Comments Thread For: Mayweather-Pacquiao PPV Prices, Fee Split Resolved

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According to the Wall Street Journal, a tentative agreement has been reached between HBO/Showtime and the pay-per-view distributers - with respect to the May 2nd mega-fight between welterweight champions Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.

HBO (representing Pacquiao) and Showtime (representing Mayweather) are coming together to stage the highly anticipated pay-per-view event.

Last week, Dow Jones Business News reported that HBO/Showtime requested a 70-30 split from the pay-television distributors. The paper says typically the split for a pay-per-view event between distributors and programmers is around 50-50.
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[turnedup]

40% for using your infrastructure..gtfoh. Plenty of emerging companies capable of getting this to people, not that hard to connect a pc/media hub to a tv these days.

[ИATAS]

$99 for HD? **** me

[Dagomba]

$99 for HD? **** me

We all knew this day would come...

[Thutch2412]

If u aint got that money take yo broke ass home

[CANELOLUJAH]

40% for using your infrastructure..gtfoh. Plenty of emerging companies capable of getting this to people, not that hard to connect a pc/media hub to a tv these days.

yeah but that how it always been, they got a better deal then usual. usually they take a easy 50%

[Aristocrat]

in b4 fight only does 2 mil buys because of the price

[Beercules]

So can we order it now or what?

[turnedup]

yeah but that how it always been, they got a better deal then usual. usually they take a easy 50%

Totally agree with you but damn if these networks won't take a shot on new technology for shhh

[Evol]

I ain't never order a fight ever before but I'm getting this one for sure and it just so happen to be the most expensive one too lol.