WWE Network - The Future of T.V.

Last Wednesday at CES in Las Vegas World Wrestling Entertainment formally announced the WWE Network. This was actually announced all the way back in 2012 but the rug seemed to be pulled under the company when it comes to getting T.V providers to actually invest in it. They simply weren't getting the viewership that the carriers wanted, which is understandable. So this caused heavy delay, but little did we know what they had in store for us fans.

Now, you don't need to be a wrestling fan to understand how big this is. This was a very heavily rumored project, but it wasn't very apparent how WWE would actually pour their heart and soul into it and make this something worth having. Basically, they are coming out with their own Netflix-style subscription based service, that will include it's on programming play 24/7 with on-demand combined into it. It's going to have every single Pay Per View in the history of the company, and other companies that they have acquired over their many years of existence. It's going to have it's own original shows, with replays of weekly shows, and those will also be archived. If I wanted to watch just a random weeks episode of Monday Night Raw in 1995, I very well could! This right there, is just enough that many fans would buy into this, and they could charge 20-30 dollars for this and make tons of profit. Not only will you get that, you will get every single 60 dollar Pay-Per-View a month, completely with this subscription

Did I mention that for all of this, it's just for $10 dollars a month?

Yeah, they no doubt already sold this service to the fans, and Twitter exploded that night. People still would have gone nuts if they wouldn't have included PPV's.

A wrestling/entertainment company stole the 2014 Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas with this product.

Tons of original Programming, Full Access to their full library of literally everything they have put out, Free 60 dollar Pay-Per-Views, and I'm probably forgetting a few other things. This is also going to be available on virtually any device you can think of. Everything to the Playstation 3 and 4, Kindle Devices, iOS and Android, Online through browser, Xbox 360,  with Xbox One and Smart TV support coming sometime this summer.


Now, out of the wrestling world, just put this in perspective.

Imagine have your favorite (whatever it may be) thing, where you could just watch hours on end of whenever you want, however you want, in really any form, completely on-demand.

In a way, this is a Netflix style service, but its VERY innovative, and I think it's going to change the game on Television distribution. I firmly think that in 5-10 years this is going to be the popular, most profitable thing that T.V Networks will be able to do.

I could really go on about this, and as more developments happen, there may be more posts about it.

All I know is, I can't wait to sink my teeth into this.