Paris July 18 2014 – WWE (NYSE:WWE) and Groupe AB have extended their partnership for three more years to broadcast WWE’s weekly flagship programming in France through 2017.

The extension of this partnership carries WWE and Groupe AB’s partnership into its 15th year and will allow fans in France to continue enjoying WWE’s family-friendly entertainment shows Raw® SmackDown® and WWE Main Event® plus all WWE Specials such as WrestleMania® Royal Rumble® and SummerSlam®. These shows will be available in French across AB1 RTL9 AB3 and AB4 and all programing will be available in HD.

Richard Maroko Executive Vice President of Programs Groupe AB says “WWE delivers consistently strong ratings and one-of-a-kind events. We are proud to partner with one of the biggest brands in entertainment.”

“WWE is thrilled to be extending its partnership with Groupe AB ” said Jo Parkinson General Manager and VP in EMEA. “France continues to be a very important market for us and we look forward to deepening this valuable relationship to strengthen WWE’s brand and grow our audience.”

About WWE
WWE a publicly traded company (NYSE: WWE) is an integrated media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family friendly entertainment on its television programming pay-per-view digital media and publishing platforms. WWE programming is broadcast in more than 150 countries and 30 languages and reaches more than 650 million homes worldwide. The company is headquartered in Stamford Conn. with offices in New York Los Angeles London Miami Mexico City Mumbai Shanghai Singapore Munich and Tokyo.

Additional information on WWE (NYSE: WWE) can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. For information on our global activities go to http://www.wwe.com/worldwide/.

About Group AB
AB GROUPE operates a total of 14 pay TV channels broadcasted through satellite cable DSL and mobile devices. AB GROUPE channels are distributed by all major pay TV operators in France Belgium and Switzerland but also by African and Turkish operators which broadcast some of the channels in English and Turkish language. AB GROUPE has also launched one of the largest SVOD service in 2013 named JOOK Video.

The Group operates two main business divisions:

TV Channels: leading independent editor of thematic channels in France gathering 14 thematic channels.

More recently the division has evolved to include catch-up VOD and SVOD services
Content distribution.

AB INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION has grown over the years a large catalog of French-speaking programming rights with over 16.500 hours which it supplies to Pay and Free TV broadcasters in French-speaking Europe (fiction animation feature-length films and documentary). Moreover the Group also sells its worldwide rights catalog to hundreds of countries every year.

AB GROUPE confirms everyday its status of inevitable actor in the audiovisual field.

WWE Media Contact:

Lara Clark
+44 207 349 1745
Lara.clark@wwecorp.com

Groupe AB contact
Katia Mazadier
+33 1 49 222 063
katia.mazadier@groupe-ab.fr

Investor Contact:
Michael Weitz
+1 203-352-8642
Michael.Weitz@wwecorp.com

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