Direct TV may cancel future WWE PPVs?

[jackswstd]

Vince better keep that bulletproof vest on deck and hire a food taster.

 

[SAJ!!]

All of the cable/satellite providers, especially DirecTV and Dish, are acting like a bunch of fukking babies.

But, at the same time, it may end up costing Vince.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

This.

it's INSANE that no other entity has figured out what WWE has done this week. And it's because they're are scared/stupid/in bed with the cable networks and in 2-5 years, Vince is gonna look like a fukking genius. In hindsight, it was smart for the WWE crew to postpone the network and get their shyt together. Yeah, people were a little butthurt about it, but the shyt is gonna pay off big time. They just gotta keep that price at $10 and follow It up with some better in-ring talent.

A lot of people already have Roku/Chromecast/Smart TVs and Blu Ray players that connect to the internet so this channel is right up their alley.

And the WWE/WWF/WCW library is sooooooooooooo deep that this network can feed the company forever. If they were smart they would already be making deals with The Rock (if possible), Hogan and Stone Cold to do some non-ring related content.

The younger kids are gonna eat so well offa this network.

Vince done laid out the blueprint and it's gonna be hard for NBA/MLB/NFL to copy this model because they've invested so much in their own cable networks that it's almost pointless to do a full fledged online thing

Copy this model? What do you think nfl sundy ticket/mlb.tv and nfl and nba network is?

 

[SAJ!!]

Copy this model? What do you think nfl sundy ticket/mlb.tv and nfl and nba network is?

Also,

NBA League Pass, NHL Center Ice, MLB Extra Innings and MLS Direct Kick

Fox Soccer Plus is the real money loser because they no longer have the English Premier League. Drop that network, add the WWE network and call it a day.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Copy this model? What do you think nfl sundy ticket/mlb.tv and nfl and nba network is?

Yeah but these are al backed by those league's own networks, which are backed by cable networks and need to be apart of those networks' channel lineups

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

DirecTV bout to drop the Weather Channel too, I think Vince got 'em catching feelings

WWE Backlash presented by The Weather Channel

Cokeboy gonna make that happen. Have Zack Ryder doing the forecast between matches

 

[Slystallion]

call their bluff Vince...the landscape is changing they won't give up the revenue

not everyone will want to watch wwe ppv's on their laptops and computers and very few people have pc's hooked up to their TV's the more tech saavy will watch on the playstations and xboxes though

but this is where media is heading and the giant cable and satellite companies need to adapt before they become blockbuster video

 

[jadillac]

Vince gonna put DirectTV out of business just like he did the territories back in the day

 

[RammerJammer]

Vince gonna put DirectTV out of business just like he did the territories back in the day

Vince got these nikkas shook at DTV Weather Channel is available to 20 Million households on DirecTV alone.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

I knew some of tv providers were gonna be in their feelings over this and they should. If it rolls out smoothly Vince will be on some straight up cut out the middle man Heisenberg shyt



As a fan tho


-P-

In the short run.... You may be right. But like the article said and possibly predictable...... This may cause Boxing and UFC to take a deeper look at the business model and maybe reevaluate some things.

And if that happens and they pull some similar shyt on them and others..... Who's to say everyone don't just say "fukk it" and drop WWE ppv's or other programming?

 

[23Barrettcity]

People absolutely love the Netflix/Hulu model.

So when you think about it, even fans who were just fans during the 90's, you tell me they wouldn't pay $10 a month to watch all the Stone Cold/Rock/Hogan/nWo stuff, then the old school cats who watched during the 80's/

I can see this making the brand in general much more popular.

As long as they deliver what's promised wwe will be good .. And if they don't pull some greedy bull after the 6 months are up .
There are so many ways to make money off this app . Imagine offering say the ability to watch say all the macho man matches or steam boats or dibiase or jake or Bret or hbk etc as like dlc for say a extra ons time fee

 

[PHamm]

 

[PHamm]

It isn't. I kow so many lapsed fans buying that network.

i stopped watching wrestling in 2004 and I am salivating at the thought of having the WWE network. Coke Boy is a genius.

 

[The Electric Lady]

As long as they deliver what's promised wwe will be good .. And if they don't pull some greedy bull after the 6 months are up .
There are so many ways to make money off this app . Imagine offering say the ability to watch say all the macho man matches or steam boats or dibiase or jake or Bret or hbk etc as like dlc for say a extra ons time fee

I was thinking yesterday they should package Golden Age WWF for people like me who missed out on it.

 

[Nintendough]

Vince is playing with fire. He better hope this grows or the satty and cable companies will jux the shyt out of him.