Tag Archives: ITV Racing

188BET to sponsor next month’s Summer Plate Ladies’ Day

SBC News 188BET to sponsor next month's Summer Plate Ladies' Day

The biggest and richest racing day of the year at Market Rasen Racecourse has a new backer. Online bookmaker 188BET will become the sponsor of Summer Plate Ladies’ Day in association with Lincs FM, which this year falls on Saturday 21st July. The summer meeting regularly attracts over 8500 visitors, features the showpiece £50,000-listed steeplechase – the most valuable race …

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ITV Racing gets BAFTA plaudits for Grand National coverage

SBC News ITV Racing gets BAFTA plaudits for Grand National coverage

At Sunday evening’s BAFTA awards, ITV Racing was rewarded for its coverage of last year’s Grand National. ITV saw off tough competition from the BBC for its coverage of the Six Nations, as well as Sky Sports for the Anthony Joshua bout with Wladimir Klitschko and Channel 4, for its production of the women’s European Championship semi-final between England and …

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Celebrating Chaos… Betvictor launches ‘Man vs Machine’ with Karmarama

SBC News Celebrating Chaos... Betvictor launches 'Man vs Machine' with Karmarama

BetVictor has launched its first multi-vertical campaign ‘Man vs Machine’, under the creative guidance of London marketing agency Karmarama. ‘Man vs Machine’ made its UK terrestrial TV debut this weekend, during ITV Racing’s broadcast of the 2018 Grand National. The HD campaign seeks to ‘celebrate the chaos of sports’, with machines being no match against a punter’s intuition. Commenting on …

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Positive Year 1 results vindicate ITV’s racing gamble

SBC News Positive Year 1 results vindicate ITV's racing gamble

UK terrestrial TV broadcaster ITV is pleased by its first year of coverage of UK racing, detailing to The Times that it ‘feels vindicated’ by its decision to invest in the sport. In January 2016, ITV secured the rights to broadcast Racecourse Media Group (RMG) syndicated content, replacing Channel 4 Racing as the lead domestic TV broadcaster for racing. Setting …

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Hayley Turner has jockey’s license suspended after breaching betting rules

SBC News Hayley Turner has jockey's license suspended after breaching betting rules

Hayley Turner has had her jockey’s license suspended for three months after breaching the British Horse Racing Authority (BHA) rules against betting. Although Turner’s stakes weren’t excessive and she had not placed bets on races she was involved in, the BHA deemed her actions to be in breach of a rule that was familiar to everyone involved in horse racing. …

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Royal Ascot gets China streaming coverage boost with Sina Sports deal

SBC News Royal Ascot gets China streaming coverage boost with Sina Sports deal

Updating the market, Ascot Racecourse management has signed a media deal with Chinese digital sports broadcaster Sina Sports to stream its flagship Royal Ascot event. The partnership will see Sina Sports stream the final three days of Royal Ascot across its platforms. Deal stakeholders inform that the partnership could see Royal Ascot reach up to 213 million Chinese households. The …

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ITV launches Racing App featuring £100,000 William Hill predictor game

SBC News ITV launches Racing App featuring £100,000 William Hill predictor game

UK broadcaster ITV has announced the launch of its new ITV Racing app sponsored by William Hill. The app which is currently available on the Apple iTunes store will complement ITV Sports racing coverage and will feature a £100,000 predictor game. Seeking to support its new racing coverage for 2017, ITV has added video clips, results, racing news plus a …

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William Hill agrees programme sponsorship with ITV Racing

ITV & William Hill

William Hill has agreed a one-year partnership with ITV to become the programme sponsors of the broadcaster’s new racing coverage. The bookmaker will sponsor almost 100 days of live racing across the main channel and ITV4, in addition to a magazine preview programme on ITV4 featuring bespoke William Hill idents. ITV’s racing coverage will be led by the former Sky …

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Frankie Dettori & Victoria Pendleton get racing seats with ITV

SBC News Frankie Dettori & Victoria Pendleton get racing seats with ITV

Presenting its full broadcast schedule for UK racing in 2017, ITV Sports has revealed Frankie Dettori and Victoria Pendleton as new members of its ‘ITV Racing team’. ITV who takes over UK racing terrestrial broadcast from Channel 4 in January 2017, announced that legendary champion jockey Dettori would take on the role of ‘racing expert’. Pendleton a two-time Great British …

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