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World Wrestling Entertainment Announces Six More U.S. Cable Companies Offering ...

NEWS ALERT WWE 24/7 continues to expand from coast-to-coast across the United States.  World Wrestling Entertainment today released the names of six more cable systems that are offering WWE 24/7 to their consumers including Armstrong® the eighteenth largest multiple system operator (MSO) in the country.

WWE 24/7 can now be found in 22 states and Canada.  Nineteen of those states are in the top 50 DMA.

 “All of the cable systems that are offering WWE 24/7 have told us that customer reaction to the service has been well beyond their expectations ” said Peter Clifford Vice President WWE Affiliate Sales.  “The power of WWE 24/7 to draw consumers to the On-Demand platform has been noted by satellite and telco companies as witnessed by our recent contract with Verizon.  The international marketplace also is taking notice and we will soon be providing WWE 24/7 to consumers outside North America.”   

Armstrongâ the 18th largest MSO in the nation provides television telephone and high-speed Internet services to customers in Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Kentucky and Maryland.  "Armstrong is excited to feature WWE 24/7 content as part of our company-wide launch of VOD this Fall " said Jud Stewart Vice President of Marketing and Programming.  "WWE® has a great following in our markets and WWE 24/7 is sure to generate significant interest".

Other operators signing on to provide WWE 24/7 are:

  • Buckeye CableSystem a MSO providing cable television high-speed internet and telephone to customers in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan.   “Our MSO has always performed well with WWE programming and with the addition of WWE 24/7 we are now able to provide more of this popular programming genre and increase our VOD content—making our digital platform more attractive. and adding more value to our digital customers ” said Florence Buchanan Vice President of Sales and Marketing.  “We have been working very hard over the last year-and-a-half to increase our VOD content.  WWE 24/7 is proving to be a winner. We are very pleased with the performance of WWE 24/7
  • Patriot Media operates in 31 communities across New Jersey providing cable television and high-speed Internet services.
  • Astound Broadband services consumers across communities in the area of St. Cloud Minn. and Concord/Walnut Creek Calif.
  • BendBroadband serves customers in central Oregon.  “At BendBroadband we’re all about giving our customers a rich variety of programming choices. With the addition of WWE 24/7 we’re able to offer professional wrestling fans in Central Oregon the very best of classic and contemporary wrestling footage from the incredible video vaults of WWE ” said Lance Judd BendBroadband Marketing Manager. “When you combine the wealth of WWE’s programming with the convenience of ordering via On Demand it’s truly a best of breed service.”
  • SIGECOM LLC. is an overbuilder serving southern Indiana.  “We have many WWE fans in Southern Indiana. So we are very excited about offering WWE 24/7 to our customers when we launch Video on Demand Services late this year ” said Phyllis Newman Sales and Marketing Manager.

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