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96-582: Select episodes are available for streaming on the WWE Network . This was the first WWF program to be shown on national broadcast television. Vincent J. McMahon built the syndicated network in part by persuading local stations to pay for the rights to air the program. Stations like KPLR-TV in St. Louis and KHJ-TV (now KCAL ) in Los Angeles reportedly paid $ 100,000 to air the show. In its early years,

192-459: A racial slur in front of Booker T and John Cena . Almost every WWF/WWE , JCP/WCW , and ECW pay-per-view (PPV) event ever produced is available for on-demand streaming. Although WWE promotes the selection as every pay-per-view ever made, a handful of PPV events have not yet been made available. This includes mostly foreign events such as WCW's Millennium Final , Collision in Korea , and

288-473: A "contentious" battle with Sting over "Every Breath You Take" songwriting credits. He said that the song was originally "going in the trash until I played on it." He also hinted at a legal battle over the song's songwriting credits. "Watch the press; let's see what happens in the next year. That's all I can tell you." It is listed as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll . On

384-531: A "signature documentary" for the service annually beginning in 2022. After a transitional period, the standalone WWE Network ceased operations in the United States on April 4, 2021. To coincide with the introduction, Peacock announced plans to offer a four-month half-price promotion for new Premium subscribers. Not all content was available at launch, as the service's library was being audited to meet NBCUniversal standards and practices . WWE stated that

480-501: A 10-year rights deal with Netflix , which includes international rights for all WWE weekly shows , Premium Live Events , original series, and forthcoming projects from 2025. As a result, WWE Network will cease standalone operations in the vast majority of its remaining countries as of January 1, 2025. It will remain active for an indeterminate period of time in a small number of countries where Netflix's contract will not take effect immediately due to pre-existing contracts. The origins of

576-570: A Foxtel-run WWE linear channel added to its services), Disney+ in the Philippines, and Abema in Japan. On January 23, 2024, WWE announced an agreement with Netflix to hold the rights to Raw globally, and rights to Raw , SmackDown , NXT , documentaries, and pay-per-view events outside of the United States, beginning in January 2025. Immediately after the announcement, the future of

672-529: A WWE-branded channel to DStv carrying WWE programs and WWE Network original series. On January 27, 2022, it was announced that WWE Network would be available on Disney+ Hotstar in Indonesia at no additional costs to subscribers. Amidst the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by the Russian military , WWE announced on March 3, 2022, that it had terminated the broadcasting relationship with Russia and shut down

768-510: A branded channel within the Peacock service, with the full service included as part of the paid Peacock Premium tier (which features a wider array of television, film, and sports programming), and a selection of WWE Network content (including some of its original series such as The Bump and Raw Talk , and episodes of Total Divas and Total Bellas from NBCUniversal cable channel E! ) available within its free tier. WWE committed to produce

864-416: A combination of musical rights issues over his entrance music and the inability to remove the music without losing the original commentary audio. The deleted matches were eventually reinstated with replacement music and newly recorded Joey Styles commentary. Several pay-per-views are copies of their condensed home video releases, rather than the live versions, and so are missing matches. Archive content on

960-413: A distinction previously held since 1999 by Spector, Mann and Weil's " You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' " . BMI President and CEO Mike O'Neill stated: "For the first time in 22 years, BMI has a new top song in our repertoire with Sting's timeless hit 'Every Breath You Take,' a remarkable achievement that solidifies its place in songwriting history." In the 1983 Rolling Stone critics' and readers' poll, it

1056-514: A later date. On October 30, 2014, in an attempt to increase subscription numbers from an announced figure of 731,000, the 6-month subscription requirement was dropped, allowing subscribers the option to cancel at any time. WWE had originally planned to launch the network on October 1 in the United Kingdom, but was delayed for a further month. The launch was confirmed to be taking place at 8 p.m. on November 3; however, 20 minutes prior to

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1152-502: A launch later set for January 23, 2023. As part of the agreement, Foxtel's channel Fox8 will continue to carry WWE programming, and Foxtel will also introduce a new, WWE-branded linear channel. On October 20, 2022, it was announced that the WWE Network would move to Disney+ in the Philippines upon its launch on November 17, 2022; however, WWE's agreement with Disney+ ended two years later, following which WWE Network relaunched as

