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Fuck. I don't think I have this channel. My Time Warner bill is already high enough, I think I'd need to go up a tier to get this. Why do I need the preferred package to get a discovery channel???
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I bolded the most important aspects-DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS ACQUIRES EXCLUSIVE BROADCAST RIGHTS TO TOP PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING LEAGUE, TNA IMPACT WRESTLING, FOR DESTINATION AMERICA
(Silver Spring, Md.) Discovery Communications announced today that it has signed a multi-year deal with TNA (Total Nonstop Action) IMPACT WRESTLING to bring the popular league to homes nationwide on Destination America, the only network dedicated to celebrating the people, places and stories of the United States.
Destination America officially enters the ring with its first world premiere of IMPACT WRESTLING in January 2015. The series features some of the biggest names in professional wrestling, including Jeff Hardy, Bobby Roode, Kurt Angle, Bobby Lashley and Gail Kim.
The partnership includes the U.S. premieres of additional TNA WRESTLING series and specials and provides Discovery Communications with international broadcasting rights in select regions, to be announced at a later date.
Our partnership in this uniquely entertaining franchise with TNA IMPACT WRESTLING provides a significant addition to Destination Americas programming strategy, said Henry Schleiff, Group President of Destination America, Investigation Discovery, American Heroes Channel, Discovery Fit & Health and Discovery Family Channel. The enduring, cross-generational enthusiasm of pro wrestling is felt by millions of fans around the country, from coast-to-coast and throughout the heartland. We are delighted to bring this beloved American pastime to the one and only network dedicated to celebrating the unique spirit of the U.S., Destination America.
Our knockout partnership with TNA IMPACT WRESTLING continues Destination Americas mission of bringing our viewers the best of all-American entertainment, and going center ring with one of the worlds foremost professional wrestling leagues fits perfectly within our DNA, said Marc Etkind, general manager of Destination America. Wrestling has created a fiercely loyal, passionate and widespread fan base, and we look forward to being part of the TNA family.
We are very excited about Destination America being the new network for IMPACT WRESTLING and the partnership with Discovery Communications both domestically and across the globe. Their commitment to promote and grow our brand in innovative and compelling ways was instrumental in knowing we had found the right home, said TNA President Dixie Carter. Together we will create an experience that takes our fans on a new journey that will push the envelope of technology, including where we take our cameras, going deeper into our superstars lives and showing the reality of what it takes to create a weekly professional wrestling show, all while showcasing the very best male and female athletes in the world.
Since launching in 2012, Destination America has become one of cables top five fastest-growing networks, earning 10 consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth in Prime among P2+. With top series that explore unique American cultures and ways of life including Mountain Monsters, A Haunting, Hillbilly Blood, Buying the Bayou, Buying Alaska, Ghost Asylum and BBQ Pitmasters Destination Americas programming spans the nation from Alaska, Hawaii and Colorado to Louisiana, West Virginia and communities in between. To find Destination America, the new home of TNAs IMPACT WRESTLING, go to destinationamerica.com/watchda.
TNA is a privately held sports entertainment company based in Nashville, Tenn., specializing in TV properties, events, merchandise, music, and the management and promotion of professional wrestlers. TNA annually delivers more than 500 hours of original content to millions of fans around the world.
On the face of this, it looks like this could be the making of TNA going forward. A network that appears to be not only embracing Impact but looking to expand on it, in much the same way as Challenge has in the UK. More programming, an implication that they're looking to keep AND sign great talent (come home AJ!) and more focus on it's wrestlers - as a TNA fan, it's been a long time since I've felt such anticipation... 2015 can't come soon enough.
This is great news! Destination America and TNA could end up really helping each other. The channel might see an increase in viewers, and TNA has a chance to start fresh.
I know some will say at least it's still on TV and can see it, but most won't because they don't have the channel. It going to become irrelevant very quickly.
Finally, let's look at 3 promotion and their respective TV deals:
ROH on syndication.
Lucha Underground on EL Rey Network.
TNA on Destination America
Are you boneheads on about ratings? Not you, Justin. Everyone else. Such a sily argument. "Its on in 50% of America". No its not. 50% of America can order a cable package that can provide it. That's what it means. TNA isn't losing 50% of it's viewers. More realistictly, its losing about 85%.
Ignore the ratings because the whole reason they were brought to this channel was to force fans to order the channel. TNA now has to put on a product so good casual fans would nag cable companies to add it. Only then will Destination America hand out second shows and TV specials. This is just the best of the worst. Had they capitalized properly when they had Hogan and Bischoff, they would have all these benefits and far more money to work with in a far more mainstream network. Now they gotta borrow Tommy Dreamers HoH equipment.
Certainly not within one month when it starts to air there. Just look at the WWE NetworkYou say that as though (a) that package isn't part of most basic packages, and that (b), in the event it's not, that these fans won't be willing to purchase that package.
I have Verizon FiOS, and DA is already included in my basic plan. I'd imagine it's that way, considering it's a Discovery Networks channel, with most of the major carriers.
As for additional programming, is that really needed? Are fans really clamoring for more TNA? I don't want anything outside of RAW. Maybe sometimes Smackdown. I won't watch B shows of TNA's and I bet most other won't either. But, enough might so that it's a higher rating than some of their other shows, so that's good.
Remember July of last year? When TNA had a spell where they weren't paying their employees, and you insisted that's just a normal 'blip' in the operations of a healthy company? Good times.As bad as TNA has been and as many problems plague them even right now, it really seems like one of the biggest problems TNA had was SpikeTV. Perhaps if TNA proved itself to be a fruitful investment Spike would've pushed more. That, however, is a catch 22 because to be really successful you need promotion, you need marketing, you need to be put out there. It never seemed like Spike did that much.
That number's misleading, because it fails to account for the difference in tiers between Spike and Destination America. Spike is available on just about every basic cable plan there is in America; if you have cable television, you likely have Spike. Destination America is available to order in half of those homes; then, how many of those people have the Super Ultra Extended Hyper Channel package it comes with?Destination America is available in over 59 million homes, & most of their programming is also available on Hulu Plus (not sure in Impact will be or not, I haven't heard), that's over half the fucking country, & includes everyone who has Dish or DirecTV, I think they'll be just fine.
This is not a 'recovery plan' for the company, where they spend two years in the desert and come roaring back at the head of 80,000 Mamalukes (serious rep for anyone who gets that reference).
I did some quick research into this question and the only answer I could find was "only the cable companies and God must know for sure", and I'm not even entirely sure on the first one. Cable companies offer different channel availability in varying tiers depending on location; there is no fixed "Destination America is on the Super Mega Gold Package at Comcast". (Satellite too, which is a bit of a mindfuck.) I think it's a reasonable presumption to say that it isn't typically on the same tier level as SpikeTV.Do we know what the actual package tiering is for Destination America on the major cable distributors (Comcast, DirecTV, Dish, Time Warner, Cox and Verizon)?
I live in New York City and have Verizon FiOS. On their most basic cable package [Select HD] (that is to say, the first tier above "local channels"), Destination America is not available. It's also not available on their second tier package [Preferred HD].
It is available, however on both their Tier 3 [Extreme HD] and Tier 4 [Ultimate HD] packages one of which (I'm not sure which) I pay for. These start at $79.99/mo and $89.99/mo respectively.