Tabcorp and Racecourse Media Group (RMG) have announced a five-year deal to serve fans in Australia and New Zealand. From 1 January 2024, the gambling company will distribute its Sky Racing channels in the territory for tote (pari-mutuel) wagering for RMG’s British and Irish content, as well as fixed odds wagering for RMG’s British racecourses. The agreement enables Sky Racing …
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BHA launches new Careers Development Programme at Newmarket
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has launched its new Horseracing Career Development Programme at Newmarket Racecourse in Suffolk. The programme will be led by the British Racing School for a period of two weeks and will provide guidance to 17 students seeking to forge a career in racing, who will be “immersed in all aspects of the industry”. Students will …
Read More »Racing And Sports identifies ‘new opportunities for innovation’ with Tabcorp
Racing And Sports (RAS) has signed a deal with Australian-based Tabcorp to supply an expanded offering of data and content on its app, retail and web platforms, as well as Sky Racing. The three-year partnership will see RAS provide the gambling company with its analytics, predictive models, and content from global horse racing, harness racing, and greyhounds too. RAS CEO, …
Read More »Tabcorp keeps faith in business transformation after 1H23 rebound
Tabcorp’s market leadership position in Australia remains steady as the company reported a small increase in revenue in the second half of 2022, softening the blow of retail closures during the first six months of the year. Issuing an update to its ASX investors covering H123 (30 June-31 December 2022), the betting, gaming and media group reported a 10.6% increase …
Read More »Report: Entain Australia targeting status as ‘fully fledged media business’
Entain Australia is developing a media arm, as reported by The Sydney Morning Herald, which will manage a suite of online television channels. The newspaper reported today that Entain has created four online horse and greyhound racing channels and is producing both written and video content – the latter in the form of documentaries. One of the documentaries will focus …
Read More »Entain extends Australia-facing content deal with Racing and Sports
Racing and Sports (RAS) has secured a five-year extension to its contract with Entain, as it continues to provide racing content to the firm’s Australian businesses. The deal will see the FTSE100-listed global betting and gaming group utilise RAS’ throughout racing content across its Ladbrokes, Neds, Betstar and Bookmaker brands Australia. This will include coverage from ‘major racing jurisdictions’ and …
Read More »Greyhound Racing Victoria selects Sky Racing to boost wagering profile
Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) has signed a partnership with Tabcorp’s Sky Racing, granting the outlet broadcasting rights for the next four years. The greyhound racing authority for the Australian state of Victoria aims to enhance the profile of the sport, whilst also developing additional content across the Sky Racing network. Additionally, both Tabcorp and the GRV have outlined a joint …
Read More »Stephen Crispe: Racing & Sports to disrupt Euro horseracing markets
Racing And Sports (RAS), the Australian-founded provider of premium data and enhanced content, has been making headlines this year with its expansion into the northern hemisphere. Following deals with Sky Racing World and XB Net, and the Greyhound Board of Great Britain, Chief executive Stephen Crispe talks to SBC News about Racing And Sports’ rapid entry into the European and …
Read More »Tabcorp details revenue growth ahead of lotteries demerger
Tabcorp has detailed a successful end to 2021 trading as the ASX betting group completes the demerger of its lottery and keno business. Updating its investors, Tabcorp group revenues increased by 8.8% to AUS $5.6m (2020: $870m), whilst EBITDA also rose by 11.3% to AUS $1.1m ($985,230). A unit breakdown saw the Wagering & Media unit, consisting of the firm’s …
Read More »BetMakers further enhances racing content via SIS and RMG partnership
BetMakers has signed a multi-year partnership with Sports Information Services (SIS) and the Racecourse Media Group (RMG) covering live streaming of British and Irish horse racing vision and wagering content. As a result of the deal, BetMakers will act as an authorised supplier of vision and content held under rights by SIS and RMG to approved Australian corporate sports betting …
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