Poker Central, the world’s only 24-hr poker TV show, has inked an agreement with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), a unit that buys programming for distribution to over 850 smaller cable operators.

Poker Central promised to become the world’s only 24/7 poker TV network and then never aired any of its programs on TV. That’s set to change after Clint Stinchcomb’s team signed an agreement with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), a unit that buys programming for distribution to over 850 smaller cable operators.

Poker Central debuted on October 1. The inaugural programming schedule failed to flatter. I referred to it as poker’s version of UK Gold. Not much has changed since. A quick look at today’s schedule shows nothing but reruns of events most poker fans would have seen countless times before.

Netflix didn’t become Netflix overnight. Let’s hope Poker Central have enough time on their hands to replace the trash with something worth watching. They recently rolled out their new show Pokerography. It’s a biographical program that has so far delved into the lives of Phil Hellmuth and Antonio Esfandiari. Erik Seidel is up next, the likes of Vanessa Selbst and Chris Moneymaker will follow.