World Poker Tour Jumping to GSN Next SeasonTravel Channel Opted Not to Pick up Two More Seasons |
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The World Poker Tour is leaving the Travel Channel and joining High Stakes Poker on GSN.
No announcement has been made by either company, but the information was released through an SEC report filed by World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE). According to the filing, GSN entered an agreement with WPTE April 2 to air 23 episodes of season six, which is about to wrap up filming at the end of the month.
GSN agreed to pay $300,000 an episode and has the option of picking up the WPT for two more seasons if it chooses. GSN has committed $3 million to marketing this season of the WPT.
This is the same option that the Travel Channel declined to pick up Sunday.
The fifth season of the WPT premiered last night on the Travel Channel. When asked about the status between the Travel Channel and its contract on Tuesday, April 3, during an interview about the WPT's fifth season premiering, Steve Lipscomb, founder, president and CEO of WPTE, said he couldn't comment on the subject. A message left for a WPTE representative this morning has not yet been returned.
The last show scheduled to air on the Travel Channel is the WPT Championship event that takes place later this month. It premieres on television on Wednesday, Aug. 8, and is scheduled to re-air Saturday, Aug. 11. But the Travel Channel will be able to air shows from seasons one through five in repeats.
The WPT premieres on GSN in January of 2008.
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