What do WWE/TNA lose by having their TV shows uploaded to YouTube?

[XL]

Obviously PPVs are a different story as you have to pay for them outright, but the TV shows, why do they have them removed from YouTube?

Is it an advertising issue? Surely a group like TNA can only benefit from being "out there" on the web? Once the show has aired what's the big deal? Can't be an issue with wanting to release them on DVD because, well, they don't release them on DVD.

Would TNA/WWE benefit by uploading the shows themselves and having a 7 day "life span" for you to watch them?

[CSL]

Don't WWE have an official channel with shows on that just can't be viewed outside the US? And TNA have have a lot of clips from the latest shows on their official channel. At least they used to, haven't really checked since they blocked me :cool:

[MoFo]

The Spike TV website used to show Impact, so they may have an exclusive contract for internet rights or sthn.

[Emperor Smeat]

Probably related to ad revenue since WWE uploads matches and shows to Hulu.com and Hulu always inserts ad breaks into clips and shows while Youtube sometimes has an ad inserted before the clip begins.

They might be able to get a deal with Youtube for ads but could also lose out on ad revenue from all the users uploading WWE videos on their channels.

[VSG]

WWE Fan Nation channel on Youtube allows IP's from USA to view full episodes from NXT, Superstars and Smackdown as well as lots of other shorter videos including some from Raw. That's the closest I can think of for any wrestling company.

Like Smelly Meatball said, Youtube also adds in ads but it takes a simple "refresh" to overcome that.

[Fox]

WWE's sponsors pay the WWE to advertise during their shows. More often than not, the commercials are completely cut out of the uploaded YouTube videos, so the sponsors don't see any screen time and the WWE doesn't get any more money for this (Hulu is paying WWE for the programming as well, so there is no issue here). Also, if WWE fans can simply watch RAW and Smackdown on Youtube, then they have less of a reason to tune in for each "live" showing, which means lower ratings.