• Tender process for next TV deal due to start this month
The deal to sell a 15% stake in the Six Nations to the private equity company CVC is being held up over the home unions’ insistence that the tournament should remain live on terrestrial television, the Guardian has learned. Talks over the £300m agreement are in the final stages but the issue of broadcast rights remains a key sticking point between the two sides.
It is understood the outcome may hinge on whether the two sides can compromise on a hybrid package involving one match per round being screened on subscription television.
Written by Exclusive by Paul Rees
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb/05/six-nations-broadcasting-rights-cvc-deal under the title “Broadcasting rights impasse puts CVC’s £300m Six Nations deal in peril”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
