The world’s most watched outdoor TV series adds even more reach on CarbonTV, Caliber Video and Waypoint TV.
Dorsey Pictures, the world’s largest producer of outdoor adventure programming with series airing on ten national networks and with affiliates across the globe on scores of linear and digital platforms announces new distribution agreements to air Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey on CarbonTV, Waypoint TV and Caliber Video. The series, in its second season, was already recognized as the most watched outdoor program in the world and the recent distribution announcement will expand the total reach of the series by an additional 160 million potential viewers to give the syndicated episodes a total universe of more than 250 million households.
The second season of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey has seen an audience growth of more than 50 percent year over year on Outdoor Channel and averages nearly one million confirmed monthly viewers per month on that network alone. The series airs five times weekly on Outdoor Channel in the third and fourth quarters before moving to nationwide syndication on 113 broadcast stations, regional sports networks and the Circle Network reaching 90 million homes coast to coast.
The recent additions of Caliber Video, Waypoint TV, and CarbonTV expands Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey already vast distribution through numerous streaming and on-demand channels including Apple TV, Samsung TV Plus, Vizio Smart Cast, Xumo, STIRR, Distro TV, Glewed TV, Select TV, Zingo TV, PlutoTV, Roku, Prime Video, Tubi and Crackle.
Internationally, the series is one of Wild TV’s highest rated programs, seen by nearly 350,000 viewers monthly throughout Canada in addition to millions more across Europe and the Far East through affiliates of Dorsey Pictures’ Parent Company, German-owned Red Arrow Studios.
“These new partnerships bring Sporting Classics TV to an unprecedented audience and allow us to expand the footprint of what was already the most watched outdoor TV show in the world,” says host and Executive Producer Chris Dorsey. “We have been able to join forces with these new distributors to make sure that the series and our partners reach new viewers and consumers in this rapidly evolving media landscape.”
Chris Dorsey will also be featured as an influencer inside the Celebrity Storefront of Everest.com which hosts the streaming Caliber Video platform. Everest.com was launched on March 1, 2020, with 500 active sellers and is now the fastest growing outdoor recreation community in the world.
Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey showcases the best big game, wingshooting and fishing adventures found across North America and beyond with an award winning team of cinematographers, producers, editors and writers. In addition, Dorsey Pictures’ 150,000-hour high definition library is the largest of its kind in the world and provides unprecedented resources to make each program content rich.
Host Chris Dorsey has been called the ‘brand-father’ of outdoor television having helped create and launch 56 series in the outdoor genre and an equal number of series in mainstream television, including for such networks as ABC, Discovery Channel, History Channel, HGTV, Travel, DIY, ESPN, WGN America, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, Destination America, Oxygen and all the outdoor networks. Dorsey formerly served as editor in chief of Sports Afield and Ducks Unlimited magazines, is the author of 11 books, and is a regular contributor to Forbes. His work also has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic, Newsweek and The Robb Report. He’s among the world’s most widely traveled hunters having taken the 29 big game species of North America, the deadly seven species of Africa, the spiral horns of Africa and the wild turkey world slam. He’s also served in board and advisory positions of numerous conservation and sporting advocacy organizations. He’s a recipient of the Curt Gowdy Memorial Award, the Ray Scott Trailblazer Award and is a member of the Outdoor Legends Hall of Fame.
About Dorsey Pictures: Denver-based Dorsey Pictures is a Realscreen Global 100 production company that is part of Red Arrow Studios, a wholly owned subsidiary of ProSieben Sat 1, Germany’s largest media company with networks and platforms throughout Europe. Dorsey Pictures is America’s leading producer of lifestyle programming seen throughout the world on linear television and streaming platforms.
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