AEW in the UK on ITV HUB
What is going wrong?
All Elite Wrestling Debuted its TV show AEW Dynamite on 2 Oct 2019 on TNT in USA.
What is going wrong?
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In the UK it was a little more complicated. A week before Dynamite was due to air, according to All Elite Wrestling Owner Tony Khan "An over zealous ITV employee was quick to tweet out part of the deal we have with ITV for AEW Dynamite"
That communication is below
That communication is below
"ITV will show Dynamite four days later on Sunday mornings at 8:20am, except for pay-per-view weeks"
This enraged UK fans who thought that AEW would be airing live on ITV, Instead another tweet followed by Tony Khan which advised
Following this UK AEW fans were then advised
So to watch AEW Live in the UK fans would have to pay for this through Fite TV.
Fans then waited patiently on Oct 3rd 2019 for ITV to upload AEW Dynamite to ITV Hub the day after it aired on TNT.
7pm came and went and No AEW Dynamite uploaded to ITV Hub until 10pm.
7pm came and went and No AEW Dynamite uploaded to ITV Hub until 10pm.
Oct 3rd 2019
Then Again on
Oct 10th 2019
And Again on
Oct 17 2019
Plus 24th Oct 2019
Oct 17 2019
Plus 24th Oct 2019
4 weeks in a row UK AEW fans have had to contend with upload issues from ITV and ITV Wrestling. AEW are a new start up company and I believe it deserves better than this.
If ITV and ITV wrestling cant deliver AEW Dynamite on time at 7pm on a Thursday then communicate with the fans and tell them that it's not viable and your moving to Friday as an example.
Wrestling fans are very loyal and are willing to put up with alot but AEW and ITV have to be careful as fans will only put up with this for so long before they decide not to watch at all.
Alot of fans were turning to illegal streams of the show, which were up mere hours after the show aired, while it's not right and in fact illegal, the fact is this is what some fans are doing because of the delays.
Some fans have a theory that ITV Hub are doing this on purpose and they actually make a percentage of money from FITE TV subscriptions for AEW and that it is more beneficial for ITV and Fite that they delay the shows going online as fans that want to watch it will have to pay instead, the more they delay the free broadcast on ITV Hub the more money they make on FITE.
Without any evidence that allegation is unfounded and therefore not true, Unless we hear anything more from Fite TV, ITV or AEW about revenue share for AEW Dynamite that would support or deny this.
No Matter what this needs to be addressed on 24 Oct 2019 no updates were posted by ITV Wrestling at all, nothing all evening, not one tweet, nothing to tell fans when the show might do up, that's not acceptable, at least respect fans enough to tell them, saying nothing is worse than saying something.
So what would I do to resolve this?
Here's my bullet point list
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If ITV and ITV wrestling cant deliver AEW Dynamite on time at 7pm on a Thursday then communicate with the fans and tell them that it's not viable and your moving to Friday as an example.
Wrestling fans are very loyal and are willing to put up with alot but AEW and ITV have to be careful as fans will only put up with this for so long before they decide not to watch at all.
Alot of fans were turning to illegal streams of the show, which were up mere hours after the show aired, while it's not right and in fact illegal, the fact is this is what some fans are doing because of the delays.
I have asked the question on a few separate occasions but not had any answer
Do ITV and ITV Wrestling make any money from people subscribing to FITE TV to watch the shows live?
If I knew the answer to this the issues below might make alot more sense.
Some fans have a theory that ITV Hub are doing this on purpose and they actually make a percentage of money from FITE TV subscriptions for AEW and that it is more beneficial for ITV and Fite that they delay the shows going online as fans that want to watch it will have to pay instead, the more they delay the free broadcast on ITV Hub the more money they make on FITE.
Without any evidence that allegation is unfounded and therefore not true, Unless we hear anything more from Fite TV, ITV or AEW about revenue share for AEW Dynamite that would support or deny this.
No Matter what this needs to be addressed on 24 Oct 2019 no updates were posted by ITV Wrestling at all, nothing all evening, not one tweet, nothing to tell fans when the show might do up, that's not acceptable, at least respect fans enough to tell them, saying nothing is worse than saying something.
So what would I do to resolve this?
Here's my bullet point list
- Communicate with the fans, put out a written statement on Twitter, do a short video, anything, explain to the fans what has been happening and educate us to your situation and why uploads take so long.
- Change the Upload day. Thursday obviously isn't achievable, Pick a new day and a new time.
- Once the above point has been done, be consistent and upload on time.
Help AEW capture an audience that can help push the company to new heights
Thanks for Reading
@Jon422002
Jonathan Orchard
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