Uncle Coaster Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Just ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 50 minutes ago, just wrapped up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 So it came across this morning that WWE officially signed Devitt to a NXT deal. So..that's happening.Quick, buy some WWE stock before it goes up on 7/31! Too late. You could have made 10% profit. Fergal = stock rise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 They announced Devitt's signing Monday, I was trying to make Zac some easy money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zac_Fu Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Doh. Sorry for being slow, guys. i thought it'd be a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 It was! cool arrow even made a thread for Fergal with the best cosplay pics of Devitt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Twasn't me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebbie Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 As long as Cameron is one, Total Divas or not, I'll be happy. Yes, I said I would be happy if someone got fired. Shoot me. She's fucking terrible & never should have been hired in the first place. It's okay. I keep helping this miserable as fucking fuck patient if mine dies like that woman who lost control of her wheelchair in one of those Children of the Corn movies.Maybe healthcare isn't your bag. If only you would meet this witch and you would understand... I don't want July to end on such a boring news day. But holy fuck did the month go by way too fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Not great news for WWE. 33K increase since the last quarter. They had to want more growth than that to offset the percentage of people who won't be renewing once the initial 6 months is up. Basically they need to move fast and expand into other countries ASAP if they want to Network to make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Per Meltzer:  *The network will be available in 170 countries on August 12. The key countries that affects are Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico, Spain, Norway, Sweden and Finland. *They are targeting October for the U.K. *Countries like Italy, UAE, Germany, Japan, China, Thailand and Malaysia would be available at a date to be announced  So sounds like they are doing just that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Gotta imagine they'll be hit with some huge rollout issues trying to do it this way, but they pretty much don't have a choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Apparently they already lost 128.000 subscribers. I wouldn't be surprised, if at least half of those people bought the network and then were too stupid to figure out how to get it to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Doh. Sorry for being slow, guys. i thought it'd be a big deal. It was a big deal! ...three days ago. Ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Rumblings are WWE is gonna start offering the Network for $20 a month with no commitment. For people who just want the 'Mania, Summerslam, the Rumble, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Austin Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Apparently they already lost 128.000 subscribers. I wouldn't be surprised, if at least half of those people bought the network and then were too stupid to figure out how to get it to work. I'm surprised they allowed those to cancel wit the six month commitment and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Here's Meltzer's full comments on the conference call. Â Some major news coming out of the WWE today*WWE network will offer a $19.99 per month price for those who don't want to commit to the six month period. It's clear from the number of people who dropped the network even with the commitment in place that it will be much easier to just order at $9.99 and stop paying.*A one-time payment plan has been offered. Currently subscribers are billed $9.99 per month, but now they can sign up for $59.94 and be billed all at once. The hope is that people will sign up to be billed all at once which saves money for people who decide to drop.*The network has 700,000 subscribers as of 6/30. They didn't give an updated number. Between 4/7 and 6/30 they added 161,000 subscribers, but had 128,000 cancellations. They wouldn't give details but this is likely shortly after WrestleMania when they had the big jump in subscribers.*The cancellation number is the huge story here.*The network will be available in 170 countries on August 12. The key countries that affects are Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico, Spain, Norway, Sweden and Finland.*They are targeting October for the U.K.*Countries like Italy, UAE, Germany, Japan, China, Thailand and Malaysia would be available at a date to be announced*WWE signed a ten year deal with Rogers Communications for exclusivity in Canada through 2024. This will include all current programming. The WWE Network will be offered as a traditional television PPV channel in Canada starting August 12. That explains the recent Observer report of WWE purchasing transponder time and testing out the network feed, as a prelude to a television availability. Rogers will own not only the broadcast rights but the digital rights to all the major WWE television shows.*There wll be massive cost cutting internally. These costs will save the company $10 million this year and $30 million in 2015.*The cutting wasn't specified past a seven percent reduction in the workforce. It was noted that with the reduction in the work force, there will be a one-time loss of $4.5 million for severance packages taken during the current third quarter.*They will add Monday Night War and WWE Rivalries to the program schedule shortly.*If they average 650,000 subscribers in the third quarter, they estimate OIBDA losses of $12 to $17 million in the next quarter, but with the cost cutbacks, annual OIBDA losses would be $25 million to $35 million. Previously they had estimated annual losses (not OIBDA, but total losses) at $45 million to $52 million.*The network itself lost $15.5 million in OIBDA.*The cutbacks are so significant that they now feel they can break even on 500,000 subscribers in 2015 as opposed to 1.4 million subscribers and at 1.5 million subscribers they will have OIBDA of $100 million to $120 million, which is more than they had pre-network.*For the quarter, the company recorded $156.3 million in revenues and lost $14.5 million.*The WrestleMania quarter last year took in $152.3 million in revenues and had $5.2 million in profits.*On a world wide basis, WrestleMania did 690,000 buys, Extreme Rules did 108,000, Payback did 67,000 and Money in the Bank did 122,000. For 2013, those shows did 1,104,000; 245,000, 198,000 and 223,000 last year. Keep in mind U.S. totals for all shows were way down, but in theory (not fact), international should be the same. It's not, due to the number of international subscribers to the network.*TV revenue was up from $38.7 million to $43.8 million due to Total Divas and some international contract gains.*Digital media was down from $7.4 million to $5.2 million due to less Internet PPV purchases of WrestleMania and the other shows.*House show attendance was up 13% domestically, misleading because they had 11 fewer shows, meaning the higher attended TV tapings make the average look higher. Because of fewer events and smaller overall attendance, arena merchandise was down 7%. This doesn't include WrestleMania, which was down this year due to a lower attendance and gate. International was down 8%*Licensing was down due to lower video game sales.*WWE shop revenues increased 33% from $3 million to $4 million because of an increase in orders. A lot of that increase was due to a new distribution model in the U.K. utilizing Amazon.*Bryan and I will be doing an audio on this available this afternoon. A full breakdown of this and more WWE business items will be in next week's Observer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADCAP Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Â Â Â As long as Cameron is one, Total Divas or not, I'll be happy. Yes, I said I would be happy if someone got fired. Shoot me. She's fucking terrible & never should have been hired in the first place. It's okay. I keep helping this miserable as fucking fuck patient if mine dies like that woman who lost control of her wheelchair in one of those Children of the Corn movies.Maybe healthcare isn't your bag. If only you would meet this witch and you would understand... I don't want July to end on such a boring news day. But holy fuck did the month go by way too fast. Â Â YOU'RE A VERY BAD PERSON EBBIE. Â VERY, VERY BAD. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I pay $10 if I commit or $20 if I don't. Â Gee,that's a fucking no-brainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Remember when the Network was supposed to start a new wrestling boom? Â Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Well, that was before Bryan fucked his neck, the booking started to suck hard, and everything went to pot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Who wants a wrestling boom anyway?  I'm just happy to have hours and hours of footage at my fingertips.  When the network dies, so does my fandom.  I'm too old to seek shit out, I need it all in one place.  I'll just come here and complain about everything anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Wait, wait, wait...This year, for Wrestlemania, Extreme Rules, Payback and MitB did 690k, 108k, 67k and 122k. Then you factor in the 700k subscribers. Isn't that a good thing as far as PPV views goes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Also, there's been two big absences from WWE TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Dave and Bryan were talking last night about them cracking down on multiple users per account and Youtube. I wonder if a wholesale crackdown on wwe owned footage would lead to a backlash by fans, esp if stuff is pulled that will take forever to be added to the network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Didn't it come out a few weeks ago that WWE wasn't going to pull stuff from YouTube anymore because they think it could increase interest in the Network, or was that a bizarre fever dream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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