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Post by HugoOne on Feb 23, 2011 11:21:11 GMT -5
- WWE sent out the following today…
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- WWE Inc. (NYSE:WWE - News) and Esporte Interativo today announced a one year agreement which will bring WWE's weekly flagship TV show WWE Raw® to Brazilian Free TV beginning in March 2011.
Launching on March 2 at 10pm, Brazil's biggest sports channel Esporte Interativo will bring the global entertainment company's longest-running TV program to more than 33 million television households across Brazil.
WWE Raw is a unique form of entertainment featuring WWE Superstars Triple H®, John Cena®, Randy Orton®, The Miz™, Sheamus™, CM Punk® and many more. Viewers can tune in to watch all the excitement unfold every week on Esporte Interativo channels: 36 (Sao Paulo), 9 (Sao Jose dos Campos), 26 (Campinas), 58 (Mogi das Cruzes) and 43 (Santos), as well as with Oi TV (515) and Via Embratel (48).
According to Mauricio Portela, Production Vice President for Esporte Interativo, this deal is part of the channel's strategy to expand and diversify the content of the program schedule. "We are investing in new attractions and planning varied programming. WWE programming was consistently requested among our viewers and we are delighted to be able to deliver WWE Raw to our viewers," said Portela.
Announcing the deal, Andrew Whitaker, Executive Vice President of International for WWE, said "This new agreement is part of WWE's further extension into Latin America with Brazil being the linchpin. We look forward to working with Esporte Interativo in bringing the WWE brand to viewers in Brazil."
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Post by Infinite on Feb 23, 2011 11:24:31 GMT -5
- WWE sent out the following today… LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- WWE Inc. (NYSE:WWE - News) and Esporte Interativo today announced a one year agreement which will bring WWE's weekly flagship TV show WWE Raw® to Brazilian Free TV beginning in March 2011. Launching on March 2 at 10pm, Brazil's biggest sports channel Esporte Interativo will bring the global entertainment company's longest-running TV program to more than 33 million television households across Brazil. WWE Raw is a unique form of entertainment featuring WWE Superstars Triple H®, John Cena®, Randy Orton®, The Miz™, Sheamus™, CM Punk® and many more. Viewers can tune in to watch all the excitement unfold every week on Esporte Interativo channels: 36 (Sao Paulo), 9 (Sao Jose dos Campos), 26 (Campinas), 58 (Mogi das Cruzes) and 43 (Santos), as well as with Oi TV (515) and Via Embratel (48). According to Mauricio Portela, Production Vice President for Esporte Interativo, this deal is part of the channel's strategy to expand and diversify the content of the program schedule. "We are investing in new attractions and planning varied programming. WWE programming was consistently requested among our viewers and we are delighted to be able to deliver WWE Raw to our viewers," said Portela. Announcing the deal, Andrew Whitaker, Executive Vice President of International for WWE, said "This new agreement is part of WWE's further extension into Latin America with Brazil being the linchpin. We look forward to working with Esporte Interativo in bringing the WWE brand to viewers in Brazil." Oh. Should have known. |
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Post by Bandalero on Feb 23, 2011 11:54:24 GMT -5
Jim Ross flew down for that?
Don't get me wrong, from a business stand-point it's huge. But why ship JR over to Mexico City for this?
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Post by slappy on Feb 23, 2011 12:12:18 GMT -5
Why would they make an announcement about Brazil in Mexico?
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Post by Irish Wrestling Entertainment on Feb 23, 2011 12:39:31 GMT -5
I have a feeling that the Brazil TV deal isn't the groundbreaking announcement.
It'll probably be about a PPV event in Mexico - maybe they are trying to take further advantage of Del Rio's popularity.
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Post by muccguy88 on Feb 23, 2011 13:47:07 GMT -5
i feel like Vince has bought either AAA or CMLL. im not really up on my Mexican wrestling so I apologize if I have the wrong names there
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Post by ECWfanatic on Feb 23, 2011 15:22:26 GMT -5
I'm interested in hearing what this announcement will be. To my knowledge, they've never even had television tapings in Mexico so a PPV would be pretty big.
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Post by The Undertaker on Feb 23, 2011 15:36:26 GMT -5
Mexican PPV which Del Rio will definitely end up headlining.
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Post by Bandalero on Feb 23, 2011 15:42:34 GMT -5
Mexican PPV which Del Rio will definitely end up headlining. which kinda implies that he may just go over Edge at WM, y'know to big a HUGE draw in mexico as the WHC. |
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Post by kazoosandstreamers on Feb 23, 2011 16:01:08 GMT -5
Should of announced that they would bring back La Parka.
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Post by AdamBomb on Feb 23, 2011 16:07:56 GMT -5
Should of announced that they would bring back La Parka. ...how are the going to announce bringing someone back when they were never there in the first place? If it is a PPV in Mexico, I'll order in a heartbeat. |
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Post by wabarrett on Feb 23, 2011 16:52:46 GMT -5
Who's got a new beard?
Oh wait...
I assume this will be a WrestleMania host city announcement.
EDIT: And after reading the rest of the thread, it's not even that interesting.
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on Feb 23, 2011 17:33:20 GMT -5
The official announcement of Mistico's signing First thing that came to mind. How would that be major groundbreaking news? |
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Post by cjskittles4 on Feb 23, 2011 18:15:01 GMT -5
First thing that came to mind. How would that be major groundbreaking news? considering that it's Mistico and he is a HUGE star in Mexico... it is huge news on their part |
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Post by cattlemutilation on Feb 23, 2011 18:28:00 GMT -5
I can't really imagine this all being for Mistico. Would be cool though. Maybe they could be announcing a lucha libre movement, where they bring in a bunch of stars from Mexico, and restart a cruiserweight/junior heavyweight division  ...Okay, wishful thinking |
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on Feb 23, 2011 20:31:42 GMT -5
How would that be major groundbreaking news? considering that it's Mistico and he is a HUGE star in Mexico... it is huge news on their part It may be huge news, but I don't see how it would be groundbreaking. |
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Post by DMO™ on Feb 23, 2011 23:20:27 GMT -5
I can't really imagine this all being for Mistico. Would be cool though. Maybe they could be announcing a lucha libre movement, where they bring in a bunch of stars from Mexico, and restart a cruiserweight/junior heavyweight division ...Okay, wishful thinking  |
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Post by womendivisionfan on Feb 24, 2011 0:37:44 GMT -5
Its about mistico. Superluchas website said that the WWE was going to make the news official on Thursday.
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Post by womendivisionfan on Feb 24, 2011 0:40:43 GMT -5
And they also said that the WWE want mistico in the main roster.
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Post by Kenny Powers on Feb 24, 2011 0:55:17 GMT -5
Yea it's probably Mistico or PPV/TV taping announcement.
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