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WWE Network Reaches 1.82 Million Subscribers

By: Apr. 04, 2016
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WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced that its digital subscription service, WWE Network, reached a record 1.82 million total subscribers following last night's WrestleMania, the most viewed WrestleMania in history. This is a 39% increase from March 30, 2015, the day after WrestleMania last year.

"History was made last night with both a record-setting crowd at AT&T Stadium and more households than ever before watching WrestleMania on WWE Network," said WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon. "WWE Network continues to drive transformative growth for our company."

"Results today further demonstrate the power of our brand, illustrate our potential to drive long-term growth and provide evidence that we are effectively executing our multi-platform content strategy," said George Barrios, WWE Chief Strategy & Financial Officer.

WWE NETWORK Subscriber Highlights

  • WWE Network reached record levels of total subscribers, total domestic subscribers and total international subscribers as of April 4, 2016
  • Total domestic subscribers increased 24% to 1.39 million; total international subscribers increased 126% to 434,000 from March 30, 2015 - the day after WrestleMania last year
  • Domestic and international paid subscribers reached 1.11 million and 345,000, respectively as of April 4, 2016

WWE NETWORK total subscribers at WrestleMania 32 and WrestleMania 311,2,3:

Total Subscribers
(thousands)

April 4th, 2016
WrestleMania 32

March 30th, 2015
WrestleMania 31

% Growth
Total (Paid + Free Trial) 1,824 1,315 39%
Total Paid 1,454 1,315 11%
Total Domestic (Paid + Free Trial) 1,390 1,123 24%
Domestic Paid 1,109 1,123 -1%
Total International (Paid + Free Trial) 434 192 126%
International Paid 345 192 80%


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