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PokerNews Ltd
[edit]PokerNews Ltd is a poker media company which was established in 2003 by poker player and entrepreneur, TonyG. The company owns and runs over 40 different gaming related websites in 29 different languages positioned across Asia, Europe and The Americas.
The company's main website - www.PokerNews.com - is a website that offers readers poker related news, articles and information updated on a daily basis.
January 2007
PokerNews introduces their Live Reporting component beginning at the 2007 Aussie Millions in Melbourne, Australia. The Live Reporting team was responsible for providing readers/audiences with chip count updates and results at this tournament. Results were uploaded immediately on PokerNews.com and subsequently translated and published on the other PokerNews language sites.
May 2007
The PokerNews Magazine was launched and is currently syndicated across the European markets. The magazine is published in English, Dutch and Russian with French and Italian to be added shortly. The magazine features articles on poker related news, strategy and interviews with poker professionals.
July 2007
PokerNews was the official live chip count provider at the 2007 World Series of Poker. The Live Reporting team was present to take note of player results and chip counts before loading the information on to PokerNews.com
October 2007
PokerNews Ltd launches the PokerNews Cup - a land based poker tournament series - at Crown Casino from October 21-29. This tournament had six events with buy-ins ranging from $175 to $3,000. Poker professionals who made an appearance include Lee Nelson, Mark Vos and Sam Khouiss. The Main Event winner was Australian poker player, Dory Zayneh who took home the title and the $300,000 first prize. Runner up, Kenny Ng took home $203,700.
July 2008
PokerNews awarded exclusive Live Reporting rights at the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP).
PokerNews launches their multimedia video client allowing videos to be streamed live to audiences at home. This client is currently hosted at TV.PokerNews.com