July 21 2014 Dubai UAE – WWE (NYSE:WWE) and OSN today announced that WWE’s flagship television program Monday Night Raw® will now air live on OSN WWE’s exclusive pay TV partner in the Middle East and North Africa through 2019. OSN is the leading pay TV platform in the Middle East and North Africa and offers the largest selection of international entertainment and sports content in the region.

Under this new agreement fans can now enjoy all of WWE’s programming including Raw SmackDown® NXT™ and Main Event™ as well as WWE pay-per-view events including WrestleMania® and SummerSlam® in one place on OSN Sports 2 HD.

OSN subscribers can also watch all the action anytime anywhere on their smartphone tablet or laptop with OSN Play the region’s first online viewing platform where OSN Sports 2 HD is streamed live and via ‘OSN on Demand’.

“OSN and WWE have a long standing relationship and we are very excited to be taking that to the next level ” said Andy Warkman OSN’s VP of Sport & Production. “For the first time in the region all core WWE programming will be available in one place making OSN the home of WWE reaching an audience across more than 20 countries. This deal furthers our commitment to bringing our customers the best content.”

“WWE is very excited to be extending and expanding its deal with OSN in the Middle East ” said Carlo Nohra General Manager of WWE Middle East. “OSN hosts some of the very best international entertainment and sports programming and is the perfect home for WWE programming. Together with OSN we will continue to grow our TV pay-per-view live event and consumer products businesses across the Middle East.”

For more information please visit osn.com/wwe

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 Mexico City Miami Mumbai Shanghai Singapore Dubai Munich and Tokyo.

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About OSN
OSN is the ultimate destination for the widest choice of brand new premium Western Arabic South Asian (Hindi Urdu Bengali Malayalam and Tamil) and Filipino entertainment in the Middle East and Africa.

OSN is the home to over 140 channels and services filled with great value entertainment offering viewers in the MENA region exclusive access to the latest blockbuster movies top rated series sports documentaries news kid’s entertainment and live talk shows. The movie offering includes over a 100 uncut and uninterrupted movie premieres a month.

OSN boasts the most comprehensive portfolio of exclusive rights from all the major studios including Warner Brothers Paramount Fox Disney Sony MGM Universal HBO and DreamWorks and offers access to the world’s leading television brands including Disney channel Sky News Discovery Network and National Geographic.

Launched in August 2013 OSN Pehla brings the best of Bollywood movies and premium cricket including exclusive telecast rights of international tournaments such as the ICC Cricket World Cup and Indian cricket through leading sports channels OSN Sports Cricket HD and Ten Cricket.

As the leader in innovation OSN has changed the TV viewing experience by bringing quality entertainment through 46 High Definition channels and is currently the only network offering a full HD bouquet of channels as well as 3D entertainment in the region.

OSN was the first to launch the OSN DVR HD; the regions first online TV platform OSN Play; the regions first 3D HD internet enabled satellite receiver and recorder OSN Plus HD and the region’s first VOD service OSN on Demand offering viewers the opportunity to watch over 1000 movies and 52 latest seasons of the top series all available in full HD quality and Dolby Digital sound.

September 2012 saw the launch of OSN’s rewards programme OSN Privileges offering subscribers money can’t buy experiences special offers and premium prizes all year round.

Addressing the changing viewing habits of consumers across the region in May 2014 OSN launched ‘Go by OSN’ a premium online TV service providing subscribers access to thousands of hours of premium entertainment contract and commitment-free.

The OSN platform is owned and operated by Panther Media Group Limited; a company registered in DIFC and is owned by KIPCO and Mawarid Group Limited.

Media Contact:
Lara Clark
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nivine.william@bm.com

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

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we compete and acceptance of the Company’s brands media and merchandise within those markets; our exposure to bad debt risk; uncertainties relating to regulatory and litigation matters; risks resulting from the highly competitive nature of our markets; uncertainties associated with international markets; the importance of protecting our intellectual property and complying with the intellectual property rights of others; risks associated with producing and travelling to and from our large live events both domestically and internationally; the risk of accidents or injuries during our physically demanding events; risks relating to our film business; risks relating to increasing content production for distribution on various platforms including the potential creation of a WWE Network; risks relating to our computer systems and online operations; risks relating to the large number of shares of common stock controlled by members of the McMahon family and the possibility of the sale of their stock by the McMahons or the perception of the possibility of such sales; the relatively small public float of our stock; and other risks and factors set forth from time to time in Company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results could differ materially from those currently expected or anticipated. In addition our dividend is dependent on a number of factors including among other things our liquidity and historical and projected cash flow strategic plan (including alternative uses of capital) our financial results and condition contractual and legal restrictions on the payment of dividends general economic and competitive conditions and such other factors as our Board of Directors may consider relevant.