The Los Angeles Times has an the article with Vince McMahon claiming that WWE had deals in place for the Network to launch as a cable-only entity, but felt they were "too restrictive" and that they would have only garnered WWE "20 cents a subscriber."
When you compare that to the guaranteed $9.99 per month per subscriber, you can see why McMahon would choose to instead push for the service to launch as a streaming entity.
In regard to PPV providers potentially dropping WWE events in response to the Network launch, McMahon said, "I think it’d be foolish for them not to want to carry the pay-per-view anymore. It’s found money for them."
McMahon's comments were made prior to DirecTV issuing a statement teasing that they may quickly reconsider their WWE PPV deal.
To read the Times piece, click here.
Source: PWinsider.com
When you compare that to the guaranteed $9.99 per month per subscriber, you can see why McMahon would choose to instead push for the service to launch as a streaming entity.
In regard to PPV providers potentially dropping WWE events in response to the Network launch, McMahon said, "I think it’d be foolish for them not to want to carry the pay-per-view anymore. It’s found money for them."
McMahon's comments were made prior to DirecTV issuing a statement teasing that they may quickly reconsider their WWE PPV deal.
To read the Times piece, click here.
Source: PWinsider.com
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