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Heard Fox Sports or national fox.
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WWE would probably just air more of their own ads like they do with the Network than gut the ad time out of their shows. |
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Worst case for WWE is this happens within the next 2-3 years and best case is RAW plateaus at some point and takes way longer to happen. Also worst case is USA Network finally gets their big 1-2 shows and are hurt more by not putting it on RAW's time spot. |
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There's no way they would ever, ever do this, but I'd mark out if they put SmackDown on Fox on Mondays and started a legit war with themselves. :shifty:
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That'd be a true brand split, at least.
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I thought Facebook Watch was a success, from a production standpoint. I never had any lag when I watched the Mixed Match Challenge show. If it goes to FB and anyone can watch essentially anywhere I think that's a big plus.
I'm also intrigued by the possibility of Amazon for similar reasons -- a Prime exclusive, like screech said, could be very cool and live tv would be something new for Amazon I believe. FOX I think the downside of FS1 is not as many eyeballs have it in their cable package as the USA Network so ratings drop...but as has been pointed out multiple times in this thread, lower ratings don't seem to matter in the current tv landscape as much (which I don't get...but oh well). |
I think FS1 or ESPN would be great for Smackdown. Preferably FS1 as I can't stand ESPN anymore but being on a sports channel could give it a reason to have a different feel from Raw. I'd stop watching if they put it on Facebook or Amazon.
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lol Apparently Smackdown on Facebook potentially is a rumor that's picking up steam.
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If they're going to do it anywhere online they should do it on twitch...... Still don't think they should do it online tho.
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amazon would probly offer the most money, that would help sale firesticks if they got smackdown. I still think fox sports is in the lead to get smackdown unless they try to low ball there offer.
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I'd be OK with the Twitch route but I don't think they can offer the money Facebook or Amazon could. Still hope they end up on FS1.
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well they would see what not to do, hey lets just put a camera on josh and see what he does.
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Josh has been the best part of Impact on Twitch. Really good behind the scenes look at what goes into a show.
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This could also make Smackdown a 3 hour show which I'd be all for. Drop 205 Live and just merge it with Smackdown.
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With twitch you can sell subscriptions, and get bits etc.
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NO WWE does not need another 3 hr show. I was rooting for FOX to get RAW since it was rumored they wanted it back at 2 hrs. |
They should trial a SmackDown on Facebook to see what the viewership ends up like.
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Facebook Watch worked well enough for the Challenge but that was only like 15 minutes. Don't want to be on a screen watching a Facebook stream for 2 hours. |
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Right but I am assuming Twitch would also be paying for the rights as well.
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does amazon own twitch, I know amazon and twitch will work togather on thur night football.
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That is correct.
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HOH and Wrestle Circus both benefit greatly from the exposure Twitch gives them because they don't have TV deals. WWE coming onto Twitch would probably up Twitch's membership and be more beneficial to them in that aspect. |
It wouldn't do shit for the WWE except make them look foolish.
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Yeah asking Twitch to drop all other wrestling would be foolish.
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Is it possible that Hulu could pick it up? They already show the abbreviated replays on demand (which is great), and they do have a live TV plan available already.
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WWE has done similar antics in the past in terms of pettiness with the most recent of them going after ITV and Rev Pro in the UK since WWE wants the UK market to themselves even if it ends up hurting the revival going on there. |
Television isn't dead yet. It's transforming, but it isn't dead. I think a big reason they are getting these big money offers is because these networks need that content in order to justify their existence a little bit. Streaming services and online mediums are an avenue for the future, and they might one day be hungry for that built-in audience, but they can probably wring something out of someone and make it easy to find them.
But more and more I am seeing older demographics being shifted to these new forms of content delivery. Gambling companies and lotteries are trying to hook younger people over here with apps. If you want to go after a younger generation, moving away from traditional TV does make sense. I'm not sure if you do that with SmackDown, however. Maybe getting NXT on Facebook is a better option? |
I think NBC still wants Smackdown, but they are already paying 3 times more for Raw, so they probably just decided not to go for Smackdown on top of that. If WWE doesn't get any legit offers for Smackdown, I could see NBC coming in with a lower offer to move it back to SyFy.
I gotta think though Fox Sports is the likely landing spot since that is going to be Fox's business going forward. As for PPV revenue, that hasn't been their main money maker since probably when TNN gave them a big contract to move Raw there in 2000 |
Yeah, NBC doesnt want to pay the money for both due to the cost and wwe knows they can get a lot more by seperating the two. I dont know much about just how good it would be for smackdown to go to Amazon or Facebook. I would think that overall it would lower the eye count in the long run to damage the blue brand and its roster. Smaller or lesser house shows equals a lot less pay. Now if you ended the brand split and went back to a bigger roster who knows. If it ends up on fox where they could feasibly gather a larger audience smackdown could go up to 3 hours and become a lot bigger deal and we may see a small brand reshuffle as fox would want bigger stars. Could definitely see fox pay for part of Lesnars paycheck to get him more dates much like spike did for sting.
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I can see Brock and Ronda being leveraging tools for SmackDown, which would mean that the brand split would have to end or they would have to be floaters like Cena and Taker.
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WWE currently rumored to be considering the idea of splitting up their streaming rights for RAW and Smackdown in order to squeeze more money out of their new contracts.
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