Sports activities-gambling targeted FanDuel TV arrives subsequent month as the primary linear digital community targeted on sports activities wagering.
FanDuel Group additionally will introduce FanDuel+, an over-the-top (OTT) platform that delivers content material by means of cell, desktop or related units. It is going to be free to downloand for current FanDuel clients who’ve accounts on any of the corporate’s sportsbook, on line casino, horse racing or day by day fantasy platforms.
In a information launch, the corporate stated FanDuel TV will provide “extra dwell sports activities than any community in America.”
The community additionally has signed up a gaggle of heavy-hitters within the media business to ship its content material.
Kay Adams, who beforehand labored on “Good Morning Soccer” on the NFL Community, will anchor a weekday dwell present at 11 a.m. ET, chatting with company from throughout the sports activities and leisure industries.
NFL punter turned sports activities character Pat McAfee will produce content material together with Invoice Simmons and The Ringer Community. Former ESPN anchor Lisa Kerner will host “Extra Methods to Win,” FanDuel’s signature present with betting evaluation and different insights about main sports activities leagues.
“Having confirmed on-air expertise, dwell content material from probably the most influential identify in sports activities media in Pat McAfee and the business’s greatest group protecting horse racing immediately demonstrates that FanDuel TV will likely be a dynamic community from day one,” stated Amy Howe, chief govt officer of the FanDuel Group.
As a part of its dwell sports activities programming, FanDuel TV additionally signed offers to air greater than 3,000 hours of dwell sports activities that may embody worldwide basketball from leagues in Australia, China, France and Germany. As well as, Fan Duel is taking up the protection of horse racing from TVG Community and can provide dwell racing from tracks that embody Del Mar and Santa Anita.
FanDuel TV will likely be distributed by means of a wide range of cable and satellite tv for pc distributors, together with Comcast, Xfinity, Spectrum and YouTubeTV.
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