June 4, 2021

BT Sport will air the ‘Highlights’ magazine of the 2021 POLO RIDER CUP in UK and Ireland, which will be held from 10 to 20 June 2021 at the Polo Club of Chantilly, north of Paris.

Under the aegis of the Federation of International Polo, the 2021 POLO RIDER CUP will bring together, for the first time ever, the best polo clubs from around the world, including the Polo Club de Chantilly (FRA), Hamburger Polo Club (GER), Dos Lunas Polo Club (SPA), Moscow Polo Club (RUS), Evviva Polo St. Moritz (SUI), Düsseldorf Polo Club (GER), Deauville Polo Club (FRA), Las Brisas Polo Club of Chicago (USA), Empire Polo Club of Coachella Valley (USA), Polo Park Zurich (SUI), Hong Kong Polo Ass. (HKG) and La Aguada Polo Club (ARG).

Olivier Godallier, President & Co-Founder of GAME Polo, comments: “Another great asset for the POLO RIDER CUP with BT Sport who joins us as a media partner of this first edition. We continue to grow the exposure of the Polo by partnering with broadcasters like BT Sport; reaffirming that polo has its place on linear television.”

About BT Sport
Launched in 2013, BT Sport broadcasts in the UK and Republic of Ireland. BT Sport offers five linear TV channels BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2, BT Sport 3, BT Sport ESPN, BT Sport 4K UHD, six interactive BT Sport Extra channels and is available on BT TV, Sky, Virgin and Talk Talk. BT Sport is also available online and via the App on mobile and large screen devices and operates pay per view channel, BT Sport Box Office.

BT Sport has a track record of innovation, operating from one of industry’s most sophisticated sports TV studios, and delivering world-firsts around Virtual Reality, Dolby Atmos, 4K UHD and remote production. Its achievements have been recognized with awards from IBC, Promax, Music Week and more.

As well as the sole UK rights holder for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, BT Sport offers live sport programming including the English Premier League, boxing, UFC, WWE, Gallagher Premiership Rugby, Heineken Champions Cup and MotoGP.

About BT
BT Group is the UK’s leading telecommunications and network provider and a leading provider of global communications services and solutions, serving customers in 180 countries. Its principal activities in the UK include the provision of fixed voice, mobile, broadband and TV (including Sport) and a range of products and services over converged fixed and mobile networks to consumer, business, and public sector customers. For its global customers, BT provides managed services, security and network and IT infrastructure services to support their operations all over the world. BT consists of four customer-facing units: Consumer, Enterprise, Global and its wholly owned subsidiary, Openreach, which provides access network services to over 650 communications provider customers who sell phone, broadband and Ethernet services to homes and businesses across the UK.

For the year ended 31 March 2021, BT Group’s reported revenue was £21,331m with reported profit before taxation of £1,804m. British Telecommunications plc is a wholly owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

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