NYRA content deals: HRTV/TrackNet/Xpressbet
 

this could be the death blow for tvg if not already. unless they quit the exclusive crap and they all share.

that train has stopped......

:D

http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=42911

Exclusivity ending... Content spread really starting to gain momentum... TrackNet/XpressBet part of the picture obviously as well.. TVG/YouBet continue though too.

What is TVG going to do now? Try and pedal Los Alamitos and Evangeline???.....

NYRA said it had reached a similar non-exclusive agreement with TVG for 2008. Hayward called TVG the "key venue" for NYRA because it has the broadest distribution


yeah he says its a key venue so tvg doesn't feel **** on. broadest distribution surely not to bet on, tvg has only a handful of states compared to xpressbet. and i wouldn't call tvg a broad distribution when dishnetwork is gaining more customers everyday then direct tv. and if by broad distribution they mean the fox sport channels, thats only a couple hours a day and never a full card.

tvg just got florida..too late.......

hr xpress now has all good tracks ny/ky/gs/sa

My guess is that you still have to call in Keeneland which kinda sucks but whatever

yeah i think tvg with the money they saved on letting the churchill tracks let go thought they would use that to outbid hrtv on exclusive rights to nyra.

since tvg always gave ny tracks full attention even when they were ignoring other races that were going off and could have showed them.

tvg prob thought since they treated there tracks so well with coverage on tvg , that nyra would show some form of loyalty come contract time, but surprise surprise. nyra had to do what was best for nyra and i think it took tvg by surprise when they found out hrtv would also be carrying nyra.

I think it is more monkey see / monkey do. California started this and others are following it. Who would have thought that the more people that can wager on your track, means more money?

only thing tvg has left on thier own is hollywood(how long till thats torn down), kenneland and del mar. who i think want to be and will be loyal to tvg just by how they talk tvg up, but might be forced into going to both also.

They don't have exculsive on Hollywood either, California mandated that all ADW's had access

i was refering to the tv rights .

what i would like to know is what happend to english/ireland racing in the morning on tvg? christmas hiatus or did they dump it like hrtv did in 2006?

No idea, but even I have never wagered on that crap. If you can't get me wagering on it, then it probably isn't a good idea

Hollywood, Keeneland and Del Mar. In other words, if you have HRTV, you never have a reason to tune into TVG again and see them shamelessly touting an endless array of P4 tickets.