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HonorClub Thread - ROH's Streaming Service

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 5:44 am
by Montana
HonorClub is ROH's official (and first) over-the-top streaming service. Included are live streams of a variety of events (iPPVs and house shows), matches from the vault, and membership discounts. A premium tier, at a yearly subscription with an added $20, gives you access to live PPVs.
AlexROH wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2018 3:12 pm Ring of Honor is proud to officially announce HonorClub.
With the imminent launch of HonorClub, the Ringside Membership will be deprecated to make way for this new and improved HonorClub. In addition to live streaming ROH Pay Per Views and On Tour events, and a vast on demand library, HonorClub will be the destination to connect wrestling fans with exclusive content, offers, and more.

LIVE STREAMING & VOD

Ring of Honor will begin live streaming ROH On Tour events! Live events will also be accessible anytime as part of the VOD library which also includes complete access to the ROH TV Archive, and the VOD Vault containing historical events, compilations, interviews, and more. Standard Memberships will include a 50% discount on ROH’s major Pay Per Views when bought digitally, however an Annual VIP Membership will include all Pay Per Views for FREE!

EXCLUSIVE FEATURES

HonorClub memberships also include exclusive access to all ROH event ticket pre-sales and 15% off all ROH-branded products in the ROH Pro Shop, in addition to any other discounts or sales. Many fans have also asked about the ROH Forum, and even though there is a large world of social media, there is nothing like having an intimate ROH community to engage with. The ROH Forum returns as an exclusive to HonorClub members!

PRICING & RINGSIDE MEMBERSHIP ROLLOVER

Ringside Members will automatically become an HonorClub member until their subscription expires. At that time, previous members can decide how they would like to proceed with their HonorClub membership. The various plans will include both monthly and annual options for the Standard Membership. Fans can choose whether they would like to pay $9.99 per month or a discounted $99.99 for the entire year. However, for the ultimate Ring of Honor experience, fans will have the option to purchase an Annual VIP membership for just $119.99. This package includes all of the wonderful features of the Standard Membership, but it also gives you free access to all ROH Pay Per Views!
Below are the events currently found in the library.
sideeffect wrote: Fri Mar 02, 2018 12:14 pm ROH on HDNet
Complete Season 1

Honor Club Exclusives
2013/7/12 - Nigel McGuinness Q&A from Milwaukee
2013/7/13 - Nigel McGuinness Q&A from Dearborn
2013/10/26 - Glory by Honor XII Women of Honor match (Mschif vs. Kasey Ray)
2013/10/26 - Glory by Honor XII Preshow match (Romantic Touch vs. Will Ferrera)
2013/12/14 - Final Battle Ringside exclusive match (Brutal Burgers vs. Team Benchmark)
2015/2/21 - Atlanta Pre-show match (Washington Bullets vs. Punch Drunk Lovers)
The Dawgs vs. Ryan Nova & Eli Isom
10 Questions with Steve Corino from 2010

Straight Shooting
CM Punk & Colt Cabana
Christian Cage
Mick Foley

ROH Compilations
Bryan Danielson: Rise to Glory

ROH TV
All episodes from 2014 upto Feb 23, 2018 (years 2011 to 2013 are there but no episodes uploaded)

ROH on Tour
2011
Champions vs. All Stars
9th Anniversary
Defy or Deny
Manhattan Mayhem IV
Honor Takes Center Stage Night 1 and 2
Supercard of Honor VI
Best in the World
No Escape
Death Before Dishonor IX
Gateway to Honor
Glory by Honor X
Final Battle

2012
Homecoming
Underground
Rise & Prove
10th Anniversary
Showdown in the Sun Night 1 and Night 2
Unity
Rising Above
Border Wars
Battle of Richmond
Best in the World
Live Strong
Brewcity Beatdown
Boiling Point
Caged Hostility
Death Before Dishonor X
Glory by Honor XI
Final Battle

2013
Hunt for the Gold
Defy or Deny 2
Honor vs. Evil
11th Anniversary
War
Supercard of Honor VII
Border Wars
Dragon's Reign
Relentless
Honor in the Heart of Texas
Live and Let Die
Best in the World
Night of Hoopla
All Star Extravaganza V
Manhattan Mayhem V
Road to Greatness Night 1 and 2
Death Before Dishonor XI
New Dawn
Charm City Challenge
Glory by Honor XII
The Golden Dream
Pursuit Night 1 and 2
Final Battle

2014
Wrestling's Finest
State of the Art
12th Anniversary
Raising the Bar Night 1 and 2
Flyin' High
Supercard of Honor VIII
Future of Honor One and Two
Global Wars
War of the Worlds
Road to Best in the World '14 Night 1 and 2
Best in the World
Aftershock
Summer Heat Tour: Cincinnati
Death Before Dishonor XII Night 1 and 2
All Starr Extravaganza 6
Michael Bennett’s Bachelor Party
Champions vs. All Stars
Survival of the Fittest Night 1 and 2
Glory by Honor XIII
Final Battle

