Six Nations Rugby

Rugby Union
France

France Télévisions last month retained its hold on Six Nations and national team test rugby in long-term deals, increasing its fees for both by about 25 per cent.

Rugby Union
Ireland

Aggressive bidding from free-to-air broadcasters in Ireland helped the Six Nations Committee double its media rights fee in the territory last week.

Rugby Union

The Six Nations Committee bucked the trend when awarding its UK rights earlier this month, opting for wide coverage from free-to-air broadcasters and leaving pay-television money on the table.

Rugby Union
United Kingdom

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC and commercial broadcaster ITV have agreed a new six-year deal under which they will share rights to the Six Nations from next year’s edition of the national team rugby union tournament.

Rugby Union
England

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
United Kingdom

The Six Nations may consider offers from UK pay-television broadcasters for its next rights deal, according to the annual national team rugby union championship’s chief executive, John Feehan.

Rugby Union
France

Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in the home markets for this year’s Six Nations Championship L
Rugby Union
Italy

Discovery picks up Six Nations rights in Italy in surprise deal
France

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines rugby union’s Six Nations television audiences in the home markets as viewing in the UK hits all-time high U
Football
United Kingdom

Golden year for British sport delivers record-breaking television audiences in the UK