Horse Racing

UK horse racing pay-television broadcaster Racing UK has agreed a carriage deal with the YouView platform, which is available through BT TV, TalkTalk TV and Plusnet TV.

Racecourse Media Group has distributed £85.5m (€101m/$111m) in media-rights payments to the 34 racecourses with which it is affiliated in the UK.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired a majority stake in specialist horse racing channel At The Races.

In-flight and in-ship channel Sport 24 has acquired rights to six leading horse-racing events through an agreement with Racecourse Media Group and media consultancy Henry Birtles Associates.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has partnered with London-based virtual reality production company VR City to distribute VR coverage of this week’s Cheltenham Festival horse racing event.

Sky Racing World, a distributor of horse racing content to the Americas, has expanded its partnership with US pay-television racing broadcaster TVG.

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has acquired rights in the country to the Dubai World Cup and Epsom Derby horse racing events.

Pay-television channel At The Races has acquired live and exclusive rights in the UK to the inaugural edition of the Pegasus World Cup horse-racing event.

Australian free-to-air digital channel Racing.com has acquired exclusive rights in the country to the inaugural edition of the Pegasus World Cup horse-racing event.

Racecourse Media Group, the holding company responsible for a range of media and data rights involving a host of the UK’s top horse-racing destinations, has acquired the rights for events at racecourses in Leicester, Stratford-on-Avon and Taunton.

Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 has entered into a long-term rights partnership with Racecourse Media Group, the holding company responsible for a range of media and data rights involving 34 of the UK’s premier racecourses.

UK horse racing pay-television broadcaster Racing UK has said it will provide free-to-air coverage of the New Year’s Eve fixture at Newbury racecourse, alongside action from Warwick, following commercial broadcaster Channel 4’s decision to withdraw the fixture from its schedule.

The Racing Partnership, a joint venture between UK racecourse owner and operator Arena Racing Company and seven UK independent racecourses, has entered into a long-term media rights deal with betting and gaming company William Hill.

UK horse racing pay-television broadcaster Racing UK has entered into a rights partnership with the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Channel 4 will end its coverage of British horse racing four days before rival commercial broadcaster ITV becomes the exclusive free-to-air home of the sport on January 1.

Social media platform Twitter has struck a deal to stream live coverage of the 2016 Melbourne Cup horse racing event on November 1.