Horse Racing

Racecourse Media Group, the holding company responsible for a range of media and data rights involving 34 of the UK’s premier racecourses, has launched a tender process for media rights across a six-year period running from 2018 to 2023.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has acquired rights to UK horseracing showpiece Royal Ascot.

Media rights clips From March 12 to 25

Australian horseracing organisation Racing Victoria has signed a non-exclusive digital streaming rights agreement with online bookmaker Sportsbet.

Media rights clips from February 26 to March 11

Racecourse Media Group, which manages the media rights for 34 of the UK’s leading racecourses, will ask broadcasters which horseracing events they wish to bid for in the next cycle rather than restricting them to specific packages, according to the Daily Mail newspaper.

Media rights clips from February 12 to 25

UK horse racing pay-television broadcaster Racing UK has acquired rights for the finale of Qatar’s International Equestrian Sword Festival.

Free-to-air and pay-television broadcaster Abu Dhabi Media has launched a new sports channel dedicated to increasing the exposure for traditional Emirati sports in the Arab region.

Australian pay-television horseracing broadcaster Sky Racing has struck a short-term rights deal with the Racing Victoria state organisation, according to the Herald Sun newspaper.

US horseracing pay-television broadcaster TVG, a subsidiary of internet betting exchange Betfair, has acquired rival pay-television broadcaster HRTV from gambling and horse racing company the Stronach Group.

Media rights clips from January 29 to February 11

Australian pay-television horse racing broadcaster Sky Racing has agreed a 10-year rights deal with racing authorities in the state of New South Wales.

Australian pay-television horse racing broadcasters TVN and Sky Racing have struck a temporary truce to their dispute over the sport’s rights in the states of New South Wales and Victoria, with commercial broadcaster Seven reportedly weighing up a lucrative bid for the contract.

Media rights clips from October 30 to November 12

Media rights clips from October 16 to 29

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has extended a rights deal for the Breeders’ Cup horseracing event.

The Sky Racing channel, which is operated by Australian pay-television provider Foxtel, has acquired rights for the 2014 edition of horseracing’s Melbourne Cup Carnival.