Britbet, the pool betting provider for UK racecourses, has extended its partnership with Dublin-based software platform BoscaSports for a further three years. BoscaSports’ digital displays have been a significant factor in rejuvenating the on-course Tote experience since britbet launched on British racecourses in 2018. The BoscaSports service has helped britbet transform the on-course pool betting […]
Racecourse Media Group (RMG), responsible for a range of racecourses’ media rights businesses, is collaborating with HBA Media, the pre-eminent horseracing media rights agency, to market and distribute British and Irish horseracing to an international audience, as part of a three-year representation agreement. The new arrangement means HBA Media, working closely with RMG, will globally […]
Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has been awarded a further two-year contract by Dubai Racing Club to provide production and distribution services of the next two full horseracing seasons at Meydan Racecourse. The season culminates with the glittering $30.5 million Dubai World Cup card on March 26th 2022 – recognised as one of the most prestigious […]
The global horseracing spotlight will be firmly on the Bahrain International Trophy on November 19th, with the Kingdom’s showpiece race attracting unprecedented television interest. The £500,000 contest has attracted 14 runners from six countries including four-time Group 1 winner, Barney Roy, trained by arguably the world’s best trainer right now, Charlie Appleby. The race, which […]
Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has agreed British racecourse licence extensions for audio-visual and data rights for a new five-year term. The renewals cover 35 racecourses for their LBO rights and 33 racecourses for all other aspects of their media rights including streaming (Watch & Bet), DTH, terrestrial TV and international betting and non-betting until December […]
Sky Sports Racing has announced it will continue its long-standing partnership with the Breeders’ Cup with live broadcast of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships 2021, to be hosted at the iconic Del Mar Racetrack. Sky Sports Racing will continue to use the NBC produced feed in its broadcast coverage and host its own talent on […]
Last week’s Cheltenham Festival saw a record number of streams for a British horseracing event. The numbers were achieved using Phenix, the real-time streaming technology platform that delivers synchronised streams across all devices at broadcast scale. Stats Perform, the sports tech player in data and artificial intelligence, has worked with Racecourse Media Group (RMG) to integrate Phenix’s proprietary and […]
ITV Racing will broadcast five races every day of the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival from August 19th – 22nd on ITV. The horse-racing event may be behind closed doors, but ITV Racing will offer viewers at home a front row seat for four days of racing action. Ed Chamberlin and Francesca Cumani host exclusive […]
ITV will continue as the exclusive free-to-air broadcaster of British horse racing until 2023. ITV, which has shown racing exclusively since 2017, has secured the rights to show nearly 100 days of racing each year for a further three years from 2021. The deal includes all the marquee events on ITV main channel, such as […]