Tellytrack focus on local racing

SPEAKING on the eve of the commencement of a dedicated local horse racing service, Tellytrack CEO John Stuart said: “Tellytrack has evolved over the last ten years to being acknowledged as the world-class racing service that it is today. It is now time to embark upon the next phase of the journey of Tellytrack’s growth and that will commence with the creation of two separate racing services; one focused on local horse racing, the other dedicated to the best of international racing.

“A combination of ongoing requests from the Tellytrack community and the insistence by our international rights holders to receive a fair fee from Bookmakers for permitting the display of their racing in licensed betting outlets and our inability to get bookmakers to agree, created the need to separate the international service from the local service and to deliver the international racing as a separate service.”

“We approached Multichoice for an additional channel on numerous occasions, but due to capacity constraints, this has not been possible. As a result, with effect from Monday March 10, Channel 239 will focus on local racing. The Tellytrack international service will be on display at all race courses and TAB and TAB Gold retail outlets. Tellytrack’s international racing service will also be made available to bookmakers licensed to display the intellectual property in their retail betting outlets.” said Stuart.

Customers who wish to access the international service from home or the office will be able to do so via www.tabonline.co.za and/or www.tabgold.co.za. Initially, and to discourage piracy of the service, the display of these races will be delayed by about two minutes.

“We are exploring ways of making live international racing available on a more commercially secure basis, including bet-to-view and/or pay-to-view services. We will make further announcements as soon as we can.”