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Netflix buys streaming rights for WWE Raw - 10 Year Contract

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    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,171 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/netflix-wwe-monday-night-raw-deal-january-2025-1235882820/


    Who would have thought?



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    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,416 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    Wow, that's huge.


    5 billion for a 10 year contract. That's massive.


    Kind of the end of the rating wars too, actually, cause Netflix tend to hold those figures close to their chest.



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    cena
    Registered Users Posts: 9,967 ✭✭✭cena


    Yes. I can start watching raw again. I haven't watched since it used to be on sky sports. I still watch the main ppv



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    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,416 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    "Netflix will also become the home for all WWE shows and specials outside the U.S. as available, inclusive of Raw and WWE’s other weekly shows – SmackDown and NXT – as well as the company’s Premium Live Events, including WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Royal Rumble"



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    CastorTroy
    Registered Users Posts: 28,804 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    So not just Raw. Smackdown and NXT as well outside the US.

    Will they stream it live or will it just be added later?



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    DM_7
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 18,129 Mod ✭✭✭✭DM_7


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121659173#Comment_121659173

    That is big. Not just in terms of WWE but Netflix must have big live streaming plans in general.



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    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users Posts: 39,440 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Jesus. The money is huge but it’s good I suppose that we wont have to use Netflix and BT sports here. I’m happy that once sky don’t have their hands on it. That has always been my worry but it seems that it won’t happen now.



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    El Gato De Negocios
    Registered Users Posts: 6,658 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    I wonder will the back catalogue be added eventually too, it's a massive library and Netflix loves having alot of ready made content.



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    #10
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,028 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121659334#Comment_121659334

    That's what I was wondering myself as it kind of makes our version of the Network (even more) defunct with the PLEs and NXT moving there from 2025



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    El Gato De Negocios
    Registered Users Posts: 6,658 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    I always found the network to be quite janky so happy to see it move to a stable platform like netflix, I already have a netflix sub so it won't cost me much more but I'd assume there will be some kind of price bump in the sub price. Wonder will they have it tiered eg an existing NF sub can access the content for an extra couple of quid a month or you can access wrestling content only for cheaper than a standard NF sub.



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    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,735 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121659196#Comment_121659196

    From the press release,

    Long-Term Deal Brings Weekly Live Sports Entertainment to Netflix



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    J. Marston
    Registered Users Posts: 23,104 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    How do adverts and PPVs work now?



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    #14
    DM_7
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 18,129 Mod ✭✭✭✭DM_7


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121659397#Comment_121659397

    I expect Netflix will want to add more than Wrestling content and live streaming before adjusting price plans. They shad planned apend of c17billion on content for 2024 year as it is so this deal is around 3% of its content budget.

    It is possible they will be reducing spend on some other content.

    They reported having a billion extra in unplanned cash during the hollywood strikes. Those strikes and delays, with WWE still going ahead, may be another reason they want to look at WWE like content that is consistent as well as its huge catalogue.



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    PTH2009
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    So is this the end of the network as we know it ?



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    Officer999
    Registered Users Posts: 958 ✭✭✭Officer999


    Brilliant news I must say



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    #17
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,295 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    So will RAW go back to 2 hours now there is now need for ads.

    Or is there where Netflix ad based subscriptions come into play so RAW stays 3 hours with ad breaks,.

    Will USA put Smackdown up against RAW on a Monday night on TV.



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    Furious-Red
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 14,877 Mod ✭✭✭✭Furious-Red


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121659980#Comment_121659980

    I suppose they could do picture and picture but with Netflix ads on shows coming up etc?



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    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,295 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    I guess we will also get the watered down Vince Netflix doc now.

    They won't want to taint the product they are paying billions for.



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    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,295 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121659994#Comment_121659994

    I don't know how Netflix do ads but Hulu, MAX, Paramount, Disney etc do ad breaks during movies and series an there ad tiers.



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    #21
    The Ayatolla
    Registered Users Posts: 4,081 ✭✭✭The Ayatolla


    So presume Raw, SD and NXT are gone off BT/TNT (NXT already gone?) and it'll all be live / on-demand via Netflix?

    That's the job. Use Netflix via the cheap Turkey route and share with family so should come in handy.



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    #22
    Itssoeasy
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121660027#Comment_121660027

    That’s what I took it to mean that is how it will be here next year, and no 30 day wait like there is now.



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    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,629 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    Does anyone else have the feeling that Netflix doesn't have much worth watching anymore? I barely ever use it nowadays compared to Disney, and if I do I just end up rewatching the same old handful of shows and movies I always do.

    So getting all that WWE content is a good get for Netflix in that regard imo, but at that price though? Seems quite expensive

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    #24
    Agent Coulson
    Registered Users Posts: 60,295 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    Netflix has the option to cancel the 10-year deal with WWE after just 5 years, and has the option to extend the deal for an additional 10 years.


    So it will either be a 5 year deal or a 20 year deal.



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    #25
    Furious-Red
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 14,877 Mod ✭✭✭✭Furious-Red


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121660296#Comment_121660296

    Yea I'm the same, I very rarely use Netflix nowadays.



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    #26
    kippy
    Registered Users Posts: 18,395 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    Time to sell the Netflix shares. This deal is lunacy.



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    #27
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,629 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121660443#Comment_121660443

    20 years feels an incredibly long timeframe for something like this.



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    #28
    J. Marston
    Registered Users Posts: 23,104 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121660296#Comment_121660296

    Netflix's best days are long gone. I don't know why I keep it. Maybe for a few comfort shows like It's Always Sunny and in fairness their animated stuff is very good like Arcane and Blue Eye Samurai.

    But I remember when they regularly had maybe half a dozen shows you'd want to watch. Nowadays, nothing takes my fancy on there.

    Apple TV is very good though. Some great shows on there, especially for sci-fi stuff.



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    #29
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users Posts: 39,440 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Well the TKO stock has shot up on the announcement of the deal. According to yahoo finance it may break one day record set in December, 1999. It’s getting reported all over the place.



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    #30
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,416 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    Yeah, Netflix has the least amount of stuff that I’d watch naturally.


    Disney and Amazon, I pretty much keep going all the time, cause a month rarely goes by I don’t get my worth out of it.



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    Agent Coulson
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121660568#Comment_121660568

    It's a very clever clause by Netflix because if after 5 years it isn't hitting the numbers they want they can get out and if it is hitting or exceeding the numbers they want they can use that option and TKO cannot use other companies to bid against Netflix to get a bigger offer.



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