ITV beats Channel 4 to the post for UK horse racing rights

2 Jan, 2016 – The ITV 7 looks like it will ride again after reports that the UK’s leading independent broadcaster has galloped past incumbent Channel 4 for rights to show horse racing.

Channel 4 had acquired rights for the sport in 2012, having pipped at the post other broadcasters, notably the BBC, for the rights to show the sport’s premium events such as the Grand National, the Derby, the Cheltenham Festival, Royal Ascot, Glorious Goodwood and the entire Flat Season.

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