1248-702: A new top song in our repertoire with Sting's timeless hit 'Every Breath You Take,' a remarkable achievement that solidifies its place in songwriting history." In 2004, the song was ranked No. 84 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time , although it was moved down to No. 305 in their 2021 update of the list. "Every Breath You Take" is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll . It also ranked number 25 on Billboard ' s Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs. In 2008, Q magazine named it among

1344-437: A pianist and string section, performing the song in a darkened ballroom as a man washes the floor-to-ceiling window behind them. Sting performs his part on upright bass rather than bass guitar . The video was praised for its cinematography ; MTV (1999), Rolling Stone (1993), and VH1 (2001) named it one of the best music videos ever, placing it 16th, 61st, & 33rd in their respective top 100 lists. Daniel Pearl won

1440-702: A premium pay-TV outlet, with a potential price of $ 15 a month. On Old School Raw in January 2014, WWE ran teasers promoting an announcement on January 8 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, later confirming that the announcement concerned the WWE Network. At the Consumer Electronics Show, WWE revealed a comprehensive plan which would see a launch date of February 24, 2014 in the United States. WWE Classics on Demand closed on January 31, 2014, to make way for

1536-685: A quarter and a third of Sting's music publishing income. In May 2019, it was recognized by BMI as being the most played song in radio history. With nearly 15 million radio plays, Sting received a BMI Award at a ceremony held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills to mark it being the Most Performed Song in BMI's catalogue. BMI President and CEO Mike O'Neill stated: "For the first time in 22 years, BMI has

1632-482: A rights deal with Viacom, the company had floated the idea of acquiring USA's Sci-Fi Channel , and reformatting it as a dedicated wrestling network. USA executives rejected the idea, and McMahon said that former USA Networks President Barry Baker encouraged her to talk to other programmers about potential deals. " 'I can tell you right now, Linda, you're not going to get anybody to give you a network,' " McMahon quoted Baker in her testimony. In 2005, USA Network re-acquired

1728-426: A second free preview week of the WWE Network, which started July 7, in an attempt to sign new subscribers. A second report released at the end of July indicated that the network had reached 700,000 subscribers. WWE's goal was to reach one million subscribers by the end of 2014. On July 31, 2014, the company announced a 10-year, Canadian distribution deal for WWE content with Rogers Media (owner of Sportsnet 360 ,

1824-489: A standalone service. WWE Network previously offered "WWE Collections", which are video packages of memorable characters and storylines. In July 2019, WWE updated the network and subsequently removed all collections. Former collections In addition to previous editions of the original programs listed above, the network includes many other previously aired events. Although the United States parental guidelines rating system rates most weekly WWE television programs TV-PG,

1920-455: A statement saying, "Dish will not offer the 'WWE Elimination Chamber' PPV on 2/23. WWE is not willing to adjust their PPV costs to satellite and cable companies, which is unfair to their customers. We need to re-focus our efforts to support partners that better serve Dish customers." Dish later made a decision to air WrestleMania XXX . Dish declined to offer WrestleMania 31 and 32 but did offer WrestleMania 33 in 2017. In October 2014, it

2016-614: Is "Scheherazade" by jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson . This instrumental piece was used from 1978 and well into 1981. From March 1984 to 1986, an instrumental version of Michael Jackson 's " Thriller " was used. This song was accompanied by the image footage of Hulk Hogan winning the WWF title from The Iron Sheik . Other theme music included "Cruise Control" by the Dixie Dregs (October 1981 — March 1984) with footage of Bob Backlund being mobbed and picked up by jubilant fans while holding up

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2112-715: Is a song by the English rock band the Police from their album Synchronicity (1983). Written by Sting , the single was the biggest US and Canadian hit of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks (the band's only No. 1 hit on that chart), and the Canadian RPM chart for four weeks. Their fifth UK No. 1, it topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks. The song also reached

2208-637: Is currently available through 186 out of 193 United Nations member states (including all 27 European Union nations) and two observer states such as the Holy See and the State of Palestine . It is also distributed through six non-UN countries: the Republic of China (Taiwan) , the Cook Islands , Kosovo , Niue , Northern Cyprus , and SADR -claimed Western Sahara . In late 2017, Liechtenstein and

2304-436: Is the Police's and Sting's signature song , and in 2010 was estimated to generate between a quarter and a third of Sting's music publishing income. In May 2019, it was recognised by BMI as being the most played song in radio history. With nearly 15 million radio plays, Sting received a BMI Award at a ceremony held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills to mark it being the Most Performed Song in BMI's catalogue,

