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Free-to-air commercial broadcaster Channel Seven has locked in exclusive broadcast and digital streaming rights for the high-stakes 2026 Rugby League World Cup semi-final clash between defending champions Australia and Samoa.
European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) and DAZN have entered a multi-territory broadcast agreement covering the 2026/27 and 2027/28 seasons of the Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup. The partnership allows
North America’s premier rugby competition has secured a media extension, announcing that its broadcast and streaming partnership with ESPN has been officially prolonged through the 2027 Major League Rugby season.
Sports Entertainment Network has announced a multi-platform broadcast schedule for the 2026 National Rugby League and National Rugby League Women’s Grand Finals, delivering over eleven hours of live programming direct
For the next nine months, TNT Sports will build on its rugby coverage, combining world-class live sport with innovative storytelling, immersive production and unrivalled access to the biggest names in
Every men’s and women’s BUCS Super Rugby match will be streamed live in 2026/27 under a new three-year partnership between British Universities & Colleges Sport and Clubber TV. The agreement represents a major expansion of the competition’s media coverage, increasing the proportion of matches…
Game On Live Studio produced and streamed every match of the 2026 Tropical 7s youth rugby tournament using a Blackmagic Design-based workflow spanning 15 fields over four days. The Tampa-based
The Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) has announced a seven-year media rights agreement with Foxtel Group, Nine, and Sky NZ valued at $5.3 billion, beginning in 2028. The deal represents
World Rugby and IMG have announced a long-term media rights partnership focused on growing rugby in the United States ahead of the Men’s and Women’s Rugby World Cups in 2031
National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) has announced a media rights partnership with All Women’s Sports Network (AWSN) to broadcast the Women’s Championship matches from the 2026 Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC) National
The 4,000-sq.-ft. space in Frisco, TX, has produced live and packaged programming for the Big 12 Conference, Dallas Stars, Major League Rugby The PGA of America’s two-year-old production studio inside
Eluvio and the United Rugby Championship (URC) have announced first-year results for URC TV, the league’s streaming platform powered by Eluvio’s Content Fabric platform. The United Rugby Championship is a
Jill Douglas and Mark Pougatch led ITV’s coverage of the Guinness Men’s Six Nations Championship across ten live matches on ITV1 and ITVX, with ITV broadcasting all England matches for
The 2026 Guinness Men’s Six Nations Rugby Championship ran from Feb. 7 to March 14 and featured England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales in a tighter, five-week schedule. The
The 9Network has announced a partnership with Hello Sport for the 2026 NRL season. The collaboration will see one of the nation's most influential sports podcasts embedded into the heart of Nine’s rugby league coverage, reflecting a broader industry shift toward multi-platform engagement and…
RL Commercial has agreed a partnership with SI, formerly Sportz Interactive, to support the delivery of digital content across professional Rugby League competitions in the UK. The agreement will see RL Commercial implement SI’s automated clipping technology to produce near real-time match…
France’s TOP 14 rugby league has signed 11 new broadcast partnerships and launched its first global streaming platform, TOP 14 Rugby TV. The new broadcast deals, which cover more than 90 territories for the 2025/26 season, include partnerships with Premier Sports in the UK & Ireland, FloRugby and…
