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The live broadcast of Saturday’s Randox Grand National will be available in every corner of the world – including on the air.
Racecourse Media Group and HBA Media, in partnership with The Jockey Club (which owns Aintree Racecourse, and hosts the Randox Grand National), have secured 30 broadcasters including Sport 24, which will broadcast the race across 27 airlines and cruise ships.
Fancode will be the first Indian OTT platform to broadcast the entire Randox Grand National Festival. Leading broadcasters such as Viaplay, Setanta, Polsat, and WeDoTV will also broadcast the event in Europe. SuperSport and ESPN Star+ guarantee live coverage in Africa, South America, and the Caribbean.
Virgin Media in Ireland will broadcast the race. In the UK, the Randox Grand National is being broadcast by ITV. ITV had an audience of 7.6 million in 2022. RMG’s Racing TV will show the race to homes in UK and Ireland, as well as 10,000 pubs.
CNN will broadcast the race on its flagship World Sport program, which reaches more than 370 million homes, and Trans World Sport will give the race additional exposure. Reuters and SNTV will provide coverage of the race to news outlets around the world.
Dickon white, The Jockey Club Regional Director for North West and said: “The Randox Grand National is the most prestigious Jumps race in the world, if it’s not the most renowned horse race on earth.”
We are thrilled to be working with RMG and HBA Media in order to reach a truly international audience, including through some of the most recognizable names in sports broadcasting.
List TV broadcasters includes:
Broadcasters from North and South America plus the Caribbean : TVG (US); Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Canada); HPI (Canada); ESPN Star+ in Latin America and Caribbean (50 countries) and SportsMax in Caribbean (32 countries).
Africa and Sub-Continent : SuperSport (48 African countries), Racing 240 (16 Southern African countries), Dubai Racing Channel (17 MENA countries), Fancode and Sony Pictures Network (Indian subcontinent).
Asia Pacific : Sky Thoroughbred Central, Trackside, Green Channel, Wasu, Wasu, Japan, Highlights.
European Broadcasters ITV (UK); Racing TV, Virgin Media 1 and SilkNet in Georgia; Equidia, France, SilkNet and Viaplay for Pan Europe, Polsat, Poland, Setanta, Baltics, Eurasia and Germany.
Radio listeners in the UK will be able to enjoy live coverage courtesy of BBC Radio 5 Live, and talkSPORT. Racing TV Radio will syndicate audio on behalf Aintree Racecourse and distribute it to regional, national, and international news outlets.
