GeekFTWM to SquaredCircleEnglish · 9 months agoSting's full off air retirement speech after AEW Revolution (courtesy of SRS)www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkSting's full off air retirement speech after AEW Revolution (courtesy of SRS)www.youtube.comGeekFTWM to SquaredCircleEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoIt seems like an artifact of bygone days, doesn’t it? It made sense when even PPVs were on linear channels, but in the era of VOD and streaming, I’m not sure why it’s still a thing.
minus-squareNeon_CarnivoreMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoIt’s 2 fold: AEW PPV’s are still available on traditional cable and satellite systems, which still have timeslots for their broadcasts. Staff at the venue are paid by the hour and they still have a lot of work to do after the show ends.
It seems like an artifact of bygone days, doesn’t it? It made sense when even PPVs were on linear channels, but in the era of VOD and streaming, I’m not sure why it’s still a thing.
Probably $$$
It’s 2 fold:
AEW PPV’s are still available on traditional cable and satellite systems, which still have timeslots for their broadcasts.
Staff at the venue are paid by the hour and they still have a lot of work to do after the show ends.
That makes sense!