Rugby Union
Six Nations boosts TV coverage with Amazon partnership
The Six Nations has partnered with Amazon Web Services, a division of e-commerce company Amazon, to enhance television coverage of the rugby union championship
RugbyPass enhances Six Nations deal
OTT platform RugbyPass has renewed its partnership with the Six Nations tournament and will broadcast the women’s event for the first time in 2019.
European rugby showpieces gain coverage in Mena
Sports streaming service FloSports has acquired rights in the Middle East and North Africa to European club rugby union competitions the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup
ProSiebenSat.1 to offer Rugby World Cup in Germany
German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat
RTÉ signs RWC rights deal with eir Sport
Irish sports broadcaster eir Sport and public-service broadcaster RTÉ have reached an agreement for rights to next year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan.
SBS extends commitment to Australia’s Spring Tests
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has extended its rights deal for the national rugby union team’s Spring Tour Test matches.
FloSports to provide Pro14 coverage in multiple markets
Sports streaming service FloSports has agreed a three-season deal to show matches of the cross-border Pro14 rugby union league in multiple markets, from 2018-19 to 2020-21.
FloRugby adds host of rights to portfolio
Sports streaming service FloSports has announced that its FloRugby
Spark adds Champions Cup rights to growing sports portfolio
New Zealand telco Spark has struck a four-season deal for rights to European rugby union’s Champions Cup, from 2018-19 to 2021-22.
DAZN secures European club rugby union rights in six markets
OTT service DAZN has acquired exclusive media rights to the top two tiers of European club rugby union in six of its markets
BBC to show Welsh rugby league
The BBC Two Wales division of the UK public-service broadcaster has agreed a deal to show coverage of the domestic Principality Premiership rugby union tournament
Sky Italia holds on to MotoGP as new rival DAZN picks up LaLiga and much of the Fox inventory
Pay-television platform Sky Italia and Perform Group’s OTT service DAZN will probably both be happy with the outcome of an intense period of rights negotiations in Italy.
Pro14 gets smaller international rights guarantee but will earn more in new cycle
RDA to pay minimum guarantee of about £500,000 per season for Pro14 international rights
The agency is understood to have already secured more than £1m per season in sales
S4C maintains long-standing ties with Pro14
Welsh public-service channel S4C has sealed a three-season extension to its rights deal with the Pro14 cross-border rugby union competition
RDA follows EPCR deal with Pro14 contract
The Pro14 has agreed a three-season deal for the RDA agency to market international distribution rights to the cross-border rugby union league.
FloSports picks up the Rugby Channel
Sports-streaming service FloSports has sealed a deal to acquire the Rugby Channel from Rugby International Marketing, the commercial arm of USA Rugby.
Sunset+Vine renews BT Sport production deal
Production company Sunset+Vine has secured a new four-year deal with UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport, extending a partnership that began in 2013.
Channel 4 adds to rugby portfolio with Wales games
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has bolstered its rugby union coverage by acquiring live rights to Wales’ three summer Test matches.