Rugby Union
Japanese gamble pays off for IEC
IEC in Sports shows off technology hub with Japanese rugby
Sky locks out BT from raft of rights but rights-holders are in driving seat
Sky keeps BT at arm’s length with seven long-term rights deals
BT and Sky in talks to end European club rugby stand-off
UK pay-television broadcasters BSkyB and BT Sport were in advanced talks yesterday (Thursday) evening over a proposed deal to share broadcast coverage of European club rugby union’s top tournament, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
IEC in Sports picks up Japanese rugby rights
The IEC in Sports agency has acquired the media distribution rights for the final five matches of the 2013-14 campaign of the Top League in Japan, the top division of rugby union in the country.
Sony Six’s January spending spree
In the increasingly competitive Indian pay-television market, Sony Six has begun 2014 on the front foot, snapping up prestigious properties in cricket, football, tennis and rugby...
Top 14 deal: a case study in the use of market power
Top 14 rights saga is case study in the use of market power
Scottish Rugby to live stream games on YouTube
The Scottish Rugby governing body has announced it will provide live streaming on video-sharing website YouTube of four international games, beginning with tonight’s match between Scotland A and England Saxons.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From January 16 to January 29
Media rights clips from January 16 to 29
Prasana Krishnan, head of business, Sony Six
Interview with Prasana Krishnan, head of business at Sony Six, on the broadcaster’s acquisition of the rights to the 2014 and 2018 Fifa World Cups
Sky unveils new rights deals as profits fall
UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB today announced the acquisition of long-term rights deals for rugby league’s European Super League, the British and Irish Lions rugby union touring team, the England national cricket team, Scottish football, speedway and WWE wrestling entertainment.
Sony Six snaps up Six Nations rights
Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six has acquired exclusive media rights for the Six Nations international rugby union tournament.
MEDIA RIGHTS: From December 19 to January 15
Media rights clips from December 19 to January 15
BeIN Sports hints at legal action over Canal Plus’s Top 14 deal
BeIN Sports has warned that it could take legal action over the sudden award of Top 14 media rights to rival pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus by France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), the body that operates the rugby union club competition.
Top 14 rights fee rockets as Canal Plus secures shock deal
Canal Plus has extended a rights deal for the Top 14 just days after France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), the body that operates the rugby union club competition, said it had postponed a domestic rights tender after becoming the subject of legal action by the French pay-television broadcaster.
France Télévisions only interested in ‘official’ club rugby competition
Daniel Bilalian, the director of sport at France Télévisions, has said that the public-service broadcaster would only be prepared to show an officially-recognised European rugby union competition.
Top 14 rights tender postponed after Canal Plus legal action
France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), the league body that operates the country's top-tier Top 14 and second-tier ProD2 rugby union divisions, has postponed a domestic rights tender after becoming the subject of legal action by pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus.
MEDIA RIGHTS: 5-18 December
Media rights clips from 5 to 18 December
Fox Sports and Foxtel rally behind new ARU tournament
The Australian Rugby Union has announced pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports and pay-television operator Foxtel as the sponsors of its new National Rugby Championship, which will provide additional broadcast content to Fox Sports.