DIRECTV has acquired the Dan Patrick and “Into The Night with Tony Bruno” radio shows from The Content Factory. The shows will move to a new division of DIRECTV, the DIRECTV Sports Group. The Content Factory’s Chris Crane and Ken Kohl will also move to the new company. Patrick’s show simulcasts on DIRECTV’s 101 channel, and both syndicated radio shows are distributed separately as well as through Premiere Radio Networks’ Fox Sports Radio.

The Content Factory’s Dan Patrick has signed a deal with DIRECTV to create a new, innovative TV show based on his nationally syndicated weekday radio program, The Dan Patrick Show. The show will air live, from 9 a.m. to noon ET, Monday through Friday exclusively on The 101 Network, DIRECTV’s original programming channel, beginning this summer. Billed as being more than just a straight simulcast of the radio program, the new show will expand on the radio show format, using Patrick’s trademark humor and interaction with his production staff to …