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Racing TV warns it may be forced to end Irish service if pre-watershed gambling ads are banned

The chief executive of the subscription channel said that the moves to regulate gambling advertisements would damage horse racing funding

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The chief executive of Racing TV, the dedicated horse racing channel, has warned the government that it could be forced to pull out of Ireland if a proposed ban on gambling advertising is made law.

Martin Stevenson, the chief executive of Racecourse Media Group, wrote last month to James Browne, the minister for state in the Department of Justice, to say that there are “are substantial economic and operational challenges in ceasing to carry gambling ...