{"id":7792,"date":"2017-07-11T12:26:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T16:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wwe-groupe-ab-expand-partnership\/"},"modified":"2017-07-11T13:13:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T17:13:30","slug":"wwe-groupe-ab-expand-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/07\/11\/wwe-groupe-ab-expand-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE, Groupe AB Expand Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE and Groupe AB have extended their partnership into its 18th year through a new, multiyear agreement to broadcast programming such as <em>Raw<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>SmackDown<\/em> in parts of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Groupe AB will broadcast the WWE shows in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Monaco and Andorra. Groupe AB channels AB1, RTL9, AB3 and AB4 will televise\u00a0<em>Raw<\/em>\u00a0on Thursdays and\u00a0<em>SmackDown<\/em>\u00a0on Fridays. The channels will also air all WWE specials live, including <em>WrestleMania<\/em>, <em>SummerSlam<\/em>, <em>Survivor Series<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Royal Rumble<\/em>. All programs will be available with French commentary and on demand.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Maroko, the deputy director general of Groupe AB, said, \u201cEach week, WWE programs are major events and great successes for audience reach on our channels. We are proud to be a privileged partner of one of the biggest brands in entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGroupe AB shares our vision and passion for engaging and entertaining our fans,\u201d added Ed Wells, the executive VP of WWE International. \u201cGroupe AB has been a longtime, valued partner that enables us to showcase our unique blend of action-packed, family-friendly entertainment across key markets.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE and Groupe AB have extended their partnership into its 18th year through a new, multiyear agreement to broadcast programming such as Raw and SmackDown in parts of Europe. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":7793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1014,1209,1212,1213],"class_list":["post-7792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-groupe-ab","tag-raw","tag-smackdown","tag-wwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WWE, Groupe AB Expand Partnership - TVEUROPE<\/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\/tveurope\/2017\/07\/11\/wwe-groupe-ab-expand-partnership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WWE, Groupe AB Expand Partnership - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WWE and Groupe AB have extended their partnership into its 18th year through a new, multiyear agreement to broadcast programming such as Raw and SmackDown in parts of Europe.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/07\/11\/wwe-groupe-ab-expand-partnership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-11T16:26:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-07-11T17:13:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/09\/Raw-WWE-517.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\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\/tveurope\/2017\/07\/11\/wwe-groupe-ab-expand-partnership\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/07\/11\/wwe-groupe-ab-expand-partnership\/\",\"name\":\"WWE, Groupe AB Expand Partnership - TVEUROPE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-11T16:26:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-07-11T17:13:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/07\/11\/wwe-groupe-ab-expand-partnership\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/07\/11\/wwe-groupe-ab-expand-partnership\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/07\/11\/wwe-groupe-ab-expand-partnership\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"WWE, Groupe AB Expand Partnership\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\",\"name\":\"TVEUROPE\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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