AEW Dynamite and Collision to remain on TBS/TNT + Stream on Max starting January 2025

[Comrade Khan]

I have little faith in this, best we'll get is discounted on Max. Which i think is only fair since Max is like $15-25 depending on your plan already, but I'm not even confident in that.

0 chance its outright free - either u have to pay for all the aew stuff or the tv is free and the ppvs are pay per

 

[Chris]

They seem to still be indecisive on if they want to charge extra for a "sports package" on Max which I kinda think is laughable without the NBA myself, AEW would be their cornerstone outside of one off events/tournaments they might have rights to lol

 

[Comrade Khan]

They seem to still be indecisive on if they want to charge extra for a "sports package" on Max which I kinda think is laughable without the NBA myself, AEW would be their cornerstone outside of one off events/tournaments they might have rights to lol

i would not want to fall on that grenade as aew lol

 

[Chris]

Yeah they have college basketball still too but other than March madness I don't think it would pull enough. Some NHL and I wanna say some overseas soccer too but I don't remember

 

[Comrade Khan]

DONT FUCKING TEASE ME GOD DAMMIT

 

[Chris]

Talent has constantly been asking I've heard more than one person say

 

[Hidden Blaze]

 

[ScareValue]

The three questions I care about are

1. Does it include PPVs on Max. That one I got the answer to. Yes…for an extra cost per show apparently at a discounted rate from traditional ppv

2. Will it include streaming archives that we’ve been waiting for a major promotion to have a place for for an unbelievable amount of time

3. If yes, how long until new PPVs are added to it?

 

[Hidden Blaze]

I wonder how much the PPVs will be discounted

 

[Hidden Blaze]

Updated the title to the thread lol

 

[Comrade Khan]

A e dub! A e dub!

 

[Chris]

Here's some stuff from Meltzer

Variety, which first reported the story, listed the deal at upwards of $150 million per year taking everything into account. Sources close to the negotiations said it will wind up substantially over that figure on an annual basis with all components figured in. The deal is for three years and a fourth option year. The fourth year would be at a substantial increase in price.

Rampage will be discontinued, as is reported, while the company is shopping around the new Shockwave show to other networks as noted in our report on the site.

Both Dynamite and Collision will air live on MAX along with TBS and TNT, and because MAX is a streaming service, the shows will be live on the West Coast, three hours before they would air on television.

MAX will also be home for the PPV events. The situation will be closer to the UFC model than the WWE model in the sense MAX will be starting a PPV component and AEW will be part of that. The price will be lower on MAX than it will be through other sources. The PPV events will remain available on regular television PPV channels, DirecTV and Dish, as well as places like Triller, YouTube and PPV.com But most of the marketing will be geared toward MAX and MAX will be promoting the events.

There are still aspects of the deal unclear at this point, such as whether it will move to the MAX sports tier when that gets started or stay with the regular tier. It’s likely that will be a WBD decision.

At this point nothing is known regarding TruTV, which will be turning into an all-sports network in prime time. It is possible AEW shows will air in repeats on that station, but that is not clear at press time. In earlier media reports, TruTV was listed along with TNT and TBS as a home, but today’s news only listed TBS, TNT and Max.

The deal, which covers January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2027, and potentially also 2028, was announced today in conjunction with the promotion’s fifth anniversary. The anniversary show takes place tonight in Pittsburgh, PA with a double headliner with Will Ospreay vs. Ricochet for the International title and Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada for the AEW title. The Continental title will be at stake for the first 20 minutes of the match as well. The show will get what we were told was a significant overrun.

The new deal will make the company very profitable going forward even if no deal is made for a third weekly show that is being shopped around.

Media rights revenue would be up on the new deal well in excess of $90 million per year on average from 2024 levels based on this deal.

 

[Comrade Khan]

big money and PROFITABLE was said

 

[Comrade Khan]

seeing lots of 170 mil / Year

 

[ScareValue]

It’s been five years and I still don’t know if there will be a place to watch their tape library in the US anytime soon. Telling me that shows streamed on Max will be available on demand doesn‘t answer anything about the last five years of shows. It’s 2024 and we still can’t watch a PPV or a Dynamite from the past somewhere? I hope we find out soon this is changing. It continues to be absurd.