Racing TV
Racing TV (formerly Racing UK) is a British television channel with 34 racecourses as shareholders and fixtures from 61 racecourses broadcast live on its output. As Racing UK grew several other business units and joint ventures were developed under the ownership of the parent company Racecourse Media Group Ltd. Racing TV is one of the two major UK horse racing television channels, the other being Sky Sports Racing. The station is dedicated to horse racing broadcasting over 70% of all live racing from Britain and Ireland, including nearly 90% of all Group and Graded races.
Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | United Kingdom Ireland |
Programming | |
Picture format | 16:9, 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | 34 Racecourses |
History | |
Launched | 29 May 2004 |
Former names | Racing UK (2004–2018) |
Links | |
Website | www.racingtv.com |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Racing TV Extra | https://www.racingtv.com/videos |
On 17 December 2018, Racing UK was rebranded as Racing TV on air in anticipation of the first live broadcast of racing from Ireland on 1 January 2019. At the same time, Racing TV began promoting its new Racing TV Extra service which provides viewers with dedicated feeds from each racecourse fixture via Streaming and OTT TV platforms(SD only for Virgin Media Ireland customers).