FME Inks Home-Entertainment Deal with WWE

LONDON/NEW YORK: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has acquired the exclusive home-entertainment rights to WWE content throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Come January, FME will control the DVD, Blu-ray and digital rights for all new and existing WWE programming, allowing fans to be able to digitally access WWE content in EMEA for the first time. Titles to be released include Night of Champions 2012, Hell in a Cell 2012, Top 100 Raw Moments, Attitude Era and WrestleMania 29, among others.

Pete Kalhan, the senior VP of home entertainment and archive for EMEA at FME, said: "WWE is an incredibly strong and ever-growing brand with a huge and extremely dedicated global fan base. The brand has a rich history and has performed exceptionally well on DVD for many years. We look forward to working with WWE to grow all aspects of their home entertainment catalogue and are particularly excited about introducing the content to the masses across EMEA via digital platforms."

"WWE is pleased to partner with FremantleMedia Enterprises on the digital and retail distribution of our content in EMEA," added Casey Collins, the executive VP of consumer products for WWE. "FME’s broad retail reach will allow us to place more WWE content across all channels where our fans shop."