TPWW Forums  

Go Back   TPWW Forums > w r e s t l i n g > wrestling forum
Reload this Page WWE 24/7
Register Members List

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 03-24-2004, 04:13 PM   #1
Mr. Marcus
The Commissioner
 
Posts: 1,658
Mr. Marcus has more than 1,000 rep points (1,000+)Mr. Marcus has more than 1,000 rep points (1,000+)
WWE 24/7
Credit: WWE.Com

World Wrestling Entertainment launches WWE 24/7


New SVOD Service to expand business with cable and satellite partners

75,000-hour library spanning 4 decades of ratings-proven programming to supply content for new digital platforms, including potential digital channel

New York, N.Y., March 24, 2004 – World Wrestling Entertainment has unveiled a major initiative intended to utilize its 75,000-hour programming library to build new mutually-beneficial businesses with its cable, satellite and other worldwide television partners.




----------------------------


There's more, go to the site if you wanna read it all.

The "75 000" hours worth of programming includes WWE, WCW, ECW, and several independant promotions that Vince bought at some point or another.

I think this sounds sweet if they pull it off, depending on the price of course.

Your thoughts?
Last edited by Mr. Marcus; 03-24-2004 at 04:35 PM.
Mr. Marcus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2004, 04:33 PM   #2
Mr. Marcus
The Commissioner
 
Posts: 1,658
Mr. Marcus has more than 1,000 rep points (1,000+)Mr. Marcus has more than 1,000 rep points (1,000+)
I also noticed that there was no official launch date, anyone have an idea of when this is going to happen?
Mr. Marcus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2004, 04:37 PM   #3
Rock Bottom
Ball So Hard University
 
Rock Bottom's Avatar
 
Posts: 8,450
Rock Bottom puts the "bang" in Bangladesh (30,000+)Rock Bottom puts the "bang" in Bangladesh (30,000+)Rock Bottom puts the "bang" in Bangladesh (30,000+)Rock Bottom puts the "bang" in Bangladesh (30,000+)Rock Bottom puts the "bang" in Bangladesh (30,000+)Rock Bottom puts the "bang" in Bangladesh (30,000+)Rock Bottom puts the "bang" in Bangladesh (30,000+)Rock Bottom puts the "bang" in Bangladesh (30,000+)Rock Bottom puts the "bang" in Bangladesh (30,000+)
Wow, I hope that goes through!
Rock Bottom is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2004, 04:38 PM   #4
Funky Fly
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
That would be sweet if it were reasonable priced and left unedited (ie. no host explaining crap that's pretty obvious).
  Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2004, 04:41 PM   #5
Kane Knight
Ron Paul 4 EVA
 
Kane Knight's Avatar
 
Posts: 152,467
Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)
This has the potential to be awesome, but as with any WWE venture, I'm still a little skeptical.
Kane Knight is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2004, 04:43 PM   #6
Mr. Marcus
The Commissioner
 
Posts: 1,658
Mr. Marcus has more than 1,000 rep points (1,000+)Mr. Marcus has more than 1,000 rep points (1,000+)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kane Knight
This has the potential to be awesome, but as with any WWE venture, I'm still a little skeptical.

Likewise.


How much would you be willing to pay for this unlimited access of footage?


I'd add $10 on my cable bill, anything over that I'd question.
Mr. Marcus is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2004, 04:46 PM   #7
Corkscrewed
 
Corkscrewed's Avatar
 
Posts: 18,357
Corkscrewed has 75,000 or more rep points (75,000+)Corkscrewed has 75,000 or more rep points (75,000+)Corkscrewed has 75,000 or more rep points (75,000+)Corkscrewed has 75,000 or more rep points (75,000+)Corkscrewed has 75,000 or more rep points (75,000+)Corkscrewed has 75,000 or more rep points (75,000+)Corkscrewed has 75,000 or more rep points (75,000+)Corkscrewed has 75,000 or more rep points (75,000+)Corkscrewed has 75,000 or more rep points (75,000+)Corkscrewed has 75,000 or more rep points (75,000+)Corkscrewed has 75,000 or more rep points (75,000+)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kane Knight
This has the potential to be awesome, but as with any WWE venture, I'm still a little skeptical.
Corkscrewed is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2004, 04:56 PM   #8
HHHsucks929
He does though, really!
 
