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Post by N A T H on Apr 29, 2024 21:36:56 GMT
Tens of Millions of subscribers worldwide. Content deals with Amazon, Sky, YouTube and Virgin Media, helping to drive subscriber numbers to 60 million and an overall user base of 300 million monthly users.
Yeah, no one has heard of DAZN.
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Post by c on Apr 29, 2024 21:39:17 GMT
And I am sure the three people getting AEW PPVS from there already have swapped to another source.
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Post by Todd on Apr 29, 2024 21:40:37 GMT
No reason to use DAZN when FITE is available. FITE is a solid service, decent prices. Why use anything else?
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Post by c on Apr 29, 2024 21:42:46 GMT
Which was the reaction I seen to this. People were using FITE or ITV.
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Post by N A T H on Apr 29, 2024 22:09:15 GMT
It still got dropped for a very valid reason.
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Post by c on Apr 29, 2024 23:01:17 GMT
Yeah, they were cutting costs and cut wrestling entirely. Tony is out a whole 250,000 from it.
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"Want to make PERFECTLY CLEAR, to me it wasn't AEW fault the deal wasn't renewed. I ran the wrestling social side for DAZN. AEW bent over backwards when I asked for interviews and liners from talent to promote their major TV shows and PPVs. DAZN NEVER gave wrestling even 5 percent of the budget given to boxing and MMA which to me was a shame as wrestling had a real shot at DAZN but besides me and the news team, it never got the opportunity it deserved."
Noticed you selectively reported this in your first post.
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Post by N A T H on Apr 30, 2024 0:23:16 GMT
Selectively you missed the point that AEW was dropped from DAZN due to underperformance to instead focus on the fact the wrestling guy at DAZN thought AEW were good sports, and therefore " feelings " over facts.
A real world scenario where a product has underperformed, and despite being told " ratings don't matter " it appears it in fact did.
AEW was also dropped by TelevisaUnivision.
Yeah, it's a few hundred thousand. Sure. And it's nothing in the scheme of things. But it's also a avenue for exposure and growth that has closed.
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Post by c on Apr 30, 2024 0:32:03 GMT
Almost like Tony is not caring about these small sites anymore, and focusing on Fite TV until the media rights deal goes through.
And the reason AEW failed on both, was they were not doing any exposure for them. Unlike Fite TV, which people know is the cheapest option to see AEW internationally.
These are not really news stories, Tony been letting deals expire since 2023, likely on purpose to get stronger numbers on Fite TV to push to WBD for streaming there.
These sites were needed for the first few years, but no longer does he need to push his PPVs onto every minor platform, or AEW into every network for pennies.
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Post by RT on Apr 30, 2024 4:39:44 GMT
DAZN is dogshit. AEW underperformed on there because other better options were available and most people used that.
Ask anyone in Canada that watches NFL football. DAZN was the main streaming source for that too until people realized that it was way better to pay for a VPN and get American subscriptions, or use an illegal stream. DAZN is an awful service.
They also lost a ton of subscribers up here when Fubo became available. It was the only service that provided Premier League until Fubo showed up. Everyone I know that watches soccer dropped DAZN the second they could.
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Post by c on Apr 30, 2024 5:22:14 GMT
Yeah all I ever seen was people bitching about PPV's freezing or just not playing at all with DAZN. They are shit tier for sure.
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Post by Blindy on Apr 30, 2024 16:06:38 GMT
Good add for AEW, Kamille is like Jade Cargill but maybe without the marketable personality.
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Post by X-zero on Apr 30, 2024 17:40:46 GMT
Good add for AEW, Kamille is like Jade Cargill but maybe without the marketable personality. I wonder where they aware an embed would crop that picture like that.
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Post by c on Apr 30, 2024 18:32:22 GMT
Very much yes...
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Post by Emperor on Apr 30, 2024 18:48:58 GMT
I remember Kamille in the early days of NWA where she was this mysterious entity who never spoke. She was compelling then. Is she compelling without the mystique? Guess I'll find out soon.
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Post by Ness on Apr 30, 2024 19:56:30 GMT
Good add for AEW, Kamille is like Jade Cargill but maybe without the marketable personality. I wonder where they aware an embed would crop that picture like that. They said STACKED!
