Launched 7 July 2007. Picture format 16:9, 576i (SDTV) Founded 2006 | Owned by H&C TV Ltd. Country United Kingdom | |
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Audience share UK:
~0.00% (September 2015 (2015-09), BARB) Broadcast area United Kingdom
The Netherlands
The Republic of Ireland
Sweden
Australia
Germany | ||
Horse & Country TV is a British TV channel about equestrianism and British country lifestyle. H&C TV is broadcast in the UK and Ireland on satellite television on Sky digital channel 253. H&C launched to cable TV viewers in the Netherlands in June 2012. In June 2013 H&C launched in Sweden, on the OTT service Magine. In February 2015, H&C launched in Australia on Fetch TV.
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In 2012, H&C commissioned the series "Getting to Greenwich", an 8-part series profiling rider contenders for London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics. H&C also commissioned "Dean Dibsdall: Model Farrier", a single film about the winner of E4's "Playing It Straight" 2012. H&C produced in-house "Carl and Charlotte: Dressage Superstars" a 2-part series about top British Dressage riders, Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin.
Horse & Country programming is available in the US on HRTV, in France on Equidia, in Italy on Class Horse TV, in New Zealand on Country TV and in Dubai on Dubai Racing Channel.
Awards and nominations
H&C TV has been nominated for seven years running for Best Specialist Channel in the Broadcast Digital Awards from 2010 to 2016. H&C won the award in 2011 against other nominees: the Food Network UK and the Horror Channel. H&C's website was also shortlisted in 2012 for the Best Website category with other nominees being Channel 4, E4 and CBeebies' sites. In 2013 to 2016, H&C TV was shortlisted for Best Factual Channel with other nominees being BBC Four, Discovery Channel and History.
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Broadcast: Covering the Olympics with no coverage