BT Sport, Sky Sports and Amazon aim to wrestle Six Nations TV rights deal from BBC and ITV
Daily MailThe Six Nations have begun the most competitive and lucrative TV rights auction in the tournament's history after finally confirming Sportsmail's story that CVC Capital have made a £365million investment. Tender documents for TV rights for the 2022 to 2024 championships have been sent to broadcasters in the expectation of securing a significant increase on the existing £90m-a-year deal — with the process due to be finished by the end of the month. Six Nations chiefs seeking a significant increase on the existing £90m-a-year TV rights deal Amazon are expected to bid after being pleased with their initial foray into rugby when covering last year's Autumn Nations Cup, while Sky Sports and BT Sport will also attempt to wrestle the rights from the existing partnership of BBC and ITV, who are also likely to bid. As Sportsmail revealed in January, CVC have paid £365m for 14.3 per cent of the Six Nations' commercial rights for the next five years in a deal which will yield £95m for the RFU, with the other home unions allocated smaller amounts.
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