2400-437: The 1997 MTV Video Music Awards . According to Copeland in 2000: In my humble opinion, this is Sting's best song with the worst arrangement. I think Sting could have had any other group do this song and it would have been better than our version – except for Andy's brilliant guitar part. Basically, there's an utter lack of groove. It's a totally wasted opportunity for our band. Even though we made gazillions off of it, and it's

2496-526: The 26th Annual Grammy Awards , the song was nominated for three Grammy Awards , including Song of the Year , Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals , and Record of the Year , winning in the first two categories. Sting received the 1983 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors . Two cover versions charted on

2592-666: The Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1983: Rich Landers at number 68 and Mason Dixon at number 69. In 1999, "Every Breath You Take" was listed as one of the Top 100 Songs of the Century by BMI . In May 2019, BMI updated the list and “Every Breath You Take” was recognized as the Most Performed Song in BMI’s catalogue, a distinction previously held by " You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' " . In 2003, VH1 ranked

2688-550: The Hart family . Matches called with Jesse Ventura on commentary, which had previously been dubbed over due to a 1991 lawsuit , are available with the original commentary. While the network promoted on-demand airings as being unedited, some instances of expletives , gestures, and all nudity are censored. Many programs were digitized for WWE 24/7 prior to the 2012 settlement with the World Wide Fund for Nature , and thus

2784-627: The Japan Supershows , and ECW's foreign ECW/FMW Supershows , however it also includes some events held domestically such as WCW's Nitro Girls Swimsuit Calendar Special and When Worlds Collide , and WWF's No Holds Barred: The Match/The Movie . In addition the pay-per-view section contains several events which did not air on pay-per-view, such as WWE events Royal Rumble 1988 and WWE Global Warning Tour: Melbourne . Many ECW Supercards are also listed as pay-per-views, despite never actually airing there. The WWE Network offers videos under

2880-559: The Phil Spector Back to Mono box-set book, "Every Breath You Take" is influenced by a Gene Pitney song titled "Every Breath I Take". Led Zeppelin 's song, " D'yer Mak'er " (1973), also contains the words "every breath I take; every move I make". The demo of the song was recorded in an eight-track suite in North London's Utopia studios and featured Sting singing over a Hammond organ. A few months later, he presented

2976-852: The WWE Classics on Demand service. It launched in Canada in July of that year and expanded to the Asia–Pacific region and select European countries in August. The United Kingdom received the service in February 2015, and was made available in the Middle East and parts of Africa that March, and to India in November. It was launched in additional European and Asian countries in January 2016. Upon launch,

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3072-441: The "Home Video Classics" header which includes various previous home video releases that had been originally released by Coliseum Video . Additional content from WWE Libraries , which has a library of over 100,000 hours of programming, will be added over time. In an interview with Time , Michelle D. Wilson, chief revenue and marketing officer for WWE, stated their reason for bypassing cable companies and instead only offering

3168-482: The "WWF" and the "WWF scratch" logo are censored in some instances. Some original music has been dubbed over with alternate tracks such as the original intro music to Saturday Night's Main Event (May 1985 – January 1988 episodes) which originally played " Obsession " by Animotion . At launch, all but one of New Jack 's matches were removed from ECW pay-per-views, as was his surprise return at Heat Wave 1998 , due to

3264-474: The 10:30 or 11 PM time slot. WWE Network WWE Network is a subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and digital television network owned by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE , a division of TKO Group Holdings . The service relied on technology developed by MLB Advanced Media and BAMTech , prior to Endeavor Streaming assuming technical operations of

3360-674: The Championship belt. The instrumental "Crater" by Alan Parker was used during the championship reign of Superstar Billy Graham , and accompanied a slow-motion montage in which both he and Bruno Sammartino were featured prominently. "One Fine Morning" by Canadian jazz-rock ensemble Lighthouse was also used (approx. 1974–1975). Various pop music was used for commercial bumpers starting in late 1982, including " Start Me Up " by The Rolling Stones , " Dirty Laundry " by Don Henley , " Cars " by Gary Numan , " Private Eyes " and " Out of Touch " by Daryl Hall & John Oates , " The Song Remains

3456-633: The Dark by Bruce Springsteen , " Walk of Life " by Dire Straits , " She Bop " and " Money Changes Everything " by Cyndi Lauper , " Conga " by Miami Sound Machine , " Freeway of Love " by Aretha Franklin , " Everybody Wants to Rule the World " by Tears for Fears , " Things Can Only Get Better " by Howard Jones , and " The Power of Love " and " Back in Time " by Huey Lewis and the News . The inaugural WrestleMania

