RTÉ Grabs Rugby World Cup Broadcast Rights
06 Jan 2011 :
Tweet RTÉ Sport has secured live broadcast rights to Rugby World Cup 2011, allowing it to provide extensive free-to-air television coverage of rugby’s showcase event to the Irish public along with other major international sports events. RTÉ Television’s coverage will include the live broadcast of 13 matches, including all of Ireland’s Pool matches, the Final, the Bronze Final, both semi-finals, all four quarter-finals and the opening match, all of which will also be simulcast and available for catch-up on RTÉ.ie. Ryle Nugent, RTÉ Group Head of Sport, voiced his happiness at the decision, saying: "We are delighted to have secured these rights to ensure that the Irish public will enjoy live free-to-air coverage of all of Ireland’s games at Rugby World Cup next year. The Tournament showcases the best teams in the world and fans can look forward to following the Irish team’s progression every step of the way on all of RTÉ’s platforms. The awarding of these rights to RTÉ is recognition by RWCL of the quality of our sports coverage and we look forward to sharing what is set to be momentous sporting occasion with the Irish public”. The 2011 Rugby World Cup, the seventh edition of rugby’s showcase event, kicks off in New Zealand on September 9th and will feature the top 20 teams in the world competing across 48 tournament matches. The Final will be played on October 23rd, 2011 at Auckland's iconic Eden Park Stadium. It is expected that the tournament will be broadcast to four billion fans worldwide. Free Industry Newsletter Subscribe to IFTN's industry newsletter - it's free and e-mailed directly to your inbox every week. Click here to sign up.

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