How would a WWE Television Network-work?
Vince McMahon is making plans to launch a WWE Television Network in 2011. What I don’t understand is how would this entire network actually operate? They would need to air shows 24/7, 365 days a year and they surely dont have near enough footage or possible programs to fill the time.
Third Of Five is right. Vince McMahon owns enough tape libraries from the dozens of promotions he put out of business in the 80’s and 90’s to be able to sustain an entire Network channel for years and years. But it wouldn’t be a different show every hour (or two); the shows would get repeated several times throughout a day, I would imagine, so as to not exhaust his inventory for a long time.
I’m thinking such a venture would expand on wwe.com’s "Classics on Demand" (I think it’s called), in that Vince would charge a subscription rate to access this channel to see all of this wrestling history. It would be like a permanent PPV channel, where you pay for a month’s programming (or longer) at once. I would imagine there would be non-WWE PPV events (such as Starrcade and Super Clash) in the mix, as well. Depending on the subscription price, this would be a very worthwhile thing for fans of wrestling history, and those curious about other promotions, wrestlers, and events they’ve only heard about but haven’t seen.