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ITV win horse racing rights from 2017

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HC
Hatton Cross
With that news Sky Sports Racing is on way, then.
Plus expect a move down to Sky 409 and HD.
Can't come soon enough.
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A former member
Would the channel be aloud to Sky bet alot more?
HC
Hatton Cross
Yes. Sky Bet already advertise on ATR, even with the Sky 40% share holding.
Plus you do know that Sky don't actually own Sky Bet? They have a very minor shareholding, and merely licence the Sky name and logo. There are exclusive deals to use Sky Sports programme 'image rights' (like Soccer Saturday) in place though. It's a venture capital company who hold all the strings and take most of the money.
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A former member
No6 horse ident has just turned up on ITV4.
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ethanh05
I wonder how the Grand National will go for ITV?
JA
JAS84
Probably better ratings than on Channel 4... but not as good as when it was on the BBC.

I bet there'll be some punters who only bet once a year wondering why Channel 4 is showing A Place in the Sun instead of the racing though.
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A former member
Keep an eye out today/Tomorrow and Saturday we might get see No8 ident and if were really lucky another new ident.
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Brekkie
Frankly it's an ident with a horse on it. Considering how infrequently the main channel shows horse racing I'm surprised they bothered with more than one.
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A former member
Has ITV as part of this deal demanded it get moved to a later time slot? 17.15 is pretty late for the national, are ITV trying to cash in more viewers>
DV
dvboy
Has ITV as part of this deal demanded it get moved to a later time slot? 17.15 is pretty late for the national, are ITV trying to cash in more viewers>


It was changed last year
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/34972322
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A former member
I'm liking the simplicity of the racing colours break bumpers on ITV. UTV are using short cuts of the racing idents and STV just the standard blue bumper.

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