Premiership Rugby and NBC Sports Sign Landmark Multi-Year Broadcast Deal

Premiership Rugby has agreed a new three-year media agreement with NBC Sports in America.

The partnership will kick off on March 12 on the NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) with live coverage of the first-ever Premiership Rugby match in the USA when the London Irish take on the Saracens at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey.

NBC Sports Group’s coverage of Premiership Rugby will begin in full with the start of the 2016-17 season in September.

“This new agreement with NBC Sports Group is an historic milestone for us,” said Mark McCafferty, Chief Executive at Premiership Rugby.

“It takes the Aviva Premiership Rugby brand to a bigger audience than we have ever had in the US.”

Jon Miller, President, Programming, NBC Sports and NBCSN said: “Our multi-year partnership with Aviva Premiership Rugby is an expansion of our well-documented commitment to the sport and growth of rugby in the US.”

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