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WWE’s Money in the Bank sets gate, viewing records

WWE, part of TKO Group, has announced that the Money In The Bank 2024 premium live event (PLE) on July 6th – which featured the surprise announcement of legendary superstar John Cena’s retirement in 2025 – became the highest-grossing WWE arena event in Canada in company history. In addition to the record-setting weekend, WrestleMania XL: […]

July 8, 2024By Nik Roseveare

WWE, Manchester City merchandise collab

Premier League football team Manchester City and WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings, have revealed details of an exclusive merchandise collaboration, that will see the two global brands featured together across a range of new products.  The new collection will include six T-shirts featuring Manchester City and WWE detailing, such as a CM Punk ‘best team […]

June 27, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Anthem Sports appoints Kligman as CRO

Anthem Sports & Entertainment, the multi-platform media company, has announced that Rob Kligman has been named Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) of Anthem Sports Group, effective immediately. He will report to Anthony Cicione, President of Anthem Sports Group. With nearly three decades of experience in mainstream sports for some of the world’s most recognisable brands, Kligman […]

June 17, 2024

WWE returning to UK & Ireland in Oct/Nov

Ahead of Clash at the Castle in Scotland on June 15th, WWE, part of TKO Group, has announced that WWE Live will return to the UK & Ireland later this year. This October, WWE Superstars will visit the Utilita Arena in Cardiff, the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, the Utilita Arena in Newcastle and, for […]

June 14, 2024By Nik Roseveare

WWE’s SummerSlam 2026 goes 2 nights

WWE, part of TKO Group, in partnership with Minnesota Sports and Events (MNSE), has announced that WWE SummerSlam 2026 – much like WrestleMania in recent years – will take place over two nights. Minneapolis will host the event on August 1st and August 2nd 2026 at the US Bank Stadium. The 2026 edition of SummerSlam […]

May 23, 2024By Nik Roseveare

How the future of streaming will be defined by sport

Sports are always growing and TV as we know it is changing every year, with cable TV getting slowly used less and less each year and more people streaming than ever. So how does this affect sports? Well when people no longer use cable and only rely on streaming services, illegal streaming websites could be […]

May 9, 2024

Netflix up 9.3m subs, focus switch to profit

Netflix added 9.3 million subscribers in Q1 2024, hugely surpassing analyst estimates, and now has 269.6 million subscribers globally, further asserting the company as the world’s leading streaming service. Netflix reported revenue of $9.4 billion (€8.8bn), up 15 per cent YoY, and operating income of $2.6 billion. The company advised that it will stop reporting […]

April 19, 2024

Report: Netflix pipeline leads to consecutive quarters of share growth

Two years after small subscriber losses disappeared an eventual $200 billion in shareholder value, Netflix has almost fully recovered its peak share price, and kicks off the latest round of media and entertainment earnings with the wind at its back reports Parrot Analytics When analysing key metrics such as subscribers, profitability, and audience demand, it’s […]

April 18, 2024

WWE launches production facility in Connecticut

WWE, part of TKO Group, has launched The Studios at WWE, a 30,040-square-foot, production facility equipped with five studios, highlighted by a virtual production stage built in collaboration with AbelCine and Meptik and featuring the latest generation technology from Sony Electronics and Disguise. Located within the recently constructed WWE headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, The Studios […]

April 11, 2024

WrestleMania XL “most successful event” in WWE history

WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings, has reported that WrestleMania XL, which took place at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on April 6th and 7th. became the “most-successful and highest-grossing event in company history”.  Highlights from the PLE include: GATE: WrestleMania XL broke the previous record set by WrestleMania 39 by 78 per cent, with 145,298 in attendance over […]

April 9, 2024By Nik Roseveare