Satellite : Horse Racing Coming to Satellite Radio

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Horse Racing Coming to Satellite

November 5, 2009


It looks like horse-racing fans will soon be enjoying their favorite sport on satellite. Today Sirius XM announced plans to add the TVG Racing Network to their satellite radio service starting this Friday on Sirius channel 126 and XM channel 243.
The audio broadcast will make TVG’s network content, which is currently available to 33 million households to more then 18 million Sirius XM customers around the country.
In addition to horse-racing becoming available on Sirius XM it appears that shortly Dish Network customers will be able to tune in to up to 80 channels of racing action. According to the website of the Racetrack Television Network it now appears that November 15th is the new tentative date for this extensive package to move to Dish Network. (The package was supposed to launch back in September.)
According to a press release issued back in May the 80 channel package will cost $49.99 a month and in addition there will be a $29.99 best of RTN package which is simulcast feeds of 12 of the top RTN racetracks running at any time.
Not quite sure how horse-racing will do on satellite radio but I know a lot of folks will be very happy with the RTN offering on Dish Network.