Fox Sports Network Extends Television Broadcast License for WPT Season VIII
Fox Sports Network and World Poker Tour Enterprises have announced the official extension of the television broadcast license on Fox Sports Network. The station will now include the World Poker Tour Season VIII.Beginning in the middle of this year the new WPT season will begin filming episodes and the WPT programming schedule will begin on FSN. Twenty six one hour episodes will be filmed at tournaments across North America for the VIII season.
FSN has exclusive rights to air the new episodes in the United States on their sports cable network. The schedule and timeslot for the VIII season has not yet been released.
George Greenberg, the Executive Vice President of FSN commented: “The World Poker Tour has a loyal and passionate fan base that has made the WPT one of the most popular programs on FSN. We’re thrilled to be airing Season 8 and look forward to another great year of WPT Championship poker.”
- 2009-02-17



