Roberts Communications Network

Roberts Communications Network, a longtime worldwide video distribution and wagering data communications services provider for the racing industry, has entered into a comprehensive satellite broadcast distribution agreement with Fathom Events. Fathom Events delivers a wide variety of both live and pre-recorded content, including performances from The Metropolitan Opera, classic film anniversaries, live sports, concerts and episodic content to more than 1,100 theaters. RCN recently moved into a state-of-the-art 10-acre broadcast facility in Henderson, Nevada, from where it will distribute Fathom Events' content via satellite throughout North America. "We take pride...

The 47th annual University of Arizona's Race Track Industry Program (RTIP) Global Symposium on Racing, to be held in Tucson Dec. 6-8, will be streamed live online for the first time. Roberts Communications Network (RCN) will make the live streaming package, which will include archived sessions of each panel, available for $195 on Racetrack Television Network (RTN), with all proceeds from the sales going back to the RTIP. "We are thrilled to stream the symposium to a global audience for the first time," said RTIP Chair Robert Hartman. "While there...

Officials at Roberts Communications Network, the leading worldwide video distribution and wagering data communications services provider for the racing industry, has announced that its Senior Vice President Joe Hill is departing the company to pursue new opportunities. Over the course of his 22-year tenure at RCN, Hill oversaw the company's terrestrial data communications and video networks, greatly expanding its reach on a global scale. "It goes without saying that I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to help build RCN into what it is today and being able to innovate...