Over the Christmas period, 2.6 million fans tuned in to Gallagher Premiership Rugby, eclipsing last season’s Festive Fixtures then-record total of 1.8 million, accordin to Barb figures. Round 8 recorded the highest ever average audience on TNT Sports with cumulative peak audiences increasing by 44 per cent across the two festive rounds. Big Game 16, […]
EPCR, the tournament organiser of the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup, has selected Eluvio to power its global streaming subscription service, EPCR TV. The new EPCR TV will now bring an enhanced experience to fans thanks to Eluvio’s advanced full-feature platform. The next-gen streaming video platform brings an array of current and past […]
The 15th Belfast Media Festival (BMF) 2024 entitled Creativity in Motion will take place on November 13th and 4th at the MAC Belfast, in partnership with Northern Ireland Screen and BBC Northern Ireland. From Irish language film success of the year Kneecap to BBC Director General Tim Davie in conversation with John Campbell; and Rugby […]
Limitless Broadcast, a provider of full remote and cloud content services, has kicked off the new Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) season with production company Buzz 16, showcasing a raft of innovations that elevates the coverage to new heights and supporting the new PWR vision to showcase how their athletes are “powered differently”. Building on the […]
World Rugby has confirmed the continuation of its partnership with HBS (Host Broadcast Services) to produce the host broadcast for every Men’s and Women’s Rugby World Cup through to 2029. HBS will play an active role in projecting the Women’s Rugby World Cups in England in 2025 and Australia in 2029 and the Men’s […]
Ignite, AE Live’s in–house creative design agency, has expanded its long–standing relationship with World Rugby, by being appointed to deliver the motion graphics (gfx) and the title sequence for the Asahi Super Dry Pacific Nations Cup 2024. The competition is run by World Rugby, in partnership with the six unions (Canada, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga […]
With a year to go until England kick off the opening match in the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025, BBC Sport has announced an exclusive UK rights deal with World Rugby for live coverage in England. BBC Sport will broadcast coverage of the tournament across linear channels, with every match also available to watch live […]
TNT Sports has unveiled its line-up for the 2024-25 season, featuring a host of premium live sport set to stir the emotions and passion that only sport can. Football fans can join Lynsey Hipgrave, Peter Crouch and Joe Cole at Portman Road for Ipswich Town vs Liverpool on August 17th, the first instalment of 52 […]
EPCR has announced that Premier Sports will join its suite of TV partners for the coming seasons as the lead broadcaster of the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup in the UK and Ireland. The three-year agreement, which will run until the conclusion of the 2026/27 season, will see Premier Sports cover all 63 […]
BBC Scotland will have full live television coverage of the South American matches from Scotland’s Skyscanner Americas Tour this July. The games against Chile and Uruguay will be shown live free-to-air on the BBC Scotland channel as part of an agreement between Scottish Rugby and TNT Sports. Scotland return to Chile to play at Estadio […]