Horse Racing

Media consultancy Henry Birtles Associates has entered into a partnership with horse racing company the Stronach Group to distribute international television rights to the inaugural Pegasus World Cup Invitational event.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky and international sports broadcaster Eurosport have acquired rights to this year’s edition of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe horse racing event.

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has opted to drop coverage of horse racing showpiece the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, citing an escalated rights fee.

UK pay-television channel At The Races will continue to broadcast Irish horseracing events until 2019 after extending an agreement with rights-holder SIS, a provider of end-to-end products and services to the betting and broadcast industries.

The UK’s Bookmakers Technology Consortium has sealed a rights deal with the Racing Partnership, which represents 22 racecourses across the country.

The Racing Partnership (TRP), a joint venture between UK racecourse owner and operator Arena Racing Company (ARC) and seven UK independent racecourses, has launched a new television channel to provide its content to licensed betting offices in the UK.

The Breeders’ Cup, the organisation that administers the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, US thoroughbred horseracing’s year-end event, has agreed a three-year extension to its international rights partnership with media consultancy Henry Birtles Associates.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has entered into a multi-year rights partnership with horseracing body the New York Racing Association.

UK pay-television channel At The Races has extended and expanded its rights deal for US horseracing event the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

Australian free-to-air digital channel Racing.com has entered into a rights partnership with the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has acquired exclusive media rights in the country to UK horseracing showpiece Royal Ascot under a multi-year deal.

UK horse racing pay-television broadcaster Racing UK has extended a streaming contract with digital sports media group Perform.

UK pay-television channel At The Races has acquired rights for the 2016 Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes horseracing events in the US.

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal linked up with virtual reality technology company NextVR to present coverage of this year’s Kentucky Derby US horse-racing event.

Racecourse Media Group, the holding company responsible for a range of media and data rights involving 34 of the UK’s premier racecourses, has said it distributed media rights payments totalling £80.2m (€102.8m/$116.9m) to its members in 2015.

Australian pay-television broadcaster Sky Racing has agreed a rights deal with Tasracing, the governing body of horseracing in the state of Tasmania.