George Barrios


WWE Network reports 24% increase in subs

Subscribers to over-the-top wrestling service WWE Network increased 24% year-on-year to 1.46 million in the third quarter. Announcing its results last week for the three months ended September 30, World Wrestling Entertainment said that WWE Network subscription revenue increased 18% to US$42.8 million from US$36.4 million in the prior year quarter. However, overall revenues from the company’s media division decreased […]

WWE unveils plans for pay network TV

The WWE has provided details of its planned WWE Network, which it says could lead to a “doubling or tripling” of company earnings growth by 2015. Despite fears a domestic premium pay TV network could cannibalise the wrestling entertainment firm’s long-established pay-per-view model, the WWE claimed the growing strength of its global brands and the […]