Brian O'ConnorThe body that represents Ireland’s racecourses has said it stands over the distribution of vital media rights income to the country’s 26 tracks.
The current media rights deal runs to the end of 2023 and is understood to be worth up to €40 million a year to Irish racing. About 85 per cent of the sale of those rights goes to the racecourses, with the remainder going to HRI. “AIR try to represent the general view of all the racecourses but there will be occasions, maybe, when a small number of racecourses might have a different view to the overall view.
However, that could change, as in recent years demand for international and streaming rights has increased.
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