ABP causing friction between Bookmakers & racing channels

[steveh31]

Racing UK, the subscription channel whose portfolio includes all but a handful of major tracks and races, told four non-ABP firms — Ladbrokes, Coral, Hills and Skybet — that they will no longer be allowed to agree contracts for on-screen advertising and sponsorship. All four companies, who paid at least £100,000 a year each, were told that their money was no longer wanted shortly before a scheduled meeting to discuss a 12-month renewal of their contracts.
At The Races has said it will honour current contracts and monitor the situation.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/feb/23/online-streaming-battleground-racing-bookmakers

[Venusian]

That’s good news. The ABP initiative is going well, much better than I expected it would.

[Ben_Bernanke]

Nice, well done racinguk, hopefully this will encourage others to follow suit in backing the ABP

[betlarge]

Skybet are announcing that they will be joining the scheme according to the media. This will let them launch their new radio station Talksport 2 during the Cheltenham Festival as previously hoped.

Mike

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