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.

Racing TV
CountryUnited Kingdom
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
Ireland
Programming
Picture format16:9, 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner34 Racecourses
History
Launched29 May 2004
Former namesRacing UK (2004–2018)
Links
Websitewww.racingtv.com
Availability
Streaming media
Racing TV Extrahttps://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).

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