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Originally Posted by Smelly Meatball
Not for the Network since it wasn't planned to suffer from the same issues the WWE has post-Mania/Summerslam. That kind of drop and the size of it shouldn't be happening for a service this young. WWE might end up spending most of this year just to bring it back to where it was before instead of being additional growth for the Network.
Network is profitable for the YOY term but not overall since a stable 1.2-1.4 million only breaks even with what they were getting for ppvs. Doesn't cover the infrastructure costs and losses they were taking for the first year.
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I don't think you know how to read financial reports.
Start up costs are usually one time. Take a look at 2013 ppv revenue vs 2015 ppv+network revenue. Even if they stay flat at 2015 numbers they will be way ahead of where they were in the long term.
They still don't have any presence in places like India, Japan, and China. Those places will help fuel growth long term. On top of that they still haven't monitized ad revenue from the Network. That's another growth opportunity.
Read the Forbes article on the results.