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Channel 4 snares TV coverage of Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race from the BBC

Media | The Guardian · Mark Sweney · last updated

  • Five-year deal to broadcast high-profile annual Thames race

  • Agreement covers centenary of the Women’s Boat Race in 2027

Channel 4 has poached the television rights to the annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge universities, ending a decades-long relationship with the BBC.

The broadcaster has struck a five-year deal to air the high-profile annual race on the Thames until 2030 in a surprise shift away from the BBC.

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