WWE Renews Partnership with Sky Deutschland

LONDON: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has extended its ten-year relationship with Sky Deutschland in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for another three years.

Taking the partnership through the end of 2013, the new agreement has been expanded to include TV, digital and mobile platforms. This sees Sky Deutschland airing the full-length versions of WWE’s flagship show RAW for the first time, as well as WWE’s 13 annual pay-per-view events. The deal also brings NXT and highlight shows WWE Experience and AfterBurn to Sky Deutschland. For the first time ever, WWE’s weekly programs will air in HD on Sky Sports.

Andrew Whitaker, the executive VP of international for WWE, said: "This renewal will take WWE’s relationship with Sky Deutschland into its thirteenth year and is testament to the ever growing popularity of WWE in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. We look forward to expanding the brand by delivering more content to our fans on the different platforms of Sky Deutschland."

Roman Steuer, the VP of sports at Sky Deutschland, added: "We are very pleased to continue our long and successful cooperation with the WWE. In the upcoming three years, we will offer our subscribers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland the most extensive and up-to-date WWE coverage in the history of German-language television. The unique mixture of sport and entertainment is representative of Sky’s programming diversity and will be an important component of our high-value sports service in the future."