FanDuel TV to begin 20-month wind down – Awful Announcing

A shot of the FanDuel TV studio. (Eric Girard on LinkedIn.) FanDuel TV is the latest FanDuel-branded network heading toward the exit, entering a 20-month phaseout that will eliminate roughly 100 jobs by the end of November, according to the Paulick Report. Studio programming will begin winding down in July, studio shows will be gone entirely by December, and live track production will continue through the end of 2027. The network launched in 1999 as TVG through a joint venture of TV Guide Inc., the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, and AT&T. It was sold to UK-based Betfair in 2008 and didn’t become FanDuel TV until 2022, four years after Betfair acquired FanDuel. In recent years, it expanded beyond horse racing, adding studio programming like Kay Adams’ Up & Adams and the Michelle Beadle-hosted NBA show Run It Back . Andrew Moore, FanDuel’s general manager of racing, told the Paulick Report that those shows will not be affected by the wind-down, describing them as part of FanDuel’s broader sportsbook strategy. “Fans will continue to see all the same races with the same coverage they are accustomed to throughout the entire Triple Crown season,” he said. “There will also be no impact
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