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Hello and welcome to the webcast entitled WWE Second Quarter Earnings. If you are listening through a phone line, you may ask a question verbally by pressing star key followed by the digit 1 on your touchstone phone. If you wish to remove yourself from the queue, please press star 2. Thank you. I will now turn the call over to Michael Weitz, SVP Financial Planning and Investor Relations. Please go ahead, Michael.

Thank you and good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to WWE's second quarter 2021 earnings conference call. Leading today's discussion are Vince McMahon, WWE's chairman and CEO, Nick Khan, WWE's president and chief revenue officer, Stephanie McMahon, WWE's chief brand officer, and Christina Salen, WWE's chief financial officer. Their remarks will be followed by a Q&A session. We issued our second quarter earnings release earlier this afternoon and have posted the release, our earnings presentation, and other supporting materials on our website. Today's discussion will include forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current views, are based on various assumptions, and are subject to risks and uncertainties disclosed in our SEC filings. Actual results may differ materially, and undue reliance should not be placed on them. Additionally, the matters we will be discussing today may include non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliation of non-GAAP to GAAP information is set forth in our earnings release and presentation, which are available on our website. You should note that all comparisons are versus the year-ago quarter, unless otherwise described. Finally, as a reminder, today's conference call is being recorded, and the replay will be available on our website later today. At this time, it's my privilege to turn the call over to Vince. Thank you, Michael.

As you know, we generated solid second quarter financial results as we focused on fan engagement and increasing efficiency in our content production. We have positive trends, and they're evident in the demand for our live event tech sales, as well as our television ratings and digital consumption. Five events that have aired through July 26th have been at closer full capacity. We have advances for our live events that look excellent, including, I might add, we implemented certain organizational changes that will also