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Post by bigshab421 on Jun 5, 2018 7:39:14 GMT -5
Remember a few years ago when they did that Live Smackdown commercial free? They could just do it like that It would be very silly for a network to pay exorbitant amounts for the rights to WrestleMania yet not be able to sell advertising during it. As much as I'm against Mania on cable, there are ways to advertise without it being overboard. 1. On the pre-match graphic and introduction, have the logo on the graphic and have Cole say, "this match brought to you by Cricket..." 2. Still have those quick 30 second advertisement promo commercials they air on PPV. 3. On any and all graphics have a segment sponsored. The nameplates that flash on the screen, championship screen graphics, plaster the logos on them to sponsor the segment. I mean its not any less shameless than what they currently do.
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Post by Next Man’s Knowing Rock on Jun 5, 2018 11:28:56 GMT -5
It would be very silly for a network to pay exorbitant amounts for the rights to WrestleMania yet not be able to sell advertising during it. As much as I'm against Mania on cable, there are ways to advertise without it being overboard. 1. On the pre-match graphic and introduction, have the logo on the graphic and have Cole say, "this match brought to you by Cricket..." 2. Still have those quick 30 second advertisement promo commercials they air on PPV. 3. On any and all graphics have a segment sponsored. The nameplates that flash on the screen, championship screen graphics, plaster the logos on them to sponsor the segment. I mean its not any less shameless than what they currently do. Those would be WWE ads though, rather than network ads - there would presumably be some option for revenue split, but it would almost certainly not make the deal worthwhile for a network. The reason a car company creates an expensive commercial is to play it on tv as it’ll sell their product better than their logo on Baron Corbin’s entrance banner or whatever. How does the Super Bowl do ad breaks, just at half time?
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Post by Rated [R] NinJa on Jun 5, 2018 21:00:06 GMT -5
No! Keep it on the WWE Network! I don't have access to Sky Sports, and I'm not buying a whole package for the sake of one channel. I already can't watch RAW or SmackDown Live, I don't want them taking the greatest show of the year away from me as well. Horrible idea for me. However on the other hand if this is just a specifically US deal and WrestleMania would be shown on the WWE Network internationally regardless, doesn't matter at all to me. WrestleMania hasn’t been on Sky Sports since 2004. It’s been on Sky Box Office since and it’s £19.95 now. God bless the Network because I wouldn’t pay that much for a single PPV.
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Post by bigshab421 on Jun 6, 2018 7:04:13 GMT -5
As much as I'm against Mania on cable, there are ways to advertise without it being overboard. 1. On the pre-match graphic and introduction, have the logo on the graphic and have Cole say, "this match brought to you by Cricket..." 2. Still have those quick 30 second advertisement promo commercials they air on PPV. 3. On any and all graphics have a segment sponsored. The nameplates that flash on the screen, championship screen graphics, plaster the logos on them to sponsor the segment. I mean its not any less shameless than what they currently do. Those would be WWE ads though, rather than network ads - there would presumably be some option for revenue split, but it would almost certainly not make the deal worthwhile for a network. The reason a car company creates an expensive commercial is to play it on tv as it’ll sell their product better than their logo on Baron Corbin’s entrance banner or whatever. How does the Super Bowl do ad breaks, just at half time? I can see them doing select ads after promos or matches. Like 1-2 minutes of ads in between matches or segments would be cool.
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Post by ahunter8056 on Jun 6, 2018 16:45:10 GMT -5
No! Keep it on the WWE Network! I don't have access to Sky Sports, and I'm not buying a whole package for the sake of one channel. I already can't watch RAW or SmackDown Live, I don't want them taking the greatest show of the year away from me as well. Horrible idea for me. However on the other hand if this is just a specifically US deal and WrestleMania would be shown on the WWE Network internationally regardless, doesn't matter at all to me. WrestleMania hasn’t been on Sky Sports since 2004. It’s been on Sky Box Office since and it’s £19.95 now. God bless the Network because I wouldn’t pay that much for a single PPV. But if they wanted to broadcast WrestleMania on TV, surely Sky Sports would be the channel they would choose for the UK?
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Post by Rated [R] NinJa on Jun 6, 2018 19:33:51 GMT -5
WrestleMania hasn’t been on Sky Sports since 2004. It’s been on Sky Box Office since and it’s £19.95 now. God bless the Network because I wouldn’t pay that much for a single PPV. But if they wanted to broadcast WrestleMania on TV, surely Sky Sports would be the channel they would choose for the UK? Not a chance. They’d put it on box office.
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Post by ahunter8056 on Jun 7, 2018 6:10:44 GMT -5
But if they wanted to broadcast WrestleMania on TV, surely Sky Sports would be the channel they would choose for the UK? Not a chance. They’d put it on box office. But that's a pay per view system, not a TV channel.
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