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Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has announced rights renewals for a slew of sports properties, including the Uefa European Championship, the NBA, rugby union’s Six Nations and sailing’s America’s Cup. S
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Events

The French Rugby Federation (FFR) has opted to stage its three home fixtures at next year’s Six Nations Championship away from Paris with matches held in Lille, Lyon and Marseille.
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Fan Engagement

Jamie Watts, media research manager at Publicis Sport & Entertainment, looks at worrying viewing figures for the Six Nations and examines how the rugby championship is trying to address a decline in younger audiences.
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Media

France’s record-breaking Six Nations win over England on Saturday attracted a peak audience of 9.2 million viewers on French public-service television.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Vueling Airlines has become an official supplier of France Rugby and its men’s, women’s and sevens national teams.
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Industry Moves

Six Nations Rugby’s chief executive Ben Morel is to leave at the end of the current 2022-23 season. Six Nations announced this afternoon that Morel “decided to step down”. M
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Six Nations Rugby has announced a new sponsorship with payroll software company Sage
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Media

Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has reached an agreement in principle to retain rights to rugby union’s Six Nations Championship.
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Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions attracted an average of just under nine million viewers on Saturday evening as France defeated England 25-13 in Paris to complete the Grand Slam and lift t…
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Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions has built on its strong start to coverage of the 2022 Six Nations Championship, with Saturday’s game between France and Ireland drawing an average of 6.5 m
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The first matches of this year’s Six Nations Championship attracted strong audiences on public-service broadcasters in both France and Ireland. An average of 5.8
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Finance & Law

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Subscription broadcaster Premier Sports has solidified its rugby union offering in Southeast Asia with an exclusive three-year Six Nations rights renewal, while also picking up exclusive rights in the…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Global pizza delivery brand Papa John’s has signed as the official pizza and takeaway partner of Scottish Rugby.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Digital investment platform Bitpanda has been unveiled as the main shirt sponsor for the Italian rugby union team at the upcoming Six Nations tournament
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Media

Public-service broadcaster RTÉ and Virgin Media Television, the commercial and pay-television broadcaster, have signed off on their deal to show rugby union’s Six Nations Championship in Ireland.
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Media

Australian streaming service Stan Sport has secured exclusive multi-year rights to rugby union’s Six Nations. Under the deal, Stan will also broadcast the Autumn Nations Series later this year.
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Media

UK media watchdog Ofcom is consulting on requests from public-service broadcaster the BBC and commercial broadcaster ITV for approval to broadcast exclusive live coverage of the Six Nations rugby union…