Raw is going to Netflix for 5 billi

[Tommy Fits]

Maybe I'm misremembering but it seems like WWF/E always always been ahead of the curve in terms of how they get their product out to the masses. From PPV, cable, the network, the use of social media and YouTube. I think this is just them getting ahead of the curve, hope it works out for them.

 

[Cheese McNair]

I haven’t watched a live episode of Raw or Smackdown since like 2005. I got the Network/Peacock to watch the old shyt I grew up on.

This may be the move that gets me to watch again, just due to convenience. I never cared enough to look for bootleg links. Been watching more NBA games since they started streaming on Max too.

 

[Dipsey Doo]

Maybe I'm misremembering but it seems like WWF/E always always been ahead of the curve in terms of how they get their product out to the masses. From PPV, cable, the network, the use of social media and YouTube. I think this is just them getting ahead of the curve, hope it works out for them.

I’m old enough to remember when people were laughing at the concept of WWE Network in 2012.

When WWE does something, the rest of the entertainment industry usually follows suit.

 

[prophecypro]

It looks like UK and Latin America will get Smackdown, NXT and the PLEs as wel as documentaties on Netflx though


Kinda feels like we losing the Network and the archive especiall with the ECW, Hidden Gems, Territorial content

 

[Larry]

Well I pay for Netflix and have been for the last decade so cool

 

[Brad Piff]

Got damn

But meltzer told me ain’t no way WWE were getting more than $300M per year for Raw

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

I wonder if Raw will go back to two hours next year?

I wonder if Tony Montana Khan looking at Monday slot like

Nah, he's too p*ssy.

 

[Reality Check]

Wow, I figured it'd land on Amazon instead. Hasn't Netflix struggled with live programming too?

They have. Also for a long time they said internally they were never getting into live sports.

 

[fact]

We gonna get WWE in 4K?

Probably not a great thing, it’s not a business that you should see everything clearly lol

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Cable was pretty much built off the back of pro wrestling. If weekly WWE wrestling live on Netflix isn't greater proof that streaming has just become the new cable, I don't know what is

 

[Rell84shots]

I was going to laugh until I saw the 5bil number, Nick Khan might just be the most genius hire in the history of the WWE.

Edit: Didn't know I spelled the wrong hire before.

 

[The_Sheff]

I’m old enough to remember when people were laughing at the concept of WWE Network in 2012.

When WWE does something, the rest of the entertainment industry usually follows suit.

I dont remember people laughing at the concept, if anything people were happy because you went from paying 40 bucks for a ppv to "Only 9 dollars" for PPVs and a back catalog. What people were skeptical about is if they would be able to make up the revenue with only charging 9 dollars.

I havent seen the financial numbers so i dont know if that did turn out to be profitable before the Peackock deal.

 

[Larry]

Cable was pretty much built off the back of pro wrestling. If weekly WWE wrestling live on Netflix isn't greater proof that streaming has just become the new cable, I don't know what is

I mean technically, WWE just moved ONE show to a streaming platform. The most watched one is moving to cable, and NXT is on literal network tv..

So it’s not like pro wrestling just completely shifted over to streaming although people are gonna talk like it has. It’s just.. one show lol

 

[Larry]

I dont remember people laughing at the concept, if anything people were happy because you went from paying 40 bucks for a ppv to "Only 9 dollars" for PPVs and a back catalog. What people were skeptical about is if they would be able to make up the revenue with only charging 9 dollars.

I havent seen the financial numbers so i dont know if that did turn out to be profitable before the Peackock deal.

If you don’t remember then you definitely are misremembering wrong. WWE network was clowned into oblivion. Laughed off the stage like a comedian on showtime at the Apollo

I was there. Laughing with everyone else.

 

[ball15life]

Seriously. Netflix’s reputation has probably never been lower, streaming seems to be a bubble ready to burst, and now they’re committing to a service that pulls the plug on everything. Massive risk. Wonder what it means for commercial breaks.

Netflix is actually doing well currently. I've been tracking their stock and read some articles a while back on on how they're one of the only streaming services growing right now.

It’s “shakeout” time as losses of Netflix rivals top $5 billion

Disney, Warner, Comcast, and Paramount are contemplating cuts, possible mergers.

arstechnica.com

Netflix flips the streaming script again with a return to growth mode

After last year's Great Netflix Correction, Netflix is back in growth mode, adding nearly 9 million subscribers in the second quarter.

www.cnbc.com