{"id":6711,"date":"2026-01-24T00:17:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T00:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=6711"},"modified":"2026-01-24T00:17:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T00:17:52","slug":"itv-extend-prem-rugby-television-deal-to-summer-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=6711","title":{"rendered":"ITV extend Prem Rugby television deal to summer 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Prem Rugby has extended its broadcast deal with ITV for a further two years.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The extension means ITV will continue to broadcast seven live matches per season, including the Prem final from Twickenham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The new agreement starts next summer and runs until the 2028 Prem final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">ITV will also broadcast all of England&#8217;s Six Nations matches this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Last year, pay TV broadcaster TNT Sports agreed a new deal to show Prem Rugby matches on its various platforms until the summer of 2031.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are delighted to continue our partnership with ITV, which is now into its fifth year,&#8221; said Prem Rugby&#8217;s head of broadcast Ollie Lewis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Giving fans of Gallagher Prem Rugby free-to-air access across the season, alongside the Six Nations, is the perfect blend to showcase the stars of our league to wider audiences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prem Rugby has extended its broadcast deal with ITV for a further two years. The extension means ITV will continue to broadcast seven live matches per season, including the Prem final from Twickenham. The new agreement starts next summer and runs until the 2028 Prem final. ITV will also broadcast all of England&#8217;s Six Nations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}