Key Developments: World Wrestling Entertainment Inc (WWE)
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Latest Key Developments (Source: Significant Developments)
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc Declares Quarterly Dividend
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc announced that its Board of Directors declared the Company's regular quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share for all Class A and B shares of common stock. The record date for the dividend will be June 14, 2013, and the payment date will be June 25, 2013. Full Article
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc Issues FY 2013 EBITDA Guidance Below Analysts' Estimates
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc announced that for fiscal 2013, it expects EBITDA to be approximate to fiscal 2012 results, plus or minus 10%. The Company reported EBITDA of $63.20 million for fiscal 2012. According to I/B/E/S Estimates, analysts are expecting the Company EBITDA of $82.44 million for fiscal 2013. Full Article
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc Declares Quarterly Dividend
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc announced that its Board of Directors declared the Company's regular quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share for all Class A and B shares of common stock. The record date for the dividend will be March 15, 2013, and the payment date will be March 25, 2013. Full Article
FremantleMedia Enterprises Enters New Distribution Agreement With World Wrestling Entertainment Inc
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) announced a major new distribution agreement with World Wrestling Entertainment Inc 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. Full Article
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc Raises FY 2012 Earnings Guidance
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc announced that for fiscal 2012, it expects earnings will be 15% to 25% above fiscal 2011 net income and 10% to 15% above fiscal 2011 EBITDA results. According to I/B/E/S Estimates, analysts are expecting the Company to report net income of $30 million and EBITDA of $59 million for fiscal 2012. Full Article
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc Declares Quarterly Dividend
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc announced that its Board of Directors today declared the Company’s regular quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share for all Class A and B shares of common stock. The record date for the dividend will be December 14, 2012, and the payment date will be December 26, 2012. Full Article
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Revises FY 2012 Earnings Guidance-Conference Call
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. announced that based on earnings growth in the first half of 2012 and the recent positive trend in Pay-Per-View business, it is raising financial forecast for fiscal 2012. While developing the transformative opportunity represented by the network, the Company expects fiscal 2012 earnings measured by either EBITDA or earnings per share (EPS) will be roughly 5% to 15% above 2000 results on an as-reported basis. According to I/B/E/S Estimates, analysts are expecting the Company to report EPS of $0.37 for fiscal 2012. Full Article
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors declared the Company’s regular quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share for all Class A and B shares of common stock. The record date for the dividend will be September 14, 2012, and the payment date will be September 25, 2012. Full Article
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Signs TV Deal With D-Smart In Turkey
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. announced a two-year television distribution deal that brings WWE's weekly flagship television programs WWE Raw and WWESmackDown to D-Smart. Under this new agreement, the one-hour international versions of WWE Raw and WWE SmackDown will be available every Saturday night at 11 p.m. (SmackDown) and 12 a.m. (Raw) on D-Smart channel 77, Smart Spor. Full Article
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Reaffirms FY 2012 Earnings Guidance-Conference Call
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. announced that it expects fiscal 2012 earnings will be roughly in line with fiscal 2011 results on an as-reported basis. This means within a range of plus or minus 10% from fiscal 2011 earnings. The Company reported EPS of $0.35 in fiscal 2011. According to I/B/E/S Estimates, analysts are expecting the Company to report EPS of $0.40 for fiscal 2012. Full Article
Wrestling to hold extraordinary congress in Moscow
MOSCOW - The world wrestling federation (FILA) will hold an extraordinary congress in May to elect a new president as the ancient sport battles to maintain its place on the Olympic program.
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