sek69 Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 You'd need one of those big ass C band dishes and know the co-ordinates of the target you wish to lock in on. I'd imagine it would probably be impossible to know the location of the Japanese satellites in the 90s unless you knew someone who worked at the station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yunro Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 You can pick up satellite signals from anywhere in the world if you know where to point the dish. Actually because of the way satellites are positioned in space you can't do this, there are a set of satellites that cover North America,another set over Europe and so on. If the WWE purchased a transponder on a satellite over a different part of the wold I could see this being used for the network if internet is not available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 You can pick up satellite signals from anywhere in the world if you know where to point the dish. Actually because of the way satellites are positioned in space you can't do this, there are a set of satellites that cover North America,another set over Europe and so on. If the WWE purchased a transponder on a satellite over a different part of the wold I could see this being used for the network if internet is not available. See, that's what I thought, and they're sharing with American channels, so...yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 So the WWE Network is $9.99 per month with a 6-month commitment. So then, why do they charge $9.99/mo. for each month, six times, instead of one fee for $59.94 for the whole six months? So when they go to draw the money from your account one month & it doesn't send the money, how much do the other $9.99/mo. become, since the "committment" wasn't fulfilled? Seems stupid to me... GAH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Because "$59.94 for six months" isn't as catchy as a marketing slogan, and some people may not have $60 in their bank account to buy six months of WWE Network access at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisZ Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 I got Amazon Prime and that one lump sum a year sucked this year because I was a little tight on funds....I'd MUCH rather pay a small sum every month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiva Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Yeah, as someone that budgets from month to month, the network's pricing structure is just right. Maybe the option to pay all up front will come along in the future but I think we all have to remember that we're still in the teething stages of this thing. That doesn't excuse their reported awful customer service though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 I still can't get their email support to understand a Mac mini is a computer and not a streaming device like a Roku or Apple TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man in Blak Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 The six-month commitment is a really awkward bit of fine print that I can definitely see costing them some sales. Why not: - one larger (but discounted) sum for one long-term commitment ($50 for six months) - an easy per-month price that can be cancelled at any time - sell gift cards for both options, so that people that don't like entering their credit cards online have one less excuse That puts them in step with most gaming services (to invoke one demographic with a lot of potential overlap) like Xbox Live and Playstation Plus. If the dollar figures come in shallow, they could offer a premium tier of the service that upsells the live feed at a higher per-month price. The price isn't the problem. Spotify is $9.99/month and Amazon just announced Kindle Unlimited for $9.99/month; that's the going rate for an online subscription service to a content library. The forced commitment, in my view, is what's scaring customers away from what could otherwise be an easy impulse purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Branching out from the comparison to gaming services, have places like Amazon or Newegg have occasional sales where you can get a 1 year Network subscription card for $10 off or whatever. I just picked up a 1 year PSN sub for $39.99 recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 I watched the black history "Soul of Wrestling" roundtable. The panelists were J.R. (host), Teddy Long, Tony Atlas, Dusty Rhodes, and Bill Watts. No Michael Hayes... Gee, I wonder why. Bill Watts seemed very self-conscious about his reputation as a racist. He went out of his way to talk about how close he was to Ernie Ladd and the pushes he gave to JYD, Ron Simmons, etc. He even briefly mentioned the Torch Talk incident (Mark Madden - not mentioned by name, only as someone "from Pittsburgh" - sent it to baseball legend and Turner exec Hank Aaron and got Watts fired). I was surprised that Watts actually brought it up, and I was hoping he'd get grilled on it a lot more - but that wasn't going to happen on a show hosted by his "boy," J.R. Do you all think Watts is racist? Honestly, I don't. What I do think is that he's a product of his time and he's probably made casually racist comments like many of his peers from that era and region, but I don't think he legitimately hates black people. However, I wouldn't cite his pushes of JYD, Simmons, etc. as evidence that he isn't a racist. Like all of the panelists said many times on the program, green (as in money) meant more than black, and Watts would have been no different in that regard. Still, I'm not ready to condemn Watts as a hardcore racist...I just don't see it. While the Madden story was glossed over, I do credit Watts for bringing it up - and also for admitting to cutting racist promos early in his career when he was "young and stupid." Aside from Watts, what I found most interesting - and surprising - was the black-on-black racism described by both Tony Atlas and Teddy Long. While everyone else on the panel praised Thunderbolt Patterson, Long had some pretty damning words about him. Tony talked about card-carrying members of the Klan having his back in a fight, because that's how strong the bond between the wrestlers was. Fascinating stuff overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 I don't think Watts was racist, I think it was just a matter of being a product of his time and probably using words that were acceptable in his era that weren't in the 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 If Watts was racist, he must have hated wrestling. They just added more SNME's, through the end of 1989. That's smart, as opposed to putting them all up at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 I don't think Watts was racist. I think a person's actions should speak louder than their words do. I think he might be ignorant but that's not the same as being a racist. People like to blast him but that's because they don't understand the philosophy behind why he was always looking for black wrestlers to push. The green meant more than black isn't necessarily true. Watts talked about how the old owner of Mid-South complained that there were too many black wrestlers and fans at the shows. I can't for the life of me remember his name. Watts essentially told him that their money was just as green. I honestly think it would be easier to argue Vince Jr. is a racist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 LeRoy McGuirk? I don't see Watts as a racist for pretty much the same reasons that everyone else have already noted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Yeah, I think it was LeRoy McGuirk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 On the promo during Battleground to hype Saturday Night's Main Event on the Network, they used Obsession by Animotion as the theme, but that song has been edited off all Network airings of the show. Weirdly, despite all pop and rock music of the day being dubbed off (Eye of the Tiger, Born in the USA, Another One Bites the Dust etc.), We Are the Champions remains intact for Valentine and Beefcake on episode 5. Might just be an oversight on someone's part, but if not it seems odd they'd pay for that but not for any of Cyndi Lauper's stuff, which was much more integral to the promotion at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migs Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 The Main Events are now up on the Network. Oddly, they are labeled episodes 37 (Hogan-Andre) and 38 (Megapowers Explode). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man in Blak Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 On the PS3, those episodes are incorrectly numbered, but at least they're shown in the right order with the other correctly-numbered episodes. It's weird to see the listing of episodes go 13, 14, 37, 15...weird, but functional. Another thing that's weird: hearing Jake Roberts' theme as the background music to Hogan's training montage before the fight with Andre. Is that another instance of music editing gone wrong or did they actually use Jake's theme in the original? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkdoc Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 no, they really used jake's theme in the original there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptCabana Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 My only guess for the numbering of shows is maybe all the "Saturday Night Main Event" shows are numbered together and then the "Main Event" shows, because they have a different title, are included after in the WWE archives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migs Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 My only guess for the numbering of shows is maybe all the "Saturday Night Main Event" shows are numbered together and then the "Main Event" shows, because they have a different title, are included after in the WWE archives? That must be it, but it's pretty odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCampbell Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 I don't know why they just don't create a whole new category for The Main Event. There were only five of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 When they get to the 90s, I wonder if they'll remember to include Friday Night's Main Event from USA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 When they get to the 90s, I wonder if they'll remember to include Friday Night's Main Event from USA. Is that the one from 1997? I think they treat that as a Raw special. When SNME came back in 2006 they would always mention how it hasn't aired since 1992. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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