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Racecourse Media Group announces 2019 results 

Media rights payments slightly down on 2018 due to new legislation but still help achieve near-record racecourse executive prize-money contribution. The 37 racecourses involved in Racecourse Media Group (RMG) last year have earned £106.7 million in payments generated from their media and data rights for 2019. The payments were marginally down on 2018’s return of […]

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Richard FitzGerald to step down as CEO of Racecourse Media Group

Richard FitzGerald has stepped down as CEO of Racecourse Media Group – the media and data rights holding company for the UK and Ireland’s leading racecourses – after nearly 12 years in the position. During Richard’s tenure, for more than a decade the Group recorded year-on-year increases in licence fees payable to its racecourse shareholders. […]

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ITV EXTENDS EXCLUSIVE FREE TO AIR RACING UNTIL 2023

ITV has today announced it will continue as the exclusive free-to-air broadcaster of British horse racing until 2023. ITV, which has shown racing exclusively since 2017, has secured the rights to show nearly 100 days of racing each year for a further three years from 2021. The deal includes all the marquee events on ITV […]

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