3552-555: The Giant both guested as announcers alongside McMahon. The longtime ring announcer was Joe McHugh , who did the ring announcing and introductions of everyone on staff at the beginning of every broadcast since the 1970s. When the WWF relocated their tapings in 1984, he was replaced by Howard Finkel . Buddy Wagner preceded McHugh in the mid-1970s when the cards were taped at the Philadelphia Arena. The interviewer position

3648-491: The Network content in the region. On July 30, 2015, WWE revealed the number of subscribers for the Network at 1.156 million. This was announced as a part of WWE's financial reporting on the second quarter of the year, which had resulted in their stock price rising past $ 20.00 after closing on the previous day at $ 16.48. The total of 1.156 million paid subscribers marked a 13% decrease from the 1.315 million paid subscribers that

3744-499: The Network received acclaim, with The New York Times saying that WWE had "positioned themselves on the cutting edge of Internet television." Later that month, the company announced that the network had 667,000 subscribers, short of the one million subscribers they needed to break even. As WWE's stock fell 50% the following month, Forbes described low subscription numbers as being of "additional concern" for investors after WWE's underwhelming NBCUniversal renewal deal. WWE offered

3840-472: The Peacock-hosted version of WWE Network is being further edited for content by NBCUniversal. On launch, two pay-per-views were edited to remove racially-insensitive content; WrestleMania VI was edited to remove a match between Roddy Piper and Bad News Brown where Piper had painted half of his body black , and Survivor Series 2005 was edited to remove a backstage segment where Vince McMahon used

3936-742: The People's Republic of China were added to the list of non-available countries, however, the WWE Network is still available in the PRC special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau as well as ROC - controlled Taiwan and Fujian . Since January 2021, WWE Network is available in India as an add-on subscription through the SonyLIV streaming service. In December 2019, WWE renewed its agreements in Sub-Saharan Africa with SuperSport , adding

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4032-660: The Same " by Led Zeppelin , " Eminence Front " by The Who , " When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around ", " Every Breath You Take ", and Wrapped Around Your Finger by The Police , " Too Much Time on My Hands " by Styx , " Pressure " by Billy Joel , " Stand Back " by Stevie Nicks , " Is There Something I Should Know " by Duran Duran , " Let's Dance " by David Bowie , " In The Mood " by Robert Plant , " Jump " by Van Halen , " Dancing in

4128-565: The US, it was the best-selling single of 1983 and fifth-best-selling single of the decade. Billboard ranked it as the No. 1 song for 1983. The single became the biggest US and Canadian hit of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks (the band's only No. 1 hit on that chart). It also topped the Billboard Top Tracks chart for nine weeks. At

4224-460: The United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Israel, Ireland, and South Africa. In Canada, it spent four weeks at No. 1 and an additional six weeks at No. 2. It also reached No. 2 in Spain, Sweden, Norway and Australia, while reaching the Top 10 in most other Western, Northern and Southern European countries. In the 1983 Rolling Stone critics and readers poll, it was voted "Song of the Year". In

4320-463: The United States, though a list was not published in this statement. It was subsequently reported that WWE Network would remain active in a small number of international markets where Netflix cannot yet assume rights due to conflicting contracts, and in fact was relaunching as a standalone service in the Philippines following the end of WWE's contract in the region with Disney+. The WWE Network

4416-466: The United States, which continued to be marketed as a standalone offering through either WWE or its local partners. However, in 2022 WWE began to reach additional agreements to merge WWE Network into streaming services in other territories, including Disney+ Hotstar in Indonesia, Binge in Australia (as an extension of WWE's existing media rights agreement in Australia with Foxtel , which also saw

4512-466: The WWE Network broadcasts a wider range of content. A parental controls block is available and content rated TV-14 and TV-MA are preceded by an advisory warning. The network airs footage featuring Chris Benoit ; it marks the first major airing of Benoit footage or even mention of Benoit in said footage since his double-murder-suicide in 2007 . However, the Benoit tribute episode of Raw is replaced with

4608-559: The WWE Network can trace back to 2000 when USA Network filed a lawsuit against the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, known as WWE since 2002) due to a breach of contract which saw most of its programming moved to Viacom -owned TNN and MTV . The Delaware Chancery Court ruled in favor of the WWF in June 2000. Then CEO Linda McMahon revealed that WWF wanted its own cable network and testified that before WWF signed

