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| Cybrus | Jan 13 2014, 12:34 PM Post #61 |
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Yeah, I think that this WWE Network, assuming it is successful, will cause a drastic change in WWE's business model. Like I already said, I do expect to see a dip in PPV buyrates, but that'll make that up if they get enough subscribers to the WWE network. I think $10/month is a very fair price just for PPVs alone, so this could really cut into the illegal streaming channels. I'm not sure how this will affect TV ratings since the current system is really messed up anyway. I mean, do they even take into account the people that DVR the show? But if I'm reading correct, the Raw and SD! shows (along with all others) will be added to the network immediately after they originally air. If that's the case, I will most likely just delete my DVR settings and watch directly from the Network. The only thing that would cause me to reconsider is if the fast forward feature isn't easy to use. I still want to fast forward through shows. At this point, I am 99% sure I'll subscribe to the Network. Just the PPVs alone is worth it. This means I can go to work, avoid all the spoilers, come home and immediately watch PPVs on Monday mornings. That'll be great. And since this Network goes into place the night after Elimination Chamber, I could hopefully be able to watch the EC spoiler free. |
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| Cybrus | Jan 14 2014, 05:13 PM Post #62 |
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Two things here: First, the one week free trial would be great depending on where the free trial is offered. I am 99% sure I'll be purchasing the first 6 month subscription (and hope the price doesn't go up after the first 6 month commitment). So if the free trial is only offered on WWE App, then I probably will just skip it since I have no interest in trying to watching WWE programming on my phone. And since this apparently isn't on Wii U, if the free trial is on Playstation or Xbox then it does me no goo anyway. Secondly, the portion I underlined. That is from the editor and isn't news, just his opinion/comments. I'm not sure if I'm misunderstanding the WWE press release or he is. Because I'm sure I read the Network launches 9 AM monday morning, but Live content won't start until after Raw. So I'm thinking the Elimination Chamber PPV should be available on Monday morning. I guess WWE could make us wait a bit, but that'd kind of slow the momentum of the Network since the absolute biggest selling point is the PPVs for $10/month |
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| Cybrus | Jan 16 2014, 01:47 AM Post #63 |
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| MY85 | Jan 16 2014, 05:00 PM Post #64 |
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How does the WWE Network affects someone like Tara/Victoria? |
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| _DL_ | Jan 17 2014, 08:49 AM Post #65 |
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720P?!?!?! 1080P or bust. |
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| Cybrus | Jan 29 2014, 06:03 AM Post #66 |
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If I'm reading this right, Dana is just saying that the $10 price tag is ridiculous, not the idea of launching a (online) network, correct? I think $10/month is ridiculously cheap as well, but this is really great for fans. And WWE is going to benefit a lot more than a $50/month price tag. I've read guesses that it would take 1 million subscribers for WWE to make the same profit they are making at $50-$70 PPVs. I think they'll have A LOT easier time attracting those 1 million subscribers at $10 than anything higher. Also, I am still very cautiously leery about WWE's price. $10/month is great and I absolutely plan to buy on launch day. But I'm curious to find out if that's an introductory price and the price may go up within a year or something like that. If it stays at $10/month permanently, then I think WWE will have success here. |
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| _DL_ | Feb 5 2014, 05:48 AM Post #67 |
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Every PPV on the network. http://www.wwe.com/inside/every-pay-per-view-on-wwe-network-26179147 |
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| _DL_ | Feb 8 2014, 03:04 AM Post #68 |
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| Cybrus | Feb 8 2014, 03:07 AM Post #69 |
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It sounds like it's going to be a great service and I look forward to using it. But I am very wary of the $10 price tag. I worry that this is going to be an introductory price to get people signed onto the network and then they'll jump the price up to $50 within a year. Of course, if that's the case I'd just cancel and continue streaming PPVs. But I'm willing to pay what I feel is a fair price for WWE PPVs. And the other stuff is cool too, but I'm mostly buying the PPV access and the old Raw/Nitro footage (assuming those archives are up as well). |
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| Cybrus | Feb 8 2014, 12:08 PM Post #70 |
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This is an understandable edit considering what happened at the PPV. I am somewhat surprised they are airing it at all. |
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| Nubochanozep | Feb 9 2014, 07:33 AM Post #71 |
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that PPV must be one of the most sought after ones on youtube. perhaps that factored into that decision. |
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| Cybrus | Feb 12 2014, 07:11 AM Post #72 |
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This is not going to entice buys, I don't think. HOF really isn't a big selling point. But it is nice for people that enjoy watching the full HOF presentation, that don't particularly care for the edited versions that air on TV, and don't want to wait for the WrestleMania DVD to release.
