IMPACT MOVES TO PURSUIT CHANNEL

[JoDaNa1281]

Shame they couldn't get a deal with a better channel...or a better timeslot.

[Nosnorb]

Calling it now - The January 11th edition of Impact will be the lowest rated of all time.

[bigbadbull]

What sucks is that Impact is putting a really good product, but can't find a decent channel, let alone a good time slot.

[markymark]

Iirc Destination America was in 45 million homes, Bein Sports in 21 million homes, El Rey Network in 40 million homes.

[salz4life]

Dec 21, 2018 11:50:03 GMT -5 bigbadbull said:

What sucks is that Impact is putting a really good product, but can't find a decent channel, let alone a good time slot.

This is what I have been hearing and was hoping they would sell that into something on a viable channel. I was wrong and won't be following Impact. Oh well....

[ayumidah]

Comcast doesn't get that channel so I guess this is me officially done with TNA, haha. No more DVRing it and never watching it, I guess.

[J Lee O'Brien]

This is likely the last channel move for Impact, what with Pursuit partially owned by Anthem. If they don't get any traction there, I could see them being either killed by Anthem, or web/streaming exclusive.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

I wish Dixie was still around so she could spin it as a positive.

[MC Blowfish]

Dec 21, 2018 11:21:11 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

The pursuit channel is a rinky dink outlaw mudshow backwards bottom of the barrel channel, perfect for tna.

The pursuit twitter account is the most pathetic thing I’ve ever seen.

If impact had to give half of its ad revenue to pop then they’re gonna have to pay Pursuit.

It doesn’t make sense having a rasslin show in a network dedicated to hunting.

You mean you don't enjoy memes about how cool hunting is and if you don't hunt, you're a woman?  That was the trashiest Twitter account that I've ever seen for a TV channel.

[Mayonnaise]

I was going to say it's probably a deal with them splitting profits but since Anthem has a stake in the company they might actually get some money out of this.

If I am remembering correctly this channel also aired a show based out of Arkansas a paid programming a few years back.

[Deleted]

Hunting channel? Am I f***ing going over?!?

[markymark]

MORE ON IMPACT WRESTLING'S NEW TV DEAL
By Mike Johnson on 2018-12-21 12:14:00

Several sources within Impact Wrestling have painted today's announced move to The Pursuit Channel as a positive, citing that financially, it will be a step forward for the company and noting that the network, which is built around men's outdoors programming, including fishing and hunting shows, are extremely happy to have Impact coming on board. Anthem Media, which owns Impact Wrestling, is a partner in the Pursuit Network, so one would think they would have a vested interest in pushing the product. The problem is that it will be pushed to a smaller, limited audience as several major cable providers, including Comcast, don't carry Pursuit while others, such as Verizon Fios, only have it as part of a paid tier, so those who want to watch the show will have to pay more for it. You can find out whether you get Pursuit by clicking here.

There is no word yet as to whether Impact will release the episodes on Twitch or YouTube to make them available for those who cannot get the series another way. The Pursuit Channel does have a Roku channel, Pursuit Up, but does not live stream content there.

Impact had spoken with a number of cable outlets about potentially shifting there, but the fact that they were unable to score a deal anywhere other than a network that their parent company has a vested interest in doesn't speak well for how those conversations went. It's always possible the series was moved to Pursuit as a placeholder location while discussions with a larger, stronger platform continue, but if that's the case, we haven't heard that.

Impact sources had nothing but positive things to say about Pop on the way out, noting that they went from a barter deal on advertising to getting paid a fee by the network (believed to be worth $1 million per year) on top of the ad split (which sources have claimed brought another $1-2 million per year) and that everyone at the network went out of their way to work with them. With the exception of the most recent time change move coming out before Impact would have preferred, no one I spoke to had any complaints about Pop. I know that in the past Pop Network President Bradley Schwartz had been very excited about having Impact on, but there are a lot of changes in terms of how the channel will be branded going into 2019 and Impact, for what they were delivering in terms of an audience, wasn't going to be factored into those plans.

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Its good if they will make more money than with Pop TV.

[Deleted]

Dec 21, 2018 12:38:49 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

I wish Dixie was still around so she could spin it as a positive.

Don’t worry Anthem Ed is touting this as a great move as this channel has so much in common with the impact fanbase and has experienced a 15% increase in viewership.I don’t get this channel so Impact is officially dead to me and I’m okay with that but I’m baffled at the choice of night and timeslot but maybe Pursuit has a loaded primetime lineup.

[Deleted]

So, Impact is moving to a hunting channel with less viewers than Pop? I mean, if it means more money for the company, that's good for them, but it sucks for people who want to actually watch the product.

[Perd]

It lives up to being a hunting channel. It’s so well camouflaged that barely anyone can see it.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Dec 21, 2018 12:46:37 GMT -5 MC Blowfish said:

Dec 21, 2018 11:21:11 GMT -5 OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 said:

The pursuit channel is a rinky dink outlaw mudshow backwards bottom of the barrel channel, perfect for tna.

The pursuit twitter account is the most pathetic thing I’ve ever seen.

If impact had to give half of its ad revenue to pop then they’re gonna have to pay Pursuit.

It doesn’t make sense having a rasslin show in a network dedicated to hunting.

You mean you don't enjoy memes about how cool hunting is and if you don't hunt, you're a woman?  That was the trashiest Twitter account that I've ever seen for a TV channel.

It’s worse than that, there was a picture they uploaded of a deer dying on the ground after being shot, I mean cmon man, memes are one thing but you’re supposed to be a channel don’t upload nsfw shit on your feed.

[kingoftheindies]

Sure Impact is gonna be available in less households but if you listen to D'Amore and Callis they also want to build the brand on twitch and YouTube too. Honestly with where TNA was a year ago I think it's best to continue to rebuild image and just be happy they got a tv deal

[Cyno]

If Impact is on a channel no one gets, does it make a sound?

[Mayonnaise]

Dec 21, 2018 14:06:04 GMT -5 kingoftheindies said:

Sure Impact is gonna be available in less households but if you listen to D'Amore and Callis they also want to build the brand on twitch and YouTube too. Honestly with where TNA was a year ago I think it's best to continue to rebuild image and just be happy they got a tv deal

And they got their WWE Network clone they might be able to gain a few more subs with them moving to a channel that doesn't have the distribution of Pop or other channels.

Probably not many but who really knows?

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Well that’s the end of Impact for me because I’m pretty sure we don’t get that on Optimum