PPV Service InDemand Is Shutting Down After 40 Years

[Dead2009]

411MANIA | PPV Service InDemand Is Shutting Down After 40 Years

Pay-per-view service InDemand has announced that it will shut down operations next year...

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PWInsider reports that pay-per-view service InDemand has announced that it will shut down operations next year. This means the service will close forty years after it launched back in 1985.

CEO Dale Hopkins said they would shut down at the end of 2025. PPV distribution will then move to Comcast, Charter Communications and Cox Communications.

It was originally called Viewer’s Choice and became InDemand in 2000. It was the distributor of all major PPV wrestling events at the time. ECW had to fight with the service to be cleared to air during the late 90s.

Even though this is a wrestling centric article, it still falls in line with movies on PPV.

 

[Duskpire]

Not surprised. Pay Per View was good when streaming was non-existent.

It's no longer needed now that people have streaming channels like Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, and Hulu.

 

[Webster]

🎼 "....streaming killed the PPV star, streaming killed the PPV star...." 🎼