{"id":10632,"date":"2016-02-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=10632"},"modified":"2016-02-11T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T15:00:00","slug":"q42015ppvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/11\/q42015ppvs\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE EARNINGS &#8211; PPV Business phased out in WWE&#8217;s reporting, chart for Q4 PPVs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3072382920\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE did not report individual PPV buys for their Fourth Quarter 2015 events in their <a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/wwe-reports-strong-fourth-quarter-133000601.html\" target=\"_blank\">quarterly financial report released Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WWE simply noted that PPV business was $3.6 million in the quarter off 274,000 total buys, which translates to\u00a0$13.13 per buy going to WWE.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10646\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/02\/Q4PPVTrend.png\" alt=\"Q4PPVTrend\" width=\"288\" height=\"232\" \/>Simultaneous to the earnings release, WWE released their <a href=\"http:\/\/ir.corporate.wwe.com\/Cache\/1500080693.PDF?Y=&amp;O=PDF&amp;D=&amp;fid=1500080693&amp;T=&amp;iid=4121687\" target=\"_blank\">monthly business figures<\/a>, which show a steep decline in PPV buys to where TLC in December was virtually non-existent, but actually slight more than 2014 TLC.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the changing viewing habits to\u00a0WWE Network\u00a0and increased international availability is starting to take effect.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; For the full-year 2015, WWE noted that WWE Network Revenue (which includes individual\u00a0PPV Revenue) was $159.4 million in 2015 (representing 24 percent of total annual revenue).<\/p>\n<p>WWE said the Network Revenue total &#8220;nearly doubled the average annual revenue of the Company\u2019s pay-per-view business before Network launch,&#8221; indicating WWE is confident they made the right decision transitioning\u00a0PPV delivery to the Network.<\/p>\n<p><b>2015 PPV Buys Trend<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Jan: Royal Rumble &#8211; 145,000 buys<br \/>\n&#8211; Feb: Fast Lane &#8211; 46,000 buys<br \/>\n&#8211; Mar: WM31 &#8211; 259,000 buys<br \/>\n&#8211; Apr: Extreme Rules &#8211; 56,000 buys<br \/>\n&#8211; May: Payback &#8211; 57,000 buys<br \/>\n&#8211; June: MITB &#8211; 57,000 buys<br \/>\n&#8211; July: Battleground &#8211; 80,000 buys<br \/>\n&#8211; Aug.: Summerslam &#8211; 121,000 buys<br \/>\n&#8211; Sept.: Night of Champions &#8211; 77,000 buys<br \/>\n&#8211; Oct.: Hell in a Cell &#8211; 87,000 buys (unofficial prelim)<br \/>\n&#8211; Nov.: Survivor Series &#8211; ??? 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