{"id":4642,"date":"2017-07-20T15:16:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T13:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=4642"},"modified":"2017-07-20T15:16:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T13:16:56","slug":"wwe-and-supersport-announce-multi-year-agreement-to-televise-raw-and-smackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/07\/20\/wwe-and-supersport-announce-multi-year-agreement-to-televise-raw-and-smackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE And SuperSport Announce Multi-Year Agreement To Televise Raw And SmackDown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4643\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/WWE-logo.jpg?resize=180%2C165\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"165\" \/>WWE (NYSE: WWE) and SuperSport, Africa\u2019s premier sports broadcaster, today announced a new, multi-year agreement to broadcast WWE programming live for the first time in more than 50 countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Starting Monday, August 28, SuperSport will air WWE\u2019s flagship shows Raw\u00ae and SmackDown\u00ae as well as WWE specials, including WrestleMania\u00ae and SummerSlam\u00ae.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWWE is a global phenomenon, so securing the broadcast rights for SuperSport is a terrific coup,\u201d said Gideon Khobane, chief executive of SuperSport. \u201cThe athletes involved are larger than life figures who command huge followings. At long last our viewers will get to share in this entertainment spectacle in high definition. I look forward to a long and fruitful partnership with WWE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4645\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SuperSport-logo.jpg?resize=400%2C142\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SuperSport-logo.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SuperSport-logo.jpg?resize=300%2C107&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuperSport is a best-in-class partner who shares our vision and passion for engaging with and entertaining our fans,\u201d said Ed Wells, WWE Executive Vice President, International. \u201cTelevising WWE programming live in sub-Saharan Africa for the first time is an important milestone for us, and we look forward to working with SuperSport to cultivate new fans in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SuperSport channels S3, S4, S9 and SS10 will televise Raw on Tuesdays and SmackDown on Wednesdays, offering both live telecasts and same-day re-airs, and will broadcast all WWE specials live, including WrestleMania\u00ae, SummerSlam\u00ae, Survivor Series\u00ae and Royal Rumble\u00ae. All programs will be available with English commentary and on demand. To celebrate the new partnership, SuperSport will televise the prior week\u2019s episodes of Raw and SmackDown on Monday, August 28.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE (NYSE: WWE) and SuperSport, Africa\u2019s premier sports broadcaster, today announced a new, multi-year agreement to broadcast WWE programming live for the first time in more than 50 countries throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Starting Monday, August 28, SuperSport will air WWE\u2019s flagship shows Raw\u00ae and SmackDown\u00ae as well as WWE specials, including WrestleMania\u00ae and SummerSlam\u00ae. \u201cWWE&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2017\/07\/20\/wwe-and-supersport-announce-multi-year-agreement-to-televise-raw-and-smackdown\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WWE And SuperSport Announce Multi-Year Agreement To Televise Raw And SmackDown<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[149],"class_list":["post-4642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-supersport","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}