Rugby Union

Rugby Union

Rugby union digital media platform RugbyPass has launched a new subscription service, The XV, offering premium journalism, including interviews and long-read features, with podcasts and video content to…
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Pay-television operator Foxtel appears to be in the box seat to retain Rugby Australia’s broadcast rights after telecoms operator Optus was said to have opted against participating in the governing body’s lat…
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Online retail giant Amazon has made its first moves into rugby union broadcasting in a deal to show UK coverage of the new Autumn Nations Cup, an international tournament created in the wake of postponed…
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World Rugby has launched a fan survey in order to form a global rugby fan panel which aims to shape the governing body's broadcast, content production and social media rugby offering
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Format changes implemented to the Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) include elements that the organising body is looking to introduce during the next commercial…
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Global Sports Rights Management, the agency that recently acquired the international rights to the top two Brazilian football leagues, remains interested in securing a similar remit with the Argentinian…
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BT Sport has struck a deal with Premiership Rugby that will see it air every game that is played behind closed doors for the rest of the season after the league’s resumption.
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The British & Irish Lions touring side maintained the value of its media rights in the UK and Ireland in a deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky for next year’s tour of South Africa.
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The British & Irish Lions rugby union body will restart the invitation to tender process in August for free-to-air highlights rights in the UK to next year’s Great Britain and Ireland tour of South Africa.
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The low value of Rugby Australia's recent media-rights agreement with pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has increased the financial pressure on the union
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Pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to the 2021 British and Irish Lions' three-Test rugby union series against South Africa as well as the Lions’ five warm-up m…
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Premiership Rugby, operator of the top division of English rugby union, is entering the final season of its domestic rights deal with BT with no clear plan for the forthcoming cycle after rejecting a robust renewal offer, industry sources told SportBusiness Media.
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US-based private equity firm KKR is in talks with Rugby Australia about an investment in the sport, it has been reported
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French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has reached an agreement over outstanding broadcast rights payments with Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), organiser of French rugby union’s Top 14 and Pro D…
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Embattled Rugby Australia has been dealt a fresh blow after telecoms operator Optus said it won’t be bidding for the sport’s domestic broadcast rights.
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French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus will reverse its decision not to pay the final fee instalment for this season’s Top 14 rugby union competition if the move severely impacts clubs’ cash flo…
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Super Rugby is set for major and permanent change, sparked by the Covid-19 shutdown, according to stakeholders within Sanzaar, the grouping of Southern Hemisphere rugby unions
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French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus will not pay the final rights fee instalment for this season’s Top 14 rugby union competition, it has been reported.