Strategic Deal Locks in Three Years of Primetime Poker and is the Latest in a Series of News-Making Announcements for the WPT
LOS ANGELES -- The World Poker Tour® (WPT) and Fox Sports Net (FSN) announced today a multi-season broadcast and promotional agreement for the distribution of Seasons 9, 10, and 11 of the highly successful World Poker Tour television series. The new agreement features prime time national premiere airtimes of 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM on Sunday nights, as well as multiple repeat airings throughout the week. Additionally, WPT and FSN have agreed to extensive promotional advertising that will keep viewers up-to-date on new airings throughout the season.
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WPT’s Season 9 will premiere with its 179th episode in January 2011. Viewers will find a host of new enhancements to the series, including:
- the introduction of Kimberly Lansing in a new role as anchor of the show;
- a brash, yet-to-be-named new analyst, who will host a recurring segment called “The Raw Deal;”
- a new tour stop at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida; and
- the introduction of the Royal Flush Girls™, who serve as on-set ambassadors and on-air fixtures for all of the WPT domestic stops.
“This season promises to be unlike any previous incarnations of the WPT,” said Steve Heller, CEO of WPT. “The shows will be faster-paced and edgier, featuring the biggest names in poker mixing it up with more up-and-coming stars, pre-final table action and, as always, poker’s greatest and most recognizable play-by-play commentary team of Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten
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