WWE has secured a new TV deal to broadcast its flagship weekly shows, Raw and SmackDown, live in Thailand. WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon announced the deal on Twitter, revealing that both shows will air on the 3BB Sport One channel. In her tweet, McMahon said: “Today marks a big day for @WWE in […]
WWE has reported Q3 revenue of $221.6 million, an increase of 19 per cent on the same period last year. WWE Network, the company’s SVoD platform, saw average paid subscribers hit 1.6 million, an increase of 6 per cent. Digital video views were 9.2 billion, an increase of 3 per cent, and hours consumed were […]
WWE’s CEO and Chairman Vince McMahon is set to feature in a multi-part, biographical series on Netflix. Nick Khan, WWE’s Chief Revenue Officer, confirmed the news, saying: “In a groundbreaking deal, we have sold a multi-part documentary with Netflix on the life of none other than our very own Vince McMahon. By groundbreaking, I mean […]
WWE has announced the appointment of Carlo Nohra as Vice President & General Manager, Asia Pacific. Previously, Nohra served as WWE Vice President & General Manager, MENA, where he successfully oversaw the consolidation of the company’s media rights agreements, launched WWE’s Arabic-language programming efforts, and expanded its live events strategy in the region. In his […]
Facebook has launched its first cloud-streamed video games service – which is free to use, but is not available on Apple iPhone or iPad devices. Initially, five titles are available as standalone smartphone apps and will be accessible via the main Facebook and Facebook Gaming apps on Android and Facebook’s website on PCs. The first […]
WWE and Constellation Brands Beer Division today announced a new multi-platform partnership that names Constellation’s Victoria beer the “Official Beer of SummerSlam,” one of WWE’s most-anticipated events of the year. In addition to Victoria’s official sponsorship of SummerSlam 2021, two other Constellation beer brands, Corona and Modelo, will also invest in the partnership with WWE, […]
WWE Superstars, New York Times best-selling authors and entrepreneurs Nikki Bella and Brie Bella are back with an all-new season of “Total Bellas” premiering on November 12th at 9pm ET/PT. This season, as Nikki and Brie prepare for some major milestones including the expansion of their families with the births of their baby boys, and […]
WWE’s official YouTube channel has surpassed 50 billion total views. The channel is YouTube’s top-ranked in the Sports category – ahead of the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, ESPN and NASCAR — and is closing in on 70 million subscribers. “Reaching 50 billion video views on YouTube is a testament to our compelling storylines, larger than […]
IMPACT Wrestling announced the live broadcast of the promotion’s biggest event of the year, Bound For Glory, will feature commentary feeds in French, German and Spanish in addition to the English broadcast. Bound For Glory is available to fans across the world via FITE.TV on October 24th at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Providing Spanish-language […]
This week IMPACT Wrestling, the long-running US grappling promotion, returns to free-to-air prime-time TV in the UK via a partnership with Premier Sports and its FreeSports channel. To hype the new agreement, IMPACT Wrestling’s Executive Vice President Scott D’Amore spoke exclusively to Advanced-Television about the importance of the deal, and what the future holds for […]