{"id":95,"date":"2015-07-09T10:01:08","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T10:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/09\/bbc-and-itv-want-to-keep-rugby-six-nations-live-on-free-to-air-tv\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T20:44:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T20:44:44","slug":"bbc-and-itv-want-to-keep-rugby-six-nations-live-on-free-to-air-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/bbc-and-itv-want-to-keep-rugby-six-nations-live-on-free-to-air-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC and ITV want to keep Rugby Six Nations live on free-to-air TV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The television rights\u00a0deal for the Rugby Six Nations is expected to be announced on Thursday afternoon with the\u00a0<strong>BBC having joined up with ITV in a bid to keep the tournament on free-to-air TV<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RBS 6 Nations is on the BBC until 2017 but cuts to the broadcaster&#8217;s budget had led to speculation it would be outbid by Sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some sources with knowledge of the negotiations have confirmed the<strong>&nbsp;BBC<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>ITV<\/strong>&nbsp;have been working on a combined bid for the 15 games a year for a fee of around \u00a350million.&nbsp;<strong>The broadcasters would share the live matches and highlights equally.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sky had been regarded as a favorite for TV rights, after a <strong>Rugby Six Nations Commmitte<\/strong> decided that, for the first time in history, bidding would be opened for Pay-TV companies.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/creatives.tipster.de\/Redirect.aspx?mid=93&#038;sid=23&#038;cid=&#038;pid=&#038;affid=21\" target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/creatives.tipster.de\/renderimage.aspx?mid=93&#038;sid=23&#038;cid=&#038;pid=&#038;affid=21\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none;\" \/><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/brand.tipster.de\/Banners\/20190920102705993.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final round of biddin finished last week, and Sky&#8217;s offer was higher than BBC&#8217;s. BBC opened talks with ITV, which is a Rugby World Cup 2015 official and host broadcaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ITV had no intent in bidding for the wkole tournament, but has joined TV battle to <strong>keep rugby&#8217;s oldest international competition on free-to-air television<\/strong>. Keeping this tournament on terrestrial TV will definitely please rugby fans, and put some pressure on politicans to put Rugby Six Nations on the A-listing of sport events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\">SportEventz<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>will provide Rugby Six Nations live on satellite and TV schedule..&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_5536-2-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-775 img-fluid\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_5536-2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_5536-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_5536-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_5536-2-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_5536-2.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong><a href=\"en\/other-sport\/rugby.html\">Rugby live on satellite TV today<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The television rights\u00a0deal for the Rugby Six Nations is expected to be announced on Thursday afternoon with the\u00a0BBC having joined up with ITV in a bid to keep the tournament on free-to-air TV. The RBS 6 Nations is on the BBC until 2017 but cuts to the broadcaster&#8217;s budget had led to speculation it would be outbid by Sky. Some sources with knowledge of the negotiations have confirmed the&nbsp;BBC&nbsp;and&nbsp;ITV&nbsp;have been working on a combined bid for the 15 games a year for a fee of around \u00a350million.&nbsp;The broadcasters would share the live matches and highlights equally. Sky had been regarded &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/bbc-and-itv-want-to-keep-rugby-six-nations-live-on-free-to-air-tv\/\" class=\"more-link text-uppercase small\"><strong>Continue Reading<\/strong> <i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_generate-full-width-content":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[16,18],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC and ITV want to keep Rugby Six Nations live on free-to-air TV - SPORTEVENTZ<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/bbc-and-itv-want-to-keep-rugby-six-nations-live-on-free-to-air-tv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC and ITV want to keep Rugby Six Nations live on free-to-air TV - SPORTEVENTZ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The television rights\u00a0deal for the Rugby Six Nations is expected to be announced on Thursday afternoon with the\u00a0BBC having joined up with ITV in a bid to keep the tournament on free-to-air TV. 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