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Longines Tour and League on DAZN

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has secured multi-territory broadcast rights to the 2025 season of the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) and Global Champions League (GCL). This deal, facilitated by sports marketing agency Sportfive, brings the equestrian series to millions of sports fans worldwide for free. Every Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix and GCL […]

March 31, 2025

How to watch the 2025 Grand National

The recently concluded Cheltenham Festival made headlines the world over, but not for the reasons you may initially think. Plenty of interest was placed on the meeting’s dwindling attendance, down from over 60,000 in 2020 to an estimated 45,000 in 2025. However, it’s worth noting that the number of spectators through the turnstiles on Friday’s […]

March 25, 2025

Betting shop punters can bet in-play on Cheltenham Festival

For the first time, betting shop punters can bet in-play on full win markets on horseracing’s biggest betting event – next week’s Cheltenham Festival. Racecourse Media Group (RMG) and Playtech Sports have collaborated to ensure content from RMG’s 37 shareholder racecourses is now available for in-play betting in nearly 16,000 Self Service Betting Terminals (SSBTs) […]

March 6, 2025

Record broadcasters for Saudi Cup

A record 38 broadcasters will showcase the world’s richest race, the Saudi Cup, held at King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Riyadh on, February 22nd – ensuring an unprecedented reach that targets all corners of the globe for the $20 million contest. Now in its sixth year, the Group 1 Saudi Cup has cemented its status as […]

February 20, 2025

ITV extends Cheltenham Festival coverage in 2025

The Cheltenham Festival is the most important meeting of the year in horse racing in the UK. The four-day event at Cheltenham Racecourse features the championship races in each division of Jumps racing. ITV will once again cover the Cheltenham Festival on terrestrial television, and this year, racing fans will benefit from 24 of the […]

February 4, 2025

Racing TV, Sky Business extend hospitality deal

Racecourse Media Group – parent company of the horse-racing channel, Racing TV – has extended its partnership with Sky Business. It means Sky Business will continue to be the exclusive provider of Racing TV for the hospitality sector, who will benefit from being able to show 8,000 live races per year. Racing TV is the […]

January 31, 2025

Freezing weather puts spotlight on all-weather tracks in horse racing

The plummeting temperatures in the UK in the early stages of 2025 have forced ITV Racing – the sport’s terrestrial broadcaster – to be nimble with their schedule on a Saturday afternoon. Many of the leading Jumps meetings in January have been abandoned due to frozen tracks, but the broadcaster has still been able to […]

January 14, 2025

ITV orders more Champions: Full Gallop

ITV has announced Champions: Full Gallop will return in autumn 2025, following a successful debut season. The new 6×60 season, produced by South Shore, supported by Flutter, the Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB) and Racecourse Media Group (RMG), will be broadcast across ITV and ITVX. Following the highs and lows of the jumps jockeys, the […]

December 31, 2024

RMG, HBA extend media rights deal

Racecourse Media Group (RMG), responsible for a range of racecourses’ media rights businesses, has renewed its distribution relationship with HBA Media, the horse racing media rights agency, through a refreshed three-year representation agreement. The renewal sees HBA Media continue to market and distribute RMG’s showcase British, Irish and international events to a global audience. The […]

December 18, 2024

Record broadcast coverage for Melbourne Cup Carnival

The Melbourne Cup Carnival will see record TV exposure with the Australian horse racing festival to be aired on 28 sporting networks, covering 228 territories. The Lexus Melbourne Cup will headline the four-day meeting. Run on November 5th. The $8.5 million feature race takes place at Flemington Racecourse where the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) and […]

November 4, 2024