The World Series of Poker will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network starting this year,
with 15 hours of Main 💳 Event coverage and 36 hours of other events.
Damian Salas shows
off his bracelet after winning the World Series of Poker 💳 Main Event title Sunday, Jan.
3, 2024, at the Rio. (Melissa Haereiti/PokerNews)
The World Series of Poker is leaving
ESPN for 💳 the CBS Sports Network.
The WSOP announced Monday that it has reached a
multiyear rights agreement with CBS as its new 💳 TV partner. CBS Sports Network will air
15 hours of WSOP Main Event coverage this year as well as 36 💳 hours of coverage of 18
other WSOP bracelet events, a news release said.
CBS will partner with the subscription
video service 💳 PokerGO on the broadcasts. Other Viacom CBS platforms, including the new
Paramount+ service, also will be involved. Details will be 💳 announced when the full WSOP
schedule is revealed.
ESPN has been the longtime TV home of the WSOP, and its expanded
💳 coverage that started in 2003 when Chris Moneymaker won the WSOP Main Event helped
drive the poker boom at the 💳 time.
CBS was the first network to broadcast the WSOP in
the 1970s on its “CBS Sports Spectacular” program, the release 💳 said.
“We are excited to
expand our relationship with the highest-profile and richest event in competitive
tournament poker featuring the best 💳 players in the world,” CBS Sports vice president of
programming Dan Weinberg said in a statement.
WSOP executive director Ty Stewart 💳 said:
“CBS Sports has long been a pioneer in covering a broad range of championship sport. We
couldn’t be more 💳 excited to see increased television coverage of the WSOP in the coming
years and benefit from their growing media platforms.”
Contact 💳 Jim Barnes at
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