WWE® and Nine Extend Partnership to Televise Raw® and SmackDown® in Australia
August 17 2018 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
WWE (NYSE: WWE) and Nine today announced an agreement to
continue broadcasting WWE’s flagship programs Raw® and SmackDown®
on free-to-air television in Australia. Channel 9GO! will continue
airing a weekly one-hour version of Raw between 11:15 p.m. and
12:15 a.m. on Thursdays and a weekly one-hour version of SmackDown
between 11:15 p.m. and 12:15 a.m. on Fridays.
“We are excited to be able to present Raw and SmackDown to our
audience and WWE’s massive fan base in Australia,” said Alison
Hurbert-Burns, Nine’s Director of Content Acquisition &
Commercial Development.
“We are thrilled to extend our relationship with Nine, a
best-in-class TV partner in Australia,” said Michelle Wilson, WWE
Co-President. “This continued partnership enables us to expand our
reach in Australia and complements our live programming in the
region.”
Raw and SmackDown will also be available on 9NOW, Nine’s
platform for authenticated subscribers, for a VOD catch-up
window.
About WWE
WWE, a publicly traded company (NYSE: WWE), is an integrated
media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment.
The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and
deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE
is committed to family friendly entertainment on its television
programming, pay-per-view, digital media and publishing platforms.
WWE’s TV-PG, family-friendly programming can be seen in more than
800 million homes worldwide in 24 languages. WWE Network, the
first-ever 24/7 over-the-top premium network that includes all live
pay-per-views, scheduled programming and a massive video-on-demand
library, is currently available in more than 180 countries. The
company is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New
York, Los Angeles, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Shanghai,
Singapore, Dubai, Munich and Tokyo.
Additional information on WWE (NYSE: WWE) can be found at
wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. For information on our global
activities, go to http://www.wwe.com/worldwide/.
About Nine
When it comes to connecting brands with the passions of
Australians, there’s no other media company like Nine. As the home
of Australia’s most trusted and loved brands spanning news,
lifestyle, entertainment and sport, we pride ourselves on creating
and curating quality content, accessed by consumers when and how
they want. With investments spanning digital and broadcast, we
reimagine how Australians are entertained, informed and connect
through content each and every day. Nine assets include the Nine
Network, Nine Digital, a 50% stake in subscription video-on-demand
provider Stan, Yellow Brick Road, CarAdvice, and a strategic
partnership with Microsoft.
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Forward-Looking Statements: This
press release contains forward-looking statements pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These
risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks relating
to: WWE Network; major distribution agreements; our need to
continue to develop creative and entertaining programs and events;
a decline in the popularity of our brand of sports entertainment;
the continued importance of key performers and the services of
Vincent K. McMahon; possible adverse changes in the regulatory
atmosphere and related private sector initiatives; the highly
competitive, rapidly changing and increasingly fragmented nature of
the markets in which we operate and greater financial resources or
marketplace presence of many of our competitors; uncertainties
associated with international markets; our difficulty or inability
to promote and conduct our live events and/or other businesses if
we do not comply with applicable regulations; our dependence on our
intellectual property rights, our need to protect those rights, and
the risks of our infringement of others’ intellectual property
rights; the complexity of our rights agreements across distribution
mechanisms and geographical areas; potential substantial liability
in the event of accidents or injuries occurring during our
physically demanding events including, without limitation, claims
relating to CTE; large public events as well as travel to and from
such events; our feature film business; our expansion into new or
complementary businesses and/or strategic investments; our computer
systems and online operations; a possible decline in general
economic conditions and disruption in financial markets; our
accounts receivable; our revolving credit facility; litigation; our
potential failure to meet market expectations for our financial
performance, which could adversely affect our stock; Vincent K.
McMahon exercising control over our affairs, and his interests may
conflict with the holders of our Class A common stock; a
substantial number of shares which are eligible for sale by the
McMahons and the sale, or the perception of possible sales, of
those shares could lower our stock price; and the relatively small
public “float” of our Class A common stock. In addition, our
dividend is dependent on a number of factors, including, among
other things, our liquidity and cash flow, strategic plan
(including alternative uses of capital), our financial results and
condition, contractual and legal restrictions on the payment of
dividends (including under our revolving credit facility), general
economic and competitive conditions and such other factors as our
Board of Directors may consider relevant. Forward-looking
statements made by the Company speak only as of the date made, are
subject to change without any obligation on the part of the Company
to update or revise them, and undue reliance should not be placed
on these statements.
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