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Channel Zero to close Fight Now


TORONTO – Independent broadcaster Channel Zero told staff today it will close down its combat sports channel Fight Now at the end of the month.“After a great deal of soul searching and the extraordinary efforts of the team on Fight Now, we have made the difficult decision to discontinue this service on June 30, 2014,” Channel Zero president and COO Cal Millar wrote in a memo to all staff today.Despite securing carriage deals with some U.S. MSOs (most notably on Cablevision and Dish Network), the sports TV environment is getting notably tougher, wrote Millar. “We have been working on this...