United Rugby Championship

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Media

Sky Italia, the pay-television broadcaster, is to show the United Rugby Championship for the first time, after picking up rights for the next two seasons
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Media

Media group Warner Bros. Discovery has secured rights in Italy to show the United Rugby Championship across the 2022-23 season, which starts on Friday. Warner Bros
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Sponsorship & Marketing

International foreign exchange company OFX has launched a new sponsorship deal with the United Rugby Championship (URC)
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Sponsorship & Marketing

The United Rugby Championship (URC) has agreed a deal for Indian tyre manufacturer BKT to become its title sponsor in the northern hemisphere
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Media

The United Rugby Championship, European Professional Club Rugby and France’s Top 14 have bundled their US media rights together for the first time and secured a deal with streaming service FloSports.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

United Rugby Championship club Ulster Rugby has said it is engaged in an “existing active review” of its sponsorship deal with building materials company Kingspan after the UK Secretary of State for Lev…
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Business

When Y11 Sports & Media, the new owners of Ospreys Rugby, appointed City Football Group and former Manchester City executive Nick Garcia to be the club’s chief executive this March, it served notice of the scale of its ambitions for the side. SportBusiness speaks to Garcia about how he plans to turn the Welsh rugby union team into a globally-recognised brand.
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Events

Sports events have begun to be affected as authorities around the world seek a quick response to the risks posed by the new 'Omicron' Covid variant
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Marketing

The United Rugby Championship, the rebranded tournament previously known as Pro14, has announced a new collaboration with Roc-Nation-owned music platform Equity Distribution (EQ) that will give it access…
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Media

Rugby union will return to the schedules of New Zealand streaming service Spark Sport after it acquired rights to club competition the United Rugby Championship
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Sponsorship & Marketing

South African telco Vodacom has become the South African market title sponsor of the pan-national United Rugby Championship for the next four seasons, from 2021-22 to 2024-25
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Media

Rugby union’s cross-border United Rugby Championship will be showcased on free-to-air television in Italy thanks to an agreement announced this afternoon (Tuesday) with commercial broadcaster Mediaset.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Scottish Building Society has become the main sponsor of Scottish rugby club Edinburgh Rugby in a four-season deal, from 2021-22 to 2024-25
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Media

Subscription broadcaster Premier Sports has retained rights in the UK to the United Rugby Championship, the rebranded tournament previously known as the Pro14, and expanded its agreement with the league…
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Events

Cross-border rugby union competition the Pro14 has today (Tuesday) announced it has forged an agreement with four South African clubs to launch as the United Rugby Championship, with talks being held over…