{"id":35747,"date":"2026-06-08T18:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/?p=35747"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T18:32:15","slug":"word-series-of-poker-partners-with-warner-bros-discovery-broadcast-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/word-series-of-poker-partners-with-warner-bros-discovery-broadcast-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Series of Poker Partners with Warner Bros. Discovery for Global Broadcast Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and World Series of Poker have agreed to a three-year partnership which will see the world\u2019s leading poker event – held annually in Las Vegas since 1970 \u2013 broadcast across WBD channels and platforms in Europe, Latin America and Asia.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The deal will see six 45-minute highlights programs broadcast across the Main Event (2-13 July) and its final table (3-5 August) on Eurosport in Europe and Asia, as well as on TNT Sports in the UK and Ireland, with shows available on-demand via HBO Max* across Europe.\u00a0

“To truly grow the game, you need a broadcast stage that matches the stakes. We are incredibly proud to partner with Warner Bros. Discovery to showcase the world’s biggest prize-money competition to mainstream audiences worldwide,” Ty <\/strong>Stewart, Chief Executive Officer of WSOP said. “Together, we are firmly putting the ‘World’ back in the World Series of Poker.”

Eurosport in Europe and Asia and TNT Sports in the UK and Ireland will broadcast the final table, which is scheduled to take place Aug. 3-5 live. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All programming will be produced by Omaha Productions. In Latin America, meanwhile, daily 15-minute highlight programs will air on the Space channel throughout the Main Event and Final Table.\u00a0

\u201cWarner Bros. Discovery\u2019s unmatched global reach and premium sports platforms provide the perfect stage for the World Series of Poker to connect with millions of new and existing fans around the world, Trojan Paillot, Senior Vice President, Sports Rights Acquisitions and Syndication, said.\u00a0\u201cFor the first time, WBD will bring the WSOP \u2014 the premier event in poker \u2014 to viewers across Europe, Asia and Latin America, expanding its global footprint and bringing the excitement, drama and prestige of poker\u2019s biggest stage to audiences everywhere.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For viewers in America, the WSOP announced a return to ESPN<\/a> in March. Omaha Productions, the company fronted by forme4 NFL stars Peyton and Eli Manning, is also the production company. That last time the WSOP appeared on ESPN was in 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026 WSOP Main Event Schedule<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date<\/th>Time (PT)<\/th>Event<\/th><\/tr>
Thu, July 2, 2026<\/td>11 a.m.<\/td>Day 1A<\/td><\/tr>
Fri, July 3, 2026<\/td>11 a.m.<\/td>Day 1B<\/td><\/tr>
Sat, July 4, 2026<\/td>11 a.m.<\/td>Day 1C<\/td><\/tr>
Sun, July 5, 2026<\/td>11 a.m.<\/td>Day 1D<\/td><\/tr>
Mon, July 6, 2026<\/td>11 a.m.<\/td>Day 2ABC<\/td><\/tr>
Tue, July 7, 2026<\/td>11 a.m.<\/td>Day 2D<\/td><\/tr>
Wed, July 8, 2026<\/td>11 a.m.<\/td>Day 3<\/td><\/tr>
Thu, July 9, 2026<\/td>11 a.m.<\/td>Day 4<\/td><\/tr>
Fri, July 10, 2026<\/td>11 a.m.<\/td>Day 5<\/td><\/tr>
Sat, July 11, 2026<\/td>11 a.m.<\/td>Day 6<\/td><\/tr>
Sun, July 12, 2026<\/td>11 a.m.<\/td>Day 7<\/td><\/tr>
Mon, July 13, 2026<\/td>11 a.m.<\/td>Day 8<\/td><\/tr>
 Tournament <\/strong><\/td> Paused<\/strong><\/td> 20 days<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Mon, August 3, 2026<\/td>6 p.m.<\/td>Final Table Day 1<\/td><\/tr>
Tuesday, August 4, 2026<\/td>6 p.m.<\/td>Final Table Day 2<\/td><\/tr>
Wednesday, August 5, 2026<\/td>6 p.m.<\/td>Final Table Day 3<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and World Series of Poker have agreed to a three-year partnership which will see the world\u2019s leading poker event – held annually in Las Vegas since 1970 \u2013 broadcast across WBD channels and platforms in Europe, Latin America and Asia.\u00a0 The deal will see six 45-minute highlights programs broadcast across the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":35748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[497,527,529,7421,499,7415,535,523],"tags":[573],"vertical":[],"class_list":["post-35747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-poker-business","category-buzz","category-poker-buzz","category-poker","category-poker-news","category-tournament-schedules","category-wsop-news","tag-wsop"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":35747},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.casino.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wsop-600x400.webp","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.casino.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/wsop-600x600.webp","author_info":{"display_name":"Bob Pajich","author_link":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/author\/bob-pajich\/"},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35747"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.casino.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=35747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}