgaria
Websitewww.fite.tv

FITE (promoted as FITE by Triller), formerly known as FITE TV, is an American digital video streaming service dedicated to combat sports-related programming (including boxing, mixed martial arts, and professional wrestling) that launched on May 20, 2012. The service distributes free-to-air content, pay-per-view events, and SVOD packages.[1] As of December 2020, the service has over 4 million registered users worldwide.[2]

Notable content available on FITE has included subscription packages from the National Wrestling Alliance (All Access);[3][4] All Elite Wrestling (AEW Plus);[5] and Impact Wrestling's own streaming service, Impact Plus, among others.[6]

In April 2020, FITE launched the FITE+ monthly service, that includes access to live pay-per-view events and back catalogues of various combat sports promotions.[citation needed]

In October 2020, FITE began adding coverage of soccer events, acquiring rights to CONMEBOL qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[7][8] On April 14, 2021, TrillerNet acquired FITE for an undisclosed amount, ahead of the first Triller Fight Club event, featuring the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren boxing match.[9]

In 2021, FITE began streaming professional grappling events after Third Coast Grappling moved to the platform from FloGrappling.[10] In January 2023, it was announced that the North American-based professional grappling promotion Fight 2 Win was leaving FloGrappling and had signed an exclusive two-year deal with FITE.[11]

In February 2023, FITE announced that all Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) events would be included in its FITE+ subscription service.[12] Previous BKFC events had been offered as pay-per-view events on FITE.

On May 2, 2023, FITE announced a new partnership with Major League Wrestling (MLW) to air live events through its FITE+ subscription, with its first event being Never Say Never on July 8 of that year.[13]

See also

  • List of professional wrestling streaming services
  • FightBox

References

  1. About FITE Digital Combat Sports Network - FITE
  2. "Triller and Snoop Dogg Launch New Boxing League Dubbed, "The Fight Club" After Delivering Record-Breaking, Epic Fight Experience with Tyson vs Jones Jr. Event" (in en-US). https://finance.yahoo.com/news/triller-snoop-dogg-launch-boxing-041700311.html. 
  3. We're Back — NWA
  4. NWA Powerrr Returning Soon, More On The NWA Relaunch On FITE
  5. Rose, Bryan (September 25, 2019). "Fite TV Announces AEW Plus for International TV Viewers". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. https://www.f4wonline.com/aew-news/fite-tv-announces-aew-plus-international-tv-viewers-293276. 
  6. "Impact Plus Subscription Now Available on Fite TV Streaming Platform". Business Insider. August 30, 2019. https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/impact-plus-subscription-now-available-on-fite-tv-streaming-platform-1028488839. 
  7. CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers available on Fanatiz, FITE and pay-per-view in new U.S. deal
  8. "Fite Announces Global Expansion with VIDAA" (in en-US). https://www.fite.tv/article/fite-announces-global-expansion-with-vidaa/. 
  9. "Triller owner gets a new CEO with acquisition of Amplify.AI; also acquires live streaming service FITE TV" (in en-US). 14 April 2021. https://social.techcrunch.com/2021/04/14/triller-owner-gets-a-new-ceo-with-acquisition-of-amplify-ai-also-acquires-live-streaming-service-fite-tv/. 
  10. "Third Coast Grappling Leaves FloGrappling for FITE TV". 31 January 2021. https://jitsmagazine.com/third-coast-grappling-leaves-flograppling-for-fite-tv/. 
  11. "Fight 2 Win Leaves FloGrappling, Signs Two-Year Deal with FITE TV". 6 January 2023. https://jitsmagazine.com/fight-2-win-leaves-flograppling-signs-two-year-deal-with-fite-tv/. 
  12. Michael Shalik (20 February 2023). "BKFC Live Events Headed to FITE+ Subscription Service". https://www.mmanews.com/2023/02/bkfc-fite-plus-announcement/. 
  13. "MLW Never Say Never To Air Live On FITE TV On July 8". May 2, 2023. https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/mlw-never-say-never-air-live-fite-tv-july-8. 

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