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AE Live graphics for 3 major sports championships

AE Live, a provider of graphics and data solutions, is delivering a range of broadcast graphics for three major professional rugby and cricket championship tournaments this autumn: ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, 16th October to 13th November; Rugby League World Cup 2021, 15th October to 19th November and the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021, […]

November 15, 2022

World Rugby, IMG extend partnership

World Rugby and IMG have extended their exclusive partnership to manage and license the video archive for the international federation’s flagship competitions until 2024. The agreement will include all archive footage from both past and upcoming tournaments, including the men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups, the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens […]

November 2, 2022

World Rugby acquires RugbyPass

World Rugby has acquired Rugby Pass and its global stable of digital properties as part of a wide-ranging rights deal with Sky New Zealand. RugbyPass is a destination for rugby fans across the globe, with comprehensive rugby news, analysis, shows, highlights, podcasts, documentaries, fixtures and results, and more, and currently has a combined monthly audience […]

October 10, 2022

Sport 24 signs Rugby World Cup deal

IMG’s inflight and in ship sports channel, Sport 24, has announced a deal with World Rugby to broadcast Rugby World Cup 2021 (to be played in 2022) and Rugby World Cup 2023. Sport 24 will deliver live coverage from both international tournaments to airlines and cruise ships across the world. The deal will kick-off with […]

October 7, 2022

Heineken Champions Cup on ITV

European club rugby will be shown free to air on ITV under a new deal that will see live coverage of the Heineken Champions Cup shown from this season. ITV will broadcast one match per round, including the Final, of the world’s biggest international club rugby competition – which is entering its 28th year – […]

October 6, 2022By Nik Roseveare

BT Sport extends Heineken Champions Cup rights

BT Sport will continue to broadcast every game from the Heineken Champions Cup after agreeing a new multi-year partnership with EPCR. As lead broadcaster in the UK and Ireland since 2015, BT Sport will continue to televise the pool and knockout stages of Europe’s premier club competition until the conclusion of the 2023/24 season, plus […]

October 5, 2022

FITE lands Rugby World Cup rights

The Rugby League World Cup – delayed in 2021 as a result of the pandemic – will be available to watch on the FITE platform in a number of territories around the globe. The pinnacle event of the Rugby League, contested every four years, RLWC2021 will be a breakthrough moment in the tournament’s history with […]

October 5, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Canal+ secures Champions League until 2027

Canal+ Group has secured a range of sport rights for multiple years. Canal+ will air the UEFA Champions League and the Europa League up to 2027, the Premier League until 2025, Rugby Top 14 until 2027 and Formula 1 until 2029. Introducing the Canal+ 2022/2023 season, chairman and CEO Maxime Saada described it as a […]

September 16, 2022From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

DAZN to air Women’s Rugby World Cup warm up matches

DAZN, the sports streaming service, has agreed an exclusive deal with Pitch International to broadcast six Women’s Rugby World Cup warm up matches. The matches will be streamed exclusively on DAZN in Canada and most European markets* and will see some of the most successful teams in international women’s rugby compete, ahead of the Women’s […]

August 25, 2022

Virgin Media Ireland launches new channel

Virgin Media Television has launched a new free-to-air TV channel. Billed as a general entertainment channel, Virgin Media Four will offer a “mixture of home-produced and top international content”. “Virgin Media One is our flagship channel and home to VMTV’s biggest brands from Ireland AM to Virgin Media News; Virgin Media Two is now clearly […]

August 24, 2022