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| Launched | February 24, 2014 United States August 12, 2014 140 countries January 13, 2015 United Kingdom and Ireland Italy March 24, 2015 Middle East and North Africa January 5, 2016 Japan, Germany, Austria andSwitzerland March 1, 2016 Thailand and Philippines |
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| Owned by | WWE |
| Picture format | 720p |
| Language | English and SAP |
| Broadcast area | Australia, Brazil, Canada,Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong,Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy,Mexico, Middle East,New Zealand, North Africa, Norway,Portugal, Singapore, Spain,Sweden, United Kingdom, andUnited States |
| Headquarters | Stamford, Connecticut, United States |
| Website | www |
Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Astro(Malaysia) | Channel 820 (SD) Channel 840 (HD) |
| NJOI(Malaysia) | Channel 820 (via NJOI Prepaid) |
| OSN (Middle East & North Africa) | Channel 610 (HD) |
| IPTV | |
| Singtel TV(Singapore) | Channel 127 (HD) (Coming Soon) |
Development and U.S. launch[edit]
In September 2011, WWE officially announced plans to launch the WWE Network in 2012 as a pay-TV channel.[5] WWE then conducted a survey asking people if they would pay for the WWE Network if it were a premium channel. In an email sent to WWE fans who might be interested in the WWE Network, WWE surveyed fans for their thoughts about the WWE Network airing WWE's pay-per-views to subscribers for no additional charge. The survey also noted that feature repeats of Raw and SmackDown, as well as footage from World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), XFL, Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW), American Wrestling Association (AWA) and WWE movies would also make the lineup. Original programming was also noted in the survey.[6][7]
As the result of an online poll, WrestleMania Rewind was chosen as a name for a new WWE Network show on October 17, 2011.[8]The original launch date was set for April 1, 2012, which would have coincided with WrestleMania XXVIII, and WWE's official website featured a countdown clock that would have expired on April 1. The clock was quietly removed, and the network did not launch as advertised.[9] WWE chief marketing officer Michelle Wilson allayed fears about the future of the WWE Network, saying "There will be a WWE network in some shape or form. We are in late-stage negotiations with distributors", and confirmed that WWE Legends' Househad been filmed.[10] In April 2013, WWE had switched plans and aimed to release the WWE Network as a premium pay-TV outlet, with a potential price of $15 a month.[11]
On Old School Raw in January 2014, WWE ran teasers promoting an announcement on January 8 at the Consumer Electronics Showin Las Vegas,[12] later confirming that the announcement concerned the WWE Network.[13] At the Consumer Electronics Show, WWE revealed a comprehensive plan which would see a launch date of February 24, 2014 in the United States.[14][15][16] WWE Classics on Demand closed on January 31, 2014 to make way for the WWE Network.[17] A free trial period was offered during the week of the launch.[18] The logo initially used for the WWE Network eventually became the standard logo used by the WWE corporation in August 2014.[19]
In April 2014 ahead of WrestleMania XXX, the Network received acclaim, with the New York Times saying that WWE had "positioned themselves on the cutting edge of Internet television."[20] Later that month, the company announced that the network had 667,000 subscribers, short of the one million subscribers they needed to break even.[21] As WWE's stock fell 50% the following month, Forbes described low subscription numbers as being of "additional concern" for investors after WWE's underwhelming NBCUniversal renewal deal.[22] WWE offered a second free preview week of the WWE Network, which started July 7, in an attempt to sign new subscribers.[23] A second report released at the end of July indicated that the network had reached 700,000 subscribers.[24] WWE's goal was to reach one million subscribers by the end of 2014
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