On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 1:14 PM, John Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > The WSOP coverage predates the poker boom, so I'm not surprised that it would > carry on. I could see the coverage being reduced down to the level it was > pre-boom now that the pool of potential advertisers has been drained.
I saw an article in today's paper by Andy Fixmer of Bloomberg News so I did a search when I got online and found he posted 4 articles yesterday. Relevant to this conversation: Disney’s ESPN Drops Poker Programming After Websites Charged http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-18/disney-s-espn-removing-poker-programming-after-websites-charged.html Excerpt: Walt Disney Co. (DIS)’s ESPN sports cable channel will remove poker advertising and programming after the U.S. indicted gambling websites that sponsor televised tournaments and froze their bank accounts. “We are aware of the indictment only through what has been announced publicly,” Bristol, Connecticut-based ESPN said yesterday in an e-mailed statement. “For the immediate future, we are making efforts to remove related advertising and programming pending further review.” *** Poker ‘World Series’ to Air in July as Scheduled After Sponsors Indicted http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-19/poker-world-series-to-air-in-july-after-sponsors-indicted.html Excerpt: The “World Series of Poker” on ESPN and “World Poker Tour” on Fox Sports Net will air as scheduled following the indictments of gambling websites that spent almost $27 million on TV ads last year. Walt Disney Co. (DIS)’s ESPN will carry the “World Series of Poker” in July, Chris LaPlaca, a spokesman, said today in an e- mail. The network pre-empted last night’s “North American Poker Tour Presented by PokerStars.net.” News Corp.’s Fox Sports Net has pulled PokerStars.net ads from “World Poker Tour,” said Lou D’Ermilio, a New York-based spokesman. “There is no direct sponsorship connection between the indicted websites and ‘World Poker Tour,’” D'Ermilio said in an e-mail. “But PokerStars had purchased advertising time, which has been pulled as a result of the indictments. At present we have no plans to change policy as it relates to promotional clothing players choose to wear.” *** The other two articles deal with frozen accounts and players getting their money back. Online Poker Player Accounts Frozen as U.S. Indicts Operators http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-18/online-poker-player-accounts-frozen-amid-fbi-gambling-probe.html Online Poker Companies Reach Accord With U.S. on Players’ Access to Money http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-20/online-poker-companies-reach-accord-with-u-s-on-players-access-to-money.html -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
