1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
Over to Tom.
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
So, in those four weeks, you've appeared before us twice, so you're going to start to think that that's like a regular thing: 'Oh, and when am I going to be before the culture committee next?' We do appreciate it. Thank you.
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
Diolch. Abi, as you were saying that, I was just thinking, how many weeks into the role are you now?
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
We'll move on to Alun.
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
Okay, thank you.
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
Yes, I think so. I see where you're coming from.
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
Okay, diolch. Just before we move on to Alun, could I check—? Would your principal concern of this proposal be the idea of it only affecting the Wales games? Would you be less concerned if all of the six nations—? I know this is a hypothetical within a…
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
Thank you. We'll move on to Hefin.
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
Diolch. Oh, sorry, Abi, did you want to add something?
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
And I think that the value of it, that's something that Hefin's going to want to go into as well.
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
Like when ITV and the BBC—. Yes, okay. Thank you. We're going to go to Alun and then I'll come to Hefin. Alun.
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
Okay. And I know that Alun wants to come in before we go to Hefin, but before that, quickly, when you were assessing those bids, it wouldn't necessarily be that you'd go to the highest bidder, you'd be making lots of different calculations, not just in terms…
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
Oh, yes, Tom. You come in and then we'll go to Hefin. Tom.
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
Okay, thank you. We'll move on—.
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
It's not your fault.
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
We'll move on to Llyr.
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
Nigel, you'd said to the Welsh Affairs Select Committee that public service broadcasters need to be competitive, but you said that does not necessarily mean outbidding their opponents. Could you talk us through, please, how else you think that they could bid…
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
Alun.
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
Thank you, both, so much for making the time to come in and talk to us. Firstly, could you talk us through, please, how, as you see it, the market for sports rights has changed since the listed events regime was first introduced, and how that's developed?
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
Abi.
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
I'll go to you first, Nigel. I'll go from left to right.
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)
We'll move to item 2. We're looking at rugby broadcasting rights for the six nations. First of all, I'd like to welcome our witnesses from the Welsh Rugby Union. I'll ask them to introduce themselves for the record.
1 February 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. I'd like to welcome Members to this meeting of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee. Do Members have any interests to declare? I can't see any. So, we move on. We've received apologies from…
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Behind the scenes: The creative industries workforce'
In terms of Maya Angelou's words, that's how we perceive the future of the creative industries in Wales. With the right interventions we hope that more practitioners will be able to participate in all parts of the creative industries sector—industries that…
31 January 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Behind the scenes: The creative industries workforce'
'You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.' And maybe that gets to the heart of the passion that Alun was talking about that's so resonant in people working in the arts and creative sectors. They have so much to give and the more that…
