pay-per-view

It brought in operating income of $652 million, a 5% slide that the company attributed to higher sports rights costs and the absence of UFC pay-per-view revenue compared with last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

Duncanson also speculated that fans in 2004 would watch football through subscription and pay-per-view services.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

After all, the “Fight of the Century” at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas — won by Mayweather — set records with 4.6 million pay-per-view buys and $72 million in ticket sales.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Mayweather beat fellow welterweight Pacquiao in their money-spinning 2015 "Fight of the Century," which generated a record 4.6 million pay-per-view buys but largely failed to live up to the hype.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

The goal is to make the UFC bigger than ever by dropping the high-barrier-to-entry pay-per-view business model.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

As a businessman, his primary goal was selling pay-per-views, which he accomplished by developing a reputation for arranging interesting, well-matched fights.

From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026

Alvarez continues to be the biggest star in boxing, fronting 10 pay-per-views since serving a six-month suspension in 2018, earning millions of pounds in the process.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2022

He writes and structures AEW programming — which includes four weekly shows and four pay-per-views each year — and those boyhood dreams of booking for a company have come true.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2021

Mayweather's defeat of the Filipino generated over $400 million from 4.6 million pay-per-views.

From Reuters ● Aug. 21, 2017

Two women fight one of the most successful UFC pay-per-views and your choices to fill the gap are, except for Rousey and Holm, men?

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2015