sky sports racing channel

we be added to sky sports at no extra cost

Will the RUK subscription go down if Chester and Bangor are lost?

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

no ruk subscription won't go down they can say they have added all irish racing and chelmsford

They can have Bangor but Chester? FFS.

I felt the opposite George, sorry

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.

Maybe they will finally lower the real time delay

I thought you might, Ryan

Oh well, at least it'll be in HD. Thanks for posting, Ryan

What will happen with Virgin Cable Customers - who currently get ATR?

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.

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.

That's what I also suspect - jmdc

like football diff contracts costing the customer more to view all of racing

Be interesting to see if Sky Sports Racing pick up any more as clearly they wont have enough once Irish Racing switches.

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.

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.

no more in running betting on bangor and chester

A great pity the Irish tracks have gone with RUK as we will have split screen most days

me thinks ruk could be in trouble in a few years sky will try and sign up more tracks

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.

Great that the Irish tracks are going with RUK, so we no longer have split screens most days.

ascot almost certain to leave RUK

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

Serves RUK right if they lose more courses,their contempt for their subscribers know no bounds.

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).

Unbelievable .
All these predictions about what's gonna happen.
Get a grip, concern yourselves with today, for tomorrow may never come.

We're not exactly speculating on the end of the world

seen the racing post on you tube..........said ascot were inviting bids to televise.........they seem to think sky are favs

seen the racing post on you tube..........said ascot were inviting bids to televise.........they seem to think sky are favs

The purists will be seething.

Sky Sports Racing will be available on Sky Go on all devices so you can also take it with you on the go.

sky will get 425 million out of skybet being sold

No one seems concerned that Matthew Imi is looking like the Sky Channel chief.

Is it going to be presented by Derek Thompson and Natalie Sawyer?

about time we had HD, joke its taken so long tbh

Stevie will be crying in his cornflakes no advantage with faster pics soon

if sky get ascot will others follow.......will be interesting

yes RUK might struggle to retain a good few of their courses which could have a big effect on their business plan.incidentally does anyone know why the rights to the irish racing are sold en bloc instead of the courses negotiating individually.

Perhaps that question should be directed  at the Board Members of the IHRB - Irish Horse Racing Board.

No doubt your enquiry will be bounced - as they could be too busy with the envelopes.

As I understand it, the Irish rights are owned by SIS until 2023 and they have done the deal with RUK. AIR (assoc of Irish racecourses) had a possible veto but voted in favour as the cash was attractive. HRI also have an input to media rights deal as they receive 15% (?) of all cash, said to be upwards of €40m per annum-this seems a massive figure and allows a largely unaccountable body (individual racecourses) to do as it pleases with the cash (no prizemoney contributions, for example)?

One of the points made in favour of the change from ATR to RUK was the possibility of a new sub from ATR-this is clearly not happening now with move to SKY.

Question: does it matter one iota if Irish racing loses its audience in Ireland as long as the tracks are rewarded. The game is funded from Government coffers mostly regardless of the nonsense spoken about punters funding the Irish game. Bookmakers pay 1% tax but this does not fund the game as the tax goes to general exchequer funds.

I don't see why anyone should be paying extra for this channel, SKY or Virgin

Just as well nobody will be paying extra then innit?

surely SKY will go all out to get ascot....be surprised if they don't get it

Will the presenters be changed or are they just putting the Sky badge on ATR?

Apr 30, 2018 -- 6:38PM, cardifffc wrote:

seen the racing post on you tube..........said ascot were inviting bids to televise.........they seem to think sky are favs

yes,
Ascot and also Aintree
and the other course mentioned is Auteuil, which I thought ATR could already broadcast if they wished?

Its even  more FREE then now 

There was a story in the Post a couple of days ago: all remaining British RUK courses except Bangor, Chester and Ascot have re-signed to RUK. Only Ascot still hasn't made a decision.

I haven't got RUK but I occasionally watch Bf LV from their tracks. I was trying to follow Altior's race at Sandown on Sat and was totally distracted when they split the screen to show some minor flat race from Haydock. The picture was much better from the latter course and totally ruined the Sandown race. God knows how they will manage with the Irish stuff added.

Three way split screen maybe?

the racing will interfere with the adverts on sky racing

Are there adverts on RUK ?

occasionally and of course the paid-for interviews with bookie reps

What is the worst is whenever the evening Sky/ATR joint venture is being televised "The Winning Post", then no shows are available until the ads have been shown.  I imagine Sky might be using that stroke in the future!  Good luck Salmon.

Why don't Sky just have a Sky Adverts channel and leave the rest alone?

^ Joking, right? ^

You have adverts for the whole of a footie game, they have got brighter & flashier as times gone on, its starting to bug me tbh, ATR has so many adverts  breaks in an hour its ridiculous, the Sky channel will be no different.

i dont understand anyone paying £25 to RUK, sky sports is £23 odd, bookies offer free viewing if you have a  bet on a certain race and betfair sportsbook is 50p min bet to watch so why £25, its crazy what some people will pay, im on virgin at the moment but the v6 box is **** and some channels appear on apps which you cant record or pause, going back to sky when contract runs out in august, they are defo the best out of the two

Spot on lordy. The world is moving online anyway. Soon it will be rare for anyone to have a tv in their home. We'll all just have 42" pc screens/laptops/tablets etc..

Why don't Sky just have a Sky Adverts channel and leave the rest alone?

  ...  made me chuckle that.

Can you get Sky on a box these days? Can't have one of those dishes on my flat but I agree Virgin are useless.

Salmon, have you looked at NOW tv?

If not, take a look here. It may/may not be what you're looking for.

https://www.nowtv.com/

How does £33.98 a month compete with a Sky Sports subscription?

I've no idea.

The daily/weekly/monthly passes probably aren't everyone's cup of tea, but I'm sure there are people out there that it suits

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42815603

I have the Entertainment bundle and all Sky Sports. I was paying £71.50 a month till recently, they had an offer online so I now get it for £40 a month but have an 18 month contract.

Also have the entertainment bundle and sky sports but also the film channels in two rooms for £50 a month, only downside 18 month contract which seems the norm now, negotiated yesterday.

I'm old,and have been with Sky over 30 years so every year I ring up and get 50% reduction-paying £42 this year.

The Yanks know how to do racing TV.

I subscribe to RTN. $15 per month and no term conditions.ie. you can renew or not each month. After logging in there is a menu listing every race

track running and so you can watch whatever one you want. You get the race track's live feed, most of them in HD.(Churchill Downs,excluded but

that's CD for you).

No presenters babbling on ,no ads and thorough viewing of the horses.

roggrain  which country are you in ?