Arc creates new TV channel in deal with independents

A third television channel providing racing content to betting shops was announced yesterday when Arena Racing Company revealed the launch of a joint-venture with seven independent tracks.

The Racing Partnership (TRP) comprises Arc racecourses plus Fakenham, Ffos Las, Hexham, Newton Abbot, Plumpton, Ripon and Towcester, who together make up more than 40 per cent of the fixture list.

It will join TurfTV, itself originally a joint-venture involving Jockey Club Racecourses and tracks under the Racecourse Media Group umbrella, to which other independents Taunton, Leicester and Stratford recently switched, and SIS as suppliers of betting shop pictures, commentary and data.