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Germany

German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat
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Ireland

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.
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Australia

Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has extended its rights deal for the national rugby union team’s Spring Tour Test matches.
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France

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.
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USA

Sports streaming service FloSports has announced that its FloRugby
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Oceania

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.
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Italy

OTT service DAZN has acquired exclusive media rights to the top two tiers of European club rugby union in six of its markets
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Wales

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
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Italy

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.
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Global

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
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United Kingdom

Welsh public-service channel S4C has sealed a three-season extension to its rights deal with the Pro14 cross-border rugby union competition
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Global

The Pro14 has agreed a three-season deal for the RDA agency to market international distribution rights to the cross-border rugby union league.

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North America

Sports-streaming service FloSports has sealed a deal to acquire the Rugby Channel from Rugby International Marketing, the commercial arm of USA Rugby.

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United Kingdom

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.

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United Kingdom

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 has bolstered its rugby union coverage by acquiring live rights to Wales’ three summer Test matches.

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Ireland

The Pro14 cross-border rugby union league will almost double the value of its UK and Ireland media rights once it completes its remaining deals for 2018-19 onward.

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Ireland

Pay-television broadcaster Eir Sport has today (Thursday) become the new home of the Pro14 in Ireland, with the cross-border rugby union league stating the three-season deal represents a “quantum leap” for the competition.

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United Kingdom

UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 is set to enhance its rugby union coverage by acquiring rights to Wales’ three summer Test matches, according to multiple reports.