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[Senor M]

It's an interesting move. I'd love to know the economics of it - Australian subscribers, remnant PPV buyers, how much Binge are paying for it. It suggests that WWE doesn't have a huge market in Australia such that they're selling everything lock stock and barrel to a third party distributor.

It's more content for similar money (ie non wrestling content) as opposed to the Network, so it's good for viewers. It's yet another streaming service for people to deal with, and that's well beyond a critical mass in a condensed market like Australia.

I'd assume it's part of the WWE's global positioning to sell their content to third party distributors rather than having to continue to spend as much money on UI upgrades for the WWE Network, server costs, etc. This type of deal has been done in a few countries now and allows Foxtel to still be the 'exclusive' home of the WWE in Australia.

PPV buys would be incredibly small by now in Australia, thus why Foxtel was prepared to lose the profits from it to air Summerslam & Money In the Bank on Fox8 rather than go through the process of running a second "Main Event" channel signal for the events that clashed with UFC.

 

[Kwality]

It's an interesting move. I'd love to know the economics of it - Australian subscribers, remnant PPV buyers, how much Binge are paying for it. It suggests that WWE doesn't have a huge market in Australia such that they're selling everything lock stock and barrel to a third party distributor.

It's more content for similar money (ie non wrestling content) as opposed to the Network, so it's good for viewers. It's yet another streaming service for people to deal with, and that's well beyond a critical mass in a condensed market like Australia.

Spot on, its the economics at play.
WWE get money from Foxtel & it gets promoted locally. When the contract term expires, WWE decides whether to go it alone in Aus.

 

[Wickzki]

Spot on, its the economics at play.
WWE get money from Foxtel & it gets promoted locally. When the contract term expires, WWE decides whether to go it alone in Aus.

They won't go it alone. They got rid of the Network (as a stand alone) in America and that, to me, signaled the eventual end of the network elsewhere as a standalone service.

Smart business move. Instead of all of the costs associated with it they just sell it as a licensing agreement.

 

[HBFlanker]

I'd assume it's part of the WWE's global positioning to sell their content to third party distributors rather than having to continue to spend as much money on UI upgrades for the WWE Network, server costs, etc. This type of deal has been done in a few countries now and allows Foxtel to still be the 'exclusive' home of the WWE in Australia.

PPV buys would be incredibly small by now in Australia, thus why Foxtel was prepared to lose the profits from it to air Summerslam & Money In the Bank on Fox8 rather than go through the process of running a second "Main Event" channel signal for the events that clashed with UFC.

Ive heard the Summerslam viewership in Aus on Fox8 was actually quite high, so Foxtel would be happy to have this come through.

Main Event or paying for a PPV days are simply over. Nearly ever big boxing event now someone streams online.

 

[ULTIMATE_WARRIOR]

Well this is an awesome result. I have Foxtel already so will save costs by not having to pay for the Network. From what I understand the new 24/7 channel will have all the PPV’s. I hope there’s an on demand service via Foxtel for all the classical content.

 

[Cleavy]

Press Releases | Corporate

corporate.wwe.com

So $10 per month for Binge?

 

[mickelboy182]

Press Releases | Corporate

corporate.wwe.com

So $10 per month for Binge?

Uh oh... Might mean Binge will be charging for it as an add on.

 

[Cleavy]

hopefully the rollout of the archived content is faster than what occurred when they switched to Peacock in the US.

also it will it interesting to see if Binge has a network 'free' component like they do currently.

 

[Cleavy]

Uh oh... Might mean Binge will be charging for it as an add on.

important to note it's currently $10 per month which is SD and only allows 1 screen. it's $16 for HD and 2 screens, or $18 for HD and 4 screens.

14 day free trial for new customers, so at least we have that.

 

[mickelboy182]

important to note it's currently $10 per month which is SD and only allows 1 screen. it's $16 for HD and 2 screens, or $18 for HD and 4 screens.

14 day free trial for new customers, so at least we have that.

It's wild they offer a SD option but not 4K... Though it is Fox we are talking about.

 

[The_Game_1981]

Dang it I don't want Binge!

 

[Wickzki]

Dang it I don't want Binge!

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Binge is only $15 or something cheap.

A few dollars a month is nothing when you get some extra stuff with it.

 

[jabba5114]

It's wild they offer a SD option but not 4K... Though it is Fox we are talking about.

We don't have the speeds for 4k over internet is foxtels reasoning. Even though they just released a new IQ box with 4k that only works over the internet.

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[mickelboy182]

We don't have the speeds for 4k over internet. Even though they just released a new IQ box with 4k that only works over the internet.

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...huh? Wouldn't be too many places in the country without a 25 Mbps connection these days

 

[jabba5114]

...huh? Wouldn't be too many places in the country without a 25 Mbps connection these days

Just there way of keeping people paying top price

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[mickelboy182]

Just there way of keeping people paying top price

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I'm sorry but I'm still not following what you're trying to say

 

[jabba5114]

I'm sorry but I'm still not following what you're trying to say

No problems. My fault that's there explanation as to why they only have 4k on the IQ boxes. Not kayo and binge. Fixed my original post.

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[Ry009]

Pretty sure Disney/Stan for example have 4K?

 

[mickelboy182]

No problems. My fault that's there explanation as to why they only have 4k on the IQ boxes. Not kayo and binge. Fixed my original post.

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Oh yeah that's garbage reasoning when everyone else is doing it no worries.

 

[jabba5114]

Pretty sure Disney/Stan for example have 4K?

Yep and Netflix and Amazon.

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[The_Game_1981]

Looks like a match of Biblical proportions between the All Mighty and The Beast at WWE Saudi Money.

 

[Cleavy]

just adding to the Binge discussion:

Binge with ads from 2023 | TV Tonight

Up to 4 minutes of ads per hour will be served on Binge from 2023.

tvtonight.com.au

 

[RossFC]

Cleavy No Smackdown Lowdown this week due to taped SD/Crown Jewel ppv?

 

[Cleavy]

Cleavy No Smackdown Lowdown this week due to taped SD/Crown Jewel ppv?

possibly the same as last time you asked me?

 

[Cleavy]

24/7 WWE channel (ch 144) starts on Dec 6th according to Foxtel ad I just saw on RAW replay on Fox Sports.