WWE to Have Fight on Their Hands Over UK Television Rights

BSkyB are set to face competition from cable television giants over rights to World Wrestling Entertainment programming when their current contract is up for renewal.

Teesside, England (PRWEB) February 7, 2006 -- Wrestlemag can exclusively reveal that Sky may have a fight on their hands when their current television deal with WWE expires. Although the current deal lasts for around another four years, there is already talk that cable giants NTL will launch a bid to secure rights to all WWE programming when the deal is nearing an end. NTL are currently finalising their merger with fellow cable company, Telewest, with the merger set to be completed in mid-March. From what we have learnt today, once the merger is complete, NTL are keen to secure rights to several sports and entertainment events that Sky TV currently have the rights to in a bid to become the market leaders for digital television in the UK.

NTL have also internally discussed further promoting WWE PPV events to their customers. As things are, the only real advertising for WWE PPV’s is from WWE themselves (bar adverts on Sky Sports and Sky Sports News), and NTL have already expressed a desire to increase their promotion for upcoming PPV’s throughout 2006.

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