WWE Network to start running ads.

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what's the subscriber count now after the initial 6 month expiration? did they release any numbers yet? was there a significant drop off?
 
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If they are gonna do this they would be smart to reduce the price of the subscription by at least a dollar
 

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They already run stupid commercials for the network on the network I'd much rather see some :banderas: tide commercials
 

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not that big of a deal :manny:

It's a nuisance though. This isn't the type of service where you should have to sit through commercials. They'll probably split it into WWE Network (at the amazing low price of $9.99) and WWE Network Prime (at the still amazing low price of $12.99) at some point for those that don't want commercials.

I'm just trying to burn through the old PPVs I want to see and then I'll probably cancel. They have no interesting original programming, I don't even watch Raw or SD anymore and the PPVs aren't that great. The nice bit of original content they had (Raw pre-show), they screwed up. I guess you could count NXT but it isn't a must-see show.
 

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It's a nuisance though. This isn't the type of service where you should have to sit through commercials. They'll probably split it into WWE Network (at the amazing low price of $9.99) and WWE Network Prime (at the still amazing low price of $12.99) at some point for those that don't want commercials.

I'm just trying to burn through the old PPVs I want to see and then I'll probably cancel. They have no interesting original programming, I don't even watch Raw or SD anymore and the PPVs aren't that great. The nice bit of original content they had (Raw pre-show), they screwed up. I guess you could count NXT but it isn't a must-see show.

They apparently don't have money to create original programming. I'm guessing they had no interest in creating TV series since it costs money to build sets, film on location or to cast well known actors. They probably didn't want to do Tough Enough because they didn't want to expose the Performance Center to their casual audience and to take away from the aura of upcoming stars. I'm not interested in the clip shows they produce either. I thought they would've filmed some house shows when the Network launched but I forgot that they run the same cards in every town for TV and PPV. It's pretty disheartening to see that they take on a venture like the Network that requires so much risk and innovation, but they're unwilling to do anything that requires them to do just that.
 

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They apparently don't have money to create original programming. I'm guessing they had no interest in creating TV series since it costs money to build sets, film on location or to cast well known actors. They probably didn't want to do Tough Enough because they didn't want to expose the Performance Center to their casual audience and to take away from the aura of upcoming stars. I'm not interested in the clip shows they produce either. I thought they would've filmed some house shows when the Network launched but I forgot that they run the same cards in every town for TV and PPV. It's pretty disheartening to see that they take on a venture like the Network that requires so much risk and innovation, but they're unwilling to do anything that requires them to do just that.

Yep. I'm not interested in watching them re-use old interviews to piece together "new" features like the Monday Night Wars or all of that Countdown garbage.
 
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