Horse Racing

Racing.com, the new free-to-air digital channel that will launch this Saturday with the backing of the Racing Victoria horseracing body and Australian commercial broadcaster Seven, will feature regular magazine programmes as well as live coverage.

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has agreed a long-term extension to its broadcast agreement with the Maryland Jockey Club for the Preakness Stakes horseracing event.

The thoroughbred racing clubs of Victoria eschewed an immediately lucrative offer for their rights from Sky Racing in favour of launching a new channel with commercial broadcaster Seven.

Victoria Racing Club horseracing events are set to return to television screens this week after the organisation formally agreed to a partnership with Australian commercial broadcaster Seven.

Norwegian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has struck a deal to acquire rights for the next two editions of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships, according to the Procycling.no news website.

Media rights clips from May 28 to June 10

Australian pay-television broadcaster Sky Racing will cease coverage of horseracing in Victoria on June 15, according to parent company Tabcorp, a gambling operator in the country.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven is set to acquire rights for horseracing events staged by Racing Victoria, according to the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.

The WatchandWager deposit wagering subsidiary of online betting firm Webis Holdings has renewed a simulcast wagering and video streaming deal with horseracing body the New York Racing Association.

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has agreed a long-term extension with the New York Racing Association encompassing exclusive rights to the Belmont Stakes horseracing event.

The coming months will be critical to the fortunes of UK horse racing. Racecourse Media Group, which distributes media rights on behalf of 34 UK racecourses, will agree two major deals, while in the background proposed legislation looks set to shake up the finances of the sport.

Australian horseracing organisation Racing Victoria has signed a 10-year partnership with telecommunications firm Telstra.

Satellite Information Services (SIS), a provider of end-to-end products and services to the betting and broadcast industries, is hopeful of continuing to work with a new joint venture production unit between UK racecourse owner and operator Arena Racing Company (ARC) and Racecourse Media Group (RMG), which manages the media rights for 34 UK racecourses.

UK racecourse owner and operator Arena Racing Company (ARC) has struck a deal with the Racecourse Media Group (RMG), which manages the media rights for 34 UK racecourses, to establish a new joint venture production organisation.

Racecourse Media Group, the holding company responsible for a range of media and data rights involving 34 of the UK’s premier racecourses, has reported a 15 per cent year-on-year increase in media rights revenue.

Media rights clips from March 26 to April 15