Published
Land-Based

ITV secures four-year racing deal

ITV

ITV
has won exclusive rights to broadcast British horse racing fixtures from January 2017 to December 2020.

The Derby, Cheltenham Festival, Grand National and Royal Ascot are amongst the events which will be covered.

The main ITV channel will broadcast horse racing for a minimum of 34 days annually while another 60 days will be covered by ITV4.

The deal with horseracing enhances ITV's portfolio of sports which includes the Tour de France, the French Open, live coverage of England's football team, Six Nations rugby and Euro 2016 this summer

Richard FitzGerald, chief executive of Racecourse Media Group, said: "This is a great opportunity for everyone in the industry to support ITV in jointly promoting the sport and telling the stories throughout the year to as wide an audience as possible."

He added: "The unprecedented level of interest in the tender shows what an attractive proposition the sport is.

"This is reflected in the new deal, which will generate increased revenues for racing."

Niall Sloane, ITV director of sport, said: "ITV is delighted to be the home of British horseracing from 2017 and we are thrilled that the sport has chosen us to be their partners."

Channel 4 will broadcast 91 days of racing this year, concluding with the Challow Hurdle meeting at Newbury on 31 December.
Premium+ Connections
Premium

GammaStack

 
Premium

RISK

 
Premium

1xBet Partners

 
 
Premium

Galaxsys

 
Premium

Lynon

 
Premium

Digitain

 
Premium

Sport Generate

 
Premium

Revsharks

 
Premium

Imagine Live

 
Premium

PIN-UP Partners

 
Premium Connections
Consultancy

SCCG Management

Executive Profiles
Zeal Network SE

Stefan Tweraser

VIP Play

Les Ottolenghi

Scientific Games

Keshav Pitani

Social & App

Spribe CEO exclusive: Simplicity is the foundation

Spribe CEO David Natroshvili speaks to Gambling Insider abou...

Redefining iGaming: A history of crash games

Crash games is a growing vertical that has taken gambling by...

A certain something: What makes crash games special?

Crash games. They’re simple, they’re easy to learn and,...

Smarter innovation to shape the future

Spribe CCO Giorgi Tsutskiridze discusses the past, present a...

Facing Facts: The corner of quarterly contemplation

With Q1 reports out across the industry, Gambling Insider co...

Taking Stock: A guide to key stock prices across the industry

Gambling Insider tracks prices from some of the industry’s...

15 years of Gambling Insider: From the Founders

Over the last 15 years, Gambling Insider magazine has interv...

15 years of Gambling Insider: The Awards over time

Global Gaming Awards Event Manager Mariya Savova gives us he...