CBS Sports has reached a multi-year rights agreement with the PokerGO streaming service to become the new television partner for the World Series of Poker Main Event and various WSOP Bracelet Events. Starting in 2021, CBS Sports Network will be the official television home of the WSOP.
The network will broadcast 15 hours of WSOP Main Event coverage and 36 additional hours of 18 different Gold Bracelet poker events.
“Following our past success with PokerGO, 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 Executive Vice President of Programming Dan Weinberg said in a press release. “This deal fits perfectly in our strategy to combine best-in-class events with our CBS Sports brand.”
CBS Sports was the first network to broadcast WSOP Main Event on its CBS Sports Spectacular program in the mid-1970s.
