Horse & Country TV


H&C teams up with Alchimie for US launch

Horse & Country (H&C), the international equestrian sports network, is launching its premium channel on TV Player in the US through a partnership with channel aggregator Alchimie. Fans of equestrian sports will be able to access a line up of equestrian sports as well as training and educational shows, entertainment, and documentary series. TV Player […]

Horse & Country launches on Samsung TV+ in the UK

Equestrian sports network Horse & Country TV (H&C) has launched its advertising-supported service on Samsung TV+ in the UK. H&C will be available on all post-2016 smart TV models from Samsung giving viewers access to content including exclusive training and educational shows, entertainment and documentary series. Forthcoming highlights include coverage from France of Les 5 […]

Horse & Country names ex-Fox and Starz exec Penney to board

Equestrian sports channel Horse & Country TV (H&C) has named former 20thCentury Fox and Starz network executive John Penney to its board of directors. H&C said that Penney would bring extensive knowledge and experience of growing subscription businesses within the video entertainment sector. Most recently he was EVP, consumer development and strategic Partnerships at 20th […]

Horse & Country TV launching on Boxer in Sweden

UK-based equestrian-themed channel Horse & Country TV will begin broadcasting on the Swedish digital-terrestrial network on March 1 as part of the Boxer pay TV service’s line-up of channels. Horse & Country TV will take over the terrestrial slot vacated by equestrian channel Horse 1, which has ceased broadcasting on the network. Horse & Country […]

Horse & Country launching German channel

Equestrian interest channel Horse & Country TV is to launch a new channel for Germany later this year. The channel, which is currently present in the UK, the Republic of Ireland, The Netherlands, Sweden, and Australia, has teamed up with Deutsche Telekom to launch the German channel, which will be included as part of the […]

Horse & Country TV to benefit from Sky EPG categories merger

UK pay TV operator BSkyB is merging the lifestyle category on its EPG with the entertainment genre, with all channels previously listed under lifestyle moved to the entertainment area. Movers include Horse & Country TV, which will move up the BSkyB EPG listing from channel 280 to channel 253 on August 19. “We’re confident our […]

Horse & Country TV launches TV Everywhere with SimpleStream

Equestrian interest channel Horse & Country TV has launched a TV Everywhere service using technology from Simplestream. H&C TV Everywhere is using Simplestream’s Media Manager to allow subscribers to watch its content, live and on-demand, across computers, mobiles and tablets. According to Simplestream, its technology supports ingest, encoding and content protection, together with fully-integrated EPG […]

Horse & Country expands Dutch distribution

Equestrian channel Horse & Country TV has launched on Dutch cable network Delta The channel will be available in Delta’s Pluspakket package. Delta joins CAIW, Glashart Media, CAI Harderwijk and Kabeltex as a distributor of the indie broadcaster’s Dutch feed. H&C TV executive chairman, Heather Killen said: “We’re delighted to make our Dutch channel available […]

Horse & Country to canter into the Netherlands

Equestrian channel Horse & Country TV will launch in the Netherlands later this year. A Benelux version of the channel that is dedicated to equestrian sports and lifestyle will debut on Caiway, Kabel Noord, Glashart Media, CAI Harderwijk and Kabeltex’s cable platforms on June 14. It will be subtitled in Dutch. Heather Killen, executive chairman […]