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September 10, 2013

It’s amazing the ground that ONE FC has covered in terms of getting its product out there to the international market. No other Asian MMA organization has come even close to getting the support from TV networks to broadcast their product the way ONE FC has. ONE FC has deals with the biggest broadcasters such as FOX Sports, STAR Sports Asia, Orange Sports (France), The Fight Network (Canada), Setana Sports, Viasat Sports (Norway), Mediacorp (Singapore) and Astro Arena (Malaysia), just to name a few.

IBC is one of the leading media companies in the Philippines, with their flagship network IBC-13 is the certified number 3 behind ABS-CBN and GMA. INN consisting of news and public affairs, public service, business and documentatire along with sports shows from basketball, boxing, billiards, MMA, wrestling and others.

Now, ONE Fighting Championship (ONE FC) has added Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation to their group of media partners through the UHF 24-hour news channel IBC News Network (INN) that committed to bringing the best action to their viewers. IBC-13 is the undisputed number 3 leading television station in the Philippines and the country. Read about the newest partnership in the press release from ONE FC below.

ONE FC signs deal with IBC of the Philippines; to broadcast on INN

ONE FC in cooperation with Asian Television Content Corporation has signed a broadcasting deal with the Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) which will bring coverage of past events to fight fans across the Philippines. As part of the agreement, IBC News Network (INN) Channel 45 is a 24-hour UHF news channel will broadcast ONE FC programming every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday nights at 8:30pm.

INN, IBC's UHF news channel offers their programming free to viewers, thus the reach of the deal has a much greater impact than that of a pay channel TV deal. It is a free-to-air network that began broadcast in 1960. The Kapinoy Network is well regarded for their line up of Philippine television in more quality innovative and creative programming, while INN will bringing a multitude of sports programming with PBA and NBA basketball, boxing matches, 10-ball pool billiards, MMA, wrestling, golf, tennis, cockfighting and many more, in addition to a mix of news and public affairs, public service, business and documentaries.

“On behalf of ONE Fighting Championship, I will like to warmly IBC-13 as the broadcast partner and thank their Channel 13 Head Rey Sanchez for being such a strong supporter. IBC News Network (INN) is a fantastic free-to-air broadcaster in the Philippines and ONE FC is excited at the opportunity to showcase our fighters every week to millions of homes throughout the country.”

IBC Channel 13 Head Rey Sanchez added, “We are excited to have ONE Fighting Championship on INN 45. INN is proud to broadcast the best sporting in both the Philippines and the region and ONE FC puts on world-class entertainment that our viewers will enjoy. Kapinoy viewers will also get the chance to watch the best Filipino fighters such as Honorio Banario, Eduard Folayang and Kevin Belingon in action.”