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BGonaSTICK · 14-10-07, 03:23 PM

The BBC has renewed its deal to broadcast rugby union‘s Six Nations championships up to and including 2013.

The early renewal came with two more tournaments still to run (2008 and 2009) and is reportedly worth £160 million over the four-year term.

“We're used to television audiences edging down because of the sheer volume of competition from the rest of the media,’” said Roger Mosey, director of BBC Sport. “But the Six Nations has bucked the trend. We've set new records in both of the two most recent years, and there's been a picture of growth since the whole of the tournament came back to the BBC.”

Mosey said that a total of just under 30m saw some of the 2007 tournament, and the peak audience - 8m for Ireland v England - is still higher than any figure achieved up to the quarter-final stage of the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

Source: World Media

Jimdefruit · 14-10-07, 06:27 PM

I hope the BBC Sports programming management get the boot before that.

The HSBC World Championship Golf was supposed to be on BBC2 this afternoon but instead they were showing Snooker. Interactive was showing three channels of snooker plus a news channel which suggested that Golf was being shown on BBC2.

I managed to find a feed on 16E a few minutes before the golf finished.

BGonaSTICK · 14-10-07, 06:42 PM

I hate bloody rugby.

Apparently, there's another game on next weekend. Bu99er.

I was hoping that everyone would come to their senses and not even bother bidding on the rights to the Six Nations. It would be far better on the radio with the sound turned down.

RocketMBA · 14-10-07, 07:19 PM

Shut up! We might win something!

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BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 9,718 Thanks: 3 Thanked 163 Times in 57 Posts	BBC renews Six Nations agreement The BBC has renewed its deal to broadcast rugby union‘s Six Nations championships up to and including 2013. The early renewal came with two more tournaments still to run (2008 and 2009) and is reportedly worth £160 million over the four-year term. “We're used to television audiences edging down because of the sheer volume of competition from the rest of the media,’” said Roger Mosey, director of BBC Sport. “But the Six Nations has bucked the trend. We've set new records in both of the two most recent years, and there's been a picture of growth since the whole of the tournament came back to the BBC.” Mosey said that a total of just under 30m saw some of the 2007 tournament, and the peak audience - 8m for Ireland v England - is still higher than any figure achieved up to the quarter-final stage of the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Source: World Media __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

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Jimdefruit Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,858 Thanks: 20 Thanked 221 Times in 187 Posts	Re: BBC renews Six Nations agreement I hope the BBC Sports programming management get the boot before that. The HSBC World Championship Golf was supposed to be on BBC2 this afternoon but instead they were showing Snooker. Interactive was showing three channels of snooker plus a news channel which suggested that Golf was being shown on BBC2. I managed to find a feed on 16E a few minutes before the golf finished. __________________ Dreambox 800 HD; Dreambox 7000s + VBox + Channel Master 1.2 with 36v actuator CM120 feedhorn and Invacom .3 LNB Skystar 2 PCI card with links to my Dreamboxes If you like what you see here, tell your friends.

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BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 9,718 Thanks: 3 Thanked 163 Times in 57 Posts	Re: BBC renews Six Nations agreement I hate bloody rugby. Apparently, there's another game on next weekend. Bu99er. I was hoping that everyone would come to their senses and not even bother bidding on the rights to the Six Nations. It would be far better on the radio with the sound turned down. __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

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RocketMBA As fun as having the flu Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: A cardboard box Posts: 626 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: BBC renews Six Nations agreement Shut up! We might win something!