4704-476: The WWE Network had broken into the top five streaming services and trailed only MLB.tv in the sports category. WWE announced the network would launch in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Japan on January 5, 2016, followed by Thailand and the Philippines on February 29, 2016. In April 2017, WWE announced a total of 1.949 million subscribers to the WWE Network, of which 1.661 million were paid subscribers. At

4800-552: The WWE Network in the country, in line with the global sanctions imposed by the United States . The WWE Network service is also not available in the Russian-controlled regions of Crimea , Donetsk , Kherson , Luhansk , Zaporozhye , Transnistria , Abkhazia and South Ossetia . On September 28, 2022, WWE announced an agreement with its Australian rightsholder Foxtel , which will see WWE Network merged into its streaming service Binge beginning in January 2023, with

4896-473: The WWE Network online: "Digital over-the-top offerings represent the future, and given that our passionate fans consume five times more online video content than non-WWE viewers and over-index for purchasing online subscriptions such as Netflix and Hulu , we believe the time is now for a WWE Network." In response to the announcement, DirecTV issued a statement saying that they are re-evaluating whether to continue carrying WWE's pay-per-view events . Due to

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4992-455: The WWE Network was left unclear, though it was speculated that the service was about to be discontinued since it had been already moved to other streaming services in other regions. On November 22, 2024, an email was sent out to many subscribers confirming that the service will no longer be available in certain areas effective January 1, 2025. It was first sent out in United Kingdom, with this change also taking effect in other territories outside

5088-492: The WWE Network was met with positive reception of its content library , but was criticized for technical problems. The service had 1.5 million subscribers by October 30, 2020. Beginning in 2021, WWE began to phase out WWE Network as a standalone service in some markets, transitioning its content library to domestic streaming services owned by local rightsholders (such as Peacock in the United States, Binge in Australia, and Disney+ in some Asian markets). In 2024, WWE announced

5184-495: The WWE Network. A free trial period was offered during the week of the launch. At the time of the launch, archival programming from WCW, ECW, SMW, AWA, and Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), amongst other promotions owned by WWE Libraries Inc. was included on the service. The logo initially used for the WWE Network eventually became the standard logo used by the WWE corporation in August 2014. In April 2014, ahead of WrestleMania XXX ,

5280-439: The assets of NeuLion) to provide infrastructure and billing services, and Massive Interactive to develop a new front-end and mobile apps. The new WWE Network platform launched in July 2019, ahead of SummerSlam . It includes a revamped user experience, support for 1080p streams, new browsing tools (such as a new "Superstars" interface for filtering content by performers), and plans to add a download feature for offline viewing in

5376-521: The band and the group's manager, Miles Copeland (Stewart's brother), resulted in an agreement to continue. The drum track was largely created through separate overdubs of each percussive instrument, with the kick drum coming from the box for the Oberheim DMX drum machine while the main backbeat was created by simultaneously playing a snare and a Tama gong drum . To give the song more liveliness, Padgham asked Copeland to record his drum part in

5472-401: The biggest hit we ever had, when I listen to this recording, I think "God, what a bunch of assholes we were!" In the same interview, Copeland said Summers should get songwriting credit for "Every Breath You Take." In October 2023, Summers revealed that despite contributing the guitar riff that "has become a kind of immortal guitar part that all guitar players have to learn,” he is still pursuing

5568-673: The coming year." On February 12, 2015, WWE announced a five-year partnership with television provider OSN to bring the WWE Network to the Middle East and North Africa as a premium service. On March 31, 2019, all OSN Sports channels were shut down and WWE content stopped airing on OSN services. A year later, WWE announced the Network content would be accessible in the MENA region directly through WWE services with no regional television provider or streaming service involved. Currently, and since March 23, 2022, Shahid holds exclusive rights to

5664-417: The content migration would be completed by August 2021. This has included the removal of scenes/matches containing content inappropriate under current standards, with the most prominent example being a WrestleMania VI match where Roddy Piper painted half of his body black before facing African-American opponent Bad News Brown . This agreement did not initially affect the WWE Network service outside of

5760-662: The development of a premium tier with additional features (such as benefits for other WWE operations). In March 2020, amid the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and to promote WrestleMania 36 , WWE Network made a selection of its premium content and archives available free for a limited time. On June 1, 2020, WWE Network officially launched a free tier with 15,000 hours of content, which includes access to selected content such as recent episodes of its weekly programming, and original series such as Raw Talk , Monday Night War , and Ride Along . The service would be advertising-free, and