HHHsucks929's Avatar
 
Posts: 237
HHHsucks929 does not have that much rep yet (10+)
Is that a cable channel we're talking here? That would be sick.
HHHsucks929 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2004, 06:00 PM   #9
Loose Cannon
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
OH MAN, this would own.
  Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2004, 06:07 PM   #10
PureHatred
Instant Credibility
 
PureHatred's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,979
PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)
Video-On-Demand...means you would have a library of programs you could order from. If your cable company has this service, and you wanted to watch, say WM13, you order it off the box and pay an extra $6 or whatever on your next cable bill.
PureHatred is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2004, 06:08 PM   #11
Loose Cannon
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Quote:
Originally Posted by PureHatred
Video-On-Demand...means you would have a library of programs you could order from. If your cable company has this service, and you wanted to watch, say WM13, you order it off the box and pay an extra $6 or whatever on your next cable bill.
Oh that's what this is. Oh crap, I thought this was a cable channel. Dam.
  Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2004, 06:15 PM   #12
Shaggy
Yipee Kai Yay!!!
 
Shaggy's Avatar
 
Posts: 5,705
Shaggy has a good deal of rep (10,000+)Shaggy has a good deal of rep (10,000+)Shaggy has a good deal of rep (10,000+)Shaggy has a good deal of rep (10,000+)Shaggy has a good deal of rep (10,000+)Shaggy has a good deal of rep (10,000+)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Loose Cannon
Oh that's what this is. Oh crap, I thought this was a cable channel. Dam.
Thats what I thought we were talking about to. There might be a few old PPV's I might order but there I would have to say that they would be better off just making all that into a wrestling channel on tv. We need it over here in the U.S. There is always nothing in the TV. And if we had wrestling on 24/7 It could be the greatest thing Vince has done since making the WWE big.
Shaggy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2004, 06:16 PM   #13
road doggy dogg
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
It better be on Directv so I can watch it all 4 free
  Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2004, 06:42 PM   #14
PureHatred
Instant Credibility
 
PureHatred's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,979
PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)
I don't understand why the WWE HASN'T made its own channel yet. And not just for the archived footage. Imagine all the WWE original programming...a show based on the OVW showing what it really takes to make it to the WWE, a weekly program like Hardball where JR verbally berates some hapless Net writer, a SportsCenter-like weekly news program, and every night at 3 am they remind marky fans how bad wrestling could be by showing old episodes of Saturday Morning Superstars (this weeks Main Event...Scott Casey vs 'Iron' Mike Sharpe!!!)
PureHatred is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2004, 06:45 PM   #15
Lamuella
Forum Happy Cat
 
Lamuella's Avatar
 
Posts: 7,884
Lamuella has a great deal of rep (15,000+)Lamuella has a great deal of rep (15,000+)Lamuella has a great deal of rep (15,000+)Lamuella has a great deal of rep (15,000+)Lamuella has a great deal of rep (15,000+)Lamuella has a great deal of rep (15,000+)Lamuella has a great deal of rep (15,000+)
why haven't they done that?

simple: there isn't the audience for it right now. It won't be profitable until the costs of running a cable channel are much lower.

Sure, some hardcore fans would buy into it, but the majority of WWE's fans want to watch RAW, Smackdown, and not much else. THat's why Velocity and HEAT get crap ratings compared to RAW
Lamuella is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2004, 06:58 PM   #16
Kane Knight
Ron Paul 4 EVA
 
Kane Knight's Avatar
 
Posts: 152,467
Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamuella
why haven't they done that?

simple: there isn't the audience for it right now. It won't be profitable until the costs of running a cable channel are much lower.
Nail on the head here.

Keep in mind they couldn't even establish enough air time for a seperate wCw brand. If the people already in the programming biz won't take a chance on 2-4 hours a week, what market could there be for a full wrestling channel?

Of course, I think this is largely the WWE's own fault. They really killed interest in wrestling. First, they hooked in TONS of people in the 90s, but couldn't keep them. Then, they decimated their competition, leaving their shows as the only ones out there. Since this killed a lot of exposure for wrestling in the US, a lot of the interest also died (On top of already lackluster programming).

Considering the whole inVasion angle, to paraphrase Rob in another thread, was a wet dream come true RIGHT up until Vince tried it...