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Post by Michinokudriver on May 1, 2024 0:15:23 GMT
WWE is not live on the west coast. Same with AEW on normal weeks. East coast and central get it live, west coast gets a replay. Been this way since the attitude era for wrestling. Which is why Dave said people would be presenting this rating to trash AEW while ignoring the context. Raw airs all over the place on the west coast and it’s determined by a few things: cable/satellite provider and city/state. It airs anywhere from 5pm to 10pm their time. There are providers in Los Angeles that don’t show Raw until 10pm west coast time. Oddly enough, you tune in at 8pm and you get reruns of 9-1-1. The funny part is, it’s still aired as “live” even though it’s 2-5 hours late. Mountain time is just as weird. Sling and YoutubeTV make it so that you can tune in right away (5pm) or watch it later on DVR. At least this was the case a few years ago (but from people I know who live there.. it seems like it’s still a thing). West Coaster, can confirm.
I have satellite so I have the East Coast feed (as well as West but that's not relevant here), and even if I had cable without that option I can always log on to TBS's web site and it offers both.
It's easy to watch the live feed if one wanted to.
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Post by N A T H on May 1, 2024 2:03:34 GMT
Good add for AEW, Kamille is like Jade Cargill but maybe without the marketable personality. I wonder where they aware an embed would crop that picture like that. Tony must have finally reached puberty.
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Post by c on May 1, 2024 19:57:43 GMT
News today that WBD will be out of the running for NBA as rights cost skyrocket. This will make AEW their best performing sports brand, and one of their strongest overall performers moving forward.
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Post by c on May 3, 2024 5:17:07 GMT
Julia just posted she had shoulder surgery.
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Ethan Page's contract was not renewed and likely is off to TNA.
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Post by c on May 3, 2024 5:30:26 GMT
OMG IT COULD HAPPEN!!!!
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Post by KJ on May 3, 2024 6:08:06 GMT
Julia just posted she had shoulder surgery. /// Ethan Page's contract was not renewed and likely is off to TNA. Page deserved so much better than he got in AEW.
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Post by c on May 3, 2024 6:29:30 GMT
Everyone misuses him. His best work is in small indy feds that no one gets to see. Like his bloodbath with Kingston in AIW.
Sure Matt pushes for him to come back to TNA now so at least he has that to fall back on this time.
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Post by c on May 3, 2024 7:29:37 GMT
The fans clearly are drinking him up man!!! Clearly we solved the AEW rating issues, Jericho needs to be pushed back to the main event!!!
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Post by X-zero on May 3, 2024 11:01:08 GMT
Everyone misuses him. His best work is in small indy feds that no one gets to see. Like his bloodbath with Kingston in AIW. Sure Matt pushes for him to come back to TNA now so at least he has that to fall back on this time. TNA did right by him last time in the North. After he left Josh Alexander got pushed to the main event. And his best thing in AEW was his youtube figures show.
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Post by X-zero on May 3, 2024 11:06:05 GMT
The fans clearly are drinking him up man!!! Clearly we solved the AEW rating issues, Jericho needs to be pushed back to the main event!!! The demo god lives.
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Post by c on May 3, 2024 11:13:27 GMT
At least it was the best match on the card that got a good rating this week.
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Post by N A T H on May 3, 2024 11:21:14 GMT
Good, must have taken on a new definition.
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Post by RT on May 3, 2024 13:22:16 GMT
I'm sad to see Ethan Page go. I had high hopes after The North got so over in TNA, but he never hit that stride. I guess sticking him in a weird storyline with Matt Hardy for six months wasn't the best decision. Who could have guessed?
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Post by N A T H on May 3, 2024 13:46:34 GMT
It's kind of the problem with signing everyone and not having the creative to back it up.
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Post by c on May 4, 2024 11:13:12 GMT
So with Drew almost certainly coming into AEW, AEW will have Orange and Drew on contracts, and Williams on a handshake deal. Maybe it is time to reunite the best incarnation of Colony with Green Ant, Fire Ant and Soldier Ant. No need to return them to ants, just let them be the be amazing trios they once were.
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