5856-401: The end of the third quarter of 2017, the number had dropped to 1.5 million paid users. In April 2018, WWE announced subscriber growth had reached 2.1 million, with 1.8 million paid. At the end of the third quarter of 2018 the number had dropped to 1.6 million paid users. In January 2019, WWE Network signed with Endeavor Streaming to replace BAMTech as its operating partner. WWE's decision

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5952-525: The episode that aired internationally, a recap of championship matches. Also, Vengeance: Night of Champions in 2007 removes all references to Benoit during the ECW World Championship match. Over the Edge 1999 , infamous for Owen Hart 's death at the event, is also available for the first time since its original air date; however, some portions of the event have been edited out of respect to

6048-410: The fact that these events would also be available on the WWE Network once it launches, it might reduce the number of pay-per-view purchases via cable and satellite providers. Vince McMahon suggested that pay-TV operators would ultimately decide to continue to carry WWE's pay-per-view events, given that providers keep a significant share of each purchase, and incur minimal costs (apart from WWE's share of

6144-495: The fee for each purchase) to carry the events: "It's found money for them." DirecTV later quietly dropped carriage of WWE PPVs. In response, WWE said, "Yes, DIRECTV has decided to stop offering our PPV's residentially and commercially. The only other option would be to work through the local cable provider." On February 19, 2014, Dish Network announced that they would carry WWE pay-per-views on an event by event basis, beginning with Elimination Chamber . Dish Network later released

6240-400: The final episode airing on August 30. The final taping featured the coronation of King Harley Race . The following week, WWF Superstars of Wrestling replaced Championship Wrestling as the WWF's new flagship syndicated program. In contrast to Championship Wrestling, the tapings for Superstars of Wrestling moved around the country and took place at larger arenas. Ray Stevens and André

6336-425: The first MTV cinematography award for his work on the video. Released in the early days of MTV, "Every Breath You Take" was one of the earliest videos to enter heavy rotation, which significantly contributed to the song's popularity. Pop star Richard Marx remembers that "the first video I watched over and over was 'Every Breath You Take'. It was like seeing a Bergman film. Directors usually spelled out every word of

6432-406: The future. Support for PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 , and selected legacy smart TVs was discontinued with the changeover. In an interview with The Verge , Barrios revealed that there were ongoing plans for WWE.com's existing video content to be integrated into the WWE Network platform as a "free" tier (possibly also including previews of WWE Network's premium content), and that WWE was also considering

6528-521: The historic carrier of WWE programming in Canada), which was to see the company distribute WWE Network as a premium television service . Also on that date, it was announced that the WWE Network would launch in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico, Spain, and the Nordics, among others on August 12, with Italian, Arab, German, Japanese, Indian, Chinese, Thai, and Malaysian launches planned for

6624-653: The launch, WWE announced that it had been indefinitely delayed. Vince McMahon publicly apologized for the delay. It was announced on January 4, 2015, that the WWE Network would be launching in the UK and Ireland on January 19, 2015, priced at £9.99 and €12.99, respectively, although some customers managed to register as early as January 13. On January 27, 2015, WWE announced that the WWE Network had reached 1 million subscribers, with Vince McMahon saying that WWE would "remain focused on delivering an outstanding value proposition for our fans by adding new content and new features in

6720-400: The lineup. Original programming was also noted in the survey. As the result of an online poll, WrestleMania Rewind was chosen as a name for a new WWE Network show on October 17, 2011. The original launch date was set for April 1, 2012, which would have coincided with WrestleMania XXVIII , and WWE's official website featured a countdown clock that would have expired on April 1. The clock

6816-407: The lyrics in a video, but this was the first video I knew that didn't do that. It was abstract." According to A&M co-founder Jeff Ayeroff , "[The video for] 'Every Breath You Take' probably cost $ 75,000 to $ 100,000, and we sold over 5 million albums. With a good video, the return on your investment was phenomenal." On October 5, 2022, Billboard officially released a statement confirming that

6912-447: The middle of the night with that line in my head, sat down at the piano and had written it in half an hour. The tune itself is generic, an aggregate of hundreds of others, but the words are interesting. It sounds like a comforting love song. I didn't realise at the time how sinister it is. I think I was thinking of Big Brother , surveillance and control. When asked why he appears angry in the music video, Sting told BBC Radio 2 , "I think