2015
Winter Warriors: Dearborn
Winter Warriors: Dayton
Winter Warriors: Atlanta
13th Anniversary
Conquest Tour: Milwaukee
Conquest Tour: Chicago
Supercard of Honor IX
Conquest Tour: Hopkins
War of the Worlds Night 1 and 2
Global Wars Night 1 and 2
Road to Best in the World Night 1, 2, 3 and 4
Best in the World
Aftershock Tour: Hopkins
Aftershock Tour: Las Vegas
Death Before Dishonor XIII
Field of Honor
Reloaded Tour: Atlanta
Reloaded Tour: Dearborn
Reloaded Tour: Chicago
Reloaded Tour: California
Reloaded Tour: Lockport
All Star Extravaganza VII
Glory by Honor XIV
Survival of the Fittest Night 1 and 2
Road to Final Battle
Final Battle

2016
Winter Warriors: Indianapolis
Winter Warriors: Collinsville
Winter Warriors: Duluth
14th Anniversary
The Conquest Tour: Philadelphia
Supercard of Honor X Night 1 and 2
The Conquest Tour: San Antonio
The Conquest Tour: Philadelphia
The Conquest Tour: West Warwick
Global Wars Night 1 and 2
War of the Worlds Tour: Dearborn
War of the Worlds Tour: New York City
Road to Best in the World Night 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Women of Honor
Aftershock
Death Before Dishonor XIV
Field of Honor
Reloaded Tour: Lockport
Reloaded Tour: Pittsburgh
All Star Extravaganza 8
Glory by Honor XV Night 1 and 2
Road to Final Battle Night 1 and 2
Survival of the Fittest Night 1 and 2
Reach for the Sky Tour: Liverpool
Reach for the Sky Tour: Leicester
Reach for the Sky Tour: London
Final Battle

2017
Undisputed Legacy
Honor Reigns Supreme
The Experience
Manhattan Mayhem VI
Supercard of Honor XI
ROH Unauthorized
Masters of the Craft
War of the Worlds: Toronto
War of the Worlds: Dearborn
Marty Scurll vs. Adam Cole – Philly Street Fight
Road to Best in the World
Gateway to Gold
War of the Worlds: London
War of the Worlds: Liverpool
War of the Worlds: Edinburgh
Global Wars: Buffalo
Global Wars: Pittsburgh
Global Wars: Columbus
ROH Elite
Survival of the Fittest Night 1, 2 and 3

2018
Honor Reigns Supreme
And other incredibly useful resources to examine Ring of Honor through the years:

adduvall84's compendium of community-rated matches (up till 2014)

adduvall84's complete list of ROH events

supersonic's written chronological retrospective of ROH shows during the Sapolsky-led years

Hobbes' podcast reviewing every ROH show (until they get tired of it)

AnHonorableMention's podcast commenting on shows of import, featuring Shane Hagadorn

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 6:45 am
by TYFDK
Oohh, where'd you see this?

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 8:34 am
by monster mafia
ROH TV I GUESS

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 10:37 am
by Montana
Yes, it as on the latest episode. Hopefully they do it right.

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 1:02 pm
by cgstong
Am looking to get details on it

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 5:46 pm
by ActionJeffson
The "more than a network" tagline implies that it's (finally) the launch of their streaming network. Really hoping for a deep library of events.

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 6:07 pm
by supersonic
Do the right thing and start the library at Tag Team Turmoil, not a drop before that.

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 8:43 pm
by famicommander
Wishlist:
-minimum 720p at a good bitrate for ALL new content. No more low bitrate garbage for archived shows.
-keep ROH store/PPV discount from Ringside Membership
-All VOD shows for free for members, preferably live
-complete (or nearly complete) back catalog in the best video quality each show is available in
-any content they can get from NJPW/RevPro/CMLL/PWG/Stardom

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:30 am
by The Dragon Saga
famicommander wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2018 8:43 pm Wishlist:

-All VOD shows for free for members, preferably live
If they do that then their idiots. That's just bad business and is asking a lot.

Here's what I do know though and have stated many times as I was told by someone who works in ROH's back office and this was early last year, ROH hired someone to remaster and edit every single event to upgrade the video quality and edit out all unlicensed music they were using, so all video quality will be improved on and not just direct rips from their back catalogue of DVD's.

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:55 pm
by ROHfan2002
The Dragon Saga wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:30 am
famicommander wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2018 8:43 pm Wishlist:

-All VOD shows for free for members, preferably live
If they do that then their idiots. That's just bad business and is asking a lot.

Here's what I do know though and have stated many times as I was told by someone who works in ROH's back office and this was early last year, ROH hired someone to remaster and edit every single event to upgrade the video quality and edit out all unlicensed music they were using, so all video quality will be improved on and not just direct rips from their back catalogue of DVD's.
You cannot do a streaming service in 2018 and not provide something close to live events as part of the cost. If all Honor Club is is the back catalog remastered, it will be a miserable failure and a joke.

I expect either (a) show your events live for members, then they have to pay. I say this based on the War of the worlds experiment this past October, where two events were free and live for Ringside Members, but after that you had to buy the VOD. Joe Koff even mentioned it, so I think that is what they will do. Live for free, pay for it after. OR (b) something like Club WWN or UFC Fight Pass, where you don't get the events live as part of the cost, but you get them on a two week to one month delay.

