Guest crownofthorns13 Report post Posted February 24, 2005 A few quick questions- Does anyone know how much this costs and is it a ppv basis or do u sign up like HBO? Has anyone actually used the service? It's not available in my area yet and I'm sure its not available in most. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Styles 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2005 If I were to be mean, I would point out that there's been several threads on this very topic before and just do a search... ...but since Im a babyface, I'll answer briefly. It is currently only avaliable on one cable system in Pennsylvania, as the guniea pig for the service. Since it is a trial, I believe they get it for free. WWE is still negotiating deals with companies across the country to provide the channell, and Linda Mcmahon in her recent Investor's Meeting said they would charge 6 or 8 dollars a month. The service is On Demand. It is avaliable only through digital cable. If you only have basic cable or satellite you will be out of luck. On Demand is like having a library of programs to choose from on screen that are downloaded to your cable box as you select them. You can start a program at any time and pause and rewind it like a DVD. Many On Demand programs are free with the digital subscription, but WWE 24/7 will be a pay service which means you subscribe to the monthly fee and get access to all the programming to access whenever you want and as many times as you want. HBO and Showtime and other premiums have a similar service where digital subscribers to their premium channel also get access to On Demand movies and shows from the channel with their subscription. I know I'm anxious to get it, and am frustrated that it's taking so long to get clearence but hopefully in a few months they'll launch nationally. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Trivia247 Report post Posted February 25, 2005 I was hearing that cox cable down here in the DC area should be picking it up by next month.. Imagine however the programming that they could have.. there should be threads on that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest crownofthorns13 Report post Posted February 25, 2005 Heres the link that has the programming: http://www.wwe247.com/programming/index.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Trivia247 Report post Posted February 25, 2005 They should have a show once a week where a current WWE wrestler picks his favorite Matches he seen growing up as well as his favorite match he been in Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Styles 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2005 I was hearing that cox cable down here in the DC area should be picking it up by next month.. Imagine however the programming that they could have.. there should be threads on that. Well, shoot, we have Comcast Cable in DC, when's that gonna pick it up? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jericholic82 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2005 . HBO and Showtime and other premiums have a similar service where digital subscribers to their premium channel also get access to On Demand movies and shows from the channel with their subscription. not true for me. I have the hbo package but I dont get hbood for free Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Styles 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2005 . HBO and Showtime and other premiums have a similar service where digital subscribers to their premium channel also get access to On Demand movies and shows from the channel with their subscription. not true for me. I have the hbo package but I dont get hbood for free Well, at least through Comcast it's true... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LessonInMachismo 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2005 Nothing revealed about 24/7 in that quarterly meeting is news. From the start, it was going to be around $8. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jericholic82 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2005 . HBO and Showtime and other premiums have a similar service where digital subscribers to their premium channel also get access to On Demand movies and shows from the channel with their subscription. not true for me. I have the hbo package but I dont get hbood for free Well, at least through Comcast it's true... that sucks for me, im going to have to call adelphia on that one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kizzo 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2005 The service is On Demand. It is avaliable only through digital cable. If you only have basic cable or satellite you will be out of luck. On Demand is like having a library of programs to choose from on screen that are downloaded to your cable box as you select them. I was reading on a DBS forum, and this guy stated that WWE 24/7 isn't really a ON Demand service as it is advertised to be....its just a regular cable channel... Here is what he said... My best friend has it and its not an on demand service. It is jsut a normal channel that plays wrestling 24/7 like any other cable channel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedJed 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2005 Hmmm, that might be the test market perhaps that they are using that for? I wish it was just a regular channel to be honest. That opens up ALOT more avaliability around the nation for them and hell, even if they charged $15-20 a month for the programming for one month, I'd pay it myself. VOD services are hard to find unless you are in bigger markets and ultimately they are jumping into that too quick before the technolgy is mainstream enough in my opinion. Hell, even just purchasing a ppv channel that would show nothing but WWE shows would be better than VOD at this point (but costly to the consumer). Someone mentioned only digital cable can get VOD services. Not true. The satellite companies can get it, but the subscriber NEEDS a DVR reciever from what I've been told by CSRs for Dish Network. They claim to have WWE 24/7 on the horizon with a projected Spring date although this is the same company (I dont know if it was Dish Network or WWE but I saw info here at this forum and even in the Observer) who leaked info that it was supposedly starting up last month too so who knows when it will be up and running. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kizzo 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2005 i think its going to turn out to be just a regular channel.....I think these test areas will prove that just running it as a regular channel is much better... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravenbomb 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2005 . HBO and Showtime and other premiums have a similar service where digital subscribers to their premium channel also get access to On Demand movies and shows from the channel with their subscription. not true for me. I have the hbo package but I dont get hbood for free Well, at least through Comcast it's true... Same with Charter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Astro7x 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2005 Someone mentioned only digital cable can get VOD services. Not true. The satellite companies can get it, but the subscriber NEEDS a DVR reciever from what I've been told by CSRs for Dish Network. They claim to have WWE 24/7 on the horizon with a projected Spring date although this is the same company (I dont know if it was Dish Network or WWE but I saw info here at this forum and even in the Observer) who leaked info that it was supposedly starting up last month too so who knows when it will be up and running. Satellite Video-On-Demand is just a second satellite input line going into your receiver, secretly recording programming to a hard drive built into it, and then charging you to play those videos back. Dish Network should be offering it to new customers in March, but it will require a special receiver to do so. Now the next qestion is... if they are going to record the programming to the harddrive on the customers side, the programming for VOD content almost has to be on it's own channel which normal customers can't access. Add in the people who are able to pirate satellite television and view that channel, with the ability to capture the signal to their computer, and I see a wealth of VOD content on the internet as soon as this service picks up. Fun Dish Network VOD press release http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site....&item_id=660074 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
