Channel 4 has secured the broadcast rights to The Boat Race in a multi-year agreement. At the Presidents’ Challenge event held at Somerset House, at which the losing crew from the previous year’s Boat ...

Channel 4’s debut broadcast of The Chanel J12 Boat Race on April 4th saw an overall reach of 3 million people watching the annual races between Oxford University Boat Club and Cambridge University ...

The BBC has lost the television rights to the Boat Race after the corporation’s director of sport appeared to show “very little enthusiasm” during negotiations. Channel 4 will be confirmed as the ...

Channel 4 was forced to apologise multiple times for on-air swearing during its debut broadcast of the Boat Race after almost a century of near-continuous BBC coverage. While the BBC opted for minimal ...

Channel 4 has won the rights to be the exclusive broadcaster of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race for the next five years. The new agreement will see the broadcaster provide coverage of both the ...

Not for the last time, but perhaps for the last, the BBC unhinged itself from the Boat Race. It was over to Channel 4 to host the ancient event that dates back to 1829, yet it was still a joy to be on ...