Wales

Rugby Union

Welsh public-service channel S4C has acquired highlights rights to the British and Irish Lions rugby union team’s upcoming tour of New Zealand through a sublicensing agreement with pay-television broadcaster Sky.
Football

The English Football League has agreed seven-season partnerships with Realise and NeuLion to overhaul its digital media offerings.

Ice Hockey

New ice hockey-dedicated online channel IceTimeTV has agreed its first major partnership by teaming up with British Elite Ice Hockey League club Cardiff Devils.

Rugby Union

Public-service broadcaster BBC Wales and Welsh-language channel S4C have secured broadcast and online rights to Wales’ warm-up games for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Rugby Union

Live television audiences for rugby union’s Six Nations championship in 2015 were up year-on year in the tournament’s largest market, the UK, where public-service broadcaster the BBC recorded an average of …
Rugby Union

Welsh public-service television channel S4C has acquired rights for the 2015 Rugby World Cup national rugby union team tournament.

Rugby Union

The Pitch International agency agreed international rights deals for the Irish, Scottish and Welsh rugby unions earlier this month. The deals will help the agency shore up an international rugby rights portfolio which has come under pressure this year.

Rugby Union

The Pitch International agency has renewed an international media-rights distribution deal for the Wales national rugby union team’s home fixtures.

Football

Welsh public-service television channel S4C has acquired rights for highlights coverage of the Spanish Liga, the top division of football in the country.

Rugby Union

Public-service broadcaster BBC Wales and Welsh language channel S4C have agreed a four-year deal securing live rights to the Pro12 from the 2014-15 season of the rugby union club competition.

Rugby Union

Clubs are real winners from BT-Sky sharing deal for European rugby

Rugby Union

The Welsh Rugby Union has announced an agreement with UK public-service broadcaster the BBC which guarantees live coverage of Wales’ autumn international matches on terrestrial television until the end of 2018.

Cricket

The International Cricket Council has agreed three video news highlights distribution deals for the upcoming 2013 Champions Trophy one-day international tournament.

Rugby Union

Guinness has agreed new partnerships with the Welsh Rugby Union and the English Rugby Football Union.