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INFRASTRUCTURE SP better than ever
T
he Starting Price Regulatory Commissionhas given the SP mech- anism a clean bill of health in its latest an- nual report. The Commission said that it believes ‘the established SP is as inde- pendent, robust and transparent now than as at any time in its history’. It added that SISand AMRACboth performed satisfactorily in collecting data from race- courses and added: “Equally, the Commis- sion seeks to
act quickly to deal with any flaws that might under- mine confidence in the system. 2011 saw a major refine- ment in our rules and operating pro- cedures. This en- sures that the SP continues to serve as an important means by which off- course bets can be fairly settled.”
remain so, but we believe there are a number of op- portunities out there in the sports market and Robin is the ideal man to ex- ploit them.”
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High Court finds in favour of Turf TV
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Winter coverage packages
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INFORMATION Results posted online
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ollowing the success of the interactive Scheduler, SIS’ website will shortly carry results from horse racing, grey- hounds and virtual events. The results service will be rolled out in stages. UK horseracing results will be the first phase, with racing from Ireland and the rest of the world to follow shortly after. Once that is bedded in, then BAGSgreyhounds and dog racing from overseas and non- BAGS will follow. The last phase will see results from virtual racing and games in- troduced. The Results service will include the places on which bookmakers will pay out, non-runners, forecast and tricast and Rule 4 deductions.
MARKETING
Hutchinson in the Square
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ndustry PR agencySquare in the Air has appointed former LadbrokesPR manager Robin Hutchison as its new busi- ness director in a drive to branch out fur- ther into sports PR. As well as focusing on new acquisitions within betting and gam- ing, Hutchison is set to develop new op- portunities across a wide range of sports and sponsorship platforms.
Founder Bill Esdaile believes an exten- sive contacts book developed on both sides of the media fence could prove in- valuable: “Our core has always been the betting and gaming sector, and that will
IS has launched details of its Winter Evening Service (WES). Originally brought into help bookmakers who want- ed to stay open later in the evening with- out the benefit of summer Flat racing, WES runs from September 1 2012 to March 31 2013 and customers in the UK, Ireland and overseas are being urged to get in touch with the SIS Customer Rela- tions team to confirm which of the vari- ous WES options they would like to take. WES includes live BAGS greyhounds, UK horse racing from Wolverhampton, Irish horse racing from Dundalk, South African horse racing and specific high profile Latin American racing on evenings when no thoroughbred racing is scheduled, to- gether with 49s content (virtual product and numbers games). The last race sched- uled to take place will be 9.22pm, unless Dundalk is scheduled, which will contin- ue to 9.25pm.
DCD appoints Craven & McGuire
D
CD Media plc - the TV production company that Timeweave has partial-
ly acquired - has announced that David Craven and Richard McGuire have been appointed to the board of DCD on 4 July 2012. Both are directors at Timeweave, the 50 per cent owner of Turf TVparent company Racecourse Media Group, and were appointed ahead of the firm tak- ing a 55 per cent stake in DCD. Timeweave’s acquisition of DCD
Media’s convertible loan notes has al- lowed the firm to slowly convert the notes into equity as the firm no doubt sees syn- ergies with its existing assets.
ormer SISboss Phil Siers has been found in breach of contract by the High Court. Siers caused controversy when he moved from
Amalgamated Racing Ltd(AMRAC), operator of the fledgling Turf TV LBO channel, to its main competitor back in 2010 and an article in a Global Betting and Gaming Consultancy newsletter containing sensitive strategic in- formation saw AMRAC take its former boss to court. AMRAC and 50 per cent owner Race-
course Media Group Ltd(RMG) issued a statement welcoming the High Court judg- ment which ruled:“Mr Siers acted in breach of the terms of his service contract of em- ployment.” Siers, who is now MD of Betfred’s Totepool
operation, may be left with a sizeable legal bill if the judge makes him cover the cost of the four day hearing at a later date when the full terms of the order against Siers is decided.
AMRAC managing director Adrian Ford
and RMG chief executive Richard FitzGerald said in a joint-statement: “AMRAC and RMG welcome the decision of Judge Reid who, having assessed the available evidence, has concluded that Mr Siers acted in breach of the terms of his service contract of employ- ment and in breach of confidence by disclos- ing a highly confidential report to a journal- ist/betting consultant. The report contains sensitive commercial information pertaining to the AMRAC business. The judgment sup- ports our rights as employers as we invest in AMRAC and its underlying intellectual prop- erty for the benefit of our stakeholders and customers.”
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