ITV, Sky Sports, and Virgin Media will broadcast it in the UK and Ireland
Royal Ascot will be broadcast to 170 territories through over 20 broadcasters this week.
ITV Racing will air a daily five-hour programme in the UK, with Sky Sports Racing and Virgin Media to also broadcast to UK & Ireland. ITV’s world feed will also go out to international broadcasters, with all distribution handled by HBA Media.
Meanwhile, NBC on Saturday, preceded by their digital arm, Peacock, will be on site and broadcasting to the United States whilst Racing.com will be transmitting from the course for Australia alongside Green Channel for Japan. Spark Sport will show it in New Zealand.
This will be complemented by returning broadcasters that include Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) (Scandinavia), RAI (Italy), Setanta (Baltics countries and Eurasia); Sport TV (Portugal), Silknet (Georgia), Polsat (Poland), CYTA (Cyprus) and WedoTV (Germany, Switzerland and Austria).
Outside of Europe, broadcasters include Eclat (Southeast Asia) and Star+/ESPN (Latin America), with both offering access on their digital platforms. 19 countries in the Middle East and North Africa will be covered by DMI (Dubai), while Wasu.TV will air the event in China.
Charlton TV will cover the action in Israel, while 48 countries in Africa are served by Super Sport. SportsMax will cover the Caribbean, whist Sport24 will show it globally on airlines and cruises.
Once again Reuters and Transworld Sports will distribute the full event to their networks of news outlets.
In addition, for the first time, Ascot Racecourse, in partnership with HBA Media, has commissioned a special one-hour live production – The Golden Hour – that takes in the best of the action on and off the course on Gold Cup Day (Thursday, 16th June).
Presented by Tom Stanley and Michelle Yu, the programme will celebrate the history and tradition of the occasion with a distinctly international focus to be showcased live across the globe.
Henry Birtles, chief executive of HBA Media, said: “We are delighted with the international coverage secured for this most prestigious of race meetings. All eyes of the horseracing, lifestyle and news worlds are upon Royal Ascot and we look forward to delivering top quality coverage for our global audiences.”
Alastair Warwick, managing director of Ascot Racecourse, added: “We are indebted to the work that HBA Media does to deliver truly global distribution for Royal Ascot and this year we are thrilled with the additional top-class production of the international broadcast package titled The Golden Hour.
“It is pleasing to see such widespread global interest in the Royal Meeting, which in turn also gives valuable exposure into new territories for our partners, suppliers and participants.”
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