Announced in a release on on April 2, 2008, TNA came to terms on a deal that had the show airing in Australia starting April 5. On January 17, 2008, Spike presented an event entitled " Global Impact!", which featured TNA wrestlers in matches against talents from New Japan Pro-Wrestling and on March 27, 2008, Impact! aired live for the first time in the show's history in its regular timeslot. In June 2006, episodes became available at the iTunes Store, though they have since been removed.Įxpansion to two hours (2007–2010) ĭue to further viewership growth, Impact! was expanded to two hours on October 4, 2007, still starting at the same time of 9pm. At this time tapings were moved from Tuesdays to Mondays. Because of viewership growth, Impact! was moved to Thursdays in April 2006, and later to an earlier primetime slot in November. They were no longer paying for the timeslot, though Spike controlled their advertising revenue. TNA's syndication contracts for the show on local television channels, from after the FSN contract, were converted to contracts for their syndicated show, TNA Xplosion. Two episodes were taped every other Tuesday, airing them on the subsequent Saturday. Seeking a more profitable television outlet, TNA negotiated a Saturday night timeslot with Spike TV (now known as the Paramount Network) and started airing Impact! on October 1, 2005, five days after the departure of WWE Raw to USA Network, which re-debuted two days later. To save on production costs, four hours of the show were recorded in a day and made available throughout the subsequent month. On July 1, TNA began offering new episodes through their website, first using BitTorrent downloads, then by streaming through RealPlayer. Impact! continued to air on certain regional networks in place of Xplosion.
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TNA began taping a new weekly series that month, TNA Impact!, with the first episode premiering on June 4, 2004.Īfter 51 shows TNA's contract with FSN expired in May 2005 and was not renegotiated, with the last episode of Impact! airing on May 27, 2005. In May 2004, TNA announced that they had negotiated a television deal with Fox Sports Net (FSN) where they would get a one-hour timeslot on Fridays in most markets, putting TNA on unrestricted cable and satellite for the first time. History Fox Sports Net and Webcasts (2004–2005) 1.2.5 Final months on Spike (July–December 2014).
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