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Rugby World - news archive

This is an archive of news about Rugby World. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Rugby World Cup lifts ITV's ad revenue
From Daily Telegraph. Posted December 11 2007, 9.05am
ITV is set to finish the year with its best performance in advertising revenue since 2004. (more)

From Coronation Street to the Rugby World Cup - emuse and ITV announce a further major development in their working relationship across interactive and new media.
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted November 13 2007, 12.06pm
13th Nov 2007 ? emuse and ITV today announce the signing of a long term, exclusive deal to provide interactivity across all of ITV?s programming and new media. The two companies have been working together on a wide variety of projects including redesigning their 24x7 interactive services menu and deploying applications for key shows. These shows include Emmerdale, Saturday Cooks, X Factor, Loose Women, Trinny & Susannah, I?m a Celebrity?Get me out of Here! and... (more)

ITV scores Rugby World Cup ad boost
From Media Guardian. Posted October 8 2007, 1.00am
ITV is expected to more than double the ad revenue it will make from the Rugby World Cup semi-final following England's win over Australia. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Tongan TV viewers enjoying free Rugby World Cup matches
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 11 2007, 11.49am
Tongan television viewers who have been enjoying watching the opening matches of the Rugby World Cup live and free on CCTV, should enjoy it while they can and hope that a ship carrying Sky Pacific TV equipment from Fiji will never arrive in Tongatapu. This special broadcast of the Rugby World Cup matches is being [...] (more)

ITV ad revenue up as companies scrum for Rugby World Cup slots
From The Times. Posted September 7 2007, 11.05pm
ITV’s advertising revenues on its flagship channel are up by an estimated 4 per cent to 5 per cent in September, as the commercial broadcaster cashes in on interest in the group stages of the Rugby World Cup. (more)

British newspapers join Rugby World Cup boycott
From Brand Republic. Posted September 7 2007, 3.55pm
LONDON - A raft of British newspapers including The Daily Telegraph, The Sun and The Times have joined the boycott of Rugby World Cup coverage started by international news agencies. (more)

Guardian, Sun and Times join Rugby World Cup boycott
From Media Guardian. Posted September 7 2007, 1.00am
11.45am: Newspapers including the Guardian, Times, Sun and influential French sports daily L'Equipe have joined the boycott of the Rugby World Cup. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Getty joins Reuters in suspending coverage of Rugby World Cup
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 6 2007, 12.00am
Reuters claims IRB unwilling to 'engage with us to resolve the dispute over accreditation terms'    (more)

Getty joins Reuters and other news agencies in suspending coverage of Rugby World Cup
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 6 2007, 12.00am
Reuters claims IRB unwilling to 'engage with us to resolve the dispute over accreditation terms'    (more)

News media 'dismayed' over IRB's limits to online coverage of Rugby World Cup
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted September 4 2007, 9.43am
Restrictions limit online news publishers to three minutes audio/visual material per day   (more)

Globecast puts HD in Rugby World Cup
From Rapid TV News. Posted August 26 2007, 10.13pm
Rugby World Cup host broadcaster TVH, a department of the TF1 Group, has called on Globecast to provide end-to-end SD and HD services to all major broadcasters from the matches. (more)

ITV lines up Rugby World Cup push
From Media Guardian. Posted August 24 2007, 1.00am
ITV will this weekend unveil its ad campaign to support its exclusive coverage of the Rugby World Cup. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Guinness latches on to Rugby World Cup fever
From Media Guardian. Posted August 17 2007, 1.00am
8am: Guinness is launching a £6m ad campaign to be screened around the Rugby World Cup starting with a teaser TV ad that breaks this weekend. By Mark Sweney. (more)

ITV reveals Rugby World Cup plan
From Media Guardian. Posted July 26 2007, 1.00am
ITV has unveiled its multi-media strategy for the Rugby World Cup. By Mark Sweney. (more)

ITV Announce Sponsor of IRB Rugby World Cup 2007 Coverage
From Merry Media. Posted March 28 2007, 12.01am
ITV have announced that EDF Energy and Peugeot are to share joint broadcast sponsorship of ITV’s coverage of the IRB Rugby World Cup 2007.. (more)

ITV confirms Rugby World Cup sponsors
From Media Guardian. Posted March 27 2007, 1.00am
11.15am: ITV has signed a £4m deal for EDF Energy and Peugeot to be joint sponsors of its World Cup coverage. By Mark Sweney. (more)