{"id":34877,"date":"2014-01-31T17:24:18","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T22:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=34877"},"modified":"2014-01-31T17:24:36","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T22:54:36","slug":"bskyb-secures-wwe-for-five-more-years-wwe-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=34877","title":{"rendered":"BSKYB Secures WWE for Five More Years – WWE NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>WWE\u00ae (NYSE:WWE) and BSkyB (LSE:BSY.L) have extended their partnership for five more years to exclusively broadcast WWE\u2019s weekly flagship programming to more than 15.5 million homes in the U.K. and Ireland through 2019. This new agreement carries WWE and BSkyB\u2019s partnership into a milestone 30th year.
\nBSkyB will continue to carry WWE\u2019s Raw\u00ae and SmackDown\u00ae programs and will add WWE Main Event\u00ae to its lineup. All programming will air in high definition on Sky Sports with additional programming available on Sky 1. All 12 WWE pay-per-views will also be available on Sky Sports Box Office including the annual pop-culture extravaganza WrestleMania\u00ae.<\/p>\n

\u201cWWE is brilliant entertainment, and I am delighted to once again extend our relationship with them,\u201d said Barney Francis, Managing Director, Sky Sports. \u201cWWE is hugely popular with our viewers, and now, they can continue to watch all the big events and weekly programmes with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re proud of our 30-year partnership with BSkyB, the leader in delivering the best in sports and entertainment,\u201d said Gerrit Meier, Executive Vice President, International, WWE. \u201cThis partnership is a testament to the passion our fans have for WWE content and the long-term growth potential for our brand worldwide.\u201d
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\nAbout WWE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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 programming is broadcast in more than 150 countries and 30 languages and reaches more than 650 million homes worldwide. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Miami, Mumbai, Shanghai, Singapore, Munich and Tokyo.<\/p>\n

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\/.
\nAbout Sky<\/p>\n

Sky is the UK and Ireland\u2019s leading home entertainment and communications company. Around 40% of all homes have a direct relationship with Sky through its range of TV, broadband and home telephony services.<\/p>\n

Sky is the UK\u2019s biggest investor in television content, investing more than \u00a32.5 billion a year in channels such as Sky 1, Sky Atlantic, Sky Living, Sky Arts, Sky Sports, Sky Movies and Sky News. Around two-thirds of Sky\u2019s content spend is invested in the UK and Sky is the fastest-growing source of investment in original British programmes. More than 30 million people watch Sky content each week.<\/p>\n

Alongside its commitment to offering customers a greater choice of high-quality content, Sky is a leading innovator. Customers enjoy total control and flexibility over their favourite TV through Sky+, watch TV on the move through Sky Go, and enjoy the best quality TV experience at home through High Definition and 3D.<\/p>\n

Sky distributes its content broadly over several platforms, including satellite, cable, IPTV, mobile and WiFi. NOW TV, Sky\u2019s second consumer brand, builds on the company\u2019s leadership in internet TV. Sky is also the UK’s fastest-growing home communications company and favourite \u2018triple-play\u2019 provider of TV, broadband and home phone.<\/p>\n

Sky believes in making a wider contribution to the communities in which it operates by taking positive action on the environment, supporting grassroots sports and increasing access to, and participation in, the arts. Sky employs 24,000 people, has annual revenues of \u00a37.2 billion and is estimated to support a \u00a35.9 billion contribution to UK GDP. Sky is listed on the London Stock Exchange (BSY).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WWE\u00ae (NYSE:WWE) and BSkyB (LSE:BSY.L) have extended their partnership for five more years to exclusively broadcast WWE\u2019s weekly flagship programming to more than 15.5 million homes in the U.K. and Ireland through 2019. This new agreement carries WWE and BSkyB\u2019s partnership into a milestone 30th year. BSkyB will continue to carry WWE\u2019s Raw\u00ae and SmackDown\u00ae […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9677],"class_list":["post-34877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-bskyb-secures-wwe-for-five-more-years-wwe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34877"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}