TNA Expands International Television Programming

[Chris]

From impactwrestling.com:

TNA IMPACT WRESTLING announces a number of major new global television partnerships, including a deal that brings its top-rated TV show, “IMPACT WRESTLINGâ€￾ to the Middle East and North Africa for the very first time.

TNA’s “IMPACT WRESTLINGâ€￾ has begun broadcasting on the popular FX Middle East channel at 10:30pm every Tuesday (local time.) The show is now seen in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, the Palestinian territories, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen, Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Mauritania and Somalia.

Beginning mid-October, Egyptian fans will also be able to watch “TNA Xplosionâ€￾ and TNA’s “Greatest Matchesâ€￾ thanks to a new partnership between TNA and Dream TV. The channel will shortly be announcing broadcast times for both shows.

Starting in early 2013, Kuwait TV will also begin airing archive episodes of TNA “IMPACT WRESTLINGâ€￾ under the “CLASSIC IMPACTâ€￾ brand.

TNA has also made a number of strides in Eastern Europe and is now airing on GSP TV in Romania with TNA’s “IMPACT WRESTLINGâ€￾ being broadcast every Monday at 8:00pm and “TNA Xplosionâ€￾ airing each Wednesday at 8:00pm (local times). GSP TV will also broadcast TNA’s monthly pay-per-view events including “Bound For Glory,â€￾ “Lockdownâ€￾ and “Slammiversary.â€￾

TNA’s debut on Orange Sport in Poland earlier this year was also very successful, with high ratings and positive media coverage.

A number of TNA’s current international TV partners have recently signed contract extensions, including Thailand’s GMM Grammy Sport One, which will now broadcast “TNA Unfinished Businessâ€￾ and TNA’s “Greatest Matchesâ€￾ alongside TNA “IMPACT WRESTLINGâ€￾ every week.

“I’m thrilled that this year has seen us bring the very best in professional wrestling to more and more people around the world,â€￾ stated TNA President Dixie Carter. “The TNA IMPACT WRESTLING family is growing all the time, and I can’t wait to chat to all our new fans from every corner of the globe on Facebook and Twitter.â€￾

 

[Troy]

It is amazing how many countries they are now shown in all corners of the globe. It should produce some good revenue for them heading forward.

 

[Undertaker]

It's fantastic news for TNA. They have been expanding at a rapid rate over the past 3-4 years which is promising. I still don't think they will get close to WWE within the next 10 years because they haven't got the history behind them and they also will not have the talent they currently possess for too much longer. This should bring in more money for them but I think most importantly what they need is more fans. It's interesting to see how far the company has come for example, I came across a whole episode of TNA from a few years back which barly had many views and then I came across a recent episode of TNA from this year and it had well over 200,000 views.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

More poor people have lost an excuse to watch TNA. I think this is a win.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

All these places are allowed television?

 

[Keith]

A good business move from their point of view.

 

[Deezy]

Middle Eastern countries love their wrestling, the guy in my sig quote sums up the majority of them though.