On November 16th at 11:00 a.m. ET we are hosting a call on the Professional Wrestling, MMA sports industry and talent agencies with veteran TV Executive Kevin Kay, who recently served as President of Paramount Network/Spike TV, CMT, and TV Land. While there, he developed and greenlit “Bellator”, the “UFC” and “The Ultimate Fighter” on Spike TV. He has extensive experience working with the WWE, TNA Impact Wrestling, Bellator, Professional Fighters League (PFL) and UFC.
Currently, Mr. Kay is founder and president of DJKay Entertainment, a full service media content company focused on creative and production excellence in kids and family, sports, entertainment, documentary film-making and long form comedies and dramas.
During our call we will discuss the demand for Professional Wrestling and MMA sports content, talent acquisition, WWE and UFC’s upcoming rights renewals, PFL’s lack of media rights, and navigating the linear to digital TV migration among other topics
We recently hosted 4 investors to discuss their views on EDR and TKO which included thoughts on potential capital allocation. You can read the discussion here: EDR / TKO Investor Discussion Notes 10/13/2023 . We also hosted a similar discussion on May 1 with 6 investors. You can read the note from that previous discussion here: Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. (EDR) and World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) Investor Roundtable