Boat Race Stays On BBC Until 2021
The BBC has extended its broadcast deal with the Boat Race Company Ltd from 2015 until 2021, which will see the free-to-air broadcaster continue to provide coverage of both the men’s BNY Mellon Boat Race and the Newton Women’s Boat Race for the coming years.
In 2015 the women’s race will take place at Tideway, where crews will compete on the same day and course as the men’s race for the first time ever.
Barbara Slater, the director of BBC Sport, said of the news: ‘The Boat Race is an important part of our sport portfolio; combining modern high-quality broadcasting with this most traditional and much-loved competition.’
‘We are delighted to announce that we will be bringing full coverage of the Women’s Boat Race to our audiences, from 2015, as it joins the men’s event on the Tideway.’
The Boat Race, which is held annually on the River Thames in London between Oxford and Cambridge universities, will take place this year on Sunday 6th April.
