ProSiebenSat. partners with WWE: maxdome, FUN, and MAXX acquire expansive entertainment package

ProSiebenSat.1 partners with WWE : maxdome, FUN, and MAXX acquire expansive entertainment package Multi-year rights deal for free TV, pay TV, and online

SmackDown on ProSieben MAXX free TV

Live pay-per-view events on maxdome, including WrestleMania 30

Monday Night Raw and NXT on ProSieben FUN pay TV

Unterf hring, March 13, 2014. The ProSiebenSat.1 Group and WWE (WWE:NYSE) have agreed to a comprehensive long-term rights deal for free TV, pay TV and via online platforms in Germany and Austria. The agreement includes all WWE pay-per-view programming on maxdome as well as weekly episodes of SmackDown on ProSieben MAXX free TV and Monday Night Raw and NXT on ProSieben FUN pay TV.

Starting April 5, WWEs flagship programming WWE SmackDown will be broadcast on ProSiebenMAXX every Saturday at 11.00 pm. The most important WWE pay-per-view event of the year WrestleMania 30 arrives shortly after on April 7 at 1.00 am - available online as a live pay-per-view event on maxdome. This annual pop culture extravaganza will celebrate is a must-see show for millions of fans worldwide.

WWE combines compelling storylines with an exciting mix of in-ring action, featuring WWE Superstars John Cena , Randy Orton , Alberto Del Rio , Daniel Bryan and many more.

This cooperation with WWE creates tremendous added value for our viewers and customers. WWE is well recognized in Germany and has a loyal and growing fan base, said Andreas Heyden, COO of ProSiebenSat.1 Digital, We will be showcasing some of the very best programming WWE has to offer across our various platforms including SmackDown on ProSieben Maxx and the huge event WrestleMania 30, which will be available live as a pay-per-view for the first time on www.maxdome.de.

This new deal with ProSiebenSat.1 provides WWE fans with a great choice of platforms with massive reach to follow the storyline of WWEs flagship programming, said Stefan Kastenmueller, General Manager of WWE Germany. Coupled with the increased activities from our team to bring the very best of all of our lines of business to the German market including Live Events, PPV, Consumer Products and Digital Services, we are set to solidify WWEs footprint in Germany

WWE pay-per-views live on maxdome

WrestleMania 30 will be made available directly on maxdomes pay-per-view platform at www.maxdome.de/wwe, without a subscription. Maxdome will be the first online video library in Germany to broadcast pay-per-view events on a regular basis.

WWE on free TV: weekly show on ProSieben MAXX

SmackDown will be available on the latest free TV channel in the ProSiebenSat.1 Group; ProSieben Maxx, starting with the launch episode on Saturday April 5, 2014 at 11pm.

WWE on pay TV: all three WWE shows exclusively on ProSieben FUN

Only on ProSieben FUN will viewers have access to the complete WWE programming package.

As the only German pay TV channel, ProSieben FUN will show two WWEs flagship shows, Monday Night Raw and SmackDown. Monday Night Raw and SmackDown are two of the longest-running, weekly episodic programs in primetime TV history and it is also amongst the most-watched programs on cable.

Additionally, the weekly show NXT will also be available exclusively on ProSieben FUN. Produced at Full Sail University in Orlando, FL, takes WWEs developmental system to a higher level with the next generation of WWE Superstars, on-air presenters and even behind-the-scenes staff.

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