Posted on 12/10/125 by Colin Vassallo
TKO Chief Operating Officer Mark Shapiro said that they are
currently in negotiations for a non-exclusive deal for the
WWE video library, which will be homeless at the end of this
year.
Shapiro made the comments at the UBS Global Media and
Communications Conference held in New York.
The TKO COO added that they will have something to announce
in Q1 2026, which starts January 1. The WWE video library,
currently on Peacock, will be leaving the streaming service
on December 30 apart from Smackdown and NXT premium live
events.
Speaking of NXT PLEs, the media rights for those expire in
March 2026 and Shapiro added that they want to be “smart and
strategic” and “deliberate and thoughtful” about them,
saying that they’re in no rush.
There are rumors that the WWE video library content will
land on YouTube for the time being. Both ESPN and Netflix
are also interested in hosting the thousands of hours of
content that WWE has.
The WWE video library, or the WWE Network as it was known,
moved to Peacock in 2021 in a five-year $1 billion deal.