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Fox Sports En Español Broadcasting First Ever Latin American Poker Event in the U.S.
LOS ANGELES - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Fox Sports en Espanol, the country's top Spanish-language sports brand,
and PokerStars.net, the world's largest online poker school, recently
announced the first-ever Spanish-language U.S. broadcast of a Latin
American poker event. This marks the network's commitment to continue
expanding popular sports content into its mix of professional and
amateur sporting events. Fox Sports en Espanol's coverage of the
PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) is scheduled to air
through October 10, 2010 on Friday nights at 8:00 ET, on Fox Sports en
Espanol.
"We have long been aware of the growing popularity of poker on
television, and we are pleased to bring the biggest Latin poker brand to
our Hispanic audiences in the U.S.," said David Sternberg, Executive
Vice President and General Manager of Fox Sports en Espanol. "The
PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour showcases the best poker
action, with the top players in the world; bringing a new form of
excitement to our millions of viewers."
The Fox Sports en Espanol broadcast features highlights from all the
tour stops from the PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour Season 2,
which gave players a shot at the $4,045,035 total prize pool; stops
included San Jose (Costa Rica), Vina del Mar (Chile), Punta del Este
(Uruguay) and Mar del Plata (Argentina).
"It's amazing to see how poker has become one of the most popular sports
in Latin America; it has taken off like wildfire!" , said Humberto
Brenes, member of Team PokerStars.net Pro. "To think that the prize pool
has nearly doubled in just one year is an incredible testament to the
power of poker."
The PokerStars.net LAPT Season 2 was a huge success with four tour stops
over a six-month period, which attracted 1,053 players. Over $4 million
dollars in prize money makes this the most lucrative poker tour in Latin
America.
About PokerStars.net:
PokerStars.net is the world's largest online poker school with over 26
million members worldwide. It's the premier destination for the world's
top players - with numerous tournaments running every day.
PokerStars.net is renowned for offering the best software and security
in the online poker world. PokerStars.net:
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Has dealt over 32 billion hands
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Has run more than 190 million poker tournaments
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Holds the Guinness Book of World Records for 'Largest Online Poker
Tournament' and 'Most Players at an Internet Poker Room'
PokerStars.net is the official sponsor of the European Poker Tour,
PokerStars.net Caribbean Adventure, Latin American Poker Tour, Asia
Pacific Poker Tour and The World Cup of Poker. PokerStars.net is the
home of Team PokerStars.net Pro, a group of over 30 veteran and
up-and-coming players from around the world who play online at
PokerStars.net and are sponsored by the site in international
tournaments around the world. For more information please visit www.pokerstars.net.
About Fox Sports en Espanol
Reaching more than 14 million cable and satellite households in the
country, of which over 5 million are U.S. Hispanic Households, Fox
Sports en Espanol is the leader in Spanish-language sports media. We
feature premier soccer programming with exclusive coverage of the top
leagues and tournaments in Latin America and Europe; coverage of the Major
League Baseball regular season, All-Star Game, American
League Championship Series and World Series; championship
boxing and UFC and mixed-martial arts across four compelling media
platforms. With more than 1,600 hours of live and exclusive programming,
a robust web site brimming with streaming video and portable content
from FSE Móvil, we are and will continue to be the first name in the
U.S. Hispanic sports space.
Fox Sports en Espanol is distributed by Fox Cable Networks Group and
operated by Fox Pan American Sports LLC, an international sports
programming and production entity jointly owned by HM Capital Partners,
LLC and News Corporation's (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) Fox
Sports International. For more information, visit Fox Sports en Espanol
online at foxsportsla.msn.com.
Jennifer Serna
Fox Sports en Español
jennifer.serna@fox.com
(310)
444-8736
or
Melissa Carrión
The Jeffrey Group
mcarrion@jeffreygroup.com
(212)
620-4100 ext. 313
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