Sat night’s epic bout between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather delivered a split-decision victory for Mayweather, but it scored a knock out for HBO Sports. The fight delivered platform records in PPV buys (2.15mln) and PPV rev ($120mln), with cable systems contributing 1.23mln purchases. HBO will re-air the bout Sat (10pm).

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Effros: YouTube Dominoes

The long-standing question of who is going to “own” the home screen is becoming clear. It was originally thought to be a battle between “televisions” and “computers.” No longer. Those two things have essentially combined.

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