Rugby League

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in the US to the games of Canadian rugby league team Toronto Wolfpack, which has been labelled the world’s first transatlantic sports club.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand and telecommunications company Vodafone New Zealand have scrapped plans to merge.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand, Australian commercial broadcaster Seven and Papua New Guinea-based commercial station EMTV have acquired rights to this year’s Women’s Rugby League World Cup.

Former rugby league star Benny Elias has called on the Australian National Rugby League to consider acquiring struggling commercial broadcaster Channel Ten.

New Zealand’s uncompetitive media-rights market made life difficult for IMG’s sale of Rugby League World Cup rights.

The Rugby Football League, the governing body for rugby league in England, has announced that the national team’s upcoming Test match against Samoa will be streamed live online, with fans required to pay £3.49 (€4.08/$4.34) to watch the match.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky is to enhance its coverage of the Super League rugby league competition by introducing a player cam.

Fijian commercial broadcaster Fiji TV has acquired rights to the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has acquired rights to this year’s Rugby League World Cup, which the country will co-host alongside Australia and Papua New Guinea.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has renewed rights to two properties in the last month as it seeks to protect its sports-rights portfolio well into the future.

Fox Sports has launched a channel dedicated to the top division of rugby league in Australia, the National Rugby League, exclusively on pay-television broadcaster Foxtel.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has secured rights to the 2021 Rugby League World Cup national team tournament.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has sealed a rights deal for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, which the country will co-host alongside New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

The Rugby International Marketing arm of national governing body USA Rugby has secured a number of carriage deals for its new OTT platform, the Rugby Channel.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has agreed a five-season extension to its rights deal with Australian rugby league competition the NRL, with the contract also including national team Test matches.

Australian commercial broadcaster Seven earlier this month maintained its hold on Rugby League World Cup rights at a significantly increased fee.