{"id":3939,"date":"2016-06-16T11:19:50","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T15:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/wwe-pacts-with-pptv-in-china\/"},"modified":"2016-06-16T15:50:41","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T19:50:41","slug":"wwe-pacts-with-pptv-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/wwe-pacts-with-pptv-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Pacts with PPTV in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STAMFORD: WWE has entered into an exclusive multiyear content distribution agreement with PPTV in China.<\/p>\n<p>PPTV will deliver WWE&#8217;s flagship shows <em>Raw<\/em> and <em>SmackDown<\/em> in Mandarin. Starting June 28, for the first time ever, fans in China will be able to stream all three hours of <em>Raw<\/em> and two hours of <em>SmackDown<\/em> on demand exclusively on PPTV and PPTV Sports.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement also sees the return of a WWE live event to Shanghai on Saturday, September 10, at 7 p.m. WWE Superstars scheduled to appear include current WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns, current WWE Women\u2019s Champion Charlotte and WWE Superstars John Cena, Seth Rollins and Sasha Banks.<\/p>\n<p>WWE made history by signing Bin Wang to a developmental contract, giving him the opportunity to train to become the first-ever Chinese Superstar in WWE history. Wang will relocate to Orlando, Florida, where he will begin training out of the state-of-the-art WWE Performance Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s historic announcements further demonstrate WWE\u2019s long-term commitment to China,\u201d said WWE&#8217;s chairman and CEO, Vince McMahon. \u201cPartnerships with PPTV and Expo Group, as well as the signing of Bin Wang, will enable us to engage our fans in China like never before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a long history between PPTV Sports and WWE in programming distribution,\u201d said Stephen Zhang, the general manager of PPTV Sports.\u00a0\u201cNow with the new exclusive partnership, these joint efforts will bring passion and family-friendly fun of WWE programing to millions of fans here in China just like in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWWE\u2019s China debut rocked Shanghai Expo in 2010, and now we are excited that deafening cheers from WWE fans will be heard again in 2016 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena,\u201d added Ding Hao, CEO of Expo Group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an honor to be the first-ever Chinese talent in WWE history,\u201d said Wang. \u201cThere are no fans in the world that show the same passion as the WWE Universe, and I look forward to training and developing my skills so I can perform for them in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STAMFORD: WWE has entered into an exclusive multiyear content distribution agreement with PPTV in China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":3940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[205,104],"class_list":["post-3939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-pptv","tag-wwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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