Originally Posted by casinoman13:
“Your right if they lose irish racing then that could be the road to disaster for the channel, could you imagine the gaps in their coverage when they have no English racing to cover.
ATR problem's started mounting when they lost Perth and Ascot, lose anymore certainly on top of Irish racing, if they do lose it, then they will have an almighty struggle to survive.”
Not just that the Reuben Brothers will just sell the racecourses to developers so it is in racings interest to keep ATR going.
If ATR goes racing will be in danger as people will not subscribe to RUK and it will become just a channel no one goes near.
The three channels all need each other, ATR & C4 keeps interest in racing which keeps RUK in business.
I am surprised RUK's domination of the best courses was never challenged and the courses split into deals like Premier League is any other businesses which controlled the racecourse rights like ATR and RUK do would be investigated.
If you set up a channel and wanted to buy the rights there is no way either group would sell them to you, look at Ffos Las S4C wanted to broadcast it on Saturday and C4 said no we have the rights despite the fact C4 never shows Ffos Las.
The whole rights needs investigating.