Now TV To Broadcast Horse Racing On Now668 With Super HD, Interactive Features

Now TV, Hong Kong's largest quadruple-play pay-TV provider, will launch horse racing channel now668 on Sunday, the Chinese New Year Raceday. Now668 will broadcast all local races and selected overseas races from the Hong Kong Jockey Club live in SD, HD and Super HD formats. From Sunday to the end of this racing season, now TV customers can access the new horse racing channel and all available features on a free trial basis. In addition to live races, now668 will also broadcast a series of lead-in and support programs such as trackwork analysis, racing reviews and various race-related data and statistics. Now668 will offer a number of services including now Player, where customers can watch live races anytime, anywhere via the now Player app on a smartphone or tablet device and now Select VOD service, where costumers can watch race replay and other support programs on now TV's on-demand service, with the video library containing races up to three seasons (now TV).