Broadcasting rights impasse puts CVC’s £300m Six Nations deal in peril

• Home unions want tournament to remain on terrestrial TV
• Tender process for next TV deal due to start this monthThe deal to sell a 15% stake in the Six Nations to the private equity company CVC is being held up over the home unions’ insistence that the tournament should remain live on terrestrial television, the Guardian has learned. Talks over the £300m agreement are in the final stages but the issue of broadcast rights remains a key sticking point between the two sides