United Rugby Championship (URC)

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The United Rugby Championship (URC) is a privately owned sports organization founded in 2001 and headquartered in Ireland. It organizes an annual professional rugby union competition featuring 16 teams from Ireland, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, and Wales. The league was previously known as Guinness Pro14 before expanding in 2021 to include four South African teams from the SANZAR Super Rugby competition. With a staff of approximately 30 employees, the URC's primary product is streaming services, providing live and on-demand coverage of matches to fans worldwide.

Revenue

Founded

2001

Headcount

Headquarters

Ireland

Primary Segment

Spectator Sports

Ownership

Privately Owned

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United Rugby Championship (URC) offers 2 products in the sports and media and telecoms services industries. United Rugby Championship (URC)'s product portfolio comprises of contact sports, pay TV services and streaming services.

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Examples of United Rugby Championship (URC)'s suppliers include AE Live and StreamAMG.

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United Rugby Championship (URC) sells broadcasting rights of its rugby Union competitions to 15 companies globally, covering 7 countries. United Rugby Championship (URC)'s rights holders include ESPN, Sky Group and BBC. United Rugby Championship (URC) currently holds broadcasting rights for sports competitions including rugby union.