CM Dazz
King Koopa
Chuck
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Post by CM Dazz on Jan 10, 2014 7:43:35 GMT -5
Why must the UK have to wait another year to get the WWE Network?! Means and ways my friend. Means and ways. ....I don't mean "they're way mean" I laughed way to hard at this. Bravo sir, bravo! f*** Direct TV anyway. They've been gouging customers for years & years & years. The lost money couldn't happen to a better company. (I've actually never been a subscriber, because f*** Direct TV. I know plenty of people who have though.)
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mattperiolat
King Koopa
Thank you, Brodie... for everything.
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Post by mattperiolat on Jan 10, 2014 7:57:50 GMT -5
I know it will not be right away, but it would be in WWE's interests to get stuff like SNME and Clash of Champions up ASAP, as well as original Superstars, Prime Time, WCW Saturday Night and so on. The PPVs are great, but seeing the angles building to the events is 50% of the fun. Ah well, in good time. All in good time.
You know, come to think of it, how about Rock 'n' Wrestling on Saturday mornings? Just asking.
Coincidentally, I just got an Apple TV for Christmas, so I do hope that platform is available at launch. Dunno why it's a big secret though if it is.
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Steveweiser
Dalek
Mickie Mickie You're So Fine... Hey Mickie!
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Post by Steveweiser on Jan 10, 2014 8:09:19 GMT -5
Why must the UK have to wait another year to get the WWE Network?! All to do with the current Sky contract. That expires around Autumn, so it should be available late Autumn/early Winter.
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Boo!
Dennis Stamp
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Post by Boo! on Jan 10, 2014 8:25:14 GMT -5
If I were to hazard a guess at subscriber base I'd probably go around an initial 2.4m settling down in the 1.5m - 1.8m after the initial first 6 months. So that'd give for a year general subscriber based revenues of $240,000,000. That'll of course increase with sponsorship and all that.
Once they officially expand outside the US, in particular to the Canada and Europe I think they could be looking at an extra million on top of those figures, possibly a million and a half which would generate revenues of around $420,000,000 a year.
I fully expect once the global roll-out is complete and the network has had time to settle down that we'll probably see different membership options such as one that offered all PPVs including WM and a more basic one that perhaps didn't include WM had had more limited access to the archive.
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Boo!
Dennis Stamp
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Post by Boo! on Jan 10, 2014 8:31:40 GMT -5
Means and ways my friend. Means and ways. ....I don't mean "they're way mean" I laughed way to hard at this. Bravo sir, bravo! f*** Direct TV anyway. They've been gouging customers for years & years & years. The lost money couldn't happen to a better company. (I've actually never been a subscriber, because f*** Direct TV. I know plenty of people who have though.) Well on direct TV I think I read somewhere that WWE only get 45% of their own PPV revenue. I've no clue how much US PPVs are but I'm going to guess the standard is about $40, which leaves them with a 'take home' income of $18 per subscriber. Over a PPV that averages say 200,000 buys that's $3.6m To beat that they only have to get 360,000 subscribers and they're already up on the deal.
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Krazee
Salacious Crumb
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Post by Krazee on Jan 10, 2014 18:41:40 GMT -5
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Post by KofiMania on Jan 11, 2014 0:52:56 GMT -5
I doubt EC will be on there that quickly. They said every past PPV and they have the tech to do it so I see no reason it is not on there by 26th at the latest when the replays are done. The "reason" is so people who just bought EC don't feel gipped. They said every past PPV but I don't think they meant this year's EC as part of that. You could be right though.
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Post by psychokiller on Jan 11, 2014 23:50:42 GMT -5
Will all Kindle Fires work with WWE Network, or just certain models? I've been planning on getting a Kindle Fire for awhile, and I'd definitely use it for WWE Network.
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