* The following press release was issued today concerning the new "Wrestling TV" to debut in Great Britain
"The Wrestling Channel is launching on March 15th, and will be on sky channel 432 - "Sports" genre. Due to quantity restrictions on the amount of digits allowed on the listing, it will be listed as "Wrestling TV"
Here is the final Line-Up of Promotions and shows for the channel launch:
NWA: Total Non-Stop Action (TNA International & Xplosion shows)
Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA)
Ring of Honor (ROH)
Major League Wrestling (MLW)
CombatZone Wrestling (CZW)
Pro-Pain-Pro Wrestling (3PW)
CMLL (Mexican Wrestling)
New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)
Pro Wrestling NOAH
GAEA (Japanese Women's Wrestling)
Classic NJPW: dating back from the 70's onwards.
ITV: World of Sport
Memphis Classic Wrestling
RF Video: Shoot Interview Series
"Supercard Sunday" - We will be showing full 3 hr shows from various promotions from the last 2 years every Sunday night at 9pm. E.G. CZW: Best of the Best 2, MLW: Reload, ROH: Expect The Unexpected, FWA: Seasons Beatings, IwW: Ultimate Wrestling Experience, etc.
We plan to add as much as we can over the next 6 months. We have ongoing negotiations with new & existing promotions, which could bring the possibility of UPW, Toryumon, Classic Wrestling Superstars, OVW, NWA: Wildside, and more...
Broadcast hours will be from 10am until 3am - 17 hours day, 7 days a week. Repeats will be scattered, so people will have a chance to catch everthing at different times on different days.
There will be 21 hours of new material every week, first-run between 21:00-24:00 every day, and uncensored.
The "daytime" repeats will be censored to adhere to ITC/OFCOM regulations. "
* According to Nielsen Media Research, this week's edition of RAW brought in a 3.8 cable rating with a 6 share off hours of 3.6 and 3.9.
- The overrun was the highest rated segment with a 4.4 rating.
- Velocity scored a 0.5 cable rating with a 1 share.
- Confidential brought in a 0.5 cable rating, with a 1 share.
- Coming off a respectable 1.4 cable rating last week, the Heat before No Way Out drew only a 1.0 cable rating with a 2 share this week.
[Sky, Nielsen Media Research, pwinsider]
