TNA Leaving Poptv, New Network Annouced

[JerseyBoy23]

Anthem owns a stake in Pursuit so maybe they'll make money off Impact from ad dollars, which they aren't doing right now.

 

[Grifter]

Vertical Crossbow Junkies is on right now.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

IMPACT Wrestling Announces New Network, Leaving POP TV In January

IMPACT Wrestling issued the following release, announcing they will be joining the Pursuit Channel on January 11th:

IMPACT WRESTLING & PURSUIT CHANNEL ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO TELEVISE IMPACT! NATIONALLY ACROSS THE U.S.

IMPACT Wrestling, a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp., announced today it has entered into an agreement to broadcast its flagship weekly two-hour program IMPACT! nationally across the U.S. on Pursuit Channel, the most widely distributed outdoor network and one of the fastest growing channels in the country.

Beginning on Friday, Jan. 11, featuring the aftermath of Homecoming, IMPACT Wrestling’s first marquee pay-per-view event of the year, IMPACT! will air weekly on Pursuit Channel on Friday nights at 10:00 p.m. ET.

“Pursuit Channel is a natural fit for IMPACT!” said Ed Nordholm, president of IMPACT Wrestling. “It has a passionate viewership base that correlates strongly with our core audience, and is one of the few broadcast destinations that is expanding its footprint, enjoying a 15% increase in broadcast distribution this year alone. With IMPACT Wrestling coming off a tremendous year of audience growth globally and positive fan engagement, we look forward to leveraging our respective resources to bring fans more of the wrestling content they want to see: tougher, edgier action.”

“Pursuit Channel is pleased to welcome IMPACT Wrestling into our Friday night lineup of popular shows,” said Rusty Faulk, CEO and founder of Pursuit Channel. “IMPACT Wrestling programming is perfect for our audience, which enjoys adventurous content to feed their wild side. We look forward to a long partnership and providing our fans with new and exciting world-class content while expanding IMPACT Wrestling’s audience to a new base.”

Showcasing top professional wrestling stars such as IMPACT World Champion Johnny Impact, who starred in the most recent season of the hit CBS show Survivor, plus Brian Cage, Eli Drake, Moose, Eddie Edwards, Sami Callihan, Pentagon Jr., Fenix, Rich Swann, the high-flying X-Division and the Knockouts, including Champion Tessa Blanchard, Taya Valkyrie, Rosemary, Allie and Su Yung, IMPACT! has been a leading destination for professional wrestling fans, televised globally in 120 countries since its inception in 2002, while growing its popularity and reach on YouTube, Twitch, Pluto and social media platforms.

It’s worth noting that Pursuit is owned by Anthem Sports & Entertainment CEO Leonard Asper, who acquired the network back in 2012. According to the network website, he joined the Pursuit management team that “created brand awareness for the network inside the television industry and Wall Street.”

IMPACT had aired on POP TV since January 5th 2006 when it debuted on Tuesday nights. The show then moved to Thursday nights where it aired at 8 p.m. EST, and more recently starting at 10 p.m. EST. The move to a new night is not the first time IMPACT has aired on Fridays; the show aired on Friday towards the end of its run on Destination America, and when it was on FOX Sports Net back in 2004-05.

IMPACT Wrestling is still scheduled to air a new episode on January 3rd; last night’s show and next week’s are ‘best of 2018’ episodes.





I've been watching TNA since it started being on TV but I don't have this new channel so I guess it's over for me as a fan

Edit:

Never mind I found it on directv channel 604 I'm back in

I havent had or watched TNA in years since I dropped DirecTV and got Google Fiber tv. I never had PopTV. Now I'm not even sure I have this new channel either.

My streak may continue

Martha

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

Never heard of it.

 

[jackswstd]

Wonder how the cacs will feel about having Luchadors and black folks all on their screens

 

[Rell84shots]

The trajectory of TNA/GFW/Impact since leaving Spike has been so bizarre.

You're gonna see that shyt on Bounce TV next year.

You joke but Bounce TV would actually be an upgrade over the rest of these channels.

 

[NYChase718]

Another network never heard of

Pathetic

 

[R=G]

Heard it was hillbilly type channel

 

[RammerJammer]

The trajectory of TNA/GFW/Impact since leaving Spike has been so bizarre.

You're gonna see that shyt on Bounce TV next year.

It’s definitely been bizarre, just 5 years ago, TNA was on Spike, pulling in close to or at a million views in 2013 and doing shows in legit arenas, now they're a glorified indie fed doing shows in ballrooms.

This was from 2013

 

[The G.O.D II]

The trajectory of TNA/GFW/Impact since leaving Spike has been so bizarre.

You're gonna see that shyt on Bounce TV next year.

While you trying to clown them, bounce is a better network then whatever shyt they’ve been on since leaving Spike

 

[The Rainmaker]

Those Impact hardcore matches gonna become something fierce. Bear traps, crossbows, tranquilizer guns

Even CZW gonna watch them and hit the

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

Can't wait for that Skinner/Sharkboy feud to pop off

 

[Bonefan32]

Those Impact hardcore matches gonna become something fierce. Bear traps, crossbows, tranquilizer guns

Even CZW gonna watch them and hit the

dreamer gonna be champ for years

Not gonna lie I really don't wanna support that channel

 

[AStrangeName]

I know Anthem wants to keep it in-house, but this isn't helping Impact at all like how they were on Destination America. So you're telling me all that time shopping around talking to others networks they said, fukk this shyt put it on Pursuit it'll do better than being on Syfy or AXS TV where it'll get more views, ratings and a better time slot.

 

[stro]

pretend to be excited about getting a TV deal on a channel Comcast doesn't even carry. Anthem needs to be pushing online distribution hard. A shame GWN is garbage. They should at least get their shows up to date on that instead of weeks/months behind, because I'm pretty positive that with a little promotion they'd get more viewers on the website than whatever this network is.