Silvervision to stop doing WWE DVD's

After 22 years of dedicating Silver Vision exclusively to WWE, the WWE and Clear Vision Ltd will part company on the 31st December 2012. Silvervision.co.uk (owned by Clear Vision Ltd) will continue to sell WWE DVDs, Blu-rays and WWE films after this date while stocks last, but we will not be able to offer new releases for sale on our site. SummerSlam 2012 and nWo: The Revolution will be the last new WWE releases we will be producing ourselves.

Clear Vision and its staff are saddened by this news as we have worked very hard over the years to bring the best possible service to all WWE fans and we would like to thank you all for your continued support over the years.

Silvervision.co.uk is looking forward to a new future which will amalgamate all the products and some new programmes of its mother company, Clear Vision Ltd, on one site.

Please be assured this will not affect your current and future orders in any way and you will continue to receive the same great service.

http://www.silvervision.co.uk/static-pages/announcement.html?src=twit

So what do people think will happen? Will they get a licence for another fed (TNA,ROH)? Will we only be able to get DVD's off of WWE.com? Or will someone else take over the licence?

They'll just get somebody else to take over the silence, or sell them themselves, whichever works out best for WWE. I doubt they'd have much trouble getting a DVD supplier, as I imagine DVD sales are quite good for WWE.

I doubt Silvervision will start providing the service for a different company, it wouldn't be worth it.

End of an Era, does this mean that whoever takes over will start making DVD remakes of old PPVs from the 90s in HD perhaps...

VoiceOfTheVoiceless wrote:End of an Era, does this mean that whoever takes over will start making DVD remakes of old PPVs from the 90s in HD perhaps...

If they weren't recorded in HD (which WWE weren't doing in the 90s as far as I'm aware), they can't release them in HD. They can upscale them and fiddle about with the aspect ratio but you won't get Blu-Ray quality.

News on who is taking over liscense

LONDON/NEW YORK, 19 NOVEMBER, 2012: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) today announced a major new distribution agreement with WWE (NYSE:WWE) for the exclusive home entertainment rights to WWE’s catalogue of programming across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

The deal goes into effect in January of 2013 and will see FME manage the DVD, Blu-ray and digital rights for all new and existing WWE content, making it the first time that fans of WWE’s popular programming can access it digitally across EMEA. Some of the new titles that will be released include Night of Champions 2012, Hell in a Cell 2012, Top 100 Raw Moments, Attitude Era and WrestleMania 29.

WWE is a recognized leader in global entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family-friendly entertainment on its television programming, pay-per-view, digital media and publishing platforms. WWE programming is broadcast in more than 145 countries and 30 languages and reaches more than 600 million homes worldwide.

Pete Kalhan, SVP Home Entertainment & Archive EMEA, FME, commented, “WWE is an incredibly strong and ever-growing brand with a huge and extremely dedicated global fan base. The brand has a rich history and has performed exceptionally well on DVD for many years. We look forward to working with WWE to grow all aspects of their home entertainment catalogue and are particularly excited about introducing the content to the masses across EMEA via digital platforms.”

“WWE is pleased to partner with FremantleMedia Enterprises on the digital and retail distribution of our content in EMEA,” said Casey Collins, Executive Vice President, Consumer Products for WWE. “FME’s broad retail reach will allow us to place more WWE content across all channels where our fans shop.”

http://www.fremantlemedia.com/news/news-de...g_with_WWE.aspx

Silvervision are still being linked with becoming the home of TNA DVD's

Just following on from Amy's work.

In January, Freemantle will launch www.wwedvd.co.uk which will be Freemantle's site for selling the dvd's