RBS Six Nations rugby to be broadcast in high definition
British rugby fans will be able to watch this year's six nation home matches featuring England, Wales and Scotland in high definition.
The matches are being broadcast on the BBC HD channel, available on Sky+ HD, Virgin Media's V+ service and Freesat.
Sky and Virgin customers can receive the broadcasts through their HD set-top boxes, and anyone wanting to view the games on Freesat's free-to-air satellite HD TV service will need a satellite dish and Freesat-equipped TV or set-top box.
The RBS Six Nations tournament kicks off on Saturday, February 7th. Matches include:
February 7th: England vs Italy
February 8th: Scotland vs Wales
February 14th: Wales vs England
February 28th: Scotland vs Italy
March 14th: Scotland vs Ireland
March 15th: England vs France
March 21st: England vs Scotland, followed by Wales vs Ireland
Comments
Fantastic news! Some of us actually like rugby, you know. IMHO the PQ is often better than anything else on Sky Sports - including footy. It will be interesting to see what the BBC can manage. By the way, it's not fair to blame the Beeb for lack of F1 in HD, Ksutty. Save your ire for Bernie.
So the beeb can broadcast rugby in HD but not F1 despite snatching it off itv. Even my two year old gets his fix of "In the night Garden" in HD!
especially when it's the wrong code of rugby
excellent, this could make me finally cough up for a freesat pvr
Awesome. The more HD rugby the better.
To be honest, the more HD everything, the better.
Great....just when you're hoping for something good to be broadcast on TV...the BBC...gives you Rugby...or Golf...or cricket...crikey!
girls beach volleyball yes please that i would watch
now dont get me wrong i love my hd-tv programes
but rugby what a sight that will be yuks..