Triller TV (stylized as TrillerTV, formerly known as FITE and FITE TV, and currently marketed as TrillerTV powered by FITE) is a Bulgarian-based American digital

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. Owned by Flipps Media, Inc. and operated by its parent company

Triller, Inc Triller, Inc. is an American company specializing in online video, social media, and combat sports. It is named after and is the owner of the social networking service Triller, which was launched in 2015 by co-founders David Leiberman and Sammy ...

, TrillerTV is dedicated to

combat sports A combat sport, or fighting sport, is a contact sport that usually involves one-on-one combat. In many combat sports, a contestant wins by scoring more points than the opponent, submitting the opponent with a hold, disabling the opponent (''knocko ...

-related programming (including

boxing Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...

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mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...

professional wrestling Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to Real life, real- ...

, and

submission grappling Submission wrestling, also known as submission grappling, submission fighting, or simply grappling, is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on ground fighting and submission techniques. It is a hybrid discipline that incorporates eleme ...

). The service distributes free-to-air content,

pay-per-view Pay-per-view (PPV) is a type of pay television or webcast service that enables a viewer to pay to watch individual events via private telecast. Events can be purchased through a multichannel television platform using their electronic program ...

events, and

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packages.About FITE Digital Combat Sports Network - FITE
/ref> As of December 2023, the service has over 8 million registered users worldwide. Notable wrestling content available on TrillerTV has included NWA All Access from the

National Wrestling Alliance The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is an American professional wrestling professional wrestling promotion, promotion and governing body owned by Billy Corgan and operated by its parent company Lightning One, Inc. Founded in 1948, the NWA be ...

(NWA), AEW Plus from

All Elite Wrestling All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. It is owned and operated by Shahid Khan, Shahid and Tony Khan, with the latter serving as President (corporate title), president an ...

(AEW), and

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (abbreviated as TNA Wrestling or TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment, a Canadian media company owned by busines ...

(TNA)'s own streaming service

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(then known as Impact Plus), among other subscription packages.

History

As FITE

Founded in 2012, Flipps Media and their namesake app focused on online streaming content, including entertainment and sporting events. On January 4, 2015, Flipps streamed

Global Force Wrestling Global Force Wrestling was an American professional wrestling promotion founded in 2014 by Jeff Jarrett, the co-founder and former President of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and his wife Karen Jarrett. It was owned and operated via its parent ...

's presentation of

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) is a Puroresu, Japanese professional-wrestling Professional wrestling promotion, promotion founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, and based in Nakano, Tokyo. It is currently majority owned by card-game company Bushiroad, with TV As ...

Wrestle Kingdom 9 Wrestle Kingdom 9 in Tokyo Dome was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) Professional wrestling promotion, promotion, which took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on January 4, 201 ...

event. On February 9, 2016, Flipps Media launched FITE (also known as FITE TV), a dedicated combat sports-oriented streaming platform. In April 2019, FITE officially provided international streaming for the

company

(AEW), including its weekly televised shows and pay-per-view events. By September of that year, AEW announced a new subscription package on FITE called "AEW Plus" for viewers outside the U.S. that allows them access to AEW's library for $5USD a month. In April 2020, a new monthly subscription option called FITE+ was launched, including access to live pay-per-view events and back catalogues of various combat sports promotions. In October 2020, FITE began adding coverage of

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events, acquiring rights to CONMEBOL qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. On April 14, 2021,

acquired the service for an undisclosed amount, ahead of the first Triller Fight Club event, featuring the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren boxing match. In 2021, FITE began streaming professional

grappling Grappling is a fighting technique based on throws, trips, sweeps, clinch fighting, ground fighting and submission holds. Grappling contests often involve takedowns and ground control, and may end when a contestant concedes defeat. Shou ...

events after Third Coast Grappling moved to the platform from FloGrappling. In January 2023, it was announced that the North American-based professional grappling promotion Fight 2 Win was leaving FloGrappling and had signed an exclusive two-year deal with FITE. In 2022, FITE aired the

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-delayed

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tournaments in several territories including

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and the Americas, with most men's tournament matches available on a pay-per-view basis and all other games airing on FITE+. In February 2023, FITE announced that all

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship The Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is an American bare-knuckle boxing promotion based in Philadelphia. The promotion was founded in April 2018, and is presided over by David Feldman. BKFC is the first promotion to hold an official st ...

(BKFC) events would be included with FITE+. Previous BKFC events had been offered as standalone pay-per-view events on the service. A majority stake in the promotion was acquired by Triller the previous year. On May 2, 2023, FITE announced a new partnership with

Major League Wrestling Major League Wrestling (MLW) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in New Rochelle, New York. The promotion was founded in 2002 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by former WWE writer Court Bauer. The promotion markets its product as ...

(MLW) to air live events through FITE+, with its first event being

MLW Never Say Never MLW Never Say Never is an annual professional wrestling event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW) first held in 2017. The first four events were television tapings for '' MLW Fusion'', with the fourth event taped behind closed doors as a spe ...

on July 8 of that year. On June 30, 2023,

Colosseum Tournament The Colosseum Tournament (COLOSSEUM) is a kickboxing, mixed martial arts (MMA) and boxing promotion company based in Romania, which is owned by Gabriel Georgescu. It is one of the largest kickboxing promotions in the country, and takes its name ...

was relaunched on FITE after a four-year hiatus.

As TrillerTV

In December 2023, FITE was rebranded as Triller TV (stylized as TrillerTV and marketed as TrillerTV powered by FITE) to closer align the service with its parent company. In May 2024, Eric Winter (formerly of

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and

UFC Fight Pass UFC Fight Pass is an American subscription-based video streaming service owned by the UFC's parent company, TKO Group Holdings, that launched in December 2013. History Fight Pass showcases live and on-demand mixed martial arts, submission grap ...

) was named President and Chief Operating Officer of TrillerTV, ahead of its parent company, Triller, going public on

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History

As FITE

As TrillerTV

See also

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