{"id":2754,"date":"2021-02-23T12:01:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T17:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/sportsnet-wwe-expand-pact\/"},"modified":"2021-02-23T12:40:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T17:40:50","slug":"sportsnet-wwe-expand-pact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/sportsnet-wwe-expand-pact\/","title":{"rendered":"Sportsnet &amp; WWE Expand Pact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sportsnet and WWE have expanded their agreement to air live broadcasts of <em>NXT<\/em> on Sportsnet 360 and SN NOW.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning February 24, <em>NXT<\/em> will air live every Wednesday night on Sportsnet 360 and SN NOW, 52 weeks a year. <em>NXT<\/em> features innovative styles from trend-setting and unapologetic superstars, including Finn B\u00e1lor, Adam Cole, Io Shirai, Karrion Kross, Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae. In addition to <em>NXT<\/em>, Sportsnet 360 will continue to air WWE\u2019s weekly flagship programs <em>Monday Night Raw<\/em> and<em> Friday Night SmackDown<\/em>, as well as <em>WWE Main Event<\/em> and <em>This Week in WWE<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Sportsnet is also the exclusive distribution partner for WWE Network in Canada, offering all WWE pay-per-view events and groundbreaking original series as a premium linear channel. In 2014, Sportsnet and WWE signed a ten-year broadcast agreement, making Sportsnet the exclusive distributor of WWE programming in Canada through 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Paul \u201cTriple H\u201d Levesque, WWE executive VP of global talent strategy and development, said: \u201cOur fans in Canada have been all in on NXT since day one. We\u2019re thrilled about this expanded partnership with Sportsnet which will help us grow NXT\u2019s reach throughout the country and introduce even more fans to the newest generation of WWE Superstars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greg Sansone, VP of programming at Sportsnet, said: \u201cWWE provides some of the most electrifying entertainment in all of sports, and the passion of their fanbase in Canada is second to none. Reinforcing our already robust slate of live WWE programming with NXT was an easy choice and one our audiences have been asking for. We can\u2019t wait to see the newest generation of Superstars live in action every Wednesday night.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sportsnet and WWE have expanded their agreement to air live broadcasts of NXT on Sportsnet 360 and SN NOW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":2758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[616,617,269,618,346],"class_list":["post-2754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-nxt","tag-sn-now","tag-sportsnet","tag-sportsnet-360","tag-wwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sportsnet &amp; WWE Expand Pact - TVCANADA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/sportsnet-wwe-expand-pact\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sportsnet &amp; WWE Expand Pact - TVCANADA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sportsnet and WWE have expanded their agreement to air live broadcasts of NXT on Sportsnet 360 and SN NOW.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/sportsnet-wwe-expand-pact\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVCANADA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-23T17:01:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-23T17:40:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/ssw-sn-0221.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"250\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/sportsnet-wwe-expand-pact\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/sportsnet-wwe-expand-pact\/\",\"name\":\"Sportsnet &amp; WWE Expand Pact - TVCANADA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-23T17:01:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-23T17:40:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/sportsnet-wwe-expand-pact\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/sportsnet-wwe-expand-pact\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/sportsnet-wwe-expand-pact\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sportsnet &amp; WWE Expand Pact\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/\",\"name\":\"TVCANADA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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