In this world, where you can get the WWE Network (9.99) with all events part of the cost, NJPW World (999 yen) will all events part of the cost, Club WWN (9.99) with events on a two week delay, and Demand Progress (7.49) with events on a two week delay, you have to give Honor Club something more than just remastered old events. I lean more towards (a) above, but (b) would be okay too. But it no longer works to make members pay for individual events in the current climate. Roh could not be that stupid.

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 4:44 pm
by Wilson
Is anyone optimistic that the subscription will include the PPVs? They'll be the only "not all parts included" OTT service I can think of if they decide to go that route.

I'm inclined with a lot of the assumptions of this being a VOD-driven service with a huge delay for the PPVs and archived episodes. Live iPPVs during the cross-talent shows, and slow trickle of pre-SBG tapes.

It will be interesting to see if the greater access to what we think of as VOD shows will affect booking. Perhaps this will lead to more particular storytelling during tours (like Hiromu getting Darryl over during the G1).

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 6:26 pm
by bmcdonald
Anyone have an update? I noticed that ROH is not advertising the 3/9 Anniversary show as a PPV to purchase yet. Maybe that will be the first PPV available through the streaming service?

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 7:22 am
by Wilson
bmcdonald wrote: Fri Jan 26, 2018 6:26 pm Anyone have an update? I noticed that ROH is not advertising the 3/9 Anniversary show as a PPV to purchase yet. Maybe that will be the first PPV available through the streaming service?
Unfortunately there is not much information about the service. We know it'll be an OTT service and that it'll launch sometime in late winter or spring. Other than that ROH's been mum on the subject. (I wouldn't consider live PPVs a guarantee on the service.)

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 3:12 pm
by AlexROH
Ring of Honor is proud to officially announce HonorClub.
With the imminent launch of HonorClub, the Ringside Membership will be deprecated to make way for this new and improved HonorClub. In addition to live streaming ROH Pay Per Views and On Tour events, and a vast on demand library, HonorClub will be the destination to connect wrestling fans with exclusive content, offers, and more.

LIVE STREAMING & VOD

Ring of Honor will begin live streaming ROH On Tour events! Live events will also be accessible anytime as part of the VOD library which also includes complete access to the ROH TV Archive, and the VOD Vault containing historical events, compilations, interviews, and more. Standard Memberships will include a 50% discount on ROH’s major Pay Per Views when bought digitally, however an Annual VIP Membership will include all Pay Per Views for FREE!

EXCLUSIVE FEATURES

HonorClub memberships also include exclusive access to all ROH event ticket pre-sales and 15% off all ROH-branded products in the ROH Pro Shop, in addition to any other discounts or sales. Many fans have also asked about the ROH Forum, and even though there is a large world of social media, there is nothing like having an intimate ROH community to engage with. The ROH Forum returns as an exclusive to HonorClub members!

PRICING & RINGSIDE MEMBERSHIP ROLLOVER

Ringside Members will automatically become an HonorClub member until their subscription expires. At that time, previous members can decide how they would like to proceed with their HonorClub membership. The various plans will include both monthly and annual options for the Standard Membership. Fans can choose whether they would like to pay $9.99 per month or a discounted $99.99 for the entire year. However, for the ultimate Ring of Honor experience, fans will have the option to purchase an Annual VIP membership for just $119.99. This package includes all of the wonderful features of the Standard Membership, but it also gives you free access to all ROH Pay Per Views!

HOW TO ACCESS HONORCLUB

At initial launch, HonorClub will be available on your computer or personal device through ROHWrestling.com.

HonorClub will also be available through the new ROH App on Android and iOS, and channels on Roku, Apple TV, and Android TV as a Beta version for select fans. In an effort to provide fans with a quality user experience, these platforms will be tested thoroughly during this phase with an official launch coming very soon.

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 4:35 pm
by famicommander
So for 120 bucks per year I get to watch every single show right?

Because if so, sold.

Now just give me some nice video quality.

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:48 pm
by monster mafia
finally!

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 9:31 am
by kovs27
Get me an XBox app and this would be perfect.

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 12:37 pm
by famicommander
Does anyone have the total cost of all ROH PPV, iPPV, and VOD shows in 2017?

Because I'm pretty sure this is an absolutely massive savings for people who bought every show, even factoring in Ringside discounts.

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 12:50 pm
by supersonic
This HAS to result in a significant web site upgrade at launch. Speed, seamless log in, pleasant visuals, an actual mobile version. Make the first impression for this service count, especially for lapsed viewers and curious newbs interested in the rich library content.

Re: Honor Club

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:08 pm
by AlexROH
famicommander wrote: Sat Feb 03, 2018 12:37 pm Does anyone have the total cost of all ROH PPV, iPPV, and VOD shows in 2017?

Because I'm pretty sure this is an absolutely massive savings for people who bought every show, even factoring in Ringside discounts.
More or less, counting every VOD and PPV (with their discount) and the anual Ringside suscription (59,99$) you have a total of 396$.

Honor Club VIP is 120$, wow!