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Ring Of Fire Announces National TV Deal

FY Productions inks deal with HD broadcaster for coverage of MMA Event

February 16, 2007

Broomfield Event Center

Broomfield, Colorado

 

FY Productions and HDNet have announced today that the next edition of the Mixed Martial Arts “Ring of

Fire” event will air on the all high- definition network.

 

ROF 28: EVOLUTION will take place on Friday, February 16th 2007 at the brand new Broomfield Event

Center in Broomfield, Colorado. This World Class Mixed Martial Arts event will feature not only the top

athletes on the promotion’s roster, but top athletes from around the world, including vetearns of the UFC,

K-1 and Pancrase fighting series.

 

"I am thrilled to be working with HDNet on this project," said Sven Bean, president of FY Productions.

"HDNet has shown themselves to be a forward thinking company, and I like to think that ROF has an

incredible future ahead. We have a great event planned and I am happy that people all across America will

have a chance to see it."

 

HDNet is the exclusive national broadcaster for “Ring of Fire.” The event will be produced and broadcast as

two individual programs. In addition, HDNet’s broadcast will also include feature stories on ROF stars

Duane Bang! Ludwig, and Alvin Kid Robinson. HDNet will air these events at a date to be determined.

 

“Mixed Martial Arts events are a key part of our Friday night line-up,” said Mark Cuban, president and co-

founder of HDNet. “We’re very excited to bring all the intensity of this Ring of Fire event to our viewers in

brilliant high def.”

 

About HDNet

HDNet (www.hd.net) provides viewers with the best in original comedy, drama, news, sports and music

programming.

 

HDNet is your exclusive, high-definition home for popular, critically acclaimed original programming including

television’s only HD news feature programs "HDNet World Report," "NASA on HDNet” (presenting live shuttle

launches through 2010), and, beginning in October, "Dan Rather Reports." HDNet presents championship

sports coverage featuring the National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, NASCAR Grand National

Division and Mixed Martial Arts including World Extreme Cagefighting and the Diesel Fighting

Championships; groundbreaking music programming with the HDNet Concert Series featuring leading artists

and bands including U2, Eminem, Gorillaz and more, plus original music programs "Sound Off with Matt

Pinfield,” "True Music w/Katie Daryl" and "On Stage at World Cafe Live"; groundbreaking interview shows

including "Face 2 Face with Roy Firestone” and “Higher Definition,” in addition to fun and irreverent lifestyle

programming including “Deadline!," "Art Mann Presents," and "Get Out!” HDNet is also the exclusive high-

definition home to the critically acclaimed and award winning programs such as "Dead Like Me," "Smallville,"

 “Joan of Arcadia,” "Boomtown” and "Andy Richter Controls the Universe.”

 

HDNet Movies produces and broadcasts more original movies than any other network and is the exclusive

home of day and date movie releases from HDNet Films including the Academy Award nominated "Enron:

The Smartest Guys in the Room," Toronto Film Festival nominee "The War Within," and “Bubble,” the first of

six movies by acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh and produced exclusively for HDNet Films. Other

HDNet Films releases include "One Last Thing" starring Cynthia Nixon, "Herbie Hancock: Possibilities,"

and coming soon, Matt Taubers' Tribeca Film Festival nominee "The Architect," starring Anthony LaPaglia

and Isabella Rossellini, "Diggers," starring Paul Rudd, Ron Eldard, Maura Tierney and Lauren

Ambrose, "Quid Pro Quo,” starring Nick Stahl and Vera Farmiga, "Hunter," the story of the life and death

of infamous gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson from director Alex Gibney, and producer Graydon

Carter. Also coming soon are "Fay Grim," from maverick writer-director Hal Hartley, starring Superman's

Parker Posey and Jeff Goldblum, and "Broken English," from Zoe Cassavetes, starring Gena Rowlands,

Parker Posey, Drea de Matteo and Griffin Dunne. Many more are to come.

 

HDNet Movies also features a wide selection of major studio theatrical releases - all uncut, unedited, and

appearing in their original aspect ratio so that HDNet viewers get the best possible home theater experience.

 

The HDNet networks are available on Bright House Networks, Charter, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Insight,

Mediacom, Time Warner Cable and more than 40 NCTC cable affiliate companies.

 

HDNet http://hd.net

 

About FY PRODUCTIONS

FY Productions is a MMA live event production company based out of Denver, Colorado. It's flagship

promotion is RING OF FIRE Championship Fighting. RING OF FIRE was established in March of 2000.

ROF was the very first state sanctioned MMA event in Colorado.

 

Since then ROF has gone on to produce over two dozen events creating some of the biggest stars along the

way. ROF athletes have appeared in the sports top promotions including UFC, Strikeforce and K-1. In 2006

ROF established a European branch, with it's headquarters based in Belgrade, Serbia.

 

ROF Championship Fighting: http://rofmma.com

email: beanz4@msn.com

 

- From Ring of Fire with a little editing from us (color, etc...)

 

 

 

(2/10/07)