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WWE Payback sets viewership records

WWE has announced that Payback, which emanated from PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on September 2nd, became the most-watched and highest-grossing Payback in company history. The premium live event set new records for viewership, gate and merchandise. Viewership of Payback was up 36 per cent versus the previous record set in 2016. With 12,468 in […]

September 5, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Research: WWE dominates social media sports videos

Tubular Labs, a specialist in social video intelligence, has released its latest US viewership trends from its Audience Ratings product – giving insight into deduplicated, unique viewership and minutes watched of trending video categories, creators and more across YouTube and Facebook. Top takeaways include: WWE Still A Hit With Younger Audiences – In the middle […]

August 31, 2023

WWE celebrates most-watched SummerSlam ever

WWE has announced that SummerSlam which emanated from Ford Field in Detroit on Auguts 5th became the most-watched and highest-grossing SummerSlam in company history. The premium live event set new records for viewership, gate, sponsorship and merchandise. With 59,194 in attendance in the Motor City, SummerSlam, which was the 36th such event, generated a record […]

August 7, 2023By Nik Roseveare

WWE reports record Q2 revenue

WWE has reported Q2 revenue of $410.3 million (€375.5m), an increase of 25 per cent and a quarterly record; Operating income was $87.3 million, an increase of 26 per cent; and Adjusted OIBDA was $140.7 million, an increase of 54 per cent and a quarterly record. US viewership for WWE’s weekly flagship shows, SmackDown and […]

August 2, 2023By Nik Roseveare

WWE announces WWE Superstar Spectacle in India

WWE has announced its long-awaited return to India with WWE Superstar Spectacle at the GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium (Gachibowli Indoor Stadium), Hyderabad, India, on September 8th. This will mark the first live event to take place in India since 2017 and the first-ever WWE live event to be held in Hyderabad. WWE fans in attendance […]

August 1, 2023By Nik Roseveare

TNT Sports goes live

TNT Sports has gone live throughout the UK and Republic of Ireland, replacing BT Sport, marking one of the most significant changes in the sports broadcast landscape in the last decade. In addition to the launch of a new brand, discovery+ now becomes the new streaming destination for TNT Sports in the UK. discovery+ will […]

July 18, 2023

WWE Live returns to UK this October

Following the record-seting Money in the Bank event at London’s O2, WWE Live will return to UK arenas this autumn. The WWE superstars will present a Sunday Stunner show at London’s OVO Arena Wembley on October 29th, following which they’ll head to Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena on October 20th and the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on […]

July 10, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Money in the Bank highest grossing WWE arena event ever

WWE has revealed that Money In The Bank, which emanated from The O2 in London on July 1st, became the most-successful and highest-grossing Money In The Bank of all-time. Notably, the Premium Live Event set a new record for highest-grossing arena event in WWE history and Friday Night SmackDown from The O2 became the highest-grossing SmackDown of all-time. The […]

July 5, 2023By Nik Roseveare

WWE Superstars talk binging, video games and more

The WWE Superstars have descended upon London for two night of hard-hitting action at The O2. First up are the Smackdown TV tapings, followed by the entertaniment behemoth’s first Premium Live Event to be held in England in 31 years – Money in the Bank. Advanced-Television spoke with a number of superstars about their TV […]

June 30, 2023By Nik Roseveare

WWE Superstars arrive in London for Money in the Bank

WWE Superstars Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Bianca Belair (pictured), Ridge Holland, LA Knight, Bayley and many more have arrived in London ahead of Money in the Bank, WWE’s first Premium Live Event in the capital in over two decades, taking place at The O2 Arena on July 1st. The Superstars will first be entertaining thousands of fans at […]

June 30, 2023By Nik Roseveare