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30 Apr 18
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no more atr plus chester and bangor added to service from next year
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we be added to sky sports at no extra cost
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Will the RUK subscription go down if Chester and Bangor are lost?
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sky sports racing will be available to all sky tv customersin the united kingdom and ireland at no extra cost apparently , and they have signed a 10 yr deal to have bangor and chester also showing over 650 fixtures per year plus high quality exclusive international race meetings
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no ruk subscription won't go down they can say they have added all irish racing and chelmsford
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They can have Bangor but Chester? FFS.
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I felt the opposite George, sorry
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Sky Sports is adding a channel dedicated to horse racing to its portfolio which will also include coverage from Chester and Bangor.
Adding to the individual sport channels launched in 2017, Sky Sports Racing will replace At The Races and will be available to all Sky TV customers in the United Kingdom and Ireland at no added cost. The channel will be available in HD for the first time and be produced from Sky Studios in West London, featuring live coverage of over 650 fixtures in the United Kingdom as well as high-quality exclusive international race meetings. To add to the channel's list of courses ahead of launch, a 10-year deal with Chester Race Company has been signed to bring coverage from Chester - the oldest racecourse in the UK - and Bangor-on-Dee from March 2019. Chester's highlights include the Boodles May meeting, which saw the subsequent winners of the Derby, Oaks, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe all racing in 2017. Managing Director of Sky Sports Barney Francis said: "We've seen a great reaction from our customers to launching dedicated sports channels and this takes us to another level. "Horse racing is a massive sport that Sky has been involved in for two decades, now we will have a channel to give our customers more of what they love every day. "Adding Chester and Bangor-on-Dee is fantastic news and we look forward to making Sky Sports Racing a new home for racing fans." Chester Race Company chief executive Richard Thomas said: "We're delighted to announce this new deal and long-term partnership. We believe it secures a positive and exciting future for Chester and Bangor-on-Dee Racecourses and fits squarely with our values and ambitions. "We know Sky Sports will move the dial in the way our racing is covered but more than that we are excited by the prospect of how we can communicate and promote racing and the Chester brand further. "We see real value in what the partnership can bring across TV, digital and social media, for us and for our sponsor partners. There is a lot of crossover between our core audiences and an opportunity to extend our reach more broadly via the Sky family of channels including Sky Sports News. We will be working very closely with the teams at Sky Sports and ATR in what will be a genuinely collaborative relationship." At The Races chief executive Matthew Imi added: "We very much look forward to working with Richard and his excellent teams at Chester and Bangor-on-Dee. "The Boodles May Festival at Chester is a true highlight of the UK racing calendar and both tracks are very well supported and respected within the industry as well as being truly progressive in their outlook. "Also, there is no better home for our new channel production facility than Sky Sports' studios which are the best in the business and we believe Sky Sports Racing is set to be a game changer for racing. Later this year we look forward to presenting our plans in more detail to the major constituents in our sport and racing fans more generally." Sky Sports Racing, the eleventh dedicated sports channel, will be available on TV and on mobile through Sky GO for the first time, allowing customers to watch the channel in ways that suit them. |
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Maybe they will finally lower the real time delay
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I thought you might, Ryan
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Oh well, at least it'll be in HD. Thanks for posting, Ryan
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What will happen with Virgin Cable Customers - who currently get ATR?
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we need a rat emoji for bangor & chester. Who does a ten year deal ffs. So much can change in sports rights in 10 yrs.
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Onlooker, I imagine you will need the Sky Sports add-ons to watch the Sky horseracing and the M+ option will no longer provide it.
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That's what I also suspect - jmdc
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like football diff contracts costing the customer more to view all of racing
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Be interesting to see if Sky Sports Racing pick up any more as clearly they wont have enough once Irish Racing switches.
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At The Races chief executive Matthew Imi added: "We very much look forward to working with Richard and his excellent teams at Chester and Bangor-on-Dee.
With Imi in charge it will effectively be ATR2 with at least the same time delay. |
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I don't see why anyone should be paying extra for this channel, SKY or Virgin. The Irish meetings are lost so you would be effectively paying extra for a lot less. No thank you. Thanks to RUK, racing is already ridiculously expensive compared to other sports.
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no more in running betting on bangor and chester
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A great pity the Irish tracks have gone with RUK as we will have split screen most days
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me thinks ruk could be in trouble in a few years sky will try and sign up more tracks
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Especially with Sky's betting interests, dr atkins, I thought exactly the same although I don't think it'll take a few years; much quicker.
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Great that the Irish tracks are going with RUK, so we no longer have split screens most days.
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ascot almost certain to leave RUK
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Great that the Irish tracks are going with RUK, so we no longer have split screens most days. TVs are getting bigger though, so soon we'll be able to have quad screen splits that are 32" each
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As I understand it, RUK is the collective name for the tracks that they show. Imagine they'd be happy to jack it in if Sky offered then enough ££ to move. More likely that Sky would cherry pick the ones they want so big tracks would be ok and Jockey Club could probably agree a deal for all of theirs (big and small).
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Serves RUK right if they lose more courses,their contempt for their subscribers know no bounds.
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Unbelievable .
All these predictions about what's gonna happen. Get a grip, concern yourselves with today, for tomorrow may never come. |
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We're not exactly speculating on the end of the world
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seen the racing post on you tube..........said ascot were inviting bids to televise.........they seem to think sky are favs
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seen the racing post on you tube..........said ascot were inviting bids to televise.........they seem to think sky are favs
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The purists will be seething.
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Sky Sports Racing will be available on Sky Go on all devices so you can also take it with you on the go.
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sky will get 425 million out of skybet being sold
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No one seems concerned that Matthew Imi is looking like the Sky Channel chief.
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Is it going to be presented by Derek Thompson and Natalie Sawyer?
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about time we had HD, joke its taken so long tbh
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Stevie will be crying in his cornflakes no advantage with faster pics soon
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if sky get ascot will others follow.......will be interesting
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