 France won this year's title by just four points from Ireland |
The BBC has retained the rights to exclusively broadcast the Six Nations up to and including the 2013 event. The new deal extends BBC Sport's current contract, which runs until 2009 and covers TV, radio and online.
BBC Sport director of sport rights, Dominic Coles said: "We're delighted to renew our partnership with the biggest annual rugby tournament in the world."
John Feehan, chief executive of the RBS 6Nations added: "We're looking forward to a fruitful relationship."
This 2007 tournament was one of the most exciting in Six Nations history and saw TV audiences increase to their highest level for eight years, with an average of 4.3m people per match.
 | SPORT EDITORS' BLOG Roger Mosey
Director of sport |
This continued the period of year on year growth that began when Six Nations Rugby returned exclusively to the BBC in 2003.
In total over 30m people within the British Isles watched some of this year's tournament
Four teams went into the final day with a chance of winning the championship but when France beat Scotland 46-19 and scored a controversial last-minute try, they won the title on points difference from Ireland.
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