WWE broadens reach in Latin America with Fox Sports tie-up

The WWE wrestling organisation has signed a multi-channel rights agreement with pan-regional, pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Latin America.

The agreement will run for five years, from 2014-15 to 2018-19.

The deal will make WWE programming available in 56 million homes on various Fox Sports and Fox Premium platforms across all of Latin America, including Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela. The partnership will offer more than 480 hours of original WWE content per year.

Starting on October 6, Fox Sports will feature a live broadcast of WWE’s flagship program Monday Night Raw.

Additional original WWE programming including SmackDown,Main Event, NXT and WWE Vintage Collection will be shown on a weekly basis on Fox Sports, Fox Sports 2 and the regional digital platform, Fox Play while WWE’s pay-per-view specials will be available via Fox’s Premium offers in Latin America and on Fox Play in Brazil.

“The combination of WWE’s passionate fan base across Latin America plus Fox’s extensive distribution channels in the region will prove to be mutually beneficial,” Gerrit Meier, executive vice-president of international for WWE, said. “This important partnership will allow us to engage audiences of all ages with compelling family sports entertainment programming and further grow the WWE fan base.”

The GiveMeSport.com website said that WWE fans in Latin America currently only have access to a reduced one-hour version of Monday Night Raw.