Channel 4 acquires motorcycle event rights

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired rights for the Armoy Road Races motorcycling event in Northern Ireland.

Channel 4 will broadcast a one-hour highlights programme of the 2014 edition of the event two weeks after the two-day event has taken place.

Viewers can also access the highlights programme via the broadcaster’s video-on-demand service 4oD.

Channel 4 struck the deal with the event’s organiser, the Armoy Motorcycle Racing Club.

The 2014 Armoy Road Races will take place on July 25-26.