Article: Sovereign Series could threaten Channel 4's grip on horse racing.(Channel Four Television Company Ltd.)(Brief article)

Article: Channel 4 boss in warning over Sovereign ...
The Racing Post (London, England);  July 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ...THE head of Channel 4 Sport has warned ... and organisers of the Sovereign Series against taking any ... single broadcaster. Channel 4 shows six of the ... possible packages that the Sovereign Series promoters may produce ... or to say whether Channel 4 would walk away from ...

Article: Blow for Sovereign Series as Channel 4 fails ...
The Racing Post (London, England);  October 30, 2008 ;     699 words ... ... Lee Mottershead CHANNEL 4 has made its ... pounds 10 million Sovereign Series abundantly clear ... of BBC output. Sovereign Series organisers had ... BBC, ITV and Channel 4 to fight for ... nonexistent. Channel 4 head of sport ... reservations about the Sovereign Series ...

Article: 'Order your team to abandon the good ship Sovereign and find ...
The Racing Post (London, England);  July 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... BBC, ITV or Channel 4 were on board ... To sell the Sovereign Series he might contemplate ... in and say the Sovereign Series is a must-have ... part of the Sovereign Series that has the ... much doubt that Channel 4 will countenance ...

Article: C4 'won't drop racing' over Sovereign ...
The Racing Post (London, England);  July 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the pounds 10 million Sovereign Series defused gathering speculation last night that Channel 4 will drop its entire ... considered it unlikely that Channel 4, which is by far ... The bedrock of Channel 4's coverage is Cheltenham ... get the rights to the Sovereign Series. I've heard ...

Article: SOVEREIGN SERIES: On the right track?(dialogue with ...
Marketing Week;  July 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... critics rounded on the Sovereign Series following its launch ... Louise Jack reports The Sovereign Series, a new #10m horse ... subscription television channel, in a venture with ... marketing hype". Channel 4 Racing presenter Alastair ...

Article: RUK still committed to Sovereign Series despite ...
The Racing Post (London, England);  November 20, 2008 ;     520 words ... ... David Lawrence ENTHUSIASM for the Sovereign Series remains undimmed at Racing UK ... no difference to plans for the Sovereign Series, while Simon Bazalgette is still ... lacking the support of either Channel 4 or the BBC, which is cutting ...

Article: Sovereign Series talks imminent following ...
The Racing Post (London, England);  September 16, 2008 ;     447 words ...Byline: Howard Wright. PROMOTERS of the Sovereign Series, which is intended to bring together ten Group 1 races ... leaving British racing's regular broadcasters, the BBC and Channel 4, to open further debate. The early response has not ...