Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Apr 15, 2014 14:37:27 GMT -6
variety.com/2014/biz/news/record-1-million-pay-to-access-wwes-wrestlemania-30-in-u-s-1201157743/
“WrestleMania 30″ was available in a record 1 million households in the U.S., WWE said Tuesday.
WWE announced 667,000 subscribers of its all-digital streaming WWE Network following the company’s biggest pay-per-view on April 6 in New Orleans, while the event also generated nearly 400,000 PPV buys.
That means roughly 1.067 million people in the U.S. had paid to access a “WrestleMania” for the first time domestically, WWE said.
It’s a clever crunching of numbers for WWE, but one worth noting, considering “WrestleMania” typically generates around 1 million PPV buys overall through traditional cable and satellite PPV providers worldwide.
WWE’s goal is to sign up 1 million subscribers by the end of 2014. The network already turned a profit, according to WWE with just 400,000 subscribers.
WWE Network launched Feb. 24 in the U.S. and streamed six hours of live coverage of “WrestleMania 30″ on April 6. The company also said more than 7.1 million hours of video content was viewed on the WWE Network during “WrestleMania” week, from April 1 through April 8.
The company plans to launch its network in Canada, the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and the Nordic countries in late 2014 and early 2015.
“WrestleMania 30″ was available in a record 1 million households in the U.S., WWE said Tuesday.
WWE announced 667,000 subscribers of its all-digital streaming WWE Network following the company’s biggest pay-per-view on April 6 in New Orleans, while the event also generated nearly 400,000 PPV buys.
That means roughly 1.067 million people in the U.S. had paid to access a “WrestleMania” for the first time domestically, WWE said.
It’s a clever crunching of numbers for WWE, but one worth noting, considering “WrestleMania” typically generates around 1 million PPV buys overall through traditional cable and satellite PPV providers worldwide.
WWE’s goal is to sign up 1 million subscribers by the end of 2014. The network already turned a profit, according to WWE with just 400,000 subscribers.
WWE Network launched Feb. 24 in the U.S. and streamed six hours of live coverage of “WrestleMania 30″ on April 6. The company also said more than 7.1 million hours of video content was viewed on the WWE Network during “WrestleMania” week, from April 1 through April 8.
The company plans to launch its network in Canada, the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and the Nordic countries in late 2014 and early 2015.