Fight Net hires Burger, sets sights on global expansion

TORONTO – The Fight Network, which has battled heavyweight after heavyweight on its way from an independent digi-net to growing multiplatform brand, announced this morning a new round of financing and a new leader. Launched in 2005, just as the ultimate fighting/mixed martial arts craze began to go mainstream, The Fight Network is available on most Canadian cable systems either as the linear channel or on demand. Content from the channel is also available to wireless subscribers of Telus, Bell, Verizon, Sprint and AT&T. It also has a syndicated radio show, "The LAW" (Live Audio Wrestling), a broadband player, and...