Of course, I'm not totally blaming Vince or anything like that, but I feel that the WWE had a lot to do with it. A monopoly may be good on necessity items (Like computers have become), but an entertainment monopoly in a specialised field is bad business, especially when you're killing it with limit exposure and crap storylines.
Kane Knight is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-24-2004, 07:19 PM   #17
PureHatred
Instant Credibility
 
PureHatred's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,979
PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)PureHatred has a great deal of rep (15,000+)
Granted, there's a limited audience (and I agree that most of the fault for that goes to the WWE for driving viewers away in droves) but a cable channel that at first would only be showing taped footage can't be a worse investment than, say, the XFL.
PureHatred is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-25-2004, 01:49 AM   #18
Mr. Nerfect
 
Posts: 61,634
Mr. Nerfect makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Mr. Nerfect makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Mr. Nerfect makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Mr. Nerfect makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Mr. Nerfect makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Mr. Nerfect makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Mr. Nerfect makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Mr. Nerfect makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Mr. Nerfect makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Mr. Nerfect makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Mr. Nerfect makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Mr. Nerfect makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Mr. Nerfect makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)
I think it should be pretty good. Wish we had a date so I uld start couting money, though.
Mr. Nerfect is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-25-2004, 01:55 AM   #19
Kane Knight
Ron Paul 4 EVA
 
Kane Knight's Avatar
 
Posts: 152,467
Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)
Quote:
Originally Posted by PureHatred
Granted, there's a limited audience (and I agree that most of the fault for that goes to the WWE for driving viewers away in droves) but a cable channel that at first would only be showing taped footage can't be a worse investment than, say, the XFL.
Depends on how much it costs.
Kane Knight is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-25-2004, 02:13 AM   #20
Pegasus Crawford
Damn me and my charisma
 
Pegasus Crawford's Avatar
 
Posts: 1,273
Pegasus Crawford has more than 1,000 rep points (1,000+)Pegasus Crawford has more than 1,000 rep points (1,000+)
http://www.wwe24-7.com/

There's the offcial site there.
Pegasus Crawford is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-25-2004, 04:32 AM   #21
Kane Knight
Ron Paul 4 EVA
 
Kane Knight's Avatar
 
Posts: 152,467
Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)Kane Knight makes a lot of good posts (200,000+)
"WWE is more than just television and Pay-Per-View programming, with fans that will follow us wherever we go."

...But we hate the internet, where some of our most loyal fans congregate.

"WWE excels in all of its business areas including live events, publications, home video and more. Every element of WWE’s business strengthens the relationship between our fans and the WWE Superstars and storylines."

Wow. The ego masturbation and PR shit is spreading thick here.
Kane Knight is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-25-2004, 05:12 AM   #22
darkpower
Why So Curious?
 
darkpower's Avatar
 
Posts: 3,408
darkpower is "reptacular" (2,500+)darkpower is "reptacular" (2,500+)darkpower is "reptacular" (2,500+)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Loose Cannon
Oh that's what this is. Oh crap, I thought this was a cable channel. Dam.
Well, that would be even better, then, because that is something that many of the big time cable companies (like Comcast, which added On Demand to the Digital Cable lineup a month or so ago) would want to be pushing right now (and what they really ARE trying to push. The serive is rather awesome, because it's sort of like Tivo. You can actually order it, and then it is like a video tape that you can rewind and fast forward, pause, or stop and resume as much as you want (for whatever the "rental window" time would be, normally 24 hrs.). Some of the shows they have on the service are actually free of charge. It's really sweet.
darkpower is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-25-2004, 10:24 AM   #23
Shaggy
Yipee Kai Yay!!!
 
Shaggy's Avatar
 
Posts: 5,705
Shaggy has a good deal of rep (10,000+)Shaggy has a good deal of rep (10,000+)Shaggy has a good deal of rep (10,000+)Shaggy has a good deal of rep (10,000+)Shaggy has a good deal of rep (10,000+)Shaggy has a good deal of rep (10,000+)
So this anyone know how this thing is gonna go. From the way it looks to me is that you get the channel on your tv and then you just pay for the channel and you can choose for what you want to watch. Is that true or is it just like another PPV channel. Everything I am reading is confusing me.
Shaggy is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:23 AM.

Forums Home - TPWW - Archive - Top

Powered by vBulletin®