WWE Network Over-Saturation
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DirtyJosé
Best angle of all: retirement
That's all well and good, we can pick on them all we like, but the fact of the matter is that they do have a library of content to offer beyond fucking Legend's House and a ton of pre/post shows that nobody asked for. Even Netflix "Watch Online" started out with a fairly shitty collection of things to watch. Something, ANYTHING, is better than the sparse offering currently presented.
therockiswwf
The voice of Michael Cole's headset
Also it's not easy to upload stuff. It takes awhile. Plus other stuff is more important than The Chaperone. They can't just snap their fingers and put everything on the Network.
DirtyJosé
Best angle of all: retirement
What is not reasonable is pretending that WWE can exist and thrive in its own little pocket world and not be expected to have to compete with other, better digital video services. What's even better is that many WWE products are available on Netflix, Hulu, and others, so WWE can't even claim exclusivity on THEIR OWN FUCKING PRODUCT. Clearly, no one involved seems to have any clue how to make this work.
Actually, it would be pretty easy if they knew what the fuck they were doing.
lil steroid meat
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Fair enough (even though it is competition, reasonable in a forum debate or not, in the sense that when it comes time for people to start cost cutting around the house, what are they going to choose, WWE Network that currently only really offers PPV's and reality shows? Or Netflix with constant new original high quality programs + library of content).
Look at the UFC Fight Pass which is similar to the WWE Network in that it's a Network based off of a niche athletic genre. They feature new episodes of The Ultimate Fighter. Consistent, new original programming (even though the WWE Network is above them in value b/c they don't feature PPV's until after a certain date).
therockiswwf
The voice of Michael Cole's headset
Well for me it isn't because 18 dollars isn't a lot of money. But I can see what you mean. I was more viewing it as what they are offering isn't the same thing. I didn't consider that basically an easy cost cutting measure is this vs Netflix.
If you seriously believe those fluff programmes will push the needle in more subscriptions then all the power to you. I can understand if you mean it as a gateway to better future original programmes but not this.
You mean getting the PPV isn't worth the fees? OMG what has been funding pro-wrestling all these years if PPVs buys are 'old news' the minute RAW goes on air?
All the shows you mentioned on Netflix was introduced only recently when they realized they were at the mercy of content providers raising prices year on year.. WWE is probably not facing that issue since they own the content they are showing. 3 shows with say 36 hours of original programming. Wouldn't that be similar to the hours of WWE PPVs per year? That's without counting on the fluff programmes already up on the network.
The issue with WWE network is wrestling is a niche product that has minor appeal outside of the core audience today. Not that the network isn't offering enough 'value'. Of course everything can be better, but that's just nitpicking at this point.
