By Peter Jackson
Fears are growing within the BBC that this year’s Six Nations will bring an end to their historic televising of the world’s oldest annual international tournament.
The 15-match championship kicks off on Friday with the organisers still to finalise a new deal for broadcasting rights which they believe is worth £ 100m a year – £10m more than the joint BBC-ITV contract expiring in March.
“There is now a real risk that the BBC will be frozen out,’’ an executive involved in previous negotiations told The Rugby Paper yesterday.
“The likelihood of BBC and ITV being given the go-ah...
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