Rugby: HBS, named as host broadcaster for the 2022 (New Zealand) and 2023 (France) World Cups

Host Broadcast Services (HBS) has been appointed as the host broadcaster for the 2022 Women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand and the men's edition in France in 2023, "extending the successful partnership that resulted in the most widely viewed rugby event ever at Rugby World Cup 2019," said World Rugby on 27/01/2022.

"This will include partnering with World Rugby on the overall production plan and project management of the pinnacle men's and women's 15s events, creating a seamless environment for the provision of broadcast equipment and technology, staffing expertise across match venues and the implementation and running of the International Broadcast Centre as well as servicing rights-holding broadcasters around the world with satellite distribution, digital services and content creation partnering with World Rugby's content and digital teams," explained the body.

International Games Broadcast Service (IGBS), the audiovisual production company resulting from a 2004 joint venture between IMG and HBS (Host Broadcast Services), was the host broadcaster for the 2019 World Cup. IGBS…