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| Cybrus | Feb 19 2014, 04:19 AM Post #73 |
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This had better only be because Elimination Chamber airs right before the official launch day and WWE doesn't want people trying to avoid buying their last PPV and basically getting it for free a few hours later. This better not be a sign that all WWE PPVs be unavailable for 30 days. Because that really throws a "maybe I'll just wait..." into my plans. I work most Sunday nights. My plan was to go to work, avoid spoilers, come home, watch the PPVs on the WWE Network, and not really miss a thing. If this isn't how it's going to work then...idk. But, of course, WWE has repeatedly stated "starting with WrestleMania30" so that's the PPV that'll give us our answers. Of course, I'll have purchased the WWE Network by then! ![]()
Well, this is certainly interesting. I wouldn't think that cable/satellite providers would have liked the WWE Network since it seems obvious that the PPV buyrate is fixing to drop. Why spend that much money on 1 PPV when you can get 6 (and a lot more) for the exact same price? It'll be interesting to see if WWE loses their PPV deals over this Network. I'm not even sure if they legally can, since don't the two sides have a contract? |
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| _DL_ | Feb 20 2014, 01:15 AM Post #74 |
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More than likely Cable companies won't renew WWE's PPV deal when the time comes I would think. So they're offering a one week free trial when the Network launches, I wonder if it's on a first come first serve basis. |
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| Cybrus | Feb 20 2014, 01:31 AM Post #75 |
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I wonder if it is a 100% free trial or if their are limits. Would they limit the amount of content you could view? Would they only let you view certain things and then ask you to register to gain full access? I'm sure we are all familiar with these types of tricks that a lot of companies who offer "free trials" are guilty of. I'm not saying WWE is bad for possibly doing the same. It's good to give customers a sample and make them want more. Or maybe WWE is giving the full free experience and are going to be cool like that. |
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| _DL_ | Feb 20 2014, 01:35 AM Post #76 |
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You know what's missing? Their documentaries and "Best Of" videos. |
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| Cybrus | Feb 20 2014, 01:38 AM Post #77 |
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Are WWE Films and DVDs available on the WWE Network as well? I think I thought that I had once maybe read somewhere that WWE would possibly be streaming their WWE Films movies through the Network, maybe. I'm not sure if I actually read that or I only think I thought I read that. You know? But it would be great to be able to instantly stream the WWE videos I want. I can get most of them now on Netflix, but a lot of them are not instant streaming. |
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| Cybrus | Feb 20 2014, 02:21 AM Post #78 |
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DISH is dropping WWE PPVs? I'm sure this won't last long. I think there are enough wrestling fans that will call Dish and get them to continue offering WWE PPVs. But I'm sure it's alarming for WWE. If the WWE Network doesn't start off strong and they are losing business, how long will they go before dropping it? That's assuming it's not profitable, though. At $10/month, I think they have a good chance of being very profitable and showing that they don't need traditional PPV anymore. At any rate, expect a lot of "Hey DISH Network subscribers" comments on Raw. Monday is launch day, after all. |
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| Cybrus | Feb 21 2014, 01:50 AM Post #79 |
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DISH hyping that they still show Raw, SmackDown, etc seems irrelevant. It's not like Dish could stop showing those shows unless they dropped those particular stations, which isn't going to happen. Elimination Chamber isn't really a big money PPV. I'm sure some Dish Network customers will be upset, but not enough to really cause an issue. If the boycott is still going through WrestleMania, then I could see this becoming a bigger issue. But WWE will have a good sense on how popular their WWE Network is within the USA by then and will probably be more willing to either make a deal with Dish or stand strong against Dish. It's going to be interesting to follow. |
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| NWO | Feb 21 2014, 02:49 AM Post #80 |
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Companies like Dish are slowly using their power as the way people view media changes. Content creators now have ways to put out the content themselves and take all of the profits. The pendulum is changing to where Dish is going to need the content more than the content needs the platform. They should make a deal because it's found money for them, but they don't want to send the message to more valuable PPV properties like the UFC and boxing that they'll accept you taking a chunk of their profits. Eventually they're going to be cut out entirely. Dish is just trying to slow the process. |
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| _DL_ | Feb 22 2014, 01:42 AM Post #81 |
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It's weird that I have to make a new account instead of just using my WWE Shop account. |
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| Cybrus | Feb 22 2014, 01:51 AM Post #82 |
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It is strange, isn't it? I have never purchased anything from WWE.com. I never even knew you could make an account for the site until I registered just recently. Since all my billing info is already on WWEShop, I would think they'd just use that. WWE being unnecessarily complicated here. |
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| Cybrus | Feb 24 2014, 11:57 AM Post #83 |
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WWE.com is down. Let's hope they are just doing final updates to launch the WWE Network and it's not a case of the site going down right as the launch is about to happen. That would be embarrassing. Also, 2 hours before launch? My body is ready!!
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| Cybrus | Feb 24 2014, 02:21 PM Post #84 |
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Either WWE is getting A LOT of traffic right now or they are really botching this Network launch. I've been trying to sign up for the network for over 20 minutes now. Pages are loading extremely slow. When they do load, they often don't load the full page and I have to refresh. Sometimes I get that "page isn't loading" page. I really hope this is a sign of a huge wave of traffic and not a sign that the Network is unreliable. I got as far as the "choose your billing method", but the page didn't even load fully so I couldn't continue. I'm disappointed because I wanted to say I was a "day one subscriber". I'm gonna give it an hour or two and try again, but I have to work tonight so I'll be needing to go to sleep soon.
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| MY85 | Feb 24 2014, 03:07 PM Post #85 |
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Just some notes on the WWE Network launch:
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| Cybrus | Feb 24 2014, 03:16 PM Post #86 |
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Of course, you know WWE is going to spin this and say that fans showed up in droves causing the service to experience issues. I have been trying off and on since launch to sign up, but I'm getting nowhere. This is a rough start for the Network, but not necessarily a bad sign. If WWE is getting more traffic than they anticipated, then that's a good thing for the Network. I am curious to see what day one figures WWE gives out tonight on Raw. I think it would be a impossible for WWE to get 1 million subscribers on day 1, especially since it's only offered in the USA. But if they get 100,000 subscribers on day 1, that would be a successful launch, yeah? |
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| Cybrus | Feb 24 2014, 03:52 PM Post #87 |
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| Cybrus | Feb 24 2014, 05:09 PM Post #88 |
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![]() I tried several multiple times for the past 3 hours. I did manage to get to the sign up page twice. I filled out the information and this was the message I got both times. I've got to work tonight, so it's time for me to go to sleep. Guess WWE doesn't really want my money today after all.
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| _DL_ | Feb 24 2014, 05:13 PM Post #89 |
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Yeah, I keep getting a "Video not available" error. |
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| Cybrus | Feb 24 2014, 05:53 PM Post #90 |
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Oh, you actually got to register? |
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