World Rugby and IMG have extended their exclusive partnership to manage and license the video archive for the international federation’s flagship competitions until 2024. The agreement will include all archive footage from both past and upcoming tournaments, including the men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups, the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and […] More
World Rugby has appointed Whisper as its key digital video and audio production producer for 2021 with the goal of further promoting rugby’s values and community to drive growth and reach new, diverse audiences worldwide. Whisper has been tasked with making engaging and informative content for World Rugby across its multi-platform channels, capturing stories around […] More
Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan was the most watched rugby event ever with more than 857 million people around the world watching the action via World Rugby’s network of rights-holding broadcast partners, an increase of 26 per cent from the previous tournament in England. With World Rugby producing the pictures for the first time […] More
It can be difficult for free-to-air (FTA) broadcasters to compete for sporting rights with the big pay-TV and streaming companies, which is why many countries legislate that some of the biggest events should be available FTA, a topic that inspired considerable debate at the recent Westminster Media Forum policy conference on sports broadcasting in London. […] More
The future stars of rugby will converge on Italy for the 13th edition of the World Rugby U20 Championship from 28 June to 18 July, 2020 after World Rugby and the Federazione Italiana Rugby (FIR) announced the schedule. The world’s 12 best teams will compete across five match days in northern Italy, bidding to succeed […] More
Headquartered in Dublin, World Rugby is comprised of 103 national member unions and 18 associate unions from the game’s six regional associations. World Rugby’s mission is to continue growing the rugby family and build a global mass-participation sport. Under the control of World Rugby are the Women’s Rugby World Cup, Rugby World Cup Sevens, HSBC […] More
