ITV announces AEW’s UK TV deal, and fans aren’t happy

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UPDATE: The “live viewing solution” has been announced. Details are here.

We’re a week away from the premiere of AEW Dynamite on TNT, and most folks outside of the United States are still wondering how they’ll be able to watch All Elite Wrestling’s weekly show.

Fans in the United Kingdom got their answer a short time ago, and if they were hoping for a live broadcast, or a primetime replay, they’re disappointed.

Here’s the announcement from ITV, the company AEW partnered with for pay-per-view (PPV) distribution in the UK via their Box Office service:

(2/2) Shows will run sequentially leading up to PPV events, including before 9 November Full Gear, so more details, including subsequent schedule information, to follow soon...

— ITV Wrestling (@ITVWrestling) September 25, 2019

As the immediate response on Twitter was... let’s say “less than enthusiatic”, especially in light of Cody Rhodes past comments touting AEW’s UK TV plans as better than WWE’s deal in the country, President Tony Khan clarified the scheduling around PPV, and clarify there will be a “live viewing solution”. His answer makes it sound like maybe this is a work in progress?

We’ll work together to ensure there will always be a free to air broadcast of the most recent episode of AEW: Dynamite before Saturday PPVs including Full Gear. We’ll also be announcing a live viewing solution soon for the UK + many other countries with great AEW fans. Thank you!

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) September 25, 2019

Stay tuned... whether that’s live or on a four day delay to watch first thing Sunday morning depends on where you are.

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Being so disorganised re: international options for viewing is a bad look for AEW

I still have no idea how to watch it over here when it starts. Since Vince is friends with Murdoch and Murdoch owns a lot of UK and Aus media the barrier to entry for AEW on TV is probably high
 

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Being so disorganised re: international options for viewing is a bad look for AEW

I still have no idea how to watch it over here when it starts. Since Vince is friends with Murdoch and Murdoch owns a lot of UK and Aus media the barrier to entry for AEW on TV is probably high
Most international people will just bootleg it
 

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Yee but I actually want to support the product
 

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