{"id":135898,"date":"2022-03-23T10:46:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T15:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=135898"},"modified":"2022-03-23T10:46:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T15:46:43","slug":"wwe-announces-new-streaming-home-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/03\/23\/wwe-announces-new-streaming-home-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE announces new streaming home in the Middle East and North Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1510902832\" 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 has <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.wwe.com\/news\/company-news\/2022\/03-23-2022\">announced a new broadcast partnership<\/a> with The MBC Group. MBC Group&#8217;s Shahid streaming service will serve as the home for WWE content in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the rest of the MENA region. The partnership will begin with WrestleMania 38 on April 1 and April 2 and will include all future premium live events in the future. Raw and Smackdown will stream live each week and the company&#8217;s vast library will be available on-demand as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMBC GROUP is a market leader in the region and a great partner for WWE,\u201d said WWE President Nick Khan. \u201cBy delivering our premium live events including WrestleMania and SummerSlam, our weekly programming including Raw and SmackDown, as well as WWE\u2019s massive library, we believe we will expand our reach throughout the Middle East and North Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Natasha Hemingway, Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer at Shahid, added: \u201cIt\u2019s no secret that WWE is massively popular in Saudi Arabia and the rest of the MENA region. This new partnership is sure to be incredibly exciting for fans, and with more and more live sporting events \u2013 including WWE \u2013 coming to the Kingdom, we cannot wait to see where this partnership takes us. We\u2019re delighted that Shahid will be the home of WWE!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The MBC Group is the largest and leading media company in the MENA region. The group includes 17 television channels. Shahid is the leading Arabic streaming platform in the world.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/03\/23\/stephanie-mcmahon-joins-board-of-directors-for-faze-clan\/\">Stephanie McMahon joins board of directors for FaZe Clan<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2075251288\"><div id=\"pwtor-720335056\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE has announced a new broadcast partnership with The MBC Group. MBC Group&#8217;s Shahid streaming service will serve as the home for WWE content in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the rest of the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/03\/23\/wwe-announces-new-streaming-home-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa\/\" title=\"WWE announces new streaming home in the Middle East and North Africa\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":76837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[71],"class_list":["post-135898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe","tag-wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/03\/WWEheadquarters-TitanTower_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135899,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135898\/revisions\/135899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}