There's a battle brewing over Six Nations TV rights and England’s revenue share 📺
Some nations, understood to include Ireland and France, want a bigger cut – which could drive tournament to pay-to-view television
https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/battle-brewing-over-six-nations-tv-rights-and-englands-revenue-share-fc2t3t9vv
Some nations, understood to include Ireland and France, want a bigger cut – which could drive tournament to pay-to-view television
https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/battle-brewing-over-six-nations-tv-rights-and-englands-revenue-share-fc2t3t9vv
Comments
The short term view approach to rugby is insane. It’s the least accessible mainstream sport on TV.
The RFU want to grow the game, but have their game on a TV subscription a large amount of the country won’t subscribe to with the occasional ITV game.