Jiji Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 It could be that Rogers gave WWE enough money (Canadian) to make it worth their while, but I kind of doubt it. They signed a ten year exclusive deal just after doing something similar with the NHL. They definitely made it worth it for Vince. Rogers will sell the package to other cable companies in time but for now, you need to be a Rogers customer (and get a two week free trial including SummerSlam) and it doesn't seem like they have the access to the library through PC/digital devices yet. Unless the author of that article didn't do his homework, but I doubt it. Rogers hasn't had much publicity for this at all. Shit, a large portion of the country doesn't even have the option to get Rogers' cable service, including my dumbass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 There's no two week free trial where I am. I went to the station and its just a black screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerjeRUN Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 The new monthly charge for a single month is $12.99. Still $9.99 a month for the 6 month commitment. And in the newsletter Meltzer said Nitros will be going up on the network in 6 weeks. I gonna wait and see on that one. Does that make it in line with the Raw's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 They added the Nexus debut Raw from 2010. They switched to a wide shot when Bryan was choking Justin Roberts, if you're curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Fucking Mattel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzkrieg Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 For my inner child that had the money to order the first In Your House but couldn't, I went ahead and did a month of the WWE Network for Summer Slam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Anyone having trouble with streaming right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 This is the first PPV that I have had freezing issues, watching the same way as always (on a powerful gaming PC). Maybe they are mad I turned off the auto-renew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Summerslam is kind of running like shit for me too. Had to dial the stream bsck a few minutes. This is on PS4. I'm pet sitting for my cousin though, so maybe her internet just isn't very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 No, it's the stream. My internet is very good and the stream, well, isn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 This was the most problems I had with the stream since NXT Arrival. It wasn't incredibly terrible, but it froze multiple times, and a couple of times the picture froze and the sound didn't, followed by a speed ramp of the picture to sync back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I blame foreigners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Yep, had some issues at a buddy's house. Think the added international viewers and Total Diva fans caused the problems. Nothing major, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoKnowsWrestling Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 lots of freezing here, luckily it just keeps at that spot instead of jumping forward so you don't miss anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLKerAaron Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I'm glad I wasn't the only one with problems streaming last night. I couldn't even get it to work on a hardwired computer. This month in general has been mostly troublesome with streaming anything live or in the VOD section. Defiantly not a good thing to have happen so close to when everyone's subscription is about to run out (who didn't find a way to cancel early). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Got the Canadian version of the network. It's great that it's on my tv, and I won't ever have to worry about streaming/buffering...but the on demand content thus far is pretty disappointing (Although it's only been a week, I'm assuming the will be beefing up content soon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Yeah, it'd be nice to have the option of having the Network on cable but without the library it's a weak deal knowing the yankees have that incredible vault of awesomeness. Once they do the HBO Go thing with the digital library and Rogers sells rights of coverage to other providers, things will be gravy. In the meantime, I just reupped for another 6 months and will continue to use unblock us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Bugg Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I tried to watch the Summerslam Backstage Pass thing on my laptop after RAW, but MAN ALIVE did it freeze! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 So for some reason they don't have the 5th episode of Smackdown 1999. Not sure what is on the show that would have required either more work or just missing it. Hopefully it gets put up for those people who say they can't watch unless they are all in order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I'd settle for them fixing the issues with the timer/bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitzkrieg Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 If I had only paid $12.99 for Summer Slam I would have been pretty annoyed with the quality. The video when I was watching Sunday night was bad enough that I couldn't read the hashtags on the screen. I ended up not watching the last two matches till Monday and the video was still a bit fuzzy. I imagine that it is hard to stress test a system like this but they're putting a lot of their future on this system and bad press and impressions are hard to recover from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 I blame foreigners Damn German announce table strikes again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 With all those Nitro's being added next week, I re-upped. It makes it worth it for me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 If I had only paid $12.99 for Summer Slam I would have been pretty annoyed with the quality. The video when I was watching Sunday night was bad enough that I couldn't read the hashtags on the screen. I ended up not watching the last two matches till Monday and the video was still a bit fuzzy. I imagine that it is hard to stress test a system like this but they're putting a lot of their future on this system and bad press and impressions are hard to recover from. I wonder if they got an influx of one time only subscribers which led to the freeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJ Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Was speaking with someone about network who is "in the know." Nothing we didn't already piece together ourselves. WWE shot themselves in the foot a number of times. -Someone floated the 1 million sign up number which wasn't realistic. This minimizes the enormous success of the network. Getting 600k plus sign ups was incredibly impressive for this type of service. -Approx. 1/3rd of the initial sign ups were not auto renew and the real dangling carrot is mania. So there was widespread panic that the numbers of existing subscribers were/are about to fall off a cliff. -The six month commitment should've been a 12 month commitment. There is no way they are going to keep the numbers up. -Due to the wrestling demographic (young and/or poor) the number of people giving false info was much higher than the industry average for online streaming services. Like several times. Apparently because the network is charged on a monthly basis way more people than youd expect used something like one of those visa gift cards with 10 bucks on them and false personal info. This way the first month ( mania ) is without a hitch and when the second month comes around nobody is home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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