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ESPN and the WSOP Main Event

by Michael Keating
  • ESPN invests heavily in the WSOP Main Event

“I think it’s a sport and an entertainment,”

said ESPN Senior Director of Programming Scott Hanley in a USA Today story. The question was is Poker a sport or entertainment.

The story details what resources ESPN allocated to broadcast this year’s WSOP.

Click ====> here to take you to a previous post providing the ESPN broadcast schedule for the 2007 WSOP.

  • ESPN WSOP Coverage to include
    • Hole Card cameras
    • 32 Hours of original WSOP Broadcast
    • High Definition Cameras
    • 40 Cameras compared to previous years of 26 for the WSOP and 35 to broadcast the Kentucky Derby.
    • Upgraded Music
    • Upgraded Graphics
    • ESPN built new Tables
    • Redesigned the Interview rooms
  • Questions arose about the value of High Definition Cameras to broadcast poker

“There’s an associated cost there. The value of going high def is showing a game based on reading your opponent” said ESPN Senior producer Jamie Horowitz.

“You can see their eye movement, their hand movements” added Scott Hanley.

ESPN will continue to look for coverage innovations through its 2010 deal with the WSOP. “Hopefully beyond” Hanley added. source

I know I will be watching to see If I can see them sweat.

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