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Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | United Kingdom Republic of Ireland The Netherlands Sweden Australia Germany USA Canada Philippines |
Programming | |
Picture format |
1080i
HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | H&C TV Ltd. |
History | |
Launched | 7 July 2007 |
Links | |
Website | Website |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Ziggo GO Netherlands | ZiggoGO.tv (Europe only) |
Horse and Country (H&C) is an equestrian sports digital media company.
H&C was on satellite television on Sky channel 184 in the United Kingdom (UK) and is also available on Amazon Prime Video in the United Kingdom & Germany and on Roku, as well as via web and mobile apps. It launched on Virgin Media Channel 298 on 21 July 2018. [1] H&C launched to cable TV viewers in the Netherlands in June 2012. [2] In June 2013 H&C launched in Sweden. [3] In February 2015, H&C launched in Australia on Fetch TV. [4] H&C launched in the US and Canada in May 2018 on Roku. [5] H&C formed a partnership with Digital Cornucopia to enter Spain, Portugal, and Latin America in 2018. [6]
In December 2019, H&C announced they would be closing on Sky channel 184. As of 31 January 2020, H&C will only be available to view through H&C's online services, apps and other 3rd party distributors. [7] It continued to be available on Virgin Media in Ireland and the UK until it was removed on 20 July 2020.
In January 2020, H&C announced its acquisition of the dominant US equestrian streaming provider, EQ Sports Net (EQSN). H&C TV covers the Rolex Grand Slam of Showjumping, the Longines Lumühlen Horse Trials, and the London International Horse Show from Olympia. [8]
In 2012, H&C commissioned the series Getting to Greenwich, an 8-part series profiling rider contenders for London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. H&C also commissioned Dean Dibsdall: Model Farrier, a single film about the winner of E4's Playing It Straight 2012. H&C produced in-house "Carl and Charlotte: Dressage Superstars" a 2-part series about top British Dressage riders, Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin. In 2016, H&C acquired the rights to season one and two of syndicated series Walks Around Britain. Season three was released on the platform one year later in May 2017. [9]
In October 2010, Horse & Country TV was placed into administration by Chairman Heather Killen, who called in a £400,000 preferential loan on her own company, the day before a dismissal claim by former Managing Director Nick Ludlow was due to be heard in court. Mr. Ludlow had been fired by Ms. Killen just seven days after she finalized a successful takeover deal for the television channel, and had claimed that his 47% stake was watered down to just 16% in a share issue in November 2009. The move forced Mr. Ludlow to drop his legal action and caused investors in the channel to write off £200,000 following the collapse. Within months, Ms. Killen had relaunched the company as H&C TV. The new firm secured a global rights deal to highlights from the Badminton trials, ending a 50-year exclusive arrangement with the BBC to cover the event. [10] [11] [12]
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