Web PPV: boxers, bras.(Statistical Data Included)

Broadcasting & Cable, October, 1999 by Tedesco, Richard

The cutting edge of pay-per-view Webcasts is forming along the traditional entertainment lines of sex and violence. The big events, recent and upcoming: former champ Mike Tyson fighting former champ Orlin Norris, and Playboy playmates on parade in a lingerie fashion show. The 12-round Tyson-Norris bout, which was to take place last weekend, was a simulcast.

Viewers could watch it on the Showtime pay cable channel and pay to catch additional camera angles and sound from the fighter's corners on Showtime's Web site (www.sho.com). The Webcast cost $6.99 for narrowband PC users or $16.99 for surfers with high-speed Web links. "It's purely experimental," says Mark Greenberg, Showtime executive vice president of corporate strategy. "There are not...

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