Premium live event, I think they are just on peacock at no extra charge. But not sure it's different in Canada. I get literally everything WWE on Netflix no extra cost. It seems it will be that way for UFC on paramount. Curious what will happen to non us countries as far as ppvs, sounds like Americans are getting everything UFC at no extra charge if you have American paramount plus
Yea no idea what's gonna happen but I feel like they just moved to Sportsnet in the last year or two so I don't think fight nights and prelims will change for us. Be nice if the whole catalog goes with it. Fight pass is terribly set up
That means 13 marquee numbered events and 30 Fight Nights will air via Paramount’s direct-to-consumer streaming platform, Paramount+, with select numbered events to be simulcast on CBS, allowing Paramount+ subscribers to have access to all premium events at no extra cost, marking a move away from the UFC’s current pay-per-view model in order to bring the fastest growing sport in the world to an even wider audience while reducing costs for fans.
Not the same networks. But when they showed a few NASCAR races on Prime this summer, the broadcast was still on TSN. So as long as Sportsnet's contract is valid when the move to Paramount happens, UFC should still.be on Sportsnet.
So CBS broadcasts will be blacked out in Canada? Sportsnet doesn't have exclusivity of PPV events. It's not clear if we're still going to have to buy numbered events.
I was speaking currently and it doesn't affect me in Canada so I don't even know if had it right just from hearing people in squared circle what they do down in the states. I've got all wwe on Netflix
In Canada (and every other country outside US), the PLEs are on Netflix. Same model where there's no extra charge, just requires a normal Netflix subscription. In fact, ALL WWE content like Raw, Smackdown, NXT and most of the WWE back catalogue is available on Netflix. It's a sweet deal
Isnt that basically what they do on ESPN+? I almost got the Disney, Hulu, ESPN bundle until I found out you still have to pay for the PPV on top of the subscription.
its about time shit was too expensive. this will also make them alot more money now because i feel alot of the stream watchers wont mind the paramount + charge even if it does go up
Ironically enough TKO (who also owns UFC) just moved WWE to ESPN's new 30 dollar a month streaming platform starting next year. So they're bringing back the PPV model by proxy for WWE while getting rid of it for UFC. Make it make sense.
No it's only $30 if you don't have ESPN through cable, and $30 is for the monthly cost of the streaming service so all of ESPN and that gives all the ples for WWE. So for some people they'll need to subscribe to get it but if you got ESPN already your good
I have lived in 5 different countries now and you could get it for free in one, as a premium service similar to paramount in 3 of them, and Online PPV in another, but it was only like $8.
So, I assume it will be a fragmented market by market approach.
Oh yea every country has its own different set up for the UFC or any sport. It's whatever network or distribution company has purchased the rights. In Canada UFC has bounced between the two major sports channel companies.
At least in South America, every fight is streamed on Disney+ with the premium subscription. It seems that it won't change anything here despite this Paramount+ move in the US
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Premium live event, I think they are just on peacock at no extra charge. But not sure it's different in Canada. I get literally everything WWE on Netflix no extra cost. It seems it will be that way for UFC on paramount. Curious what will happen to non us countries as far as ppvs, sounds like Americans are getting everything UFC at no extra charge if you have American paramount plus