Channel 5 First To Show Live Terrestrial Premiership Rugby

Channel 5 have won a competitive bid to show Premiership Rugby highlights for four years from the beginning of next season, a deal that includes the rights to broadcast five live games per season simultaneously with BT Sport - the first time AP games have been broadcast live on terrestrial television. The agreement will see Channel 5 broadcast five live games each season from 2017-18, as well as show a highlights programme every Sunday night, covering Premiership Rugby, Anglo-Welsh Cup and Premiership Rugby 7s. BT Sport, who will continue to broadcast up to 80 live Premiership games per seaso…