{"id":125108,"date":"2022-02-06T06:40:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T06:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=125108"},"modified":"2022-02-06T06:40:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T06:40:28","slug":"wwe-reports-big-streaming-lift-since-peacock-move-with-3-5m-paid-subscribers-viewing-its-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/wwe-reports-big-streaming-lift-since-peacock-move-with-3-5m-paid-subscribers-viewing-its-content\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Reports Big Streaming Lift Since Peacock Move, With 3.5M Paid Subscribers Viewing Its Content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE said its decision a year ago to shift its streaming setup from its own stand-alone service to a marquee spot on NBCUniversal&#8217;s Peacock, has dramatically boosted its audience.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing investors on the company&#8217;s fourth-quarter earnings call, President Nick Khan offered rare insights into viewership on Peacock since NBCUniversal licensed WWE fare for $1 billion over five years. Five events streamed last summer and fall, he said, posted gains of between 20% and 75% apiece compared with pre-pandemic editions in 2019 hosted on WWE Network. No specific viewership metrics were offered, only relative numbers, in keeping with industry norms of late.<\/p>\n<p>Khan said 3.5 million paying Peacock subscribers have watched WWE programming since the WWE Network folded last spring amid the Peacock integration. Price is one key reason. At the time of its shutdown, WWE Network cost $10 a month and had accumulated 1.5 million subscribers since launching in 2014 as an early direct-to-consumer foray. A range of WWE programming, including live events, is offered at no charge as part of Peacock Premium. The service costs $5 a month for most subscribers, and is bundled at no charge for others along with pay-TV or broadband packages.<\/p>\n<p><h4>Related Story<\/h4>\n<h3>Amazon Sets $20-A-Year Price Hike For Prime As Its Q4 Results Cheer Investors<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Peacock parent Comcast last week reported the streaming outlet has reached 9 million stand-alone subscribers to its premium tier, with another 7 million getting it via bundles. The company said it would start focusing more on building the premium subscriber base, rather than emphasizing the free, basic tier, as had been the prevailing approach when Peacock launched in mid-2020.<\/p>\n<p>The result of the move, Khan said: &#8220;More people are watching WWE premium live events than ever before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Frank Riddick said the Peacock arrangement offers &#8220;more favorable economics&#8221; than running a streaming entity, with everything that entails. The visibility on Peacock has also helped viewership of WWE&#8217;s major events, including <em>WrestleMania<\/em> and the <em>Royal Rumble<\/em>, which he said has increased 42% since the Peacock move.<\/p>\n<p>The streaming insights came as WWE reported its first $1 billion revenue year in 2021 &#8212; $1.095 billion, to be exact &#8212; and strong fourth-quarter earnings. Adjusting for one-time items, net income hit 70 cents a share, well above Wall Street analysts&#8217; consensus expectation for 52 cents and more than double the 24 cents of the year-ago period.<\/p>\n<p>Revenue of $310.3 million in the quarter came up short of Wall Street estimates for $325.9 million, though it still gained 30% compared with the year-earlier quarter.<\/p>\n<h2>Must Read Stories<\/h2>\n<h3>Dakota Johnson To Play Madame Web, First Female Superhero In Sony&#8217;s Marvel Realm<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-02-at-7.24.56-PM.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Amazon Raises Price For Prime As Investors Cheer Q4; Lionsgate Mixed; Snap Stock Pops<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/earnings-corporate-profits.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Apple Sets &#8216;Presumed Innocent&#8217;; &#8216;The Horrors Of Dolores Roach&#8217; At Amazon<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Presumed-Innocent-The-Horror-of-Dolores-Roach-CAROUSEL-ONLY.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Netflix&#8217;s 2022 Film Slate: &#8216;Knives Out 2&#8217; &#038; &#8216;The Gray Man&#8217; Among 86 Titles<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Netflix-logo-Knives-Out-CAROUSEL-ONLY.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2>Read More About:<\/h2>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/02\/wwe-streaming-peacock-fourth-quarter-1234926352\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE said its decision a year ago to shift its streaming setup from its own stand-alone service to a marquee spot on NBCUniversal&#8217;s Peacock, has [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":125107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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