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Post by cableV on Jan 23, 2024 7:43:26 GMT -5
www.wwe.com/shows/raw/article/raw-netflix-tko-partnership-january-2025STAMFORD, Conn., January 23, 2024 – WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) today announced a long-term partnership that will bring WWE’s flagship weekly program – Raw – to the world’s leading entertainment service. This marks a major programming shift as Raw leaves linear television for the first time since its inception 31 years ago. Beginning in January 2025, Netflix will be the exclusive new home of Raw in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Latin America, among other territories, with additional countries and regions to be added over time. Likewise, as part of the agreement, Netflix will also become the home for all WWE shows and specials outside the U.S. as available, inclusive of Raw and WWE’s other weekly shows – SmackDown and NXT – as well as the company’s Premium Live Events, including WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Royal Rumble. WWE’s award-winning documentaries, original series and forthcoming projects will also be available on Netflix internationally beginning in 2025.
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Jan 23, 2024 7:45:54 GMT -5
Huge news
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Jan 23, 2024 7:50:24 GMT -5
Never have ratings ever mattered less this is the new era. Great success = great profits. Mediocre success still = great profits. The power is back.
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Post by cableV on Jan 23, 2024 8:06:00 GMT -5
Sports Business Journal says it's a 10 year $5 billion deal.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jan 23, 2024 8:19:33 GMT -5
5 Billion is insane
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Post by J-MANN on Jan 23, 2024 8:31:14 GMT -5
Show remains three hours.
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Post by ℍ𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕋𝕠 𝕂𝕚𝕝𝕝 on Jan 23, 2024 9:25:47 GMT -5
Show remains three hours. LONGER!!!
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Post by tylerbreezee on Jan 23, 2024 9:28:37 GMT -5
So no commercials? lol
Does Netflix stream live programming? How would that work?
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Post by tylerbreezee on Jan 23, 2024 9:30:00 GMT -5
Also The Rock joined the board for WWE/UFC
Wild
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Post by K5 on Jan 23, 2024 9:30:20 GMT -5
oh don't worry, they will find their ways. lol
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Post by Back to the Codyverse on Jan 23, 2024 9:34:08 GMT -5
Meh. We canceled Netflix some time ago due continuous price increases and nothing much on there that interested us.
I don't think Raw is enough for me to subscribe again. Depends on if Cody stays on Raw or not, I guess.
Ton of money tho. That's the name of the game.
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Post by Evil Abed on Jan 23, 2024 9:39:40 GMT -5
Hopefully this means the end of stupid fan chant censorship. Its 2024 we really need to censor "holy s#!t"?
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Post by walkingturtles on Jan 23, 2024 9:51:47 GMT -5
This is short term thinking. Yes, take the 5 Billion guaranteed for 10 years, but what does it do to your core audience. Does everyone who watches RAW now have Netflix, will they switch over? Is it an easy process yes, but it’s not guaranteed.
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Post by Rocky Balboa on Jan 23, 2024 9:55:21 GMT -5
Absolutely incredible news for someone outside of the US. Having had to watch RAW all my life on some crappy 240p stream.
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Post by J-MANN on Jan 23, 2024 10:05:26 GMT -5
Meh. We canceled Netflix some time ago due continuous price increases and nothing much on there that interested us. I don't think Raw is enough for me to subscribe again. Depends on if Cody stays on Raw or not, I guess. Ton of money tho. That's the name of the game. I read Netflix has the option to pull out after the first five years or opt in for another ten years.
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Post by kinnikuman on Jan 23, 2024 10:27:26 GMT -5
That's super risky. A lot of people can't afford streaming, don't stream, won't stream, or can't stream. I wonder how many viewers this will cost them? That'd be funny if the other guys moved their shows to Monday and Wednesday. But for me, I get to cancel Peacock now! Sweet.
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Post by Its Tiffy Time on Jan 23, 2024 10:34:32 GMT -5
Smackdown is moving back to USA as well
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Post by hbkjason on Jan 23, 2024 11:17:42 GMT -5
There is no downside to this in the UK for the WWE at all! Way more people, from what I have read over 10x the amount have Netflix that have TNT Sports. I consider this great news for WWE fans in the UK.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2024 12:20:11 GMT -5
This is a huge move. The “people don’t or won’t stream” thing people are saying everywhere is pretty funny to me
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Post by Back to the Codyverse on Jan 23, 2024 12:22:14 GMT -5
This is a huge move. The “people don’t or won’t stream” thing people are saying everywhere is pretty funny to me Hasn't that been the IWC's defense to declining ratings? "Nobody has cable anymore. Everyone streams" etc, etc
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