7008-476: The music video for "Every Breath You Take" surpassed one billion views on YouTube . "Every Breath You Take" was released as a single in 1983, with B-side "Murder by Numbers" — a composition by Summers and Sting that had been omitted from the vinyl release of Synchronicity in favour of Copeland's "Miss Gradenko" due to LP length limitations, only appearing as the final track on the CD and cassette. It reached No. 1 in

7104-830: The rights to all WWE programming. In September 2011, WWE officially announced plans to launch the WWE Network in 2012 as a pay-TV channel. WWE then conducted a survey asking people if they would pay for the WWE Network if it were a premium channel . In an email sent to WWE fans who might be interested in the WWE Network, WWE surveyed fans for their thoughts about the WWE Network airing WWE's pay-per-views to subscribers for no additional charge. The survey also noted that feature repeats of Raw and SmackDown , as well as footage from World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), National Wrestling Alliance , XFL , Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW), American Wrestling Association (AWA), and WWE films would also make

7200-459: The same note". Padgham recalled a one-note guitar solo and its hypnotic effect in previous work with XTC , and suggested using a similar single-note piano accompaniment - concluding that the one-note line was "kind of his idea in the end". However, in a 1984 interview, Padgham remembered Sting coming into the studio with a couple of one-note piano lines for the song - instead implying that they were Sting's ideas and not his. Cash Box described

7296-419: The service in 2019. Although operating primarily as a standalone service, the distribution model of the WWE Network varies by market, where it can be available as an integrated service through licensing agreements with third party providers, depending on the markets. The standalone service contains a premium and a free tier. WWE Network launched on February 24, 2014 in the United States, as a digital successor to

7392-836: The show was taped at the Philadelphia Arena and later at the Allentown Agricultural Hall in Allentown, Pennsylvania . Typically, three weeks of television were taped in one night. The final taping in Allentown took place on June 19, 1984, with the episodes airing June 30, July 7, and July 14. The tapings then moved to the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York until the final taping took place on August 5, 1986, with

7488-402: The snare drums and the bass. It was a simple, classic chord sequence, but we couldn't agree how to do it. I'd been making an album with Robert Fripp , and I was kind of experimenting with playing Bartok violin duets and had worked up a new riff. When Sting said 'go and make it your own', I went and stuck that lick on it, and immediately we knew we had something special. The recording process

7584-468: The song as "a subtly crafted minor key ballad" and commented on the effect of the "surprising, smokey smooth feel [of the vocal] above the band's patently insistent rhythmic drive." The song had a music video (directed by duo Godley & Creme ) loosely based on Gjon Mili 's 1944 short film Jammin' the Blues . Shot in black-and-white with a navy blue tint, the video depicts the band, accompanied by

7680-602: The song is very, very sinister and ugly and people have actually misinterpreted it as being a gentle little love song, when it's quite the opposite. Hence so." Gary T. Marx , sociologist and scholar of surveillance studies, wrote in 1988 that, while the song was "a love rather than a protest song", it "nicely captures elements of the new surveillance". He compared the lines to various new technologies of surveillance, including linking "every breath you take" to breath analyzers , "every step you take" to ankle monitors , and "every vow you break" to voice stress analysis . According to

7776-558: The song the No. 2 greatest breakup song . As of 2003, Sting was making an average of $ 2000 per day in royalties for the song. In October 2007, Sting was awarded a Million-Air certificate for nine million airplays of "Every Breath You Take" at the BMI Awards show in London. "Every Breath You Take" is the Police's and Sting's signature song , and in 2010 was estimated to generate between

7872-556: The song to the other band members when they reconvened at George Martin 's AIR Studios in Montserrat to work on the Synchronicity album. The band initially tried the song in a variety of different styles and arrangements, such as reggae . While recording, guitarist Andy Summers came up with a guitar part inspired by Béla Bartók that would later become a trademark lick, and played it straight through in one take. He

7968-423: The studio's dining room in order to achieve some "special sound effects". The room, however, was so hot that Copeland's drum sticks had to be taped to his hands to avoid slippage. A piano accompaniment consisting of individual notes was added to complete the song's bridge. Padgham remembers that the band and he had "agonized over that part for a long time". with Sting "fiddling around on the piano, banging away on

