ncom. etflix He opened a new trade route with sports. He had already begun experimenting by broadcasting an exhibition tennis match Rafael Nadal And Carlos Alcaraz. But now Netflix is investing $5 billion in a WWE superstar, a wrestling show producer. Raw program, which includes movie stars such as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson also John Cenawill now be available directly on the Netflix platform.
The agreement will be concluded from 2025, ensuring… Monday Night RawWhich will consist of three hours of live performances weekly. This is Netflix's first long-term rights agreement related to the world of sports, as it has streamed a golf match and a tennis match. The duration of the agreement is 10 years and means goodbye raw On the American channel USA Network, where it has been broadcast since its premiere in 1993.
“The value of the 10-year agreement is more than $5 billion, according to a company document. “Netflix will have the option to exit the agreement after five years and extend it for another decade,” Alex Sherman told NBC. but Netflix It will not start broadcasting this content in all countries of its platform, but it will start the agreement with exclusive rights in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Latin America.
For now, it will not be broadcast in Spain, however Netflix It plans to expand the list of countries in which it will be broadcast. the raw wrestling It has not been broadcast in Spain since 2020, at which time the agreement with Atresmedia expired. The most important annual wrestling event, Wrestlemaniaadded a total of 500 million views in April of last year.
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