Rugby Union

Rugby Union

IMG Sport Video Archive, a division of the IMG Worldwide agency, has been selected by the International Rugby Board to be the official archive partner for the World Cup tournament in a seven-year deal that will run until the end of 2020.

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France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby, which operates the domestic top-tier Top 14 rugby union club competition, has launched a consultation period for the renegotiation of its media rights, with meetings set for September 24-25 to discuss different options.

American Football

Media rights clips from 29 August to 11 September
 

Athletics

Zuku looks to expand in Africa without treading on SuperSport's toes

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Discovery picks up Six Nations rights in Italy in surprise deal

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The Discovery Italia arm of US media group Discovery Communications has acquired the exclusive media rights in Italy to the Six Nations rugby union tournament.

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The Australian Rugby Union, rugby union’s governing body in Australia, is seeking a new rights deal with a free-to-air broadcaster in a bid to increase revenues and raise interest in the sport, according to the Australian newspaper.

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Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has agreed a deal to televise all home games for Italy’s Pro12 rugby union clubs, Benetton Treviso and Zebre, during the 2013-14 season of the competition.

American Football

Media rights clips from 25 July to 30 August 

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France’s Ligue Nationale de Rugby, which operates the domestic top-tier Top 14 rugby union club competition, will make a decision on whether to cancel its current rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus by the middle of October.

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Private investment group Coliseum Sports Media is interested in acquiring domestic rights for the New Zealand national rugby union team, the All Blacks, according to the Matheson Sports Media news agency.

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France’s top rugby union clubs are set to activate a cancellation clause in their current domestic league rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus in an attempt to negotiate a more lucrative agreement, according to French newspaper L’Equipe.

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English Premiership rugby union club London Irish has renewed its sponsorship deal with waste water and sewage specialists Pump Technology until the end of the 2017-18 season.

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Premiership Rugby, the commercial rights-holder and organiser of the World Club 7s rugby union tournament, has agreed two new broadcast deals for the inaugural edition of the event.

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UK commercial broadcaster ITV has reached a deal to broadcast Premiership Rugby highlights for the next four years.

Football

UK cable-television broadcaster Virgin Media is close to agreeing a deal to carry pay-television broadcaster BT Sport’s three new sports channels, according to the Broadcast Now website.

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UK telecommunications company BT has signed a four-year sponsorship deal with the Scottish Rugby organisation in a deal that affords the logo of pay-television broadcaster BT Sport branding space on the shirts of the Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby clubs.

Athletics

Media rights clips from 11 July to 24 July