WWE (NYSE: WWE) and Telekom Sport today announced a new
multi-year agreement to broadcast WWE’s flagship
programs Raw® and SmackDown® in Romania.
Every week beginning next Friday, July 27, Telekom Sport 1 will
air a two-hour version of Raw at 11 p.m. on Fridays
and SmackDown at 11 p.m. on Sundays, both with Romanian
commentary.
“Telekom Sport continues a tradition to build a premium sports
television experience, and this is why we are honored and excited
to be the platform that
delivers Raw and SmackDown to WWE Romanian
fans,” said Vlad Enăchescu, General Manager of Telekom Sport. “The
biggest WWE Superstars will be seen on Telekom Sport, and anywhere
on any screen, through the Telekom TV Web & Mobile
platform.”
“Telekom Sport shares our vision and passion for engaging and
entertaining our fans,” said Michelle Wilson, WWE
Co-President. “This partnership to televise localized WWE
programming in Romania allows us to expand our reach and
deliver action-packed, family-friendly entertainment to WWE
fans throughout the country.”
Raw and SmackDown will also be available on
Telekom TV, Telekom Sport’s TV Everywhere platform for
authenticated subscribers, and on its 14-day VOD catchup
window.
About WWE
WWE, a publicly traded company (NYSE: WWE), is an integrated
media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment.
The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and
deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE
is committed to family friendly entertainment on its television
programming, pay-per-view, digital media and publishing platforms.
WWE’s TV-PG, family-friendly programming can be seen in more than
800 million homes worldwide in 24 languages. WWE Network, the
first-ever 24/7 over-the-top premium network that includes all live
pay-per-views, scheduled programming and a massive video-on-demand
library, is currently available in more than 180 countries. The
company is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New
York, Los Angeles, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Shanghai,
Singapore, Dubai, Munich and Tokyo.
Additional information on WWE (NYSE: WWE) can be found at
wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. For information on our global
activities, go to http://www.wwe.com/worldwide/.
About Telekom Romania
Telekom Romania is a dynamic brand, offering fixed and mobile
innovative communication services to a broad customer community,
using approximately 10 million services.
Our solutions open a world of infinite opportunities to share
the beauty of life together with our families, friends, partners,
colleagues and citizens around us. Our mission is to enrich
people’s lives, by offering them fixed and mobile integrated
services, latest technologies like 4G, optical fibre, as well as
Internet TV which brings users a new entertainment experience, with
access to exclusive and quality content, on all screens, and
advanced interactive features.
Telekom Romania is the trusted partner for companies, providing
them with complete communications and IT&C solutions. Our
network is bringing together people, machines and content,
connecting them for a better, safer, simpler future.
Telekom Romania is present in the Romanian market since 2014,
after the joint rebranding of Romtelecom and COSMOTE Romania.
Telekom is a brand pertaining to Deutsche Telekom, one of the
world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies.
Trademarks: All WWE programming,
talent names, images, likenesses, slogans, wrestling moves,
trademarks, logos and copyrights are the exclusive property of WWE
and its subsidiaries. All other trademarks, logos and copyrights
are the property of their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements: This
press release contains forward-looking statements pursuant to the
safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These
risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks relating
to: WWE Network; major distribution agreements; our need to
continue to develop creative and entertaining programs and events;
a decline in the popularity of our brand of sports entertainment;
the continued importance of key performers and the services of
Vincent K. McMahon; possible adverse changes in the regulatory
atmosphere and related private sector initiatives; the highly
competitive, rapidly changing and increasingly fragmented nature of
the markets in which we operate and greater financial resources or
marketplace presence of many of our competitors; uncertainties
associated with international markets; our difficulty or inability
to promote and conduct our live events and/or other businesses if
we do not comply with applicable regulations; our dependence on our
intellectual property rights, our need to protect those rights, and
the risks of our infringement of others’ intellectual property
rights; the complexity of our rights agreements across distribution
mechanisms and geographical areas; potential substantial liability
in the event of accidents or injuries occurring during our
physically demanding events including, without limitation, claims
relating to CTE; large public events as well as travel to and from
such events; our feature film business; our expansion into new or
complementary businesses and/or strategic investments; our computer
systems and online operations; a possible decline in general
economic conditions and disruption in financial markets; our
accounts receivable; our revolving credit facility; litigation; our
potential failure to meet market expectations for our financial
performance, which could adversely affect our stock; Vincent K.
McMahon exercising control over our affairs, and his interests may
conflict with the holders of our Class A common stock; a
substantial number of shares which are eligible for sale by the
McMahons and the sale, or the perception of possible sales, of
those shares could lower our stock price; and the relatively small
public “float” of our Class A common stock. In addition, our
dividend is dependent on a number of factors, including, among
other things, our liquidity and cash flow, strategic plan
(including alternative uses of capital), our financial results and
condition, contractual and legal restrictions on the payment of
dividends (including under our revolving credit facility), general
economic and competitive conditions and such other factors as our
Board of Directors may consider relevant. Forward-looking
statements made by the Company speak only as of the date made, are
subject to change without any obligation on the part of the Company
to update or revise them, and undue reliance should not be placed
on these statements.
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Investors:Michael Weitz, +1
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