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Foxtel subsumes WWE Network into OTT platform in exclusive Australian rights deal
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel will be the exclusive broadcaster of World Wrestling Entertainment in Australia after incorporating OTT service WWE Network into its services
WWE lands expanded Caribbean rights deal with Flow Sports
World Wrestling Entertainment and Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) have announced an expansion of their media rights deal that will see pay-television broadcaster Flow Sports become the home of the…
Saudi Arabia’s MBC lands WWE rights across Mena region
Saudi media company MBC Group has acquired rights in the Middle East and North Africa to live events and programming organised by World Wrestling Entertainment
WWE terminates deal with Russia’s Match TV, pulls WWE Network
World Wrestling Entertainment has terminated its rights agreement with Gazprom Media-owned free-to-air and pay-television broadcaster Match TV following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
MLW sues WWE for ‘predatory and exclusionary conduct’
World Wrestling Entertainment has reportedly been sued by Major League Wrestling (MLW) based on allegations that it attempted to interfere in its business dealings and pressured third parties to call off…
WWE extends long-running rights deal with Foxtel
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has signed a multi-year extension to its rights agreement with World Wrestling Entertainment
WWE appoints long-serving Fox executive Lilien to SVP, sponsorship sales role
World Wrestling Entertainment has appointed Claudine Lilien, a long-time executive at media group Fox, as senior vice-president and head of global sales and partnerships
WWE flagship programming launched in Finland in MTV deal
Commercial broadcaster MTV Oy has secured rights in Finland for WWE's weekly shows
Rebranded Combate extends Univision deal, WWE renews with USA Network
US Spanish-language media company Univision Communications has agreed a five-year extension to its rights deal with Combate Americas, with the mixed martial arts promotion rebranding to Combate Global…
WWE signs Irish rights deal with Virgin Media
US wrestling promotion WWE will receive coverage through an Irish broadcast platform for the first time after agreeing a deal with Virgin Media, the telecoms operator, commercial and pay-television broadcaster
TV3 lands WWE rights in the Baltics
Baltic media group TV3 has agreed a ‘multi-year’ rights deal with World Wresting Entertainment.
WWE Network focused on international growth after Peacock deal
The American media strategy for World Wrestling Entertainment has now been dramatically reshaped and resettled following a landmark deal this week to license the content from the WWE Network exclusively …
WWE, Peacock strike landmark deal for WWE Network
Marking a major strategic shift for American sports content streaming, World Wrestling Entertainment will shut down this spring its standalone, wholly owned and operated WWE Network and instead license…
WWE pins down new TV deal in Thailand
Wrestling entertainment promoter WWE has secured a new deal in Thailand to broadcast its flagship weekly shows, Raw and SmackDown
WWE plans large-scale McMahon Netflix documentary, remains bullish on viewership
Vince McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment chairman and chief executive, will be the subject of a multipart documentary series on Netflix, the company said as part of its latest quarterly earnings report
WWE agrees rights deal in China with iQiyi Sports
Wrestling entertainment promoter WWE has agreed a media-rights deal in China with video-streaming platform iQiyi Sports beginning September 22
WWE pegs ratings declines on lack of live audiences
World Wrestling Entertainment, facing increased investor pressure amid falling TV ratings, blamed its ongoing viewership challenges on the lack of in-person audiences for its events
Discovery agrees ‘opportunistic’ WWE deal in Italy to build DMAX, Dplay Plus OTT
US media group Discovery has made a modest investment in the Italian rights to WWE wrestling to help increase audience share of its DMAX channel and improve the sluggish take-up of the broadcaster’s Dplay Plus premium OTT service.