PPV Service InDemand Is Shutting Down After 40 Years

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411MANIA | PPV Service InDemand Is Shutting Down After 40 Years

Pay-per-view service InDemand has announced that it will shut down operations next year...

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PWInsider reports that pay-per-view service InDemand has announced that it will shut down operations next year. This means the service will close forty years after it launched back in 1985.

CEO Dale Hopkins said they would shut down at the end of 2025. PPV distribution will then move to Comcast, Charter Communications and Cox Communications.

It was originally called Viewer’s Choice and became InDemand in 2000. It was the distributor of all major PPV wrestling events at the time. ECW had to fight with the service to be cleared to air during the late 90s.

 

[Ricky Smarks]

It’s the end of an era. Not quite the same thing as when blockbuster closed since they’re still gonna do traditional cable pay-per-view just directly through Comcast, but still.

 

[Jimmy King]

I remember the days of talking my Mom into ordering PPVs from this service. After awhile it became where it would be just the big four I’d order before the Network came along.

 

[Ricky Smarks]

If Comcast is gonna get a similar split as InDemand did, they’ll get people coming and going. Get that Peacock money and your PPV dollars if you don’t know streaming exists.