The series, in its second season, averages nearly one million monthly viewers on the Outdoor Channel alone, while also spreading to other networks.
Officials from 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 announced distribution deals that make Sporting Classics TV with Chris Dorsey the most watched outdoor program in the world. The series, in its second season, has seen weekly audience growth of more than 30 percent year over year on Outdoor Channel and averages nearly one million monthly viewers 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 and regional sports networks reaching 60 million homes coast to coast.
In addition to television distribution, Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey is widely distributed through numerous streaming and on-demand channels including Samsung TV Plus, Vizio Smart Cast, Xumo, STIRR, Distro TV, Glewed TV, Select TV, Zingo TV and soon will launch on Crackle. In total, the series reaches more than an additional 100 million connected households.
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 the European continent through affiliates of Dorsey Pictures’ Parent Company, German-owned Red Arrow Studios.
“Sporting Classics is the ultimate outdoor adventure brand and we’re delighted to be associated with this award-winning magazine that showcases the best of the sporting life,” says host and executive producer Chris Dorsey. “We’ve stayed focused on TV and streaming audiences because they align best with the demos of people who buy and use outdoor products. More than three quarters of the wealth in America is controlled by people over the age of 50, so when it comes to media that can influence consumer spending–especially for premium outdoor products–no electronic medium delivers like television…and it’s not even close.”
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.
About Chris Dorsey
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.
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 is America’s leading producer of lifestyle programming seen throughout the world on linear television and streaming platforms.
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