Ultimate Fighting Championship seemed for years to be a curio, a niche sport for those interested in seeing combatants pummel one another in an octagonal cage. The league, which promotes mixed martial arts, is expected to announce as soon as Monday that it has sold itself to a group led by the talent giant WME-IMG for about $4 billion, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
KMIR-KPSE-LP is a NBC-MNT combo. Known as a spectrum speculator, buyer OTA Broadcasting says it looks foward to serving the market. The price was not disclosed.
An anonymous group of broadcasters interested in selling their TV spectrum in the FCC’s incentive auction has founded the Expanding Opportunities for Broadcasters Coalition and has tapped former Fox and Disney lobbyist Preston Padden to lead its efforts before the FCC as the commission writes rules for the auction.
The latest buy for the computer billionaire is Me-TV affiliate KVOS. Terms were not disclosed. Earlier this year, he purchased KFFV Seattle and KTLN San Francisco.
FCC Clears Way For Dell’s Second TV Buy
The FCC has approved the proposed $5 million purchase of KFFV Seattle by OTA Broadcasting, a company owned by computer retailing billionaire Michael Dell. KFFV is an infomercial-heavy independent. The seller is Carlene Casey. This is the second such deal for Dell this year. Earlier, he was cleared to buy KTLN San Francisco for $8 million.
Michael Dell, founder of the online computer retailer that bears his name, has been cleared by the FCC to purchase KTLN San Francisco for $8 million. The seller, Christian Communications, will continue airing religious programming on the station under a two-year LMA.
