UFC signs new DVD distributor
The UFC’s home video distribution deal with First Look Studios appears to be taking its final lap: The promotion announced…
The UFC’s home video distribution deal with First Look Studios appears to be taking its final lap: The promotion announced today that Anchor Bay Entertainment would be the funnel for all future disc releases beginning in September. (UFC 96, possibly the last of the First Look titles, is set for an Aug. 18 debut.)
Anchor Bay plans on issuing events 60 days from their pay-per-view date, which is a substantially more efficient time-lapse than previous releases: UFC 95, set for a July 21 DVD date, was originally broadcast on Feb. 21 of this year. The company is also held in high regard among videophiles for attention to more obscure catalog releases, particularly in the horror genre. (Hopefully, their zeal to double and triple-dip in consumers’ pockets — they issued at least 20 different discs for the Evil Dead franchise — won’t infect their sports division.)
