Guinness Pro14: international TV rights (2018-2021) for DAZN, Sky New Zealand and RugbyPass

Perform Group, a British group specialised in the production and distribution of sports content on digital platforms, has acquired, for Canada, Germany, Switzerland and Austria, the rights to broadcast the Guinness Pro14 for three seasons from 2018-19, on 31/08/2018. The matches of the 2018-19 season of Guinness Pro14, which began on 31/08/2018, are broadcast on the group's OTT platform DAZN. Perform Group, acquired the same rights for Italy on 02/08/2018.

The pay-TV group Sky New Zealand acquired, for New Zealand, the broadcast rights to the Guinness Pro14 for three seasons from 2018-19, on 31/08/2018. RugbyPass, a rugby OTT platform, acquired the rights for 24 Asian countries and territories on the same day. The US pay-TV group ESPN will broadcast 10 Guinness Pro14 matches in the United States under an agreement also signed on 31/08/2018. Another 140 games per season will be broadcast on the group's OTT platform ESPN+.

All of these international agreements were signed via the British agency RDA which acquired the international media rights (excluding the United Kingdom, Ireland…