Former NFL star Shawne Merriman told Fox News Digital about his vision to create a TV sports channel and how he was able to executive on the vision.
Shawne Merriman was used to blitzing quarterbacks for eight years in the NFL which saw him earn three Pro Bowl appearances and a Defensive Rookie of the Year award. Now, Merriman is taking on the challenge of building his own streaming service. He recently launched Lights Out Sports — a free sports TV streaming service that will showcase a multitude of sports genres, including his own mixed martial arts promotion, Lights Out Xtreme Fighting.
Merriman told Fox News Digital in a recent interview he got the idea from watching other free TV channels and noticed the lack of sports content on them. He said his channel will include chess tournaments, World Poker Tour and even TNA Wrestling. 'I’ve had this idea for so long to create a locker room in one place and we got it,' he said. 'It’s completely free, 100% free. It’ll be on every major TV platform.
look back on it now and I had a different level of curiosity,' he told Fox News Digital. 'I remember going to Sunday night games and seeing the cameras and the lights and all the people working back there and I just remember asking questions all the time. 'That’s what led to me understanding and loving the production side of things, which is why I got into the production side with Lights Out Xtreme Fighting. We have all in-house production and I was always curious about it.
don’t really get excited… I do excited but I just don’t pat myself on the back anymore. I have this feeling that I’m supposed to do it. Certain things, I don’t really celebrate a whole lot. But when I saw it on every major TV platform, I was like, man this is it. OTTera has been a huge help.' Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
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