TNA launches TNA Network in the UK

[#BROKEN Hasney]

The company says FUCK TV DEALS in the UK and launches a subscription app at £5 a month. Half the price of WWE! (with a fraction of the content).

http://impactwrestling.com/impact-wrestling-launches-app-in-the-u-k-and-ireland/

Anthem Launches TNA Impact Wrestling App Across U.K. and Ireland

Total Access TNA Wrestling to feature new weekly episodes of IMPACT Wrestling

Toronto, Canada (December 22, 2016) – Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp. announced today the launch of a new TNA Impact Wrestling app in the U.K. and Ireland – Total Access TNA Wrestling – available online and on mobile platforms for £4.99 per month.

Starting on January 5, 2017, new weekly episodes of IMPACT Wrestling will be available to watch immediately on the app at the same time as they premiere on Fight Network and Pop across North America.

Fans in the U.K. can download the app at Apple’s App Store or Google Play or visit www.impactwrestling.com/ to sign up to watch online. Total Access TNA Wrestling will soon be available on more platforms, including streaming devices and gaming consoles such as Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire and Xbox.

In addition to premiere episodes of TNA’s flagship weekly show IMPACT Wrestling and Fight Network’s original weekly recap series Inside IMPACT, subscribers will have access to extensive TNA library content, including episodes of classic IMPACT Wrestling, TNA Xplosion, TNA Wrestling’s Greatest Matches, TNA British Boot Camp, TNA Epics, TNA Unfinished Business and TNA Legends, plus the latest live pay-per-view events, classic pay-per-view events, One Night Only specials and more.

“The IMPACT Wrestling brand has always maintained a strong presence across the U.K. and Ireland and the Total Access TNA Wrestling app will ensure our loyal fans there have the opportunity to watch premiere IMPACT Wrestling episodes and TNA pay-per-views in real time for the first time,” said Anthem Executive Vice President Ed Nordholm. “There are many exciting plans in the works for Impact Wrestling

in 2017 and the U.K. remains an important focus for us. As we continue our digital expansion, subscribers will have access to more content than ever before, including exclusive shows, series available on-demand, and more content to be rolled out on the app in the coming months.”

[Destor]

Streaming services are the future of nitch markets. Still the industry would be better served from a crunchy roll/funimation type model as opposed to everyone launching their own sub based service. Still this is the way forward. TV is moving toward obsolescence.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I agree. It would actually make some sense if they could have teamed up with some other US indies or something of that nature. I'm not sure TNA is in a position ot pay for deals like that though.

[Destor]

They would argue that the inclusion devalues them. In their minds they're above association from the sweat hog shows. the reality is they could help each other.

[#1-norm-fan]

Should just do a 24/7 stream of the Hardy compound.

[Big Vic]

I thought I heard they were selling off their library to help make ends meet.

[Emperor Smeat]

They sold part of it to Anthem who later became their new owner and got the rest of it.

[Nicky Fives]

Might keep them afloat for a few more TV tapings.....

[Ultra Mantis]

Barely anyone was watching it when it was free so i'd be very surprised if this does numbers.

[Destor]

Barely anyone was watching it when it was free so i'd be very surprised if this does numbers.
The brand has some steam in the UK but beyond that I agree.

[Ultra Mantis]

A lot of that steam came from it being the only "free" wrestling on TV, World of Sport is going to swoop in and fill that void, and most of the notable TNA talent are working WCPW shows.

[Rebecca Reigns]

LOLTNA

[Simple Fan]

If they hadn't ditched their UK tour they would have been able to promote this better over there. Kind of a deal if you were buying TNA PPVs I guess.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

If they hadn't ditched their UK tour they would have been able to promote this better over there. Kind of a deal if you were buying TNA PPVs I guess.

We got the PPVs for free.

[Simple Fan]

I guess it's not that much of a deal then.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

UK deal was basically free monies for them. They were already on TV in America and Canada. Womp womp.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Remember when TNA was on Spike TV and they were helping front the costs for guys like Sting, Kurt Angle and Jeff Hardy and they would consistently draw over a 1.0 share, but then they kept hiring Vince Russo and let him touch the things that were working for the company (like Samoa Joe and the Knockouts) and run them into the ground so that they wouldn't work anymore and then Spike TV dropped them and they said it was Spike's fault?

[Mr. Nerfect]

You know what I don't get? The "You know what I don't get? People wanting TNA to die if they love wrestling" people. TNA has shriveled up its business. The talent it locks into contracts are now seen by fewer people than ever before and leave with a TNA stink unless they are snapped up by NXT where they come off as being liberated and suddenly big deals. AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Bobby Roode, etc. But when they aren't there they are basically invisible. Case in point: No one cares about what James Storm is doing now; they only cared about him when he wasn't in TNA.

TNA has had trouble paying its talent on time, and they are there wearing their bodies down for no one. TNA's legacy will be warming up guys like AJ Styles and Bobby Roode to the point where they had put up with so much bullshit they were pretty much bulletproof, but signed with the WWE too late to have careers as long and legendary as they could have. Well, they may not have put it together as well under the WWE machine, so that is something.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Styles did job a couple of times for the then-WWF c. January, 2002 before heading to TNA. Just sayin'.