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New Zealand

New Zealand’s acting prime minister, Winston Peters, has broached the possibility of mandating free-to-air sports coverage as the controversy over telco Spark’s botched OTT broadcast of the country’s first…
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France

French pay-TV broadcaster Canal Plus is making ultra high-definition coverage of the entirety of the 2019 Rugby World Cup and two English Premier League matches per week available to its subscribers
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South Africa

South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has struck a last-minute agreement with the IMG agency for selected radio rights to the 2019 Rugby World Cup, which kicked off on Friday
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New Zealand

New Zealand telco Spark suffered technical problems during its live stream of the All Blacks' opening Rugby World Cup game against South Africa on Saturday that interrupted viewing for several thousand…
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United Kingdom

UK pay-TV broadcaster Premier Sports has raised doubts over the future of Pro14 highlights coverage on its channels given the focus on producing its extensive live output of all matches from the cross-border…
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MENA

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired rights in the Middle East and North Africa to the upcoming Rugby World Cup, which gets underway in Japan on September 20
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Italy

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has acquired exclusive rights in Italy to the 2019 Rugby World Cup
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South Africa

Cash-strapped South African public-service broadcaster the SABC has said it will not broadcast the 2019 Rugby World Cup on television after failing to reach a sublicensing deal with rights-holder, pay-television…
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France

The final of rugby union’s Top 14 will continue to receive free-to-air coverage on France Télévisions after the public broadcaster struck a new rights agreement with the Ligue Nationale de Rugby, operator of …
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New Zealand

New Zealand telco Spark has promised that its streaming service will deliver the “best possible video quality” during the upcoming Rugby World Cup amid concerns from subscribers with low internet speeds.
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Global

World Rugby has selected the Fifty Digital agency to manage creative, social media and content for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
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Global

World Rugby has announced plans to provide a streaming service for the forthcoming World Cup in markets where broadcast deals are not in place
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United Kingdom

Scottish Rugby has signed a domestic broadcast rights agreement and host broadcasting deal for Super6, the new rugby union series featuring semi-professional players
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Australia

Australian pay-television operator Foxtel has warned that any move to increase free-to-air exposure for the Super Rugby club competition would lead to it reducing its offer for broadcast rights
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Wales

Welsh public-service channel S4C has acquired rights to the upcoming Rugby World Cup
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Japan

OTT platform DAZN has confirmed the acquisition of rights in Japan for a series of international rugby union warm-up matches ahead of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, which will take place in the country
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New Zealand

New Zealand telco Spark has struck a deal with Sky to grant the latter’s commercial subscribers access to its coverage of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, but has said an agreement for the pay-television broadcaster’s hom…
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France

France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) has awarded pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus exclusive domestic rights to the second-tier Pro D2 competition.