8064-708: The top 10 British Songs of the 1980s. In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as The Nation's Favourite 1980s number one in a UK-wide poll for ITV . To escape the public eye, Sting retreated to the Caribbean. He started writing the song at Ian Fleming 's writing desk on the Goldeneye estate in Oracabessa, Jamaica. The lyrics are the words of a possessive lover who is watching "every breath you take; every move you make". Sting recalled: I woke up in

8160-551: The top 10 British Songs of the 1980s. In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as the nation's favourite 1980s number one in a UK-wide poll for ITV . The song is sampled in Puff Daddy 's 1997 hit " I'll Be Missing You ," which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 11 weeks and won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ; Sting ultimately participated in a performance of "I'll Be Missing You" at

8256-466: The top 10 in numerous other countries. At the 26th Annual Grammy Awards , the song was nominated for three Grammy Awards , including Song of the Year , Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals , and Record of the Year , winning in the first two categories. For the song, Sting received the 1983 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors . "Every Breath You Take"

8352-463: Was asked to put guitar onto a simple backing track of bass, drums, and a single vocal, with Sting offering no directive beyond "make it your own". Summers remembered: This was a difficult one to get, because Sting wrote a very good song, but there was no guitar on it. He had this Hammond organ thing that sounded like Billy Preston . It certainly didn't sound like the Police, with that big, rolling synthesizer part. We spent about six weeks recording just

8448-588: Was broadcast in Australia in May 1985 on the Ten Network . Ten had a tentative deal in place with the WWF to then show WWF Championship Wrestling on a weekly basis depending on the ratings for WrestleMania. With WrestleMania being a ratings success, Ten brought weekly professional wrestling back to Australian television for the first time since the late 1970s and the show was telecast on Thursday nights, usually in

8544-423: Was filled mostly by McMahon with Pat Patterson also assisting in some cases, until the hire of Gene Okerlund in 1984 which gave him the full-time slot of interviewing wrestlers backstage or at ringside. Jack Reynolds , Freddie Miller , Kal Rudman , and Ken Resnick also did interviews alongside Okerlund until the show's cancellation in 1986. Probably the most well-remembered theme music of Championship Wrestling

8640-406: Was fraught with difficulties as personal tensions between the band members, particularly Sting and drummer Stewart Copeland , came to the fore. Producer Hugh Padgham claimed that by the time of the recording sessions, Sting and Copeland "hated each other", with verbal and physical fights in the studio common. The tensions almost led to the recording sessions being cancelled until a meeting involving

8736-512: Was intended primarily to promote its weekly programs and pay-per-view events. On January 25, 2021, WWE announced that NBCUniversal Television and Streaming had acquired the exclusive U.S. distribution rights to WWE Network, and that the service would be folded into the NBCUniversal-owned streaming service Peacock on March 18, 2021 (ahead of Fastlane and WrestleMania 37 ). Existing and future WWE Network content will be hosted by

8832-423: Was motivated by the acquisition of BAMTech by Disney . Co-president George Barrios cited concerns over how BAMTech's relationships with third-party partners would be impacted by the sale, while WWE also sought greater control over the service and its operations, intending to partner with another vendor or take the service entirely in-house. The company decided to partner with Endeavor Streaming (formed primarily from

8928-411: Was quietly removed, and the network did not launch as advertised. WWE chief marketing officer Michelle Wilson allayed fears about the future of the WWE Network, saying "There will be a WWE network in some shape or form. We are in late-stage negotiations with distributors", and confirmed that WWE Legends' House had been filmed. In April 2013, WWE had switched plans and aimed to release the WWE Network as

9024-417: Was reported Mattel , Kmart , and Pepsi would begin advertising on the network starting the week of October 13. Wilson stated that although no commercial breaks will occur during scheduled programming, 30 second adverts would run in between shows, and that one 15 or 30-second advert would be shown prior to every fourth stream of on-demand content. Every Breath You Take " Every Breath You Take "

9120-426: Was stated in the reports for the first quarter of 2015. WWE also revealed, including trial subscribers, they had 1.227 million Network users at the end of the second quarter, and over the entire lifespan of the Network, there have been over 2 million unique subscribers. The WWE Network launched in India on November 2, 2015. On November 19, a report by market research and consulting firm Park Associates announced that

9216-499: Was voted "Song of the Year". In the US, it was the best-selling single of 1983 and fifth-best-selling single of the decade. Billboard ranked it as the No. 1 song for 1983. The song was ranked No. 305 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll . It also ranked number 25 on Billboard ' s Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs. In 2008, Q magazine named it among

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