UK TV Poker - Where did it go????

[robracing]

I don't usually lurk here, so apologies if this has been done to death already...

But, WTF happened to poker on the TV in the UK???

12 months ago, we had two dedicated poker channels, The Poker Channel and Pokerzone, both showing 12 hours or so of daily programming. This was a combination of low budget stuff (eg Barny Boatman's homegames!) and made for TV tournies sponsored by Party, Stars, FT, Paradise etc.

We also had Challenge (UK equivalent of GSN) and Bravo showing multiple hours of US tourny content such as WSOP/Poker Superstars/High Stakes Poker in the prime time to late night slots.

Now we have almost nothing, except for incredibly low-budget amateur MTT crap, such as Poker Night Live and Sky Poker Open.

We have truly gone from one extreme to other.

It was clear that level of saturation coverage that we had last year was unsustainable, but I am sure there is some demand that is not currently being satisfied.

Both online and B&M poker continue to grow in the UK, yet we have been abandoned by the TV networks, in favour of endless re-runs of freaking Catchphrase!!