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Chief Strategy and Financial Officer George A Barrios gives a few numbers regarding WrestleMania 34 being a successful. Subscriber Growth, Attendance, etc.
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9% increase in paid WWE Network Subscribers since last year.
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WWE Network subscriptions have tripled since WrestleMania 30, the first WrestleMania to be on the service
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WWE is happy with the engagement, and hope to use it to drive other parts of WWE's business
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A caller asks about the possibility of Raw and Smackdown on Facebook considering the engagement of MMC
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WWE has been interested in India because of YouTube consumption according to George Barrios
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WWE asked about the Saudi Arabia ten-year deal. Barrios says that Saudi Arabia's Youtube consumption is a big part of that. 80 percent of the Youtube consumption is outside the US, and 30 percent of the revenue, and Saudi Arabia is an example of that
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WWE decided to co-brand pay-per-view because of subscriber feedback according to Michelle Wilson
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Barrios discusses possibility to have tiers of WWE Network. Sounds like it will happen soon.
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Barrios won't detail the number of new or returning subscribers.
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Barrios and Wilson asked about WWE running into time issues with their female talent. Barrios said he had chills when Rousey picked up Triple H. Won't rule out a digital program for them, but Wilson says that things are being discussed internally to bring new ideas
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Wilson say the social media data supports Rousey's match was well received.
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WWE announced they are at 2.12m total (1.8m paid – 9% above 1.661m from last year's WM).https://t.co/tWb3y9MzJw pic.twitter.com/HMhRV41cQY
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#wwepostwm Q&A
WWE won't break out the int'l / domestic split for WWE Network numbers until they release Q1 numbers in the actual Q1 period end conference call later this month. (Barrios)— Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) April 9, 2018
