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The New Zealand Herald has a story about Friday's Raw brand show in Auckland, NZ. You can read it by clicking here.
As Steven Fernandes sent in earlier, Multichannel News has a story about how WWE is trying to adjust their PPV business in a tough economy. The story states that WWE will " provide prize incentives for consumers who buy consecutive monthly events in an effort to boost its transactional business". WWE senior vice president of distribution and affiliate marketing Peter Clifford stated that WWE has lowered its projections for PPV buys this year. You can read the whole story by clicking here.
Eric Sturrock reporting. ... DirecTV's Sports Mix Channel (205), which shows 8 mini channels on 1 screen, has a Giant picture of John Cena above it and it says "John Cena in 12 Rounds/ Get the explosive action today on BLU-RAY and DVD!" It also has a button saying "Start Here" where you get to a bigger picture of Cena and the ad.
Dion Morroy sent this item. ... WWE Classics 24/7 On Demand is now editing any match that has blood in it. They turn the match black and white when blood is shown.
Erik Ganzerli sent the following. ... WWE programming is suddenly no more in Italy. The scheduled Raw broadcast, which was supposed to go earlier today, didn't and all the slots for the weekend are scrapped without explanation leaving a lot of fans angry.
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