The €2,500 World Heads Up is due to take place in Casino Barcelona from Oct. 20-25. The event has grown in prestige, stature, and popularity over the years to become one of Europe’s top tournaments.
With the date set, the venue arranged, entries capped at 128, and many poker notables already signed up including Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, last year’s champion Jeff Kimber, Marc Goodwin, Dave Colclough, and Paul “Action” Jackson, the only thing missing is a sponsor. But with such an attractive package on offer, this should not be an obstacle for very long.
The sponsorship package includes guaranteed TV broadcasts, with SKY Sports signed up as the main UK broadcast channel. The entire event will be filmed over the five day period, including the semi finals and final. The show will then be ready to go within three days of filming.
There will be three 90-minute broadcasts on Sky Sports, each scheduled to air on alternate nights to the Poker Million.
Other channels involved include:
Antenna 3 in Spain: 3 x 90 min shows with Spanish commentary if required
Das Vierte in Germany: 3 x 90 min shows with German commentary if required
The whole package is now being offered at the reduced price of €175,000, and at an extra cost of around €10,000, the sponsor can also avail of a live stream from the event to its website.
The World Heads Up Organisation’s consultant, Peter Singleton said, “I can confidently predict that this year’s event has the potential to be the biggest and best yet. By using the more advanced production options available we can now take quite a big step forward and offer a ground breaking TV poker show. [This] will enable SKY to broadcast the show the week following Saturday`s final, so it will still be ‘hot off the press’ so to speak. This ‘new’ format will give the show added appeal … resulting in far higher viewing figures, more ‘live’ poker action, and capturing even more of the atmosphere surrounding this event.”
LadbrokesPoker.com and PokerInEurope.com are running satellites, as is Casino Barcelona during the week of the event.
For further information on the package or a copy of the full production schedule contact Peter Singleton at: peter@profpete.wanadoo.co.uk or 07815 418117.
