March 30, 2018 Solvang, California: We are thrilled to announce the launch of Monty Roberts’ Backstage Pass on Horse & Country TV in the USA! Horse & Country is the premiere multi-screen network for equestrian sports and lifestyle with channels available in more than 30 million homes in the UK and Ireland, The Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Australia. 

H&C produces a unique channel for each market it serves, combining top national and international sport with training, welfare, and exclusive behind the scenes shows. H&C channels are available on a variety of platforms ranging from cable and satellite to Amazon Video and directly on the viewer’s mobile devices, enabling everyone to watch H&C however, whenever, and wherever they want. 

Along with more than 1 million unique viewers each month to its linear channels, H&C reaches 3 million equestrian fans on social media every month, generating some 2 million video views. 

Our programs offer a broad range of equestrian sport and equestrian related content, from world-class show jumping, eventing and dressage, to reining and natural horsemanship, alongside exciting horsey entertainment shows. 

H&C subscribers have access to over 500 hours of thrilling equestrian sport, masterclasses and documentaries, with new shows premiering every week. In 2018, H&C subscribers in the USA will also be able to watch exclusive LIVE streaming of the world-famous Badminton Horse Trials, for all four days of the competition, covering dressage, cross-country, and show jumping. H&C is the only place to see this incredible event in the USA. The list of entries includes American riders Madeline Backus, William Coleman, Phillip Dutton, Lauren Kieffer, and Katie Ruppel, and is not to be missed! 

Why not sign up and watch highlights of world class competition whenever you like? Or get a sneaky peak into the lives of your favourite athletes – we bring you behind-the-scenes access and insights into these top performers daily lives, likes and dislikes, and sometimes even meet their famous equine stars!
 
Monty Roberts’ series ‘Backstage Pass’ on Horse & Country TV has been thrilling audiences for 8 seasons on the other side of the Atlantic and now its time to share him with the American audience as well. In Backstage Pass with Monty Roberts, watch as Monty works with a range of different horses and faces many equine challenges. Horses can overcome fear and learn to trust, and Monty demonstrates how you can do it too.

As with all H&C’s channels, this new service will be tailored to the US audience, and comprise national US events and programming about local personalities. 

It is currently planned that the channel will launch in April on a major OTT (“over the top”), platform that is available in 85 million US households. H&C will also launch the channel on Roku (estimated 37 million monthly active users in the US), Samsung’s Smart TV platform, and its own H&C Play service at around the same time, giving equestrian enthusiasts all over the country multiple ways to watch H&C, live and on demand. 

Initially, H&C’s US channel will be offered as a subscription service to viewers, in the same way HBO is offered to viewers on Amazon Video, for example. In time, the channel will also be available on a wide range of platforms, including traditional pay-TV platforms and emerging, OTT platforms. 

Enjoy H&C for a special introductory offer of only $8.99 per month for the first three months following our launch, or take advantage of our annual subscription for only $89.99. 

See Monty LIVE at these upcoming clinics too!
 
April 21–22, 2018 West Coast Dressage Convention, Thousand Oaks, California, USA 
 
July 23–3 August, 2018 Gentling Wild Horses course at Flag Is Up Farms, California, USA 
 
August 6–10, 2018 Monty’s Special Training at Flag Is Up Farms, California USA
 
 
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