World Rugby
IMG’s Sport 24 finalises Rugby World Cup deal
Sport 24, the in-flight and in-ship service owned and operated by the IMG agency, is to broadcast the women’s Rugby World Cup, which begins tomorrow (Saturday), along with the men’s 2023 tournament.
Sky NZ in ‘advanced talks’ over RWC rights, RugbyPass changes discussed
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has said it is in advanced talks with World Rugby over regaining rights to its main events.
Sky told the Stuff.co
Warner Bros. Discovery secures free-to-air Women’s RWC rights in Spark deal
New Zealand telecoms operator Spark has finalised a deal with media company Warner Bros
BeIN to show World Rugby Sevens Series in Australia and Mena; CBC strikes deal in Canada
Pan-regional pay-television operator beIN Sports has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to the World Rugby Sevens Series in Australia and all 24 territories across the Middle East and North Africa
Ziggo acquires 2023 Rugby World Cup rights
Dutch pay-television broadcaster Ziggo Sport has further enhanced its coverage of rugby union by agreeing a rights deal for the Rugby World Cup, plus other tournaments organised by World Rugby
HBS appointed as Rugby World Cup host broadcaster
Host Broadcast Services, the Infront-owned sports broadcast production company, has been awarded the host broadcast contract for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, along with the women’s Rugby World Cup taking p…
TF1 secures rights to home Rugby World Cup
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has extended its Rugby World Cup rights deal to take in next year’s postponed edition of the women’s tournament in New Zealand, plus France’s staging of the men’s event i…
Australian broadcasters to bid next week for Rugby World Cup rights
World Rugby, the international governing body for rugby union, is in the midst of a media rights invitation to tender in Australia, one of its most lucrative markets, and will invite broadcasters to submit…
World Rugby to stream Super Rugby AU internationally as ‘interim solution’
World Rugby has reached an agreement with Rugby Australia to stream live coverage of the Super Rugby Australia competition in selected markets, including the UK and Ireland
World Rugby appoints LiveWire to social media role, adds Godson to broadcast team
LiveWire Sport, the UK-based digital content agency, has been appointed in a two-year agreement with World Rugby to lead the international rugby union governing body’s social channel management and paid m…
World Rugby bolsters in-house sales with Synnott hire, WRC leads replacement search
World Rugby has recruited Chris Synnott from WRC Promoter, the commercial arm of the FIA World Rally Championship, as its head of broadcast and media rights sales as it builds up its in-house capabilities
World Rugby fans invited to form global panel to inform content offering
World Rugby has launched a fan survey in order to form a global rugby fan panel which aims to shape the governing body's broadcast, content production and social media rugby offering
ITV nears 13m peak for final of ‘groundbreaking’ Rugby World Cup
ITV, the UK free-to-air commercial broadcaster, claimed the most-watched television moment of the year for England’s 32-12 defeat to South Africa in Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final.
Japan’s thrilling Rugby World Cup win sets new viewing record
Japan’s sensational 28-21 victory over Scotland in the Rugby World Cup on Sunday has become the most-watched live event in the country this year as the ongoing tournament continues to set records in i…
World Rugby to hold compensation talks with broadcasters over Typhoon Hagibis impact
World Rugby has said that it will enter into talks with rights-holding broadcasters after two group-stage matches at the Rugby World Cup in Japan were cancelled given the threat posed by Typhoon Hagibis
Sky NZ expands World Rugby Sevens Series coverage in new deal
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has signed a new four-year deal to continue coverage of the World Rugby Sevens Series until 2023
Australia nears 900,000 TV viewers as Wales edge out Wallabies
Australian commercial broadcaster Network Ten attracted a national audience of 576,000 viewers for Australia’s narrow 29-25 defeat to Wales at the Rugby World Cup on Sunday.
BeIN Sports adds Rugby World Cup rights in Mena region
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired rights in the Middle East and North Africa to the upcoming Rugby World Cup, which gets underway in Japan on September 20