WWE (NYSE:WWE) and SKY will extend their partnership into its
19th year with a new agreement to continue broadcasting WWE
programming live in New Zealand, including WWE’s flagship shows
Raw® and SmackDown® as well as all of WWE’s live monthly special
events, including WrestleMania®, SummerSlam®, Survivor Series® and
Royal Rumble®.
SKY 5 will continue airing Raw live at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays with
re-airs at 1:30 p.m. on Sundays, SmackDown live at 2 p.m. on
Wednesdays with re-airs at 4:15 p.m. on Sundays, and Main Event®, a
one-hour in-ring show featuring Raw Superstars at 6 p.m. on
Sundays. These shows will also be available for catch-up viewing on
SKY On Demand.
Additionally, Prime, SKY’s free-to-air channel, will televise
one-hour versions of Raw and SmackDown on Fridays beginning in
2019. Fans can order all of WWE’s live monthly special events on
SKY pay-per-view channel, SKY Arena.
“SKY shares our vision and passion for engaging and entertaining
our fans, and we are proud to extend our long-standing partnership
with them,” said Michelle Wilson, WWE Co-President. “This agreement
allows us to continue showcasing our unique blend of action-packed,
family friendly entertainment live in New Zealand.”
“For almost 20 years we’ve given passionate WWE fans in New
Zealand the ability to watch their favourite Superstars and we’re
thrilled to extend this relationship,” said Rachel Thomson, SKY’s
Manager of General Entertainment Channels. “With our live coverage,
fans won’t miss a minute of Raw and SmackDown each week, and they
also have the option of watching WWE’s exciting live monthly
specials on SKY Arena. We are also pleased to offer WWE content to
more Kiwis with condensed versions of Raw and SmackDown on our
free-to-air channel, Prime."
About WWE
WWE, a publicly traded company (NYSE: WWE), is an integrated
media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment.
The Company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and
deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE
is committed to family friendly entertainment on its television
programming, pay-per-view, digital media and publishing platforms.
WWE’s TV-PG, family-friendly programming can be seen in more than
800 million homes worldwide in 25 languages. WWE Network, the
first-ever 24/7 over-the-top premium network that includes all live
pay-per-views, scheduled programming and a massive video-on-demand
library, is currently available in more than 180 countries. The
Company is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New
York, Los Angeles, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Shanghai,
Singapore, Dubai, Munich and Tokyo.
Additional information on WWE (NYSE: WWE) can be found at
wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. For information on our global
activities, go to http://www.wwe.com/worldwide/
About SKY
SKY is the leading pay TV service for Kiwis. If you love sports,
drama, music, movies, on-demand content and all-round great telly,
then you'll love SKY. With more than 115 channels, live streaming
on SKY GO and a handy SKY Sport Highlights app, your journey into
an incredible world of content starts here.
SKY On Demand gives you the freedom to watch what you want when
you want at the touch of your remote. Internet connected SKY boxes
offer a huge selection of shows, movies and box sets.
We also have our own free-to-air
channel, Prime. Prime offers a viewing experience
that's unique in New Zealand. From local goodies to free-to-air
sport and gripping drama, Prime is a popular choice for
Kiwis looking for their daily fix of entertaining telly.
Outside of SKY we offer FAN PASS, which gives fans access to
stream SKY Sport channels on a monthly or six monthly basis and
NEON which delivers premium subscription-video-on-demand movies and
entertainment.
Trademarks: All WWE programming, talent names, images,
likenesses, slogans, wrestling moves, trademarks, logos and
copyrights are the exclusive property of WWE and its subsidiaries.
All other trademarks, logos and copyrights are the property of
their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains
forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions
of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject
to various risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties
include, without limitation, risks relating to: entering,
maintaining and renewing major distribution agreements; WWE Network
(including the risk that we are unable to attract, retain and renew
subscribers); our need to continue to develop creative and
entertaining programs and events; the possibility of a decline in
the popularity of our brand of sports entertainment; the continued
importance of key performers and the services of Vincent K.
McMahon; possible adverse changes in the regulatory atmosphere and
related private sector initiatives; the highly competitive, rapidly
changing and increasingly fragmented nature of the markets in which
we operate and greater financial resources or marketplace presence
of many of our competitors; uncertainties associated with
international markets; our difficulty or inability to promote and
conduct our live events and/or other businesses if we do not comply
with applicable regulations; our dependence on our intellectual
property rights, our need to protect those rights, and the risks of
our infringement of others’ intellectual property rights; the
complexity of our rights agreements across distribution mechanisms
and geographical areas; potential substantial liability in the
event of accidents or injuries occurring during our physically
demanding events including, without limitation, claims relating to
CTE; large public events as well as travel to and from such events;
our feature film business; our expansion into new or complementary
businesses and/or strategic investments; our computer systems and
online operations; privacy norms and regulations; a possible
decline in general economic conditions and disruption in financial
markets; our accounts receivable; our indebtedness; litigation; our
potential failure to meet market expectations for our financial
performance, which could adversely affect our stock; Vincent K.
McMahon exercises control over our affairs, and his interests may
conflict with the holders of our Class A common stock; a
substantial number of shares are eligible for sale by the McMahons
and the sale, or the perception of possible sales, of those shares
could lower our stock price; and the relatively small public
“float” of our Class A common stock. In addition, our dividend is
dependent on a number of factors, including, among other things,
our liquidity and historical and projected cash flow, strategic
plan (including alternative uses of capital), our financial results
and condition, contractual and legal restrictions on the payment of
dividends (including under our revolving credit facility), general
economic and competitive conditions and such other factors as our
Board of Directors may consider relevant. Forward-looking
statements made by the Company speak only as of the date made and
are subject to change without any obligation on the part of the
Company to update or revise them. Undue reliance should not be
placed on these statements. For more information about risks and
uncertainties associated with the Company’s business, please refer
to the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” sections of the
Company’s SEC filings, including, but not limited to, our annual
report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
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