The WWE and NBC Universal announced a multi-year agreement for its WWE Network to migrate over to the Peacock Network starting this March. The deal is for the WWE Network’s Exclusive U.S. Streaming Rights thus the Network will remain the same outside the U.S. According to the Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand and Wall Street […]
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WWE reports first quarter 2020 earnings
WWE released its financial results for the first quarter of 2020 on Thursday. Despite layoffs of over 20 performers and employees, the company announced strong earnings with revenues increasing 60% to $291M from Q1 in 2019. But, notably, the earnings call included the news that there would not be a new WWE2K video game. When […]
WWE Smackdown posts 2.5M viewer average opposite Dem Debate
WWE Friday Night Smackdown drew an average of 2.547 million viewers over its 2 hour telecast on Fox. Notably, there was little drop off from the first to the second hour. Smackdown drew 2.555M viewers in the first hour and 2.539M viewers in the second hour. It drew a 0.7 rating in the A18-49 demo […]
WWE Smackdown on Fox draws 2.536M-high in first hour against Pac-12 Championship
WWE Smackdown on Friday night drew 2.45 million viewers according to Television By Numbers. The telecast did go up against the Pac-12 Championship on ABC which drew over 5.3 million viewers for the first two hours which went squarely against Smackdown. The first hour of SmackDown drew 2.536 million viewers while the second hour dropped […]
WWE reports Q3 earnings
The WWE announced its 3rd quarter earnings for 2019 on Thursday. The company beat analyst estimates on its projected earnings, but they are still down compared to last year. The company announced revenues of $186.3 million in comparison to $188.4 million in 2018. The operating income was $6.4 million with the adjusted OIBDA (Operating Income […]