Last September, it was announced that the broadcast of the World Series of Poker lost 16% of its audience compared with last year.
869,000 listeners on average were faithful to the position each issue of the 2009 WSOP. This year, the series attracted 737,000 listeners on average according to tvbythenumbers.com figures a disappointment for ESPN.
With respect to the final table, the audience has also declined.
Last year, the final table of the Main Event of the WSOP drew 2.1 M listeners. This year, always according to tvbythenumbers.com, is estimated at 1.5 M the number of listeners, a decrease of 26%.
No one is sure yet of the exact reasons for this decline. Probably several factors are involved, a little later than year dissemination from the final table (10 PM instead of 9 PM).
The WSOP have signed a contract to broadcast at ESPN until 2018.
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