Recent Posts by Adrian Pennington, SVG Europe
By Adrian Pennington, SVG Europe | Monday, April 22, 2024 - 10:40 am
The world’s most watched horse race comes to screens once again this weekend courtesy of the thoroughbred BAFTA-winning ITV Racing team. At Aintree, Liverpool, UK, the broadcaster is in the middle […]
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By Adrian Pennington, SVG Europe | Monday, April 22, 2024 - 10:38 am
The 177th running of the Grand National is NEP’s eighth with ITV Racing and this year they’ve had considerable weather challenges during the build, with high winds, wet weather and […]
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By Adrian Pennington, SVG Europe | Wednesday, November 8, 2023 - 9:00 am
The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 is in its penultimate week of a mammoth 46 day schedule culminating in the final on 19 November at the world’s largest cricket […]
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By Adrian Pennington, SVG Europe | Friday, October 20, 2023 - 9:00 am
Two NFL games came to London earlier this month, with the Buffalo Bills facing off against the Jacksonville Jaguars on 8 October, before the Tennessee Titans took on the Baltimore […]
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By Adrian Pennington, SVG Europe | Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - 11:55 am
When the elements align, as they did so powerfully last May, it’s easy to see why the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) can justifiably be called the greatest show on Earth.
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By Adrian Pennington, SVG Europe | Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - 9:43 am
A unique part of the Grand National, which took place on Saturday April 15, is the ‘rerun’, where immediately after the live race finishes, a detailed analysis, led by Ruby […]
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By Adrian Pennington, SVG Europe | Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - 9:41 am
ITV took over the contract for the UK’s terrestrial racing broadcasts from Channel 4 in 2017. This year marks the end of its second three-year deal with Racecourse Media Group […]
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By Adrian Pennington, SVG Europe | Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - 9:37 am
“We go racing every week of the year and produce over a 100 race meets but there’s so much more of it at Aintree,” says Rob Oldham, tech producer at […]
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By Adrian Pennington, SVG Europe | Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - 9:34 am
Since taking over the contract to broadcast horse racing across the UK six years ago, ITV has committed to presenting the sport as entertainment. Nowhere is this more important or […]
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By Adrian Pennington, SVG Europe | Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - 9:31 am
ITV Sport senior director and executive producer for major events Paul McNamara is one of the most experienced (and award-winning) hands in the business with a CV that includes everything […]
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