{"id":18872,"date":"2016-05-10T11:53:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T16:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=18872"},"modified":"2016-05-10T13:22:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T18:22:27","slug":"wwe-q1-2016-chart-revenues-network-ppv-home-video-stack-wwe-better-off-network-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/10\/wwe-q1-2016-chart-revenues-network-ppv-home-video-stack-wwe-better-off-network-era\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Q1 2016 Chart &#8211; How the Revenues for Network, PPV &#038; Home Video stack up &#8211; is WWE better off in Network era?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3594282938\" 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>The deeper into the WWE Network introduction, the more questions arise about whether WWE&#8217;s media business is better before or after the Network.<\/p>\n<p>The First Quarter 2016 results indicate the media business is better from a revenue standpoint. Profitability is still a question because of the ramp-up costs that WWE is still recovering from.<\/p>\n<p>However, looking at three key areas of WWE&#8217;s media division &#8211; Network Revenue, PPV Revenue, and Home Video Revenue &#8211; it appears the Network is growing at a solid rate.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, even when PPV disappears completely and as Home Video continues to dwindle, the Network Revenue surpasses the previous era by itself. Again, profitability is still in question.<\/p>\n<p>In the first quarter, Network Revenue was $38.2 million, topping the combined revenue of Network, PPV, and Home Video in Q1-2014 when the Network launched.<\/p>\n<p>However, Network Revenue alone did not beat Q1-2015, which totaled $42.3 with the benefit of WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p>A more even comparison will be the half-year numbers released in\u00a0the next financial report that cover January through June.<\/p>\n<p>The following is a chart breaking down the effects of the Network on the media business, especially the soon-to-be-extinct PPV business and shrinking Home Video revenue as\u00a0consumption habits move to digital and\u00a0the Network.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2745134203\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18873\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/05\/WWENetworkEffect.png\" alt=\"WWENetworkEffect\" width=\"945\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/05\/WWENetworkEffect.png 945w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/05\/WWENetworkEffect-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/05\/WWENetworkEffect-768x149.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1519240187\"><div id=\"pwtor-706493508\"><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>The deeper into the WWE Network introduction, the more questions arise about whether WWE&#8217;s media business is